External IT Overview What is Cloud Computing? The Power to do more Portal Desktop demo AGENDA
Jan 13, 2015
External IT Overview
What is Cloud Computing? The Power to do more
Portal Desktop demo
AGENDA
Founded in 2002, Manhattan
Funded by IBM, Cisco, Oppenheimer
Focused on delivering managed desktop and data center solutions for mid-market companies
Developed ITaaS platform and spun it off in 2009
COMPANY OVERVIEW,BEGINNING
COMPANY OVERVIEW,INDUSTRIES
Over 500 customers, worldwide
Installations in US, Ireland/UK, Australia, Switzerland, Brazil, China
WHERE WE ARE NOW: GLOBAL
WHERE WE ARE NOW: DEPLOYMENTS
Over 500 data center migrations
Over 10,000 desktops under management
Over 2000 applications under management
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Desktops
Committed to end user productivity
Mobility
Simplicity
Collaboration
Committed to innovation
Integrate the internet – applications and data
Automate provisioning – users and systems
OS33 Platform – Cloud 2.0 enabled
Committed to security compliance
Comprehensive access control
Complete auditing and logging
End to end session management
COMPANYFOCUS
CLOUD STACKCLOUD DEFINITION
Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.
*National Institute of Science and Technology
Rent servers as a service – an IT engine
You still need to support your applications
You still need to support your end users
You still do most of the managing
THE FOUR FUNDAMENTALS OF CLOUD COMPUTINGMANAGED HOSTING
Every SaaS app lives on different server farms
Each requiring a separate log in
Lacks a unifying platform to seamlessly integrate
Who takes responsibility for resolving problems?
THE FOUR FUNDAMENTALS OF CLOUD COMPUTINGSTAND ALONE SAAS
Confusing because of 2 taskbars (hosted & local)
Just a raw shell, you must design & build solution
Difficult to integrate SaaS and Windows apps
Yesterday’s technology, not designed for iPad, etc
THE FOUR FUNDAMENTALS OF CLOUD COMPUTINGHOSTED DESKTOP
Fully functional unifying platform, out of the box
OS, browser and device agnostic
Single Sign On
Powerful Admin tools
THE FOUR FUNDAMENTALS OF CLOUD COMPUTINGPORTAL DESKTOP
CLOUD STACKTOTAL STACK
PORTAL DESKTOPDEMO
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