"What is Cloud Computing and what does it mean to you???” Mark Munson.

"What is Cloud Computing and what does it mean to you???”

Mark Munson

Software Acquisition and Deployment

Traditional/Onsite• Onetime Costs:

• Software Licensing• Hardware• Implementation and Training Services

• Ongoing Costs:• Annual Software Maintenance• Server Support• Application Support• OS Support• Security• Connectivity• Power

Onsite Hardware Model

Software Acquisition and Deployment

Hosted

• Onetime Costs:• Software Licensing• Implementation and Training Services

• Ongoing Costs:• Annual Software Maintenance• Server Hosting and Support• Application Support

Hosted Hardware Model

Software Acquisition and Deployment

Cloud/Online•Onetime Costs:

• Implementation and Training Services

•Ongoing Costs:• Software Subscription

20 User CRM 3 Year Comparison

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On-PremHostedCloud

The Cloud…How it works

Why now?

• Continuous improvement in internet connectivity especially in rural areas

• Subscription pricing figured out

• Software vendors desire to make cost of entry lower and capture more of SMB market

• Server Virtualization

• Multi-tenancy

Benefits of the Cloud

Pros and Cons

Where is the market?

IDC Research

Forrester predicts that the worldwide market for cloud computing products and services will reach $241 billion in 2020, up from $40 billion 2010

What applications are ready???

Now• Email/Calendaring• Web-based Meetings• Collaborative Solutions• Storage• CRM• Basic Accounting and ERP

Coming Soon• Customized and Configured

• Accounting and ERP

Evaluation Criteria

• Long term stable solution

• Financial viability of company

• Customer Service Response

• References

• Data access and back up plans

• How they handle moving off of platform

Don’t Ignore Process

Three Clouds Apps to try today

• Dropbox• Web-based file hosting service that uses cloud computing to enable

users to store and share files and folders with others • http://www.dropbox.com/

• CRM• Offers customer relationship management and CRM Online solutions

for sales, customer service, and marketing.• http://crm.dynamics.com/en-us/home

• Office365• Microsoft Office collaboration and productivity tools

delivered through the cloud• http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/online-software.aspx#fbid=

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Questions & Answers

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