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Introduction to Cloud Powered IT

What is Cloud Powered IT?

Cloud computing represents a tremendous opportunity for enterprise IT. Traditionally, the constraints of on-premise technology have forced enterprise IT to spend up to 80% of their time “keeping the lights on.” Cloud-powered IT organizations, on the other hand, are value centers, not just cost centers. They can focus more on the business, its processes, and the apps required to support them, instead of just focusing on technology, infrastructure, and plumbing. Instead of being an inhibitor to innovation, the cloud allows IT to enable innovation with flexible apps that actually get better over time.

Solutions for Cloud-Powered IT

Cloud-powered IT needs to work differently across the application development lifecycle– you need to plan differently, develop differently, and support differently. Appirio offers a full set of service to support IT departments across their cloud adoption lifecycle:

• Cloud Strategy: Appirio helps IT teams develop a cloud-centric roadmap, business case, app prioritization, operational plan, and change plan.
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• Cloud Migration: Appirio helps IT teams drive successful enterprise adoption of Salesforce, Google, and Workday.
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• Cloud Development: Appirio helps IT teams meet the unique needs of the business by developing custom apps on cloud platforms like Force.com and Google App Engine.
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• Cloud Management: Appirio supports and enhances cloud applications over time, freeing enterprise IT to partner with the business as a change leader, innovation driver, and process enabler.
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Our Results

Appirio has helped deliver more that 1000 cloud projects for the leading enterprise customers of Salesforce, Google, and Workday, including:

	More than 10,000 iPads running cloud apps to automate & track referrals, screenings & therapist time to improve efficiency, reduce manual processes
	Highly scalable interactive web & Facebook volunteer pledge site built in 21 days to support 2 million visitors within first week
	Modernized systems for privatization by moving 20+ apps to Force.com 3x faster than traditional architecture for 120K+ users, $10M savings
	Custom portal app enabling retailers & government agencies to identify non-licensed use of Dolby technology
	Upgraded core business process apps to Force.com, deployed at 1/3 cost & time of traditional in-house architecture

Why Appirio?

• Our expertise: Appirio’s cloud experts have experience running IT teams in high tech, retail, and logistics. We have more experience developing, deploying, and managing applications on cloud platforms than anyone, using both traditional IT best practices and emerging best practices enabled by cloud technology (e.g., Appirio’s Cloud Management Center).
• Our approach: Building a cloud-powered business take a cloud-focused partner. Appirio’s experts are 100% focused on the public cloud, and are enabled by cloud-specific tools for iterative development, deployment, and management of your cloud apps.
• Our innovation: Appirio has the most experience innovating on cloud platforms-- we literally wrote the book on Force.com development, and have our customer successes highlighted at over 40 sessions at this year’s Dreamforce conference.