The IBM SmartCloud Enterprise provides rapid access to a multi-tenant shared cloud computing infrastructure that can be scaled to the needs of an enterprise and is priced on actual usage. The IBM offering also offers a ready to use software catalogue with various licensing options. This enables EmployWise to grow their business without having to worry about the associated increase in IT infrastructure costs and the inherent challenges associated with managing the IT infrastructure.
“This move not only significantly raises the scalability of EmployWise but also gives our customers a higher level of reliability and the comfort of knowing their data is secure in an IBM facility,” said Sumeet Kapur, the founder and CEO of EmployWise, “We were looking for a partner who could give us access to on-demand provisioning capability to meet the scalibility demands of our growing business.
On the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise, computing infrastructure is provisioned in a matter of minutes as compared to weeks or months on a traditional infrastructure setup. This has not only helped us deploy new features faster but also scale up the infrastructure rapidly as required -- enabling faster time to market. Moreover, we are now able to focus on growing the business at an unprecedented pace without having to worry about the associated computing infrastructure investments.”
The IBM SmartCloud Enterprise offering is delivered from IBM owned and managed Points of Delivery (POD's), giving EmployWise an assurance that their SaaS solution and critical data of their customers is secured by the best available technology in the industry. The IBM SmartCloud Enterprise is based on a pay-as-you-go model and is deployed based on business need thereby reducing the operating expenditure - a cost control capability that cannot be leveraged in a traditional infrastructure setup when there is surplus capacity that is a cost overhead.
“Using the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise pay-as-you-go IaaS model, EmployWise will be able to develop and test their applications much faster via automation and rapid provisioning to create the required competitive edge. This next generation IT consumption model based on IBM’s leading cloud computing technology and services will help position EmployWise a league ahead of their competition,” said G. Dharanibalan, Vice President, Offerings Management & Development, Global Technology Services, IBM, India/South Asia.
As a winner of the IBM Beacon Award 2008 for SaaS innovation, EmployWise uses eight key modules that cover the entire employee life-cycle from recruitment to retirement. The company’s customers represent a range of industry verticals with an employee base that range from 10s to 1,000s.