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What can you learn from App portfolio analytics?
...a lotIs your prospect/client involved in any of the following initiatives?
Mergers & Acquisitions Application PortfolioRationalization
Cloud Migration
Delivering Portfolio Insights on M&A Enabling Enterprise Transformation Prioritizing Applications for Cloud
Got $10K to spare? It can go a long way...How?
By using CAST HIGHLIGHT – A SaaS analytics platform
IT due diligence for Mergers & Acquisitions for an NA based Fintech property data leader
Cloud Readiness
Software Agility
Software Resiliency
Software Elegance
Is it easy for the development team to understand and maintain?
Can we move it to the Cloud?
Is the software bullet proof?
Does it deliver value with less code complexity?
70.2
80.4
58.2
59.5
Lines of Code analyzed No. of internal CAST rules checked
700+1.8M
Above CAST benchmark
Below CAST benchmark
No CAST benchmark
CAST Highlight helped in answering these important questions:
Is the acquisition worthy?
Are the applications resilient and ready for Cloud?
What is the effort required for Cloud Migration to PaaS platform (Pivotal)?
Use Case 2 :
For a leading global financial services company, we proposed an APR led Cloud Migration solution using CAST HIGHLIGHT platform for App analytics
CAST HIGHLIGHT APR through 4 R approach
Cloud Migration Foundry to migrate and monitor cloud movement
Ephemeral based measurement+
Application Inventory
Code Scan
Architecture Walkthrough
SoftwareAgility
Software Elegance
Cloud Readiness
SoftwareResiliency
Application Survey
Capture Insights
CAST HIGHLIGHT
Re-engineer Retain
Retire Re-alignBus
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Technology HealthLow
Low
High
Hig
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Cloud Ready Score
CloudAssessment
Retain (As-Is)
Re-host (Lift and Shift)
Re-factor (To PaaS)
Re-write (To PaaS)
Replace (To SaaS)
Retire
Illustrative output enabling quick decision making
Candidates for Reprioritization
Candidates for replacement, merge or retirement
Carry on Investing
Candidates for replacement or retirement
Business Impact Vs Software Resiliency Business Impact Vs Software Resiliency (zoom)
Size: Lines of Code Size: Number of FTE + Pareto (top 20%)
How CAST Highlight can help?
CAST Highlight provides an objective view of application portfolio that measures the software health, risks,
complexity and the cost associated with it through the following parameters:
Software AgilityTo know the cost and effort to maintain an application
Software Resiliency
To learn if the application is more likely to fail, break or disrupt business
Cloud ReadinessTo spot the roadblocks and increase speed to PaaS migration
Software Elegance
To understand the technical complexity and the underlying debts