Monetizing Drupal as Cloud Computing framework

Track: 
Business and Strategy
Experience: 
Beginner

This session will benefit from the experience acquired by the presenter’s company, xceedia limited in creating applications for various clients on SAAS basis and using Drupal as a building framework
Cloud computing presents new advantages to both growing and downsizing enterprises. It primarily enables businesses to reduce capital computing infrastructure budgets. A typical Cloud Computing framework will enable multi-user capability, easy configurability and data security. Cloud computing therefore is naturally amenable to bespoke browser-launched applications created with Drupal.
This session will examine the various possibilities of implementing SAAS with Drupal. It will also look at the various challenges presented by this opportunity and suggest places where the developer can go for more information. Finally the session will look at the several ways to monetize Drupal as a SAAS framework, drawing reference from medical, educational and financial projects already created by xceedia limited.

Intended audience: 

Developers looking for more opportunities to monetize their skills. Business persons looking for opportunities to create new web based businesses.

Questions answered by this session
Question 1: 
Why would you want to create SAAS applications ?
Question 2: 
What advantages are there for SAAS applications ?
Question 3: 
What are the challenges of using Drupal as SAAS ?
Question 4: 
What are the possible methods to use Drupal as SAAS /
Question 5: 
What opportunities are there to monetize Drupal as SAAs ?
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