This document provides an overview of several topics related to cloud computing and migration. It discusses how cloud migration has become common for enterprises but most applications still need to be migrated. It also discusses challenges with migrating data warehouses to the cloud and the need for thorough data mapping and testing migrations in parallel. Finally, it discusses how cloud-enabling software applications have introduced new challenges around delivering scalable and efficient software-as-a-service solutions due to a lack of automated platforms.

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loud migration is the talk of the town and has become a new
form of gold rush for enterprises with access to the
increasingly more economical, secure and adaptable Cloud
infrastructure. While Cloud technology has become a norm to
numerous organizational' infrastructure, with 70 percent of companies
already having at least one application on the cloud, but 95% of all
enterprise applications still await their migration to the Cloud.
With the emergence of advanced Cloud enabling software
applications, evolved new challenges to overcome; like, delivering
them as a scalable, efficient SaaS has been the most arduous task due
to a dearth of an automated, user-friendly single platform, and
secondly to efficiently and effectively Cloudify and SaaSify software
applications.
We all know migration embroils initial movement of the old data
followed by the incremental tug of the data from the various sources.
But there is a thorough description need to be in place that plots the
source data elements to the target data elements. Practical evidences
convey that often it is desirable to run the modeled data migration
project in parallel with the legacy system so that it is easier to test and
determine the success of the migration. Thus, the migration and
extraction needs to be setup in a repeated manner so that in case there
are some concerns with the migration, it can be re-processed.
So, to eradicate this there has been a lot of support from data
warehouses in the cloud. Moving data warehouses to the cloud is
yielding real business benefits, since many vendors are expanding the
breadth and depth of services for warehousing and analysis of the
data. However, migration is not exempted of challenges. Make sure
you think through all the different aspects of data warehouse
migration and then come up with an infallible plan to address those
challenges.
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Tailored to Your Needs
Itsavvy:
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8. Cloud Computing is the New Norm
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n this era of rapid technological advancement, cloud computing industry is also changing its face. The cloud
Icomputing industry is shifting away its focus on “infrastructure,” and is instead increasingly approaching towards
“applications.”
Today, the cloud is no longer the only thing, that’s for just developers and SMBs, but more of a standard solution for
the whole Enterprise world. From banking and finance to manufacturing, every industry has started migrating to the
cloud. And now, these industries are slowly moving towards building plans to operate their services and products in the
cloud. But there are some key players in this industry which are helping enterprises to make their inception journey to
the whole new world of cloud swift and hassle free.
To highlight the outstanding achievements of these companies towards revolutionising the cloud computing industry,
we have come up with the issue of “The 10 Most Admired Companies in Cloud Computing.”
On the cover we have CloudFX, which is a world-class organization and has a reputation in the art of simplifying the
process of technology and business transformation through their unrivaled advisory and execution services.
We have also listed Artha Infotama, which is one of the fastest growing IT companies with end to end solution
providing capabilities. It is also a Microsoft Gold Competency Partner (ERP Microsoft Dynamics & Volume Licensing)
and 1-Tier Cloud Solution Provider(CSP 1-Tier). Avanxo for providing a perfect ally for large companies that need to
transform their business and improve their processes with the implementation of Cloud Computing solutions. Cato
Networks for providing latest Software-defined WAN, in the cloud. Coupa for being the ultimate cloud platform for
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business spend that is SAP ICC certified in SAP S/4HANA integration and SAP NetWeaver integration. Deepraj
Software Services for being an emerging software development company which is thriving due to its high quality
technological products and superior software services. M-Power Solutions for being the leading Oracle Cloud Partner
in Asia Pacific. Natterbox Ltd. for enabling organisations to deliver class-leading service levels to their customers
through efficient and effective integration of voice into their digital customer communications. Neverfail for enabling
its clients to transform their business with secure cloud solutions, guaranteed uptime, and a robust partner/software
ecosystem.
We have added A Tainted Shelter of Virtual and Cloud Networks, How Will Cloud Computing Be By 2020 and
Migrating the Data Warehouses into the Cloud. These are some of the scholarly articles written by our in-house
writers.
So, do flip through the amazing folios of our magazine to discern the incredible contributions of these Cloud
Computing companies.

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Damian Crotty
Founder & Group CEO
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11. CloudFX:Helping Businesses Transform
into Digital Organizations
Technology
Transformation
is a Journey, and
we are the
Gateway to its
Promise

12. WeHelpourClients
Leverage
CloudTechnology
The purpose of cloud automation is to ease the
complexity that comes with cloud computing
adaptation and help businesses leverage
themselves. The technology relates itself with the
deployment of the different dynamic resources and modules
in a cloud computing or virtualized environment. CloudFX
is one such industry leader, maniacally focused on ensuring
that their clients and partners are capable of transitioning
seamlessly into a commercial world grounded in the
Digitization of technology through the emergence of Cloud
and IoT technologies, ultimately underpinned by
automation.
After CloudFX’s inception, their
purpose was simple, bring
ingenuity, innovation and
pragmatism to the most disruptive
generational period of technological
change the world has ever
experienced through vendor
agnostic technology platforms and
solutions. After many years of
dedicated R&D, CloudFX has
outstandingly developed one of the
world's leading Digital, Cloud and
IoT platforms. To support the
pervasiveness of this platform, they
built out and enabled one of the
most innovative eco-systems of
partners who use their technologies
to help customers align to and
benefit from this generational shift in technology.
The Trailblazer of CloudFX
Damian Crotty, Founder and Group CEO of CloudFX
is a highly experienced technology executive and
entrepreneur. He has a diverse, global background and
proven track record in leading high growth, mature and
start-up technology businesses.
With a vision to redefine the way cloud technology is
accepted and used, Damian says: At the core of my being is
this concept of “thinking arete” which in Greek means
“excellence of any kind” or as it applies to my reflections
and ambitions with CloudFX “in the pursuit of excellence.”
The generational shift in technology was going to have a
profound impact on the way companies consume
technology, who they consume technology from, how that
technology is used, provisioned, governed and managed.
The reality is, the generic OEM vendor’s have the sales
reach and marketing budgets to propagate this image that
they are leaders in this space, but the reality is, specialist
small companies will define the industry’s direction for the
next 5-8 years and I felt like I was in a position to
contribute to that definition and potentially lead that
change with like minded employees, partners and
customers.
Embrace the Agile Culture with CloudFX’s Unique
Product and Services
Damian has spent over two decades in understanding,
defining and ultimately leading
how companies deliver and
efficiently use technology to
achieve their goals across the
world. These experiences have
helped Damian to develop a
feeling of responsibility to give
back.
To work on his responsibility,
Damian started developing the
most advanced, innovative,
customer focused technology
platform and enablement services
to align with the reality of what
enterprises need to do in order to
successfully navigate this
generational technological
transition. At CloudFX, they have successfully built
exceptional platforms, intellectual property, partners who
have their own innate capabilities and services that are
ultimately aligned around one basic goal and that’s to
deliver change that’s measurable, valuable, meaningful and
sustainable.
Leaving No Stone Unturned
Willingness to work hard, learn, be flexible, change
direction when needed and remain both curious and open to
the changing dynamics of the industry and customer
preferences is all that contributes to CloudFX’s innovation
agenda.
Damian believes, IT is an unusual industry, and it doesn’t
suit his personality. According to him, IT is elusive and
unaccountable in many areas with poor strategic and
‘‘‘‘

13. financial decision making. So, remaining inspired, engaged
and sticking to the principles in the face of irrational
circumstances are the key attributes to evolve into a global
leader in this space.
I truly feel for all of the leaders who have grand visions
only to see them not realized due to the company’s ability to
survive (cash, debt, execution, people churn etc.) but I take
none of this personally, it’s sports for me and my guys rise
to every challenge so I draw my inspiration from my people,
my partners and my customers, combined that with a deep
passion for the industry, a commitment to deliver
transformative change for our partners and a “zero quit”
mentality, I love the change and challenge.– asserts
Damian.
Industry Insights, from Damian's Point of View
According to Damian, it’s the most exciting time in the
industry’s history on one hand, and yet on the other, people
are making technology based decision’s that will determine
the ultimate success or failure of their business. Let’s track
the last 15 years, 50% of the Fortune 500 have been
eliminated due to digital disruption and these companies
had unlimited resources to navigate this transition so it’s a
massive challenge and most CEO’s and Board’s are not
equipped to navigate this due to high strategic and financial
“
It’s more
than
“technology”
that sets us
apart, it’s the
modus operandi
of our strategy,
people,
processes and
partners that
makes us
truly unique

14. acumen but low technological acumen. The reality is,
IT is the corporate function most negatively impacted
and yet IT is making the calls on how the “business”
should drive that change ? The irony of this is never
lost on us. IT is notorious for poor decision making,
poor project implementation, poor business case goal
attainment and delivering initiatives on time. In the
past, the business could still operate effectively, but
today, that's not the case. If businesses get this
transition wrong, they will fail.
Transforming Challenges into Opportunities
CloudFX is attaining new heights every day, and for
them opportunities are massive, so they are solely
focusing on picking the spaces and segments that they
can define, lead and execute better than anyone else.
Looking towards a bright future, Damian believes that
they will see $1.4TRN of market value created in 5-8
years. This is truly unprecedented in terms of the size of the
opportunity and how quickly it’s taking place.
Being small, agile and for their case private and devoid
of bureaucracy is a massive advantage.
Damian’s Advice to the New Entrants in the Industry
I read a quote recently that said something to the effect of
“You will fail a thousand times, you will lose all your
money, you will be ridiculed, you’ll be dismissed, you’ll
have people who don’t know you say terrible things about
you, you’ll go grey, lose sleep and lose relationships that
matter and if you survive all of that over a long term, i.e. 10
years, you’ll be successful”. I am entering my 9th year at
CloudFX at the end of 2017 and I’ve experienced all of
these things so my advice is this; you need to be so resilient,
so assured of your purpose, so enthusiastic and so
committed that nothing can or will stop you. It’s an
incredible opportunity to help people – employees,
customers, partners and I love giving back and seeing
people realise their goals, but it’s a hard journey,
particularly when I’ve remained committed to staying
Private other than Intel Capital and Cisco’s investments,
but today, 75% of the company is owned privately. We’ve
had a lot of money chasing us but it would compromise our
agnostic purity and I won’t compromise my principles for
money, so my advice is plan well, execute perfectly, hire
exceptionally and I wish you the very best of luck, you’re
a warrior and need to be prepared to act and operate like
one.
Helping Clients to Outshine their Competitors
At CloudFX, they help their global customers and partners
maximize their share of the $1.4TRN Digital services
market through their platform and solution oriented
technologies which create digital savvy, agile and
innovative business models. They enable Enterprises and
Governments to massively increase the effectiveness of IT
whilst reducing the cost of business and technology driven
services consumption, and they do this across every service
type and every vendor. CloudFX is truly unique in
integration, automation, management, analytics and billing
of these business services irrespective of whether they are
on the monetization side or the consumption and
transformation side of this economic equation.
Geared Up for the Future
Easy. Incredible. Why? We have developed the world’s best
platform technology, and now it’s in 5th generation. I have
an incredible group of people to work with that inspire me
daily. I love our partners and care about their business as
much as I do by my own. These are the biggest SI’s and
MSP’s in the world and they chose us, we are blessed (and
so are they). The world is truly at our feet, but because we
are so determined, humbled, driven and customer focused,
all I care about is the change we bring to the industry, and
that’s change done the right way. – says Damian.
Our Goal is to
Make IT
Transformation
Easy‘‘
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17. Management BriefCompany Name
Cato Networks
catonetworks.com
Shlomo Kramer
CEO
Cato Networks provides latest Software-defined WAN, in the
cloud, protected by a tightly integrated set of security services.
Gaurav Solanki
CEO
Coupa
coupa.com
Coupa is the cloud platform for business spend that is SAP ICC
certified in SAP S/4HANA® integration and SAP NetWeaver®
integration.
Deepraj Software Services
deeprajsoftware.com
Deepraj Software Services Pvt. Ltd is an emerging software
development company which is thriving due to its high quality
technological products and superior software services.
Natterbox Ltd
natterbox.com
M-Power Solutions is the leading Oracle Cloud Partner in Asia
Pacific. They specialise in delivering planning, budgeting,
analytics, big data, and financial reporting solutions in the cloud.
Itsavvy
itsavvy.com
Brian Hierholzer
CEO
Neverfail helps clients to transform their business with secure cloud
solutions, guaranteed uptime, and a robust partner/software ecosystem.
Natterbox enables organisations to deliver class-leading service
levels to their customers through efficient and effective integration
of voice into their digital customer communications.
Neverfail
neverfail.com
Neil Hammerton
CEO
Artha Infotama
artha-it.com
Artha Infotama is one of the fastest growing IT companies with end
to end solution providing capabilities. It is also a Microsoft Gold
Competency Partner (ERP Microsoft Dynamics & Volume
Licensing) and 1-Tier Cloud Solution Provider(CSP 1-Tier).
Avanxo
avanxo.com
Avanxo is the perfect ally for large companies that need to
transform their business and improve their processes with the
implementation of Cloud Computing solutions
CloudFX
cloudfx.com
Damian Crotty
CEO & Founder
CloudFX is a world-class organization and has a reputation in
the art of simplifying the process of technology and business
transformation through their unrivaled advisory and execution
services.
M-Power Solutions
mpowersolutions.com.au
Mike Theriault
President & CEO,
Steve Theriault
VP Marketing
Juan David Garzon
Practice Director SFDC
IT Savvy’s has more than 1,000,000 products and a vendor-
neutral philosophy, its business-to-business reseller business
offers more than a 1,000 name brand computer products.
Mark Simpson
Director
Stephen Hendry
CEO
Rob Bernshteyn
CEO
Cloud Computing
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18. Demonstrating one’s proven expertise in delivering
quality solutions in one or more specialized areas
of business is a Microsoft Gold Competency
Partner’s forte, and a leading IT company which is
outshining others by reaping maximum benefits for being a
Microsoft Gold Partner is Artha Infotama. Famously
known as ARTHA IT, Artha Infotama is one of the fastest
growing IT companies with end to end solution providing
capabilities.
As Microsoft Gold Competency Partner (ERP Microsoft
Dynamics, Volume Licensing) and 1-Tier Cloud Solution
Provider (CSP 1-Tier), Artha Infotama is also Microsoft
Dynamics President’s Club in 2009,2010, 2012, 2016,
Award from Microsoft as part of top- performing partners
Established in 2002, Artha is headquartered in Jakarta
(Indonesia), and has its branches located in Surabaya
(Indonesia) and also has some of its subsidiaries in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia under the name of ARTHA IT Malaysia
Sdn Bhd.
The Tale of Artha Infotama
The inception days of Artha was not at all easy, they faced
numerous difficulties, but never let their moral down. In the
first year they were able to grab only 2 new customers, and
now they proudly own a clan of 700+ customers with
Microsoft products, and included more than 400 customers
of Microsoft Dynamics GP with total deployed 4300+ users
If you are looking for a single gate to open and deliver the
solutions meeting your needs, then Artha Infotama is the
only answer. Artha’s worldwide solutions cover multi
industry domains with out-of-the-box products & services,
such as:
Ÿ ERP Microsoft Dynamics (Dynamics GP, Dynamics
365).
Ÿ Vertical Industry Solutions (Plantation Management
System, Oil Mill, Property Management, Retail, Textile,
Education etc.).
Ÿ Cloud Solutions (Dynamics GP, Dynamics 365,
Office365, Azure, IaaS).
Ÿ Portal Management & Mobility (Vendor, Customer &
Human Capital Portal Management).
Ÿ Business Process Management-Low Code Workflow
Automation.
Ÿ Auditor & Tax Consulting.
Ÿ Implementation & Maintenance Support.
Meet the Torch Bearer of Artha Infotama
Stephen Hendry, CEO of Artha Infotama, is a visionary
leader and an entrepreneur of a different kind. Right
decision making capability is his forte and he is a master in
the art of helping clients manage their day-to-day
operations and help them make quick and right decisions.
In 2001 Microsoft began to enter the Enterprise Resource
Planning business by acquiring Great Plains Software and
at that time we saw that this is the right time to hit the
Delivering Business
Solutions Tailored to
Your Needs
Artha
Infotama:
Stephen Hendry
CEO
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for 2017
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19. market, because of the reputation of Microsoft which was already at
the peak level in the global market. And in 2002 we established PT
Artha Infotama to start our journey in ERP business by becoming a
Microsoft Business Solution Partner for Great Plains product and
now with the name Microsoft Dynamics GP – asserts Stephen.
Taking Client Satisfaction to a New Level.
At Artha Infotama, they treat their clients as their partners, they not
only provide them with system solutions, they also help their clients
in technology development. To help clients’ focus in their business,
they provide support by providing operational solutions through
technology enablement with good infrastructure, which can be
adjusted in no time while assisting them to focus on the growth
paradigm.
In the era of globalization and digital transformation, entrepreneurs
are increasingly getting dependent on integrated systems, Online &
mobility procedures meet their internal and external challenges. At
Artha Infotama they believe intelligence, collaboration and
transformation is the key value for every company to help businesses
and expand their growth. This is where Artha Infotama (ARTHA IT)
comes in with single gate end to end solution, by differentiating
solutions and focusing for some industries, thus outshining their
competitors.
Services on which You can Rely Upon
Plantation Management System: Microsoft Dynamics GP for
Plantation Management System is an activity based costing solution
which handles the overall plantation operations from the acquisition
of land, land improvements, planting, maintenance, workshop,
harvesting, payroll to replanting, Oil Mill, weighbridge. Under this
platform, all the activities are controlled through the system, resulting
in high efficiency and productivity. With this business intelligence
analysis clients can control and make decisions faster.
Property Management System: Microsoft Dynamics GP Property
Management System is an integrated, end to end solution for property
development companies to manage their unlimited group property
(Mall, Office Building, Residence & other strata units) with simple,
efficient and productive solutions.
The Property Management System covers various areas such as:
Tenant Management, Agreement, Fitting Out, Rental, Service Charge
(Electricity, Water, Management Fee, Rental Fee, Parking) & billing.
It also covers Ownership & Tenant Rental Management Profit
Sharing, Consignment, Preventive Maintenance & Case Request.
Payroll Management: Microsoft Dynamics GP for Payroll
Management provides flexible and unlimited perspectives for
companies with unlimited Paycode, Localized Tax Rule including Tax
reporting, Insurance, employee loan, medical claim, Employee
Selfserve, Leave request, integrated with attendance machine, digital
pay slip & bank transfer. The solution is suitable for every size
company, let it be a small scale company, medium, enterpriseand
group company.
ARTHA For Retail : Flexibility Point Of Sales
Online & Offline System for electronic retail,
mini mart, supermarket, fashion, consumer
good, with multi promotion, sale & multi
payment method.
ARTHA For E-MOBILE : Flexible Mobile
solutions support Android/IOS with enterprise
function such as E-Order, E-Procurement, E-
Preventive Task, E-KPI, E-Travel, E-Leave
Request etc.
Future Perspectives
As the company moves forward, product
transformation, solutions and technology will
run continuously; thus, we will help our clients
through the system to get closer with their
employees, customers and vendors so that our
clients can get more efficiency, more
productivity and can grow well and be stable in
future.
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Gate
End to End
Solution
Provider
Specialist
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20. Information Technology and its associated solutions are
faster becoming the epicenter of all business
operations. With a highly competitive business
environment, there is a constant and never-ending struggle
that every entrepreneur is facing in recent times. Those who
adapt and imbibe the new technological advancements into
their business operations will survive, thrive & ultimately
assist their organization to achieve boundless financial
success. Deepraj Software Service Pvt. Ltd (DSS) is one
such reputed firm which develops various cutting edge
technological solutions for better operational efficiency and
profitability.
Mumbai based DSS firm was established to provide various
software services to SMEs and Large Enterprises in the
Indian region. Since then, the company due to its vast
experience in providing software development and software
trading to the government, SMEs and Large Enterprises in
Asian and Middle East Regions has evolved and started
flourishing. Deepraj Software Services operates 3 brands,
viz. EmailFRY.com for providing Enterprise Email
products and related services, EnzymeLogic for providing
software development to Energy & Resources and E-
commerce sectors and Appgorithm for providing Mobile
App solutions. DSS, enriched with core technical
knowledge and million dollar ideas, is also involved in
research and development of hardware and software
products for consumers and businesses.
Leading light of DSS
Mr. Gaurav Solanki along with his brother Varun Solanki,
founded the company in the year 2007. Gaurav, the CEO at
DSS, has a bachelor's degree in Electronics and
Telecommunication from Mumbai University. He has
worked with many Fortune 50 software companies. Gaurav
has a vast software experience of over 15 years out of
which he invested 3 years in the USA while working for a
reputed firm. He then returned to India with a vision to ease
the complexity in providing customer friendly software
services to various industries in India and contribute to the
growth of the country. Gaurav has been a computer
enthusiast right from his childhood and has won many
prestigious awards in the same field. Reading, travelling
and ideating on futuristic concepts are some of his keen
interests apart from software technologies. DSS firm has
gained immensely due to his proficiency and expertise in
various software technologies and management values.
Notable products of DSS
EmailFRY.com, EnzymeLogic and Appgorithm are the
flagship products of DSS. EmailFRY.com offers multiple
levels of email products for all size & types of businesses.
For some companies, email systems are very critical and
they invest heavily in a robust system, whereas for some
companies in the same industry, a different mode of
Gaining Prominence
with its Superior Products
& Quality Services
Deepraj Software
Services:
Gaurav Solanki
CEO
Cloud Computing
for 2017
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21. communication is important. Experts at EmailFRY.com understand
the requirement of client and offer the most suitable solution within
their budget. The most notable and differentiating factor in
EmailFRY.com is the range of services related to email systems. The
range is unparalleled across the industry and is very easy for any
customer to understand it.
EnzymeLogic offers software expertise in the Energy & Resources
industry as well as E-commerce industry. Gaurav is a adept consultant
in these industries and has provided many core industry applications
to Indian and International enterprises. Some of the software
platforms developed and implemented by DSS host very high value
transactions value, on a daily basis. DSS delivers a full 360 degree
solution or simply a software application to the customer.
Appgorithm was founded based on the need of the hour. DSS couldn’t
find a provider suitable enough to develop mobile apps at a price
suitable for the Indian market along with quality software. Therefore
DSS built their own team. The quality of design DSS offers is of top
class and their app also hosts very high value transactions on a daily
basis. Currently, DSS is developing apps for both iOS, Android and
hybrid environments, for enterprises as well as entrepreneurs with
new innovative ideas.
Attribute that makes DSS a Distinguished firm
The most differentiating virtue for DSS is the sense of partnership.
DSS truly works as a software partner for its clients, like an extended
arm of their company. DSS sincerely believes that when a customer
grows, DSS grows which is why they delivery A-1 quality. The
company thrives to stick it out with their clients through thick and
thin. With a firm believes that top quality product always helps in
winning clients trust and new businesses, the company is growing
leaps and bounds. Due to their top quality product and highly satisfied
clients, DSS has managed to grow manifold simply based on
references. Quality of services is the only reason that even
EmailFRY.com, which is serving a highly competitive market, has
managed to grow manifold.
Challenges and opportunities in recent times
At present, the first challenge a non-IT industry faces is of software
overload which is affecting the overall productivity of a business
operation. DSS offers dashboard solutions with which a company can
focus on their core business and keep an eye on other things with
smart dashboards.
The other challenge is that there is very little time and high volumes
of information. Machine learning has the potential to process high
volumes of information in very less time. DSS
is capable of implementing machine learning for
various core industries as well as for
e-commerce platforms.
Future Goals
DSS, bullish on their R & D wing, are looking
forward to their futuristic ideas coming to life.
DSS is extremely happy with the current wave
of technology adoption in India & intends to
contribute more in the further advancements.
DSS has begun focusing on new regions across
the world and in the near future, DSS will find
new opportunities to establish itself in multiple
global regions.
Cost
effective &
high quality
products
drive business
growth
‘
‘‘
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22. How Will
Cloud
Computing
Be By
2020?
The future has a great promise when it comes to the cloud. No doubt, cloud computing has
taken off in the recent years with business applications and new innovations. But
knowing where will be the cloud computing by the end of the decade can be little
difficult for those who don't know what cloud computing is.
So, what is cloud computing and how will it help my business? Cloud computing is a kind of
computer hard drive with a difference of storing and accessing data over the internet. When the
data is stored on the hard drive, it is called local storage and computing.
How will cloud computing evolve? And how will it affect the future? Are the questions
organizations aims to find out. Here are some predictions for the companies that look cloud
computing as a cost-effective in a long-term.
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23. Futurista
21| October 2017 |

24. Application Availability On The Cloud Will Be More
It’s estimated that by the end of 2020, more than a quarter of all applications will be available on the cloud. More than 58
percent of companies spend about 10 percent of their annual budgets on the cloud, while about 56 percent of companies
think cloud to be a strategic differentiator. As researchers predicted, there will be about 8.2 billion active mobile devices
by 2020 with more and more applications to follow. Applications will be made available on the cloud to build and deploy
applications that would lead to better technology and faster response time.
Migration To Private Clouds With More Education
Companies are starting to know the differences between public, private, and hybrid cloud computing. Companies opting
to stay with the shared clouds will have the risk of slower performance and more security threats, which would result in
migration to private clouds in the future.
More Hybrid Cloud Computing
Some industry leaders predict that about 50 percent of companies will have hybrid clouds by 2017. Hybrid cloud
computing would provide a combination of strengths like on-premise solutions and management convenience.
Increased Cloud Development
An 85 percent of the new applications are being built with the cloud in mind, which expects to see more and more
resources going towards cloud development. Companies can expect an increase in the third party, commercial and
enterprise developers and API exchanges.
End Of Traditional Infrastructure
Due to the evolving features of the cloud, software can be expected to almost completely stay away from hardware, since
many companies are starting to search many applications available online by eliminating the need to keep buying new
servers. Companies can expect software applications to get more complex and larger for scalability. The emphasis will be
mostly on modular software since applications tend to get larger. The modular software will require a novel approach to
the technology by saying goodbye to the traditional infrastructure.
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26. o be competitive, organizations are looking to use technology to drive innovation into their products and
Tservices, and simultaneously deliver efficiencies. The Cloud promises to be an enabler for business
transformation - providing the agility for organisations to rapidly learn and adapt with less risk of failure,
and at lower cost. Cost is a consideration but more than that, it provides an opportunity to reduce waste and
improve efficiencies.
Matt Wright, CTO, Rubicon Red, says “Digital transformation presents a significant opportunity for our customers
in terms of driving innovation and accelerating time to business value. As organizations adopt new technologies
and move to blended solutions comprising SaaS, private cloud and on-premise apps, integration plays a critical
role.”
Rubicon Red, a globally recognized and awarded thought leader in Oracle middleware, recommends a phased
approach to help organizations modernize their IT environments, migrating from largely on-premise systems, to
hybrid cloud environments. Through a phased approach, Oracle Middleware customers can get the combined the
benefits of Cloud plus DevOps to upgrade their environments, adopt cloud, streamline development processes, and
concurrently minimize risk and cost.
Matt says, “We can help customers migrate from Oracle SOA 11g to SOA 12c, establish a cloud platform to
seamlessly run Oracle SOA 12c on the Cloud, optimize their integrations, and drive further innovation through new
integrations, SaaS extensions, new processes or mobile channels.”
The Best Recipe: Cloud + DevOps
Moving Oracle Middleware development to the cloud (lift and shift) is a natural first step, and when coupled with a
DevOps strategy means organizations can streamline their development processes. “Organizations that fully
embrace the cloud for Dev and Test are experiencing more than 30 percent time savings upon maturing their
DevOps capabilities,” says Matt.
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27. When it comes to running Oracle Middleware in the Cloud, customers have a couple of options. Oracle Cloud
Platform as a Service (PaaS) provides the breadth and depth of functionality to rapidly build and deploy rich
applications and extend Oracle Cloud SaaS apps and integrate with existing business-critical IT systems. SOA
Cloud Service and Integration Cloud Service are the ideal approach for Oracle middleware customers to migrate
their integrations to the cloud. Alternatively, customers could select an Infrastructure as a Service provider and
install the Oracle SOA Suite.
To unlock the commercial and speed to market benefits of developing in the cloud, the process of taking code
developed and tested in the cloud and deploying it into production needs to be frictionless. The key pre-requisites to
achieving this are having a standardized and automated process for building and deploying code across all
environments.
This is where Rubicon Red MyST, the end-to-end DevOps solution for Oracle Middleware, comes into it’s own for
provisioning, configuration and release automation across cloud and on-premise, irrespective of your cloud
provider. “MyST allows you to easily configure an Oracle SOA Cloud Service to replicate your production
environment or provision and configure a Middleware as a Service on top of an existing IaaS provider – as well as
fully automate the build out of your on-premise production environments,” assures Matt. Further, “MyST allows
clients to establish a single integrated process for automating the promotion of the Oracle Middleware platform
configurations and application deployment through each and every phase of the software delivery lifecycle - from
development and testing to production, both in the cloud and on-premise.”
“Combining cloud-based development with DevOps is the perfect combination – reducing development time, whilst
concurrently minimizing risk and cost,” says Matt. He goes on to share a great example of Cloud plus DevOps at
an Australian Oil and Gas company. “Using MyST, they can provision a new Dev/Test environment on the cloud in
less than 60 minutes, whereas previously it would take 4-8 weeks to provision a new environment, manually. And,
using the MyST release automation capabilities, they’ve slashed release time from 4-8 hours to ~15 minutes.”
About the Author
Juliana Button is a passionate tech marketer,
Manager - Marketing & Events at Rubicon
Red.
Prior to this, she was Director Product
Management, Oracle Corporation, Oracle
Fusion Middleware and Oracle Cloud
Platform, working at Oracle Headquarters
in Redwood Shores and in Australia.
Juliana Bu on
Manager - Marke ng & Events
Rubicon Red
In Focus
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28. Leveraging the cloud provides faster project start up time and improves developer productivity, giving them the agility
and efficiency to rapidly deliver on new projects.
Accelerate Speed to Value through Oracle Cloud KickStart
Matt emphasizes that the potential for business innovation through cloud is unprecedented and recommends that while
a phased approach is best to migrate existing systems and bed down hybrid cloud infrastructure, organizations must, in
parallel, begin to evaluate and prototype solutions that will drive the next wave of innovation. “With Oracle Cloud,
continually evolving cloud services open the door to new business opportunities with disruptive cloud innovations
using social and mobile services, big data, content collaboration, and the Internet of Things.”
Through their Oracle Cloud KickStart program, Rubicon Red provides a rapid on-ramp to Oracle Cloud. “Using our
unique blend of Oracle expertise, best practices and agile development methodologies, our Cloud KickStart gives you
everything you need to qualify, quantify and prove your transformation use-case with Oracle Cloud in just two-weeks –
it is the best way to quickly get the green light on your next business transformation project,” concludes Matt.
A 2013 Survey by Evans Data Cloud Development Survey, found that cloud platforms reduce overall development time
by an average of 11.6 percent, 38 percent cited savings in the 11 to 20 percent range, whilst 10% had experienced more
than more than 30 percent in time savings.
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In Focus

30. If you still think organizations are transitioning to the
cloud, ITsavvy thinks you’ve got it all wrong. Most
organizations have already embraced the cloud, either
in total or in part. Today, it is the cloud providers who are in
transition, or at least they should be. To be competitive,
cloud providers need to offer their clients more options,
better support and improved control. Unfortunately, as their
users have discovered, the big cloud providers are really
good at offering computing and storage space, but they may
neglect to deliver on the customization, service and support
behind the solutions that cloud users require. Some further
fall short in the post-sales relationship that users desire and
often demand. For ITsavvy, that presents a tremendous
opportunity. “When others drop the ball, ITsavvy excels,”
says Mike Theriault, President and CEO of ITsavvy.
Theriault co-founded ITsavvy with Chris Kurpeikis, the
company’s Executive Vice President. Headquartered in
Addison, Illinois, ITsavvy has offices in downtown
Chicago, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Iowa, Indiana,
Ohio and California. ITsavvy manages cloud infrastructure
technology in Tier 3 data centers in Illinois and New Jersey,
and has access to 1,000,000 plus IT products in 46
distribution centers around the US. ITsavvy’s success
comes from a unique ability to combine an elite level of
knowledge with state-of-the-art delivery of IT products and
Advanced Solutions that include Cloud Solutions, Security
Solutions, Managed Services, Engineered Solutions and
Unified Communications. “We keep an ear to the ground to
recognize subtle changes before they become industry
trends. It helps us stay ahead of the pack,” Theriault says.
Clients demand service and selection
When ITsavvy initiated their Cloud Solutions practice, they
immediately understood what the market wanted: selection,
security and service. “Clients want customizable solutions.
They want the opportunity to select the cloud solution that
is best suited for their operation and their business
objectives,” says Theriault. To meet the full spectrum of
needs, ITsavvy offers not only complete cloud solutions
through Amazon, Microsoft and Google but also
customizable public, private and hybrid clouds along with
colocation and a managed cloud solution within ITsavvy’s
own data centers.
ITsavvy then takes cloud to the next level with US-based
24x7x365 technical support, which is highly unique in the
industry. And while some cloud providers are limited to a
You've got the vision.
Let's make it happen
ITsavvy:
Mike Theriault
President & CEO
Cloud Computing
for 2017
AdmiredCompanies in
The Most10
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31. ‘‘
‘
The IT
operation of
your
dreams is
within reach,
with ITsavvy
Cloud
Solutions
single technology expertise, ITsavvy is knowledgeable across the
entire data center stack with certified on-staff expertise in design,
architecture, data migration, storage, backup and disaster recovery as
well as managed network and security. All clients receive a dedicated
Client Executive they can contact with a single call. “The big cloud
providers can’t do that,” says Theriault.
ITsavvy adds expert problem-solving
For some cloud engagements, it takes specialized knowledge to
identify the ideal solution. “We had a client with 30 worldwide
locations, all running separate backup processes, and a number of
them were failing. The client wanted to consolidate everything into a
new infrastructure, but it would take months,” Theriault explains. “We
have a very creative engineer on our staff with advanced backup and
disaster recovery expertise. Within a week he had deployed a cloud
backup solution to automate and remotely manage the client’s
backups while the onsite infrastructure was being built. It was a
solution they hadn't thought of, but it was exactly what they needed.”
In the end, however, most cloud clients just want to know their data
will be there when they need it. That seems simple, but it’s actually
quite complicated. ITsavvy helps clients understand what data they
want to migrate, what applications they’ll be utilizing, how legacy
and cloud systems will integrate, how fast they need data restored,
whether they have compliance requirements and a host of other
factors. “I consider governance of data to be the piece that is missing
with most cloud providers, but it’s one of our strengths,” Theriault
says. “We understand how processes integrate and how data flows in
and out of the operation. Trying to do that on your own is extremely
difficult, particularly in a customized or hybrid environment.”
The future of cloud is hybrid
Few organizations have committed their entire infrastructure to the
cloud, so most environments become a hybrid of many technologies.
Hybrid cloud may leverage public and private clouds, enabling the
migration of data and workloads between cloud and onsite
environments when needed. “I don’t think there is any more debate.
The hybrid cloud model will be the approach of choice by most
organizations. We are well-positioned to support this strategy,”
Theriault says. ITsavvy can design and architect complex cloud
environments, then monitor and manage them utilizing the support of
ITsavvy’s in-house Network Operations Center (NOC) with 24x7x365
event remediation. Clients can add ITsavvy’s elite expertise in
security event remediation, as well. It’s all part of the holistic
approach that ITsavvy takes with each client.
For Theriault, the mantra of today’s cloud
solutions should be flexibility. “We build
scalability and cost-efficiency into our cloud
solutions. Who knows what the future will
bring? We want our clients to be able to take
advantage of emerging opportunities and still
get the most out of their IT investments.” For
more information go to ITsavvy.com/Cloud
29| October 2017 |

32. A Tainted
Shelter of
Virtual
Cloud
NetworksNetworks
Imagine a scenario where you are moving from one
river bank to the other side of it on a boat, and
suddenly you realize that there is a hole on the below
surface of the boat. As the water starts pouring in, your first
instinct is to remove the water from the surface of the boat,
rather than go straight ahead to block the hole.
Well, that has always been the story of IT security team.
Rather than finding the real issues, they lack the complete
visibility, and more than often they end up getting confused
while figuring out which points to protect in the entire
infrastructure. With constant vital threats, and the safety kits
along with a number of resources at their disposal, all the IT
security teams end up by functioning in a regular
reactionary mode, while a strategic, preemptive security
suite takes a back seat.
With that in mind, a virtual network, that has been gaining
wide popularity, further complicate visibility issues, adding
to more worries. Virtual networking defines the technology,
which is facilitated by the governance of one or more
distantly positioned computers or servers over the wide
network. This allows easy data storage and retrieval, along
with operating, and running of software and peripherals
with the help of a web browser, similar to the case in which
remote hardware were at the same location. Generally, such
virtual systems are swirled up at required instances, and for
each security team and identifiers, these are allocated, they
may not be in synchronization along with narrow registered
safety guidelines. This may result in many network security
teams having none sort of provision to executive consoles
and partial intuition for the overall understanding of shifting
network architectures affect on their attack surface.
This problem can be dealt with all-inclusive network
modeling methods covering entire virtual networks, so as
network security engineers might get the much required
visibility to combine security and compliance function
amidst its fusion hardware and virtual systems.
Verifying Access
The complexity is certainly the big test for the procedure
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33. making and access authentication into the hybrid
environments. The combination of hardware, virtual
networks and cloud computing with the different safety
groups and identifiers, alongside conventional ACLs
(Access control list), creates manual assessment and
diagnosis nearly impossible. Though by circumcising this
data and mingling hybrid network procedures, system
access can be diagnosed from start to end and considered
implementing inside the model.
Micro segmentation: Enters the newfangled
Phenomenon
Traditionally, data centers have been secured by border
security technologies, diagnosing north-south traffic-traffic
in and out of the data center. Conventionally, many of the
data center architects believe that entire east to west
transport, which is moving into the data center, happens
only in reliable and secured zones. With the latest of data
breaches, majorly, have exposed the fact that this perception
holds no value at this period of time. Enters the micro
segmentation, which is a security technology that enables to
breakdown the data center into analytical parts and
succeeds these segments with a large number of IT security
policies. Further, micro segmentation is used for
segmenting east-west data transport in the data center into
small chunks, and delivers into secured sectors. Even so,
with the lack of security visibility to understand
implementation of micro segmentation, it becomes
impossible to validate procedure which is followed across
the entire network.
By mixing and demonstrating north to south and east to
west procedures, IT security groups can improve endwise
access visibility all over its hybrid network. The Standard-
driven visibility also offers an additional credible view of
functional procedure at the host side, instead of
authenticating access individually at “choke points” and at
the gateways to the virtual systems.
Finding Liabilities from the Virtual Systems
One of the major additional benefits of casting virtual and
cloud systems is without a scan vulnerability detection
system. Security analysis directed at the casting of virtual
and cloud networks can find out liabilities with the help of
product configuration and its description. This can
pointedly reduce dependence on active or third party scans,
as this increases complexity; it becomes difficult to function
on virtual and cloud networks. The Integrating liabilities
intelligence provides a larger portrait in the understanding
of these networks influence overall risk.
In the depth of “Security Visualization”
With the fusion of hybrid IT systems in single prototype
and standardizing its data, organizations can remove the
obstacles which are conventionally present amid physical,
virtual and cloud systems for broad, restructured security
management.
This data can be further refined into an unpretentious
portrait of the organization’s distinctive attack surface. With
the help of visualizations’ method related to surface attack,
allows from “in-the-trenches” security experts to panel
members to swiftly grasp the relationship of its IT setup and
where their most vital security threats exits. This, visibility
of a software system which is the addition of the various
points where an unauthorized attacker allows an intuitive
and profoundly logical tool to formulate quick, well-versed
results concerning the event response, actions and safety
assets. This offers a mutual language and reference to end
countering to indications and beginning to handle core
reasons of security concerns, generating a pre-emptive,
rounded security agenda.
31| October 2017 |
Chalk Talk

34. n North America, utilities have installed nearly 70
Imillion smart meters over the last decade. This
technology investment has delivered tangible value to
both utilities and consumers. But utilities have yet to realize
the full potential of this platform and the value of the data
these systems generate. This is primarily due to common
challenges that utilities as well as technology providers
have struggled with:
Ÿ Smart meters are viewed mainly as a cash registers and
instruments of customer billing rather than as
sophisticated sensors that provide a rich source of data
and insight to improve grid operations.
Ÿ For the most part, smart metering systems have been
deployed in technology “silos,” meaning they run on
purpose-built, largely proprietary networks that were
designed for meter reading rather than on a standards-
based, multi-application IP-platform.
Ÿ These systems have created a relative tsunami of new
data–more frequent and detailed usage data, event data
from power outages and voltage anomalies and meter
tamper alerts–data that utilities are struggling to manage
and create new business value from.
Ÿ More than smart meters, the term “smart grid” implies
grid devices, assets and data interacting in real time and
with less human intervention to respond to changing
grid conditions. This degree of interoperability and
automation has been elusive or cost-prohibitive thus far
for the low-voltage level of the network.
Most of these challenges are technology-centered, while
some are cultural and organizational, but the upside is that
these challenges are being solved. Information technology
and operational technology are converging rapidly in the
utility and energy space to create a new strategic and
operational reality. This comes none too soon in light of
significant business challenges utilities worldwide are
facing as well as the economic and environmental
challenges we all face.
Led by companies such as Cisco and Itron, a growing
ecosystem of smart grid technology providers have
collaborated to evolve network architecture so that utility
field area networks look and behave much more like
enterprise IT networks. Solution providers are also
introducing more distributed intelligence to grid operations
that enable grid assets and devices that are currently
“siloed” to work in concert with one another. In addition,
the available value stream of this network infrastructure
investment is broadening by connecting to emerging
markets and applications such as smart cities and the
Internet of Things (IoT).
The heavy lifting really began four years ago when Itron
and Cisco announced an agreement to work together to re-
architect Itron’s widely-deployed OpenWay smart grid
network to IPv6 architecture from Cisco. This joint
development effort, undertaken by the industry leaders in
utility automation and networking, was a watershed effort
in the industry. The smart metering network became a
multi-application smart grid and smart city network,
broadening significantly its usefulness and value. A
growing ecosystem of leading smart grid technology
providers can now build to a common reference architecture
through the Connected Grid Cisco Developer Network to
accelerate adoption and spark innovation.
But standards-based, multi-application network architecture
by itself was not enough to address all those challenges.
Itron believes that for the smart grid to deliver on its
promised value, data analysis and action must take place
where it makes most sense–increasingly at the edge of the
network rather than in the utility back office. That’s the
whole idea behind ITRON RIVA™, a new distributed
intelligence and advanced communication platform the
company launched this fall.
Distributing intelligence across the network allows us to
economically solve utility problems that couldn’t be
feasibly solved before, greatly increasing the value and
timeliness of smart grid analytic applications as well as the
utilization of network capacity. Specifically, these
development efforts yield a new and common set of
technology attributes for meters, grid sensors and other
types of intelligent devices, whether they come from Itron
Technology and Network Convergence:
Forging a Path to Smart Grid, Smart Cities
and Internet of Things
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35. Ÿ or third-party partners who embed the technology or
build to the standard.
Ÿ Locational awareness: For the first time, smart meters
and grid devices know where they are in relation to
other grid assets (feeders, phases, substations,
transformers, distributed generation, other meters, etc.).
This “self-awareness” opens up an entirely new
approach to smart grid use cases and applications.
Ÿ “Multilingual” devices: A unified software platform
supports multiple communication/application protocols,
allowing a single meter or grid device to simultaneously
speak the language of distribution automation, load
control, and smart metering. This enables highly
localized communication and action among diverse
devices, assets and grid control systems to respond to
changing conditions at the edge of the network.
Ÿ Edge processing power: Thanks to Moore’s Law, Itron
is embedding the computing equivalent of a recent
generation smartphone in high-volume meters and grid
devices to enable advanced communications, data
processing and analysis in the edge device.
The ability for edge devices to know exactly where they
Jeff Carkhuff
VP, Itron
Led by companies
such as Cisco and
Itron, a growing
ecosystem of smart
grid technology
providers have
collaborated to
evolve network
architecture so that
utility eld area
networks look and
behave much more
like enterprise IT
networks
‘‘
‘‘
33| October 2017 |
Tech Talk

36. Ÿ are, process and analyze data independently and
communicate with other types of devices creates many
new possibilities for improving the accuracy, resolution
and timeliness of analytic applications. A clear
opportunity exists to deliver new business value in areas
such as localized demand response/load control, asset
monitoring and management, outage detection and
response, renewables integration and diversion
detection. This approach allows utilities to put
intelligence where it makes the most sense, whether
that's in the edge device, the field area network itself or
at the enterprise level, meaning analytics no longer must
always take place in the back office where “tomorrow”
or “next week” is no longer good enough.
Perhaps most interestingly, the Itron Riva distributed
intelligence platform has enabled Itron to revolutionize grid
communications. Known as adaptive communications
technology, this capability incorporates multiple
communications media–RF Mesh, Wi-Fi and Power Line
Carrier–on the same chipset, working in concert to solve
key network performance and connectivity challenges.
Running on the OpenWay smart grid network, adaptive
communications technology always utilizes the fastest and
most reliable communication path for every message and
every link based on location, network operating conditions
and the nature of the application or data. This is true
whether communicating with an office application or
another device on the grid.
This makes deployment of network infrastructure easier,
faster and less costly while offering a single
communications solution for both dense and difficult urban
environments as well as lower-density areas. Adaptive
communications technology flattens the cost curve during
the latter stages of network deployment when the “hard-to-
reach” devices and areas must be addressed. In other words,
it provides a network that continuously self-optimizes based
on geography, topology, operating conditions and business
requirements.
Together, these developments mean that many utilities
throughout the world are in a good position to leverage
these recent and significant advancements in network
architecture, edge intelligence and analytics as they
implement their grid modernization strategies and connect
to broader opportunities such as smart cities and IoT.
There is absolutely no doubt that the convergence of
information technology and operational technology in the
global utility industry will continue and accelerate, and that
technology advancement will continue to outpace the asset
lifecycle paradigm utilities have so long operated within.
Nevertheless, thresholds are reached that warrant a shift in
thinking about how to approach and solve problems. For
tomorrow’s grid, that time is now.
timeliness of analytic applications. A clear opportunity
exists to deliver new business value in areas such as
localized demand response/load control, asset monitoring
and management, outage detection and response,
renewables integration and diversion detection. This
approach allows utilities to put intelligence where it makes
the most sense, whether that’s in the edge device, the field
area network itself or at the enterprise level, meaning
analytics no longer must always take place in the back
office where “tomorrow” or “next week” is no longer good
enough.
Perhaps most interestingly, the Itron Riva distributed
intelligence platform has enabled Itron to revolutionize grid
communications. Known as adaptive communications
technology, this capability incorporates multiple
communications media–RF Mesh, Wi-Fi and Power Line
Carrier–on the same chipset, working in concert to solve
key network performance and connectivity challenges.
Running on the OpenWay smart grid network, adaptive
communications technology always utilizes the fastest and
most reliable communication path for every message and
every link based on location, network operating conditions
and the nature of the application or data. This is true
whether communicating with an office application or
another device on the grid.
This makes deployment of network infrastructure easier,
faster and less costly while offering a single
communications solution for both dense and difficult urban
environments as well as lower-density areas. Adaptive
communications technology flattens the cost curve during
the latter stages of network deployment when the “hard-to-
reach” devices and areas must be addressed. In other words,
it provides a network that continuously self-optimizes based
on geography, topology, operating conditions and business
requirements.
Together, these developments mean that many utilities
throughout the world are in a good position to leverage
these recent and significant advancements in network
architecture, edge intelligence and analytics as they
implement their grid modernization strategies and connect
to broader opportunities such as smart cities and IoT.
There is absolutely no doubt that the convergence of
information technology and operational technology in the
global utility industry will continue and accelerate, and that
technology advancement will continue to outpace the asset
lifecycle paradigm utilities have so long operated within.
Nevertheless, thresholds are reached that warrant a shift in
thinking about how to approach and solve problems. For
tomorrow’s grid, that time is now.
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38. The cloud has now become a well-established
deployment option for business applications. It
provides an exceptional ground for grounding the
business intelligence systems, as it provides business
agility, scalability, and lowers the total cost of ownership.
So, it is a little uncharacteristic that although most
applications have migrated to the cloud, data warehouses -
the fundamental of any business intelligence structures - are
still mostly on proposition.
Of course, that's not entirely surprising given that
businesses have invested heavily in an on-premise data
warehouse technology, with strong concerns about
protecting sensitive data. Being seamless, migration of the
data warehouse to the cloud must ensure that additional
cloud security measures are addressed.
Steps required to be supervised while migration of the
Data Warehouses
Characterize the current data warehouse along multiple
dimensions
Detailed analysis should be carried out to cover the
sensitive data aspects very carefully. It should be taken
under consideration on what options are provided by the
cloud vendor, and what are the organizational needs for the
confidentiality. Thorough analysis of the regulatory
standards must be carried out.
There could be multiple business users and business units
who are using the data. We can also ease out the migration
process by prioritizing and breaking down the whole data
warehouse into significant business process subject areas.
Select the right cloud vendor for your warehouse
There are numerous cloud providers out there in the market.
Amazon, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azureare some of the
market leaders in among cloud solution provider’s industry.
Based on the outcome of the classification of the existing
warehouse, we must create a matrix of the functionalities
required vs. existing features in respective cloud provider’s
environment and then make the final choice. Of course, the
monetary expenses also play a vital role in making this
decision.
Identify technology choices depending on there siliency
of concept projects
Choosing the appropriate database technology for hosting
the warehouse is the most important technology decision to
be made. You are required to identify the queries
symbolizing the typical workload based on performance
tests. The factors needed to be considered while making this
decision are:
Data types needed by the application
Ÿ Database technologies available from the cloud provider
Ÿ Database features required
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39. Ÿ Real-time data processing needs
Ÿ Number of concurrent users
Ÿ Performance needs etc.
The compute and the storage necessities will decide the
infrastructure needed for hosting the data warehouse.
Preparing a surefire migration plan
Preparing a well thought out project plan is certainly crucial
for a successful migration. You must primarily involve
business users in the entire decision making and project
plan. They should be fully aware of the migration strategy
and in fact they must contribute in testing the new system.
Infrastructure readiness
Most data warehouse projects on the cloud are required to
set up a VPC. A VPC houses the entire production
warehouse setup. It is very important to create
corresponding environments for development, UAT and QA
to ensure smooth operations of the systems. Set up access
control and security on each of the environments. Also lay
out the complete architecture beforehand.
Complete the migration
Migration embroils initial movement of the old data
followed by the incremental tug of the data from the various
sources. A thorough description needs to be in place that
plots the source data elements to the target data elements. It
is desirable to run the modeled data migration project in
parallel with the legacy system so that it is easier to test and
determine the success of the migration. The migration and
extraction needs to be setup in a repeated manner so that in
case there are some concerns with the migration, it can be
re-processed.
Test the success of migration
In the primary stage of the data migration, we typically test
and compare one or several sample queries and data sets. In
addition, we would like to commend comparison of row
counts of objects, min and max values as well as sample
data row assessments. Outlining the success criteria for the
migration and testing is of greatest importance to ensure
long term success of the cloud data warehouse. You also
need to reassure that incremental data loads work correctly
throughout.
Conclusion
Nowadays, there has been a lot of support for data
warehouses in the cloud. Moving data warehouses to the
cloud is yielding real business benefits, since many vendors
are expanding the breadth and depth of services for
warehousing and analysis of the data. However, migration
is not exempted of challenges. Make sure you think through
all the different aspects of data warehouse migration and
then come up with an infallible plan to address those
challenges.
Migrating the
DataWarehouses
into the
CloudCloud
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40. Even today, on-premises EnterprisePerformance
Management (EPM)solutions remain the dominant
use-case in the corporate environment. Finance
departments have been spending millions of dollars
implementing EPM systems to evaluate performance and
achieve ultimate enterprise goals; and in numerous cases,
these EPM suites are integrated with on-premises ERP
systems as well. But still there are many questions which
are unsolved, such as: Are these legacy systems, agile and
flexible enough to meet today’s briskly evolving needs? Do
they enable distributed work groups and allow for rapid
configuration adjustments in response to changing tax
codes, regulations, and business conditions? To provide
answers to all these ever lagging dilemmatic questions, M-
Power Solutions came into being.
The M-Power team combines decades of industry, product
and implementation experience with the drive and
enthusiasm of a Cloud-based start-up, to deliver real,
transformational outcomes for their customers. As the
winner of the Oracle Cloud EPM & BI Partner for Asia
Pacific for the last 3 years and the Global Oracle Cloud
Business Analytics Partner of the Year for 2017, they are
recognised for being at the forefront of the digital finance
transformation happening across the world. At M-Power
Solutions, they help customers irrespective of their size
move to modern, low cost, functionally rich and highly
scalable, Cloud solutions to transform their business.
The Purpose behind M-Power Solutions’ Inception
Founded in 2003, M-Power Solutions was created with an
aim to help clients make better, more profitable decisions by
improving access to their biggest asset, information. M-
Power is more than just a traditional IT consultancy firm
because they believe in working as a true business partner.
M-Power Solutions help organisations drive
transformational efficiencies with modern, digital finance
solutions which underpins process, procedure, and
organisational change. Their experience across various
industries has helped them to define and create template
based solutions, that are quick and easy to deploy helping
their clients to remove manual, spreadsheet based finance
processes with new connected digital applications, thus
helping in executing change swiftly and successfully.
M-Power is the number one Oracle Cloud Partner in Asia
Pacific and one of the leading Oracle Cloud implementation
innovators globally. They focus on the Oracle Enterprise
Performance Management (EPM) and Business Intelligence
(BI) Cloud platforms delivering Cloud applications in this
area for nearly 40 customers which makes them the largest
and most experienced provider in Asia Pacific.
Helping Organisations
Unlock the Power of
Business Data
M-Power
Solutions:
Mark Simpson
Director & Owner
Cloud Computing
for 2017
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41. Meet the Torch Bearer of M-Power Solutions
Mark Simpson, Director and Owner at M-Power Solutions is a
knowledgeable entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working
in the information technology and services industry.
“We get to know you and your business so that we can work
effectively together to achieve business led outcomes using the latest
and greatest Cloud technology and industry leading implementation
approaches. We share the responsibility for the project outcome, when
we start a project we are in it together till the end: your success is our
success” – asserts Mark.
Understanding Cloud Transformation
Cloud solutions are driving the digital transformation agenda more
quickly than anyone would have imagined less than 3 years ago.
Today, organisations are delivering solutions in the Cloud that
wouldn’t have been possible in similar, traditional, on premise
applications. Modern digital applications give the power to the
business, shortening the time to value for end users, reducing the time
scales and costs for project implementations by providing a more
powerful, scalable software platform.
Internally, business and IT teams will need to work together to assess
their requirements to ensure that they purchase a Cloud solution that
will support their current and future. At M-Power Solutions they often
speak to customers who have purchased other Cloud EPM and BI
solutions and are now moving to Oracle Cloud solutions because what
was perceived as a lower cost option did not deliver the functionality,
scalability or performance that they needed.
Looking forward to a bright future the company believes, integration
of Cloud services will also be a key challenge for internal IT teams.
The hybrid world of on premise and Cloud solutions that is
developing will need to be considered carefully by IT departments
ensuring that the services they bring in are open and able to be
integrated into their current environment.
Clients’ Satisfaction equals to M-Power Soutions’ Success
M-Power provides pre-built Xcelerate Templates for the Oracle EPM
& BI Cloud which enables their customers to deliver quicker, cheaper,
better solutions with less risk, and that's a perfect combination!
M-Power Solutions is the Global Oracle Business Analytics Cloud
Partner of the Year for 2017. So, working with them means you are
working with the best in the business!
Future Perspectives
“In our view we are at the start of the digital
finance transformation process. Many
companies have started the journey but the
majority are yet to start. We have a fantastic
opportunity to help organisations large and
small on this journey which is exciting and a
great opportunity for us is to continue the
amazing growth of our business over the last
few years.”says Mark.
Say Hi to
M-Power
Solutions
and
goodbye to
spreadsheets
with
oracle business
analytics
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