The Software as a Service (SaaS) Revolution-+SaaS+on+the+Grid.pdfSoftware as a Service (SaaS) Defined One-to-many SW distribution model delivered and managed by a vendor/service provider.

The Software as a Service (SaaS) Revolution

TEONG Eng GuanGeneral Manager ASEAN, Red Hat

Industry Dynamics

Converting Software Products Into Services

“ A hundred years ago, companies stopped generating their own power with steam engines and dynamos and plugged into the newly built electric grid… Today, a similar revolution is under way.” - Nicholas Carr

Software as a Service (SaaS)­ Defined

One-to-many SW distribution model delivered and managed by a vendor/service provider.

Delivered to customers via a network, typically the Internet. Customers acquire SW on a pay-as-you-go basis. Also referred to as “ASP”, “On- Demand”, “Hosted”, “ManagedServices”, etc.

RHEL 5 Enabling Cloud Computing Latest generation of the world's leading commercial open source

environment Comprehensive OEM and ISV certifications Leadership quality, performance and security Supports Intel & AMD 32-bit/64-bit, Itanium2, IBM Power and

mainframe Includes virtualization for x86, x86-64 and Itanium2 architectures Includes Clustering and Cluster File Systems

Mainframe

Unix Servers

Intel/AMD Servers

Desktop/PC

Red Hat Providing SaaS

Red Hat SaaS Solutions (via SCS HP Consortia) Red Hat Infrastructure Solutions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (GFS, Clustering,Virtualization etc)

Red Hat Application Stack (MySQL, APACHE, PHP, RHEL,

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform)

Red Hat Satellite Server

JBoss Middleware Solutions

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss Application 

Server, JBoss Seam, JBoss Hibernate)CPU, RAM, DISK

online

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

MySQL Database

JBoss Middleware

Customer and Partner Applications

Red Hat Partner - Sugar CRM Solution

Offered by iZENOOn Demand CRM ToolBenefits

– Speed of implementation– Minimal IT resources– Accessed from anywhere– Lower total costs

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“Within three years the majority of SFA deployments will be based on Software-as-a-Service.”

-Gartner, June 2007

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On Demand Sugar CRM Solution

Red Hat Partner - mobyCMS/ mobyRetail

Offered by Philip Tang & SonsOn Demand Content Management, Retail/Spa Management SolutionsBenefits

Use friendly, business friendly as you edit site contentSimply click to edit/ add pages as & when required Customer Focused ­ One unified customer record and rewards program supporting both online and physical stores.Fully managed Point of Sales System (reward points)Real time inventory managementReporting (Sales, Inventory) made easier

Click to edit content

Changing contents from page viewEditing from the page is even easier. What you see is what you get.

“Explorer” View

Retail Management System­ Appointment screen

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Red Hat Partner - SMS Gateway Solution

Offered by Maven LabMoobicast: On Demand SMS Gateway SolutionBenefits

– Fully web­based, no installation required– Web 2.0 style, highly interactive– Database encryption using AES– Accessed from anywhere– Send up to 15, 000 SMS in an hour

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Moobicast User Interface

Moving Forward Red Hat is one of the integral platform 

members as part of the  SCS­HP Grid Consortium

How you can benefit: Develop & deploy e­services on the 

cloud of JBoss & RHEL servers Expand your capacity on demand basis. 

Eg) Scale up or down, as & when required

Pre­configured ISV applications, catered to your needs

Network management & security aspects all taken care of by  service provider

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