Launching ISVs to the cloud

Just how easy is migrating to SaaS?

What are the obstacles?

As always, getting to ISV “nirvana” is not a one-step deal, it is a journey. And depending on where the ISV is on this journey, they will be facing different obstacles:

• The application is still running on premise or in a datacenter, but the ISV is struggling to scale out. The market is closing in, customers want more features faster, and cloud-native start-ups are competing.
• The application is already (partly) on a public cloud platform, but the ISV is lacking the right skills to go truly cloud-native and take advantage of all those PaaS services, with their ever-expanding feature sets. Many ISVs are even wondering if it is a good idea to invest in all that in-house knowledge. Shouldn’t their engineers focus more on the core business logic, instead of getting to know all the pieces of a 1000-piece puzzle?
• The application is using cloud-native technology, but still the ISV is not getting the features out to end-users in time. What is going wrong? Is there something in the way in the delivery process?

Many ISV’s are struggling with these types of situations, and all the studies and industry experts give the same advice. As an ISV, you cannot, and you should not do it on your own anymore. Scaling your ISV business means partnering with an established, expert level partner that can alleviate your critical resources from the problems that is not core to an ISV’s mission. That same partner can also bring the experience to the table to guide the ISV through that cloud-native journey, and scaling their applications, tools and IP to a full-fledged SaaS based model.

Arxus ISV Launch Pad

The ISV Launch Pad at Arxus does exactly that and offers a range of services and solutions that launches the ISV right to the cloud.

• If the application still needs to be migrated to Azure, we got you covered. As an official partner of the Azure Migrate Program, we got all the resources and experts to bring you the cloud, fast and cost-efficient. Our architects are trained and certified in industry standards like the Cloud Adoption Framework and the Well Architected Framework, making sure you land your application in a stable and compliant environment or “landing zone”.
• In one go, we also look at the so-called “low hanging fruit”. If your application can benefit from a certain PaaS service, we bring you and your code there. PaaS services have many benefits, one being preventing you from wasting time on boiler plate code and constantly reinventing the wheel. Those cost and time savings can be reinvested in developing value-adding features for your customers.
• Got a large codebase? No worries, we have access to enterprise level code scanning tools that list out all the things that need to be done to get your code cloud-native, secure, and compliant. No time wasted!
• Too many pieces in the Azure puzzle? We have more than 1200 technology experts at our disposal in the Cronos group, all focusing on specific additional possibilities for innovation, like AI, IoT, Security, AR, VR, …

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