Build World Class SaaS Operations

The process of building a SaaS operation includes these five major stages:

1. Architect
2. Secure
3. Comply
4. Operate
5. Optimize

Architect
Start with right architecture for scalability, performance, security and efficiency.

Secure
Harden IT systems to protect from attacks, security exploits. Implement active security monitoring to detect & mitigate security breaches and address all evolving security threats

Comply
SaaS operations must comply with regulatory norms, industry standard and customer requirements.
Eg: PCI, HIPPA, DISA etc

Operate
Establish best practices that must be followed to provide high performance, most reliable SaaS

Optimize
After initial deployment, SaaS platform must be optimized to reduce operational costs & improve efficiency

Product Leadership

Product leadership is all about answering 5 questions.

1. What is the problem?
2. Why solve it?
3. When is it needed?
4. How to solve it?
5. With what tools?

Leadership must provide all the answers to these 5 questions and the answers to these five questions must be a shared & must be common among all stake holders working on that product.

Success of the product depends on how well the organization answers these questions. As you can see there is no right or wrong answer and the organization is judged on how good the answers were!

DevOps - Continuous Delivery Process

The Concept of continuous delivery includes software development activities, such as continuous integration & continuous deployment. When new features & functions are added, it is tested, and customer feedback is solicited on continuous basis - as part of continuous delivery process. 

New Challenges for Data Storage Systems

Data Storage Systems are being pushed to the limit by Big & Fast Data. Companies need new storage solutions that can address the challenges of Big Data - to store large volumes of data reliably, and also provide very fast access to this data for real time analytics.

IoT Data Challenges & Emerging Opportunities