SaaS & Cloud Enablement Services

Approach and Processes to get it right the first time

Every SaaS / cloud enablement initiative for us starts with a detailed assessment by our Business Analysts and expert Technology architects. For new software development, our experts work with you to best understand your business objectives and software market requirements. We conduct in-depth analysis from various perspectives before suggesting the best path forward.

For developing new SaaS products leveraging the cloud infrastructure, we follow a well defined tried and tested methodology, detailed below:

• Business Assessments
• Time to market analysis
• Delivery options
• Licensing options
• Contingency Processes
• Technical Assessments
• Architecture
• Scalability
• Usability
• Security
• Tenancy and Provisioning Model
• Development and deployment Environment
• New Development Considerations
• Product engineering design
• Validation of SaaS applications and data security
• Performance load testing in cloud
• SaaS Software Maintenance and Support
• Technical support
• SLA management
• Product enhancements

Risk free approach to SaaS enabling existing products

For SaaS enablement of an existing software product:

• Our engineers work with you to do a detailed review of the architecture and pre-existing software components, and determine their usefulness in the new SaaS application
• We provide you a gap analysis on where the architecture is lacking, and the specific changes needed
• We analyze the application source code to assess specific changes that may be needed in order to re-use existing components, and identify components that need to be completely rebuilt
• We help you identify appropriate third-party software components and frameworks that may help you reduce the time to market

Repository of re-usable accelerators and tools

We have developed several re-usable accelerators and tools that can accelerate SaaS enablement initiatives. We have tools and accelerators for:

• Self deployment and environment management to provision, approve and monitor resources for tenants
• Re-usable components for scaling up automatically during deployment or expansion
• Re-usable components for speeding up migration of thick clients

By leveraging our expertise and in-house accelerators, software organizations can:

• Develop tight integration points between various SaaS applications
• Create a highly secure environment to run applications
• Manage complete SaaS portfolio through a single web interface
• Reduce time to market and development costs
• Significantly reduce maintenance and management costs

A feasibility study is essential before going in for SaaS enablement

A feasibility study is a critical first step before you start developing your SaaS product. Questions that you should answer are: Why should you move to a SaaS model as opposed to sticking with the traditional delivery method? Does SaaS delivery make sense for the business? One of the most important dissimilarities between traditional software and SaaS is the nature of cash flow - large, upfront licensing expenses are replaced by pay-as-you-go subscription costs. You should also pay special attention to the potential fixed cost that will be incurred such as continuous support to the application. Some of the potential risks such as licensing-related issues need to be addressed up front during the feasibility study.

Going Agile is the best way to address SaaS development and re-engineering risks

Iterative development and release cycles using a robust Agile process is the key to reducing risks of SaaS development or re-engineering. Initially, architectural changes may take more time, however strong emphasis needs to be placed on incremental monthly development, testing and release of software. This continuous feedback process significantly reduces the risks of SaaS re-engineering and enablement.