case study · 2010 — 2013
Savtira Corporation
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Savtira — Tampa, FL · cloud commerce
Designed and pioneered an enterprise-class cloud commerce eco-system for physical and digital goods — a cross-merchandised 'superstore' with a download manager, cloud locker, and application streaming, on a virtualized IBM WebSphere Commerce SaaS.
⊕ The mandate
- Customized IBM WebSphere Commerce + Coremetrics for physical & digital, with download manager, cloud locker, and app streaming
- Virtualized WebSphere Commerce as SaaS on blade servers; built HTML5 ubiquitous players/readers and an IPTV system
- Integrated RightNow (Oracle) and SAP for global accounting; custom APIs
- Deployed 6 load-balanced, multi-homed data centers with failover
⚔ The hard problem
Building a true end-to-end cloud commerce platform for both physical and digital goods — years before 'cloud commerce' was even a category.
◆ Outcomes
- 5 patents as inventor — application streaming, encoding, digital-goods auto-publishing
- $10M+ capital/credit, plus equity and debt financing
- 6 data centers, 28 wholesale partners, 160 employees & contractors
⚙ Focus areas
- IBM WebSphere
- Coremetrics
- SAP
- Cloud Commerce
- App Streaming
- HTML5