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Cloud Computing World Forum. Tony Ryan CEO www.asite.com. A Global Software as a Service Platform for Supply Chain Collaboration. Cloud – The Enterprise & the Long Tail. The Extended Enterprise Cloud architectures in the supply chain Reducing the cost of IT Infrastructure
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Cloud Computing World Forum Tony Ryan CEO www.asite.com A Global Software as a Service Platform for Supply Chain Collaboration
Cloud – The Enterprise & the Long Tail • The Extended Enterprise • Cloud architectures in the supply chain • Reducing the cost of IT Infrastructure • How SaaS is leveraging the cloud to transform the supply chains of traditional industry
The Extended Enterprise • Collaborative Supply Chain Management • Successfully integrate – supply and demand activities • Your own company & the ones you work with • Creating an interconnected network • Serving your end customer • We call this the “Extended Enterprise” • Each participant working to • Maximise revenue • Minimise cost • Contributing – efficiency, profitability and profitabillity
The Business Problem Project Manager Local Intelligence/Data Architect Trade Complexity, cost and control issues prevent the Business Users from leveraging the “intelligence” in central systems to drive project “execution” Corporate Business Users Supply Chain Data Business Intelligence Accounting Database Analytics Supply Chain Automation
The Business Solution • Full Service Data Management • Non-intrusive, IP Read Only Access • Web-Native, Custom Application • < 90 days • Low Cost, Long Term Relationship Project Manager Local Intelligence/Data Architect Trade Controlled leveraged “inteligence” from central systems to drive project execution and greater profits. Corporate Business Users Supply Chain Data Business Intelligence Accounting Database Analytics Supply Chain Automation
Cloud Architectures in the Supply Chain • “The interesting thing about Cloud Computing is that we’ve redefined Cloud Computing to include everything that we already do. . . . I don’t understand what we would do differently in the light of Cloud Computing other than change the wording of some of our ads” • Larry Ellison, quoted in the Wall Street Journal, September 26, 2008 • “A lot of people are jumping on the [cloud] bandwagon, but I have not heard two people say the same thing about it. There are multiple definitions out there of ‘the cloud’” • Andy Isherwood, quoted in ZDnet News, December 11, 2008
Cloud Architectures in the Supply Chain • “Applications being delivered over the internet as Services together with the Hardware and System software to deliver them on a pay-as-you-go basis.” • Amazon – EC2 • Hardware Virtual Machines • Google - AppEngine • Application Framework • MicroSoft - Azure • Intermediate
Asite Cloud • Asite Cloud • AppBuilder Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences University of California at Berkeley
Reducing the cost of IT infrastructure • Storage – Unlimited • Cloud Computing – Seamless Storage tap options • OpSource Global Infrastructure Partner • Microsoft Gold Certified Partner • SAS70 Type II and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance - Audited • PCI DSS Compliance - Audited • Webex Certification • Salesforce App Exchange Certification • UK Government Security Accreditation – Audited HMG IS1 • ISO 27001 Compliance
How SaaS is leveraging the Cloud Our customers are the whole AECO supply chain Their job is to deliver to the Asset owners and operators Our job is to enable them and enable their systems to connect