Ats Jamcracker - a Case Study
Autor: peter • November 19, 2012 • Case Study • 781 Words (4 Pages) • 2,366 Views
Q1. What market gap Jamcracker model is trying to address?
Jamcracker was inspired by the Application Service Provider concept. It was a web based technology
addressing the IT log jams problem for companies. There were many businesses that had the
technology, but lacked enough infrastructure or capital to invest on IT infrastructure. There was this
market gap which could be filled so that such companies could achieve economies of scale.
Jamcracker was an ASP aggregator. There were a lot of ASPs available in the market. However the
consumer had to reach out to each ASP individually to meet its requirements. Jamcracker offered a
solution in this space by creating an online platform where companies could access various ASPs and
select the ones as per their requirement. They were providing cloud services as a broker. So instead
of a company having to setup an internal IT capability could save on setup time and money by
acquiring cloud computing services via Jamcracker. Also, since all ASPs were now on one platform,
the data could be shared or transferred between the ASPs the company wished to access. This form
of integration increased the level of service provided to the end consumer. Jamcracker was targeting
a wide variety of end consumers whose needs could be disparate. It was providing a single point for
access, security, billing, administration and support to both the providers and the end customers.
Jamcracker was catering to this gap between the ASPs and the end customers by creating an all in
one solution for both. It saved the direct sales marketing cost for the ASPs and provided an all in one
platform for the companies. So effectively it was playing on margins at both the ends and also saving
cost on data storage and delivery of IT services.
Q2. How viable is the business model?
Jamcracker worked on a Cloud Service Brokerage model, providing the users with an IT framework
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