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Evolving CTRM in the Cloud A ComTechAdvisory Whitepaper ASPECT ‘ANY CLOUD’ INNOVATION Aspect’s cloud innovation did not stop 15-years ago with its ETRM in the cloud offering. Indeed, they have launched the Aspect AnyCloud model for increased flexibility and choice. Currently, Aspect customers are offered a range of choices. Users can choose multi-tenanted CTRM deployment in which the application and hardware are all included and shared between users. Aspect also provides operations management, installation and set-up and release management. Users can also chose a single tenanted installation on shared hardware where Aspect supplies operations management and set up and install but the customer decides on the upgrade timing. Finally, Aspect will also offer what is essentially a typical on premises installation as well. Currently, Aspect’s approach is limited to private or client cloud deployment but it is adding public cloud into that mix. The resulting approach is called Aspect AnyCloud. It is a vision in which customers can choose ‘My Cloud’, ‘Your Cloud’ or ‘Public Cloud’ and will be able to migrate with ease to any of those cloud offerings while selecting the appropriate services that fit their business and operating environment. As the tipping point moves inexorably towards cloud for many companies in the commodities trading world, this level of flexibility will surely allow the calculation of speed, risk and cost to be determined through time as the