How are IT decision-makers achieving immediate cost savings with low-risk IT solutions? How are IT managers doing “more with less?”
J Schwan of Solstice Consulting shows us how. Schwan tells you how to stretch your budget by using emerging technologies such as Scalable Cloud Computing, SaaS and Agile development.
4. How Do You Do It? Open Source Software (OSS) & Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions Scalable Cloud Computing Agile Product Development Methodology
5. Proprietary vs. OSS vs. SaaS Traditional Proprietary Products OSS Products SaaS Products Speed to market Customization Interoperability Support
6. Proprietary vs OSS vs. SaaS Traditional Proprietary Products OSS Products SaaS Products Vendor Lock In Security Total Cost of Ownership
7. OSS, SaaS Product Examples * Other solutions for billing, eCommerce, scheduling, etc. exist as well Category Proprietary Market Leader OSS SaaS Office Productivity MS Office OpenOffice Google Docs Customer Relationship Management Siebel SugarCRM 37Signals HighRise/Salesforce.com Human Resources Management PeopleSoft HRM OrangeHRM Zoho People Content Management Interwoven Teamsite Drupal, Joomla TBD. . . Portal IBM Websphere Portal, MS Sharepoint, Liferay, .NETNuke Google Apps Collaboration MS Exchange, Lotus Notes Domino Zimbra Google Apps Social Networking TBD (MS, IBM, Oracle) Elgg Ning.com (free), KickApps (sub),
9. Data Center in the Cloud Virtual Servers – GoDaddy / RackSpace App Hosting – Google, Amazon Custom Dev –Amazon, Force.com Emerging – Microsoft Azure, IBM Blue Cloud
14. Typical Features Used in a Successful System* 45% Never 19% Rarely 16% Sometimes 13% Often 7% Always * Standish Group IT Project Problems: Waste 20% Always / Often 64% Rarely / Never
25. When the next IT project presents itself. . Look to OSS and SaaS solutions before you get you started on any new/reengineering initiatives Migrate your “data center” on demand, into the cloud If something isn’t available out of the box, Agile Development can be used as a lightweight, proven process for delivering an iterative solution, driven by the customer Once the solution is implemented, consider open sourcing it so others can benefit and build upon it! Bringing It All Together
26. Questions, Follow Ups, Brainstorming? J Schwan Solstice Consulting, LLC 641 W. Lake Suite 102 Chicago, IL Email: [email_address] Blog: blogs.solstice-consulting.com Twitter: jschwan LinkedIn: schwan.solstice-consulting.com Work: 866.380.8472 x 112