Patni boards the Cloud wagon now

PUNE, INDIA: Patni Computer Systems has announced the first in a series of consulting and software services initiatives designed to help customers accelerate deployment to a cloud environment. The first offering, Patni’s Cloud Acceleration Program (CAP), gives independent service providers and application developers a structured, business-driven approach based on Patni’s proven process and methodologies that take the guesswork out of transitioning to cloud-based solutions, as it shares in a press release.

Patni’s cloud initiatives aim to provide the needed guidance to customers facing challenges migrating to public, private or hybrid cloud-based models. Leveraging over thirty years of IT experience, Patni is rolling out cloud services, starting with the CAP program. The initiative is designed to contain customers’ IT costs, protect critical assets, plan for disaster recovery, integrate global business processes, advance business continuity and business agility.

“Companies are trying to determine both the technical and financial merits of pursuing a cloud-based approach for all aspects of their IT footprints,” said Satish Joshi, Executive Vice-President and Global Technology Head, Patni Computer Systems.

“Patni developed the CAP methodologies by tapping its experience working with hundreds of clients around the world on sophisticated IT implementations. Utilizing its knowledge of high-level processes, infrastructure components, applications and portfolio rationalization techniques, Patni can remove obstacles to reduce the risk and cut the cost of cloud deployments by more than 25 percent.” The company states.

It adds that the CAP program produces three major components: an applications architecture, an ROI analysis and an IT governance model which address two of the biggest concerns customers have about cloud implementations: ongoing control and security of their enterprise data. The program also features an ecosystem of providers that developers will be able to work with for transition. 

The integrated approach is run by experts from both applications and infrastructure, allowing for business benefits to be realized at a faster pace. The program allows for a single contract with clearly defined areas of responsibility between Patni and the selected infrastructure providers.

Patni is currently running CAP pilots with a range of Global 2000 companies representing multiple industry segments including insurance, manufacturing, chemical processing and wholesale distribution.