The Need

On-demand application design needs to provide a platform that is reliable, scalable and maintainable. ISVs generally need to focus more on the features their products deliver than re-inventing the proven technologies and best practices that provide the base for their application. Skilled architects for on-demand products are in short supply but a necessary part of every technical team.

The Solution

Scio’s team of analysts and architects can review your plans and help you create a technical architecture and plan that will provide the reliable base you need to structure your application. Our team brings experience from many successful products currently in production for customers with many different needs to bear on your situation.

Scio’s Approach

Scio has a range of experience that can be assembled to meet your technical design needs:

• Infrastructure Architecture - The on-demand world is driven by Service Level Agreements. Even the best application cannot hope to meet expectations if the supporting infrastructure doesn’t reach 99.99% availability. Scio’s team has experience with many architectures, from simple to the newest Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) providers.
• Infrastructure Provider Selection - In the past, the number of option for your infrastructure was limited. Now you have a plethora of providers and options to choose from and with on-demand products, the choice can be critical. Changing providers in midstream is not something that is easy to accomplish. Scio’s team has deployed products on many different providers and understands the demands of product support.
• Application Architecture - It is very easy to fall into the trap of thinking that there is only one reference architecture. Using a highly complex architecture to solve a simple problem will lead to poor performance and increased cost. Using a basic architecture on a large project will make it difficult to maintain and impossible to quality check. Our architects use proven patterns and techniques that can help your team develop an architecture that meets your needs
• Component Selection - Selecting the right components can be a tricky task. Every component vendor will tell you theirs is the best on the market. Worse, they will try to sell you a solution that is not really adapted to your problem. Scio’s team is continuously testing and evaluating third party components and can provide a comprehensive analysis of the components that could be leveraged to build your application.

Key Value-Added Elements

• Full product lifecycle services that can be engaged at anytime to augment your team.
• Wide experience that will lower your risk and provide a solid direction for application development.
• A peer-level, collaborative approach that ensures your team is in tune with recommendations and ready to move forward.

Value Received

• Clear, specific recommendations for technical design that lower your risks.
• Improved application maintainability and reliability.
• Infrastructure effectiveness matched to your needs.
• A partner that can continue to provide value to your team at many levels.