Overview of Cloud Services Depot - Service Delivery Platform (CSD-SDP)
Overview of Cloud Services Depot - Service Delivery Platform (CSD-SDP)For vendors seeking to simplify, centralize and manage the distribution of on and off-premise solutions to their channel of resellers.
CSD-SDP offers vendors a turnkey solution to their deliver applications and services to the reseller channel using on demand, self-care and automated technologies.
A CSD-SDP provides a comprehensive framework designed for vendors to expedite the migration of applications and services to the SaaS or Cloud services model. By commoditizing certain development components commonly referred to throughout the industry as “plumbing”, development staff is only focused on building source code relevant to the vendor’s product.
Key Differentiators:
- Automate processes accelerate and simply your revenue lifecycle
- Comprehensive, fully integrated system for reseller management
- Easily introduce new pricing plans with a click of the mouse
- Manage complex partner and sub-provider relationships
- Platform independent XML and Java-based Service Oriented Architecture
- Superior connectivity - Connect business partners using standard B2B protocols
- Greater scalability – Carrier-grade performance, scalability, and manageability with proprietary Grid technology
- Business Process Orchestration - provides for activity monitoring, message validation and access to CSD Library of plug-ins
- Technology Agnostic - leverage any programming language, application, platform and messaging format
Over the past 20 years the software development industry has changed dramatically under constant pressure to:
- Increase your development velocity
- Embrace new business models over the internet
- Service an increasingly mobile customer base
The principles of a CSD-SDP incorporate many of the lessons learned in the reseller channel and business elements necessary to achieve the velocity, flexibility, and ubiquity that many vendors focus on.
CSD-SDP satisfies a broad range of vendor requirements for federating and integrating systems. The CSD-SDP is a messaging-based gateway that serves as a local “integration hub” - connecting existing vendor systems and services to a private-label Reseller Management Portal. The CSD-SDP addresses service usage monitoring, data security, message validation & transformation, business process orchestration and rules management.
Developers looking to standardize and simplify the integration of third party solutions and services will find that CSD-SDP offers a significant superset of functionality. Aside from the fact that it’s light weight and easy to use, CSD-SDP provides a richer business process with features typically found in much more expensive solutions such as a robust partner manager, service orchestration, event interpretation, correlation, pattern matching and monitoring.
CSD-SDP provides a comprehensive integration solution designed for vendors seeking to integrate disparate on-premise, SaaS and Cloud-based systems. Cloud Services Depot provides the following services for each vendor:
- Requirements Engineering - A full service assessment designed to ensure your system is implemented to your operational needs.
- System Implementation - A staff of trained CSD resources will conduct the implementation of your system which includes documentation and training.
- Software Customizations - As needed, software development resources are provided to enhance the software to meet your specific needs.
- Hosting and Management - CSD can provide hosting and management of the platform in the Cloud Services Depot partner data center or data center of your choice. CSD will provide 24x7 remote monitoring and management of the platform and fully managed upgrades to ensure optimal service delivery.
- Training - CSD will train your staff on the operation, maintenance, and installation of the CSD software so that you are empowered to care and feed for your systems as you see fit.
- CSD-SDP Support - CSD provides a variety of support programs designed to meet your organizations specific needs, including technical support, customer service, help desk and NOC services.
Be a part of the SaaS ("Software as a Service") revolution by investing in a technology which enables your organization to launch new and existing services to a web centric world! A Service Delivery Platform makes this possible!
