ECM Cloud Strategy
“Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.” Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
As Cloud computing becomes more mainstream, it is becoming imperative for Enterprises to evolve a Cloud strategy as it applies to their enterprise applications including their ECM solutions. Some of the reasons to consider ECM cloud strategy are:
- High cost of on premise applications
- Failed implementations
- On demand availability and scalability
- Pay based on consumption
- Access to feature updates without having to do costly upgrades
- Service based instead of product based architectures
However there are issues that need to considered before deciding on the ECM Cloud Strategy
- Security and Data Protection
- Compliance
- Vendor lock-in
- Service Level Agreements
- Migration of existing applications and data to the cloud
- Integrations with other cloud and on-premise Enterprise solutions
BPA has been an early adopter of Cloud Technologies and has successfully finished Cloud based customer engagements. BPA brings its deep ECM domain expertise and real life experience of implementing Cloud based solution to help Enterprises define their ECM Cloud Strategy and implement it. BPA provides the following Cloud solution options:
- Cloud based infrastructure for existing ECM apps
- Cloud based ECM systems
BPA has expertise in designing Cloud based Infrastructure architecture for ECM and Portal apps with focus on Scalability, High Availability.
BPA is a partner of Box.net a leading provider of Cloud based ECM. BPA can help customers evaluate if a Cloud based ECM system is the right solution for them.
