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“THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IS ALWAYS HOW MUCH CONTROL AM I WILLING TO LOSE VERSUS HOW MUCH RISK I WANT TO REDUCE WHEN MOVING TO THE CLOUD , AND THEN MAKING A CHOICE BASED ON THE BUSINESS VALUE ”
NIRANJAN RAMSUNDER CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER , UST
“ So what we ' ve done is we have helped understand those problems , solve those problems and then get in front of reimagining those businesses and new business models . Businesses need to provide services and build new microservices and new technologies that will really bring experiences to the customer in a much more elegant fashion . That really has been our big focus and helping clients overcome some of those challenges .”
Ramsunder says that expectation is driving change for customers and he believes it will continue to change the technology roadmap – pushing UST ahead of where they want to be as a technology company .
“ I love it because we want to be ahead of where we are but we also want to provide value ,” he says . “ There is an opportunity to provide that value right now , whether you want to retain employees , retain your vendors and suppliers , or want to improve the experience of your end customers – all of that is being driven by phenomenal changes in underlying technology .”
Ramsunder is in his element , as a vastly experienced CTO , as the conversation shifts to Artificial Intelligence , Machine Learning , Internet of Things , Big Data , and all things cloud . Of course , many of these are inter-connected , and it is all built on cloud .
He says the biggest decision companies have to make when considering their cloud is losing control but also reducing risk in the process .
“ Going to the cloud means losing control in some ways because you no longer own the hardware , you no longer own the operating system – all of that is outsourced . But against this loss in control you are not worried so much about security because the latest updates are being handled by a third party ,” says Ramsunder .
“ Increasing your need from AWS or Azure or Google is simple and you suddenly have the ability to deploy your solution at speed , in multiple countries , so that kind of flexibility is a key benefit .”
“ How you decide on your cloud strategy is not based on an enterprise-wide position to move to the cloud but is based on specific business functionality and their future and their growth . The fundamental question is always how much control do I want to lose versus how much risk I want to reduce , and then make a choice based on the business value .” technologymagazine . com 39