These days everyone is talking about the “Cloud.” So what does it mean for you?
As a Cloud Computing company, Skire provides a turnkey system so customers can access and use the system via an Internet connection or mobile device. No messy hardware or software to install. Just a rapid deployment with low risk and quick time to value. And we have been doing it since 2000 with a true multi-tenant cloud architecture designed from the ground up well before the term Cloud was coined.
Over the last decade and in particular the last couple of years, there has been a seismic shift in the technology industry of business applications moving to the cloud. This trend is a long-term market evolution and not a fad. The benefits of cloud computing and doing away with the old on-premise methods are here to stay.
Traditional on-premise business applications have been complicated and expensive to install initially and then manage on an ongoing basis. The variations in hardware and software required to run them and the resources needed to install, configure, test, run, secure and update them are just a handful of the issues.
With cloud computing, you eliminate those headaches because the customer does not need to manage hardware and software—that’s the responsibility of Skire. The shared infrastructure provides economies of scale, and because the site is our core business, our daily operations are focused on ensuring security and reliability.
With the Cloud approach, implementation timeframes are shorter so you get to system usage and adoption faster. Some of the largest companies in the world, including many Fortune 100 companies, are using Skire’s Unifier in the Cloud right now.
As cloud computing grows in popularity, many companies are simply rebranding their non-cloud products and services as “cloud computing.” Always dig deeper to see if the architecture is truly a cloud architecture and whether the model is their core business. If their answer is to hand you off to a partner to provide hosting or managed services, that is not the cloud and the issues of the old model will surface.
Benefits of Cloud Computing
The benefits of the Cloud model include ensuring customers are always on the latest release, speedier deployments, improved system performance and customer satisfaction, lower initial and ongoing costs, a dedicated staff of resources focused solely on maintaining Skire’s applications, and an extensive hosting and security infrastructure.
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User Adoption and Productivity via Most Current Version of Unifier
With a true multi-tenant Cloud Computing architecture, customers are running off of a single code base and upgrades occur automatically ensuring that customers are always running on the latest version of Unifier. Given Skire’s commitment to R&D and innovation, with approximately three significant releases per year, these product enhancements can be utilized by users immediately to drive business value and without expending a company’s valuable IT resources.
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Rapid Deployment / Improved Time to Value
Because the infrastructure to support the application is already in place, customers have immediate access to the system, thus eliminating delays related to the procurement, configuration and installation of any hardware or software and enhancing the overall Time to Value.
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Lower Total Cost of Ownership
The Cloud model not only eliminates the costs associated with purchasing servers and third party software, but also provides reductions in a customer’s total cost of ownership by eliminating the internal IT costs associated with allocating resources to install, upgrade and maintain the system.
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Enhanced Performance / Internet Optimization
The Skire Cloud environment includes an Internet optimization service which provides end users with consistent, high performing and reliable access to Skire’s hosted applications. This web application acceleration service leverages a global platform and dynamic mapping technology to bypass Internet congestion points that cause slow or unreliable connections. Skire’s investment in this area optimizes the Internet tier of our architecture with high performance and availability in the cloud.
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Ease of Use and Access
As a Cloud solution, the only infrastructure requirement for user access is an Internet browser. In addition, mobile and email access is supported.
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Dedicated Resources & Expertise
The Skire Network Operations Group is focused entirely on deploying and maintaining Skire’s applications, including the supporting infrastructure, as part of Skire’s hosting service. The environment is continuously monitored to ensure overall application availability and performance and end user satisfaction.
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Security and Reliability
Skire provides a comprehensive infrastructure in support of the Skire-hosted applications to ensure the highest levels of performance, reliability and security. The site is our core business. Contact us to learn more.
