The document discusses the challenges posed by long tail applications in IT management, which are often locally built, scattered, and use outdated technology. These applications proliferate within organizations, leading to inefficiencies and increasing costs, while central IT focuses on core business applications. The emergence of cloud solutions is presented as a potential remedy to manage these long tail apps more effectively.

1. The curious case of…??????????????????????…Long tail apps

2. Core business apps are ITFavorites!PopularityNo. of applicationsCore Biz Apps, on central infrastructureERPSCMCRM

3. Then, there are the supporting appsPopularityNo. of applicationsHRMSESSAuditsSupporting Apps/Systems, Somewhat peripheral & distributed

4. …and more! supporting & situational.PopularityNo. of applicationsSupporting & Situational Apps Scattered and distributed In hundreds & thousands Visitor Management

5. Local Asset Requests

6. Physical Security!These Peripheral, Scattered & distributed Apps have always been area of concern for IT Managers !

7. WHY?These Peripheral, Scattered & distributed Apps have always been area of concern for IT Managers !

8. These Apps start in pockets and grow all across the organization over time within their own pockets

9. MS – Access, MS - ExcelLotus NotesBuilt by end-users or sub-organizations, using whatever quick tools are available at disposalOracle FormsVisual Basic

10. They are often used to keep the business going, to keep up with KTLO routine

11. Keep The Lights OnThey are often used to keep the business going, to keep up with KTLO routine

12. But they are locally built, hundreds of them, many of them for the same purpose

13. ????In all the unwanted places

14. Growing in uncontrollable manner, bleeding money, time & effort$$$

15. …while all central IT efforts are focused on core systems.

16. !Long Tail Apps are thus born!

17. Popularity / Usage# of Applications

18. Core Apps Mission critical

19. Tracked by CIOs

20. Enterprise wide usageLong tail AppsPopularity / UsageSupporting AppsSituational AppsNon-Mission critical, but important

21. 200+ Small / medium apps

22. Approx. 10 to 50 users per app

23. Non-mission critical, less important

24. Developed by power end users

25. Short lifetime – weeks or months# of Applications

26. Mission critical

27. Tracked by CIOs

28. Enterprise wide usageLong tail AppsSupporting AppsSituational AppsNon-Mission critical, but important

29. 200+ Small / medium apps

30. Approx. 10 to 50 users per app

31. Non-mission critical, less important

32. Developed by power end users

33. Short lifetime – weeks or months Mission critical

34. Tracked by CIOs

35. Enterprise wide usagePopularity / UsageLong tail AppsSupporting AppsSituational AppsNon-Mission critical, but important

36. 200+ Small / medium apps

37. Approx. 10 to 50 users per app

38. Non-mission critical, less important

39. Developed by power end users

40. Short lifetime – weeks or months# of Applications

41. These Apps continue to use outdated technology…!

42. They use multiple and mutually inconsistent approaches for the same problem

43. They are difficult to monitor

44. They are heterogeneous

45. They are scattered

46. They end up on non-uniform platforms or architecture

47. And there are simply too many of them!!!

48. We see the problem!

49. Why not do somethingAbout it??!!We see the problem!

50. Why not do somethingCosts of providing the traditional central infrastructure for these applications has been too high, and there are too many of them making it difficult to do that.About it??!!1.PopularityBodyLong tailHeadNo. of appsCost Per application has been too high for centralization

51. Why not do somethingThe scattered and heterogeneity of long tail apps doesn’t seem all worth the effort in absence of a pragmatic approach.About it??!!2.It doesn’t seem worth all the effort!

52. Why not do somethingInherent Business Innovation characteristics are hampered by the difficulty of development & accessibility problems of traditional IT infrastructureAbout it??!!3.Central IT Infrastructure notconducive for “continuous innovation”

53. Why not do somethingThe available set of target platform options do not provide the cost-effective migration path and sustenance.About it??!!4.?We didn’t have an alternative cost effective platform

54. Costs Per application too high for centralization!It doesn’t seem worth all the effort!Central Infrastructure not too conducive for continuous innovationWe had to live with these problemsWe don’t have an alternative cost effective platform

55. !UntilWe had to live with these problems

56. !!Cloudhappened!!!We had to live with these problems

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58. !www.orangescape.comwww.twitter.com/orangescapewww.slideshare.net/orangescapeVisual PaaSWe had to live with these problems!!!!…enables long tail Apps Management