"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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