ERP is an essential part of business. As businesses continue to become more mobile, expand in multiple geographies, and put data at the heart of every decision, they’ll expect their ERP solutions to support them. There’s when ERP needs to move to the cloud as it becomes challenging for globally dispersed businesses to just rely on legacy and on-premise systems. In an exclusive discussion with CXOToday, Veera Swamy Arava, CEO and Director at SAT Infotech discusses the importance of cloud ERP for businesses. Arava also explains the company’s plans around digital and why it has invested significantly on extending its capabilities in the cloud space.
CXOToday: Give us an introduction about SAT Infotech and its key offerings
Veera Swamy Arava: We are a native cloud services company with a core focus on providing SAP ERP solutions to Indian businesses. With over a decade of expertise in ERP consultation & implementation, we have now invested significantly on extending our capabilities in the cloud space.
Our recently launched indigenous cloud platform, Kavsk, is an integrated cloud management platform for SAP ERP, built completely in-house on open source technologies.SAT is one of the few Indian cloud players to build its own cloud data center to offer managed services, self-managed IaaS and SaaS to customers. Our product portfolio also includes services around software-defined architecture, infrastructure management, information security and setting up of private clouds.
CXOToday: What are the risks associated with companies going in for Public Cloud of late?
Veera Swamy Arava: I would say, there are more ‘perceived risks’ than actual risks when it comes to public cloud. I think the industry has matured quite a bit in the last couple of years and we have moved past many misconceptions surrounding cloud security and data availability etc. Today, an increasing number of organizations are willing to move their critical enterprise applications, like ERP, on to the cloud. For instance, almost 30% of new SAP implementations today are on cloud, and a considerable number of on-premise installations are migrating to cloud. That said, there are still some serious concerns around increasing cyberattacks and data security. Recent events indicate that many public cloudsmake high-profile targets for cyber criminals. This is probably one of the reasons why we are seeing faster adoption rate for private and hybrid cloud offerings. Partner managed private cloud has witnessed the highest growth with more than 45 percent CAGR from last year. Customers are not just looking for cost benefits; they also want the assurance of security, accountability and control over their apps and data.
CXOToday: How do you address the industry demand for Hybrid Cloud services?Does your Cloud Platform support the hybrid model?
Veera Swamy Arava: Hybrid Cloud is going to be the order of the day and it allows enterprise the flexibility and freedom to choose either the public or private cloud to host their processes and data. Hybrid cloud is certainly one of the preferred options for ERP implementations and upgradations today.
Companies that have an existing ERP system are considering a hybrid approach to add cloud features, mobility or new modules, to avoid further capital investment or infrastructure upgrade. SAT is uniquely positioned to address this market with our Cloud Platform, which supports multi cloud orchestration, monitoring and managing. KavsK also manages multi deployment, on-premise, private cloud and public cloud.
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