From Software as a Service to Cloud Computing Vikram. Murdeshwar Product Marketing Application Performance Solutions December 2008

Software as a Service (SaaS) Key Drivers for SaaS Adoption Cost effectiveness Easy to deploy/ implement Common SaaS applications CRM/ SFA, Finance, BI, BPM, GRC, Sourcing and Procurement, e-Learning, Collaboration, HRMS Key Drivers for moving from On-Premise to SaaS Finding the right mix of applications that can be outsourced or kept in-house Lower Total Cost of Ownership Inability to obtain the desired ROI and performance levels with traditional solutions

Key Drivers for SaaS Adoption

Cost effectiveness

Easy to deploy/ implement

Common SaaS applications

CRM/ SFA, Finance, BI, BPM, GRC, Sourcing and Procurement, e-Learning,

Collaboration, HRMS

Key Drivers for moving from On-Premise to SaaS

Finding the right mix of applications that can be outsourced or kept in-house

Lower Total Cost of Ownership

Inability to obtain the desired ROI and performance levels with traditional solutions

Akamai’s unique global view of SaaS Transaction Akamai-accelerated SaaS transactions increase 10X over the past two years Reliable and fast application response times boost user satisfaction in 146 countries

Akamai-accelerated SaaS transactions increase 10X over the past two years

Reliable and fast application response times boost user satisfaction in 146 countries

Key Challenges for SaaS Companies Improve Application performance and availability Lower management and support costs Expanding into new markets Ensure security Akamai’s Highly Distributed EdgePlatform Server deployments in over 3,000 network locations Within one network hop of 85%+ of the world’s Internet users Akamai’s Approach

Improve Application performance and availability

Lower management and support costs

Expanding into new markets

Ensure security

Akamai’s Highly Distributed EdgePlatform

Server deployments in over 3,000 network

locations

Within one network hop of 85%+ of the

world’s Internet users

Cloud Computing Gained significant traction as a ‘Concept’ but not a reality in the Enterprise… yet Very few Enterprises will build their own cloud due to TCO. Why is Cloud Computing interesting for Enterprises? Lowering Capital and Operational Costs Business Agility and efficiency Challenges Ownership of the Cloud Regulating the Cloud Security for your mission Critical Applications housed in the Cloud In Reality only few companies can support a Cloud Computing Environment. Companies will mix and match the right cloud/ internet technologies depending on factors such as application design, complexity, business value etc..

Gained significant traction as a ‘Concept’ but not a reality in the Enterprise… yet

Very few Enterprises will build their own cloud due to TCO.

Why is Cloud Computing interesting for Enterprises?

Lowering Capital and Operational Costs

Business Agility and efficiency

Challenges

Ownership of the Cloud

Regulating the Cloud

Security for your mission Critical Applications housed in the Cloud

In Reality only few companies can support a Cloud Computing Environment.

Companies will mix and match the right cloud/ internet technologies depending on factors such as

application design, complexity, business value etc..

What is needed for Cloud Computing to be a reality ? The Internet is still not regulated, robust and safe enough to handle the coming Cloud Computing offerings. Important things to look for in a Cloud Computing Service Security Compliance Support SLA Location of Data Global performance Akamai has already built a business cloud infrastructure that offers SLA’s for SaaS and Application Acceleration today and will be leveraged by Cloud Computing vendors as they emerge.

The Internet is still not regulated, robust and safe enough to handle the

coming Cloud Computing offerings.

Important things to look for in a Cloud Computing Service

Security

Compliance

Support

SLA

Location of Data

Global performance

Akamai has already built a business cloud infrastructure that offers SLA’s for SaaS and Application

Acceleration today and will be leveraged by Cloud Computing vendors as they emerge.

Akamai for In-The-Cloud Optimizations performance availability security scale/offload = With Akamai = Without Akamai