CLOUD POWER What are Cloud Services and Why You Should Care? Ross Dundas Lead IT Consultant & Director Rosco IT Solutions Ltd www.roscoit.com
Cloud Power: What Are Cloud Services and Why Should You Care?
Nov 12, 2014
Ross Dundas runs one of the Leading IT Consultancy and IT Contractor businesses in Aberdeen, Scotland, Rosco IT Solutions.
In this presentation you'll learn about some of the risks, benefits and opportunities that are associated with running a Cloud based IT Infrastructure.And also the difference between public, private and hybrid clouds.
In this presentation you'll learn about some of the risks, benefits and opportunities that are associated with running a Cloud based IT Infrastructure.And also the difference between public, private and hybrid clouds.
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CLOUD POWER
What are Cloud Services and Why You Should Care?
Ross DundasLead IT Consultant &
Director
Rosco IT Solutions Ltd
www.roscoit.com
THE KEY DIFFERENCE
Cloud Services (AKA The Internet!)
Lower Capital Expenditure & Running Costs
Software As A Service
Platform As A Service
Infrastructure As A Service
Traditional IT
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Your Office
CoreServices: Windows, Office and Mobile Device Management
Sales & Marketing
Accounts
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Customer Service
PublicCloud
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PrivateCloud• Dedicated Servers Hosted online for that
organisations sole use for various applications such as bespoke line of business or databases.
• Enabling easier transparent remote access to existing on premise data to users within the organisation.
• Datacentre-on-Demand via services such Windows Azure and IFB.
• Co-Location of Existing on Premise servers in hosted datacentres.
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HybridCloud• Best of both worlds.
• The “Buffet of Services”, pick what you need and delivers productivity ROI, dump what you don’t and doesn’t.
• Only pay for on premise equipment that you absolutely need. Save £££ on capital investment depreciation and maintenance costs.
• If you have IT staff they’ll spend more time innovating and less time firefighting maintaining your servers.
WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF THE CLOUD?
According to Gartner Research companies that have deployed Cloud computing in their business are forced to wrestle with three key strategic, operational and people challenges:
• Governance:Cloud computing enables speed, agility and innovation. You need to move from the drawing board to deployment. Is your organisation ready to adapt?
• Cloud Computing Environments:You need to choose a cloud computing environment that's right for your organisation. Should you consider private cloud, public cloud or a hybrid cloud solution? Which vendors play in this space? Will they be in business 12 months from now?
• Security & Privacy:If someone else is running your computers and software, you need strategies to stay secure. Your security policy depends on how many pieces you control – the more you own, the more you control. Are you ready to extend your enterprise security policy to the cloud?
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THE CLOUD?
• More Predictable IT Budget:Most cloud services are procured on a fixed monthly or annual basis. These services are delivered regardless of what happens to your on premise servers (If you have any). This makes forecasting and planning more accurate and eliminates some of the guesswork. Organisations often find they get more for less on cloud platforms.
• Lower Utility and Maintainance CostsYou don’t need as large an IT Team to maintain various highly specialised on premise server applications and equipment. Most maintenance is carried out by the service provider. Less physical equipment means lower electricity bills and less space is required for your comms equipment.
• Easier to Scale up and DownCloud computing enables you to scale up and down your IT requirements much more easily without long time and cash consuming projects. The leg work is again done in the data centre by the service provider. This makes deployment much quicker.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THE CLOUD?
• Gain Better Insights Into Your BusinessMany cloud platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Kashflow allow you to drill down into the nitty gritty of your business with ease. You can create marketing and sales data and generate P&L reports at the click of a button. The data you can gather will give you a better understanding of your customers and their buying behaviour allowing you to tailor your offering to market.
• Ease administration.Depending on your requirements you can make your invoicing, Purchase orders and Receipts completely electronic. If you still need paper for compliance platforms such as ViaPost allow you to post at the click of a mouse. No more envelopes or stamps!
• There's an App For That!Although every business is different you’d be surprised at the wide variety of public cloud offerings that are designed for specific sectors such as Sirvoy (www.sirvoy.co.uk) for Hotels and Guest Houses. Chances are there's one that’s a good fit for your business and if notWe can arrange one without breaking the bank!
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