- Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore
Use Cases of Cloud
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Cloud services can be used to manage interactions with current and future customers, as well as organise, automate and synchronise sales, marketing, customer service, and technical support.
Data Analytics
Cloud services can be used to analyse or transform data, which frequently requires ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) to facilitate the analysis.
Development Operations (DevOps)
Cloud services can be used for the purposes of rapid software development and testing.
Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
Cloud services can be used to cache data and deliver content over a highly distributed and available network of servers.
MAS Initiatives
Guidelines on Outsourcing
The MAS Guidelines on Outsourcing provide guidance on sound practices on risk management of outsourcing arrangements, including cloud.
Cloud Services Implementation Guide
MAS and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) has co-created the implementation guide for financial institutions to use when entering into cloud outsourcing arrangements.
Technology Risk Management Guidelines
The MAS Technology Risk Management Guidelines set out risk management principles and best practice standards to guide financial institutions in establishing robust risk management framework as well as operating processes to manage these risks.
Cloud 101
Deployment Models
Service Models
Key Characteristics
Benefits of Cloud
Agility
Cloud services allow IT resources to be made available quickly.
Scalability
Cloud services allow you to quickly scale up or pare down the IT resources required to support your business needs.
Pay-Per-Use
As you scale up or pare down the IT resources required, you only pay for the IT resources that you have consumed in the cloud.
Resiliency
Cloud services are typically deployed in data centres across the region, adding on to its resiliency.