Exploring the CloudChris Harris

Drivers – Technological Advances. Hardware more powerful, software more capable,

Cloud emerges– Economic Climate - More for your money– Flexibility - Organisations need to be agile – Technically savvy staff/ ‘social networking’ generation– A highly competitive industry e.g.

HP/Dell/IBMMS/Google/CiscoApple/Blackberry/Microsoft/Android

Consequences – More new products and “ways of doing things” than at any other time– New set of challenges – Decision making, implementation, support &

maintenance

Cloud ComputingWhy?

Cloud ComputingWhat is it?

Hardware/Software hosted externally and delivered via the internet

Two broad categories

1. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)- Hosted servers/storage. Can be dedicated or shared

Example Providers- Rackspace, 1& 1- Rise, BT, Think Grid

2. Software as a Service (SaaS)– hosted software/applications. Usually shared platform

Example Providers- Google Apps – Online Office Tools- SalesForce - Customer Relationship Management- Microsoft – Online Services (365)

 

• Its proven – 100 million users (est. 300 million 2015)

• Its familiar – Office/Outlook, eases transition

• 99.9% Uptime, Financially backed SLA

• ISO 2007 Datacentres

• Backup spread over locations

• Email archiving included

• Provides a uniform platform and uniform user experience

• Enables anywhere working, any device, anytime

• Enables shared working but retains individual partner identity, security and control

• Lighter on bandwidth than many solutions, and users can work off line when needed

  

Office 365Business Ready Service

Office 365What do you get?

Office 365SharePoint

• Keep staff up to date with latest company information

• Provide a collaborative working space for documents

• Reduce the flow and impact of non-essential internal email

• Better navigation & Search- Built-in search feature for all documents and list entries

• Remote web-based access to documents, files, and folders

• User friendly version control and simple document recovery

• Built-in Wiki and Blogging facilities to present company information in more dynamic formats

• Personal site profile features for staff to share interests and experiences

Office 365Exchange Online

• Well-established in “The Cloud”

• Integrates well with existing onpremise systems

• Little change for users

• Very stable and reliable solution

• 25Gb Mailbox limits

• Archiving

• Legal Hold

• Anti Spam/Anti Virus

Office 365Lync

Connect from virtually anywhere• Find and connect with friends and peers using PC, web, or

mobile phone• Join meetings in one click from Outlook

See who’s online• Use the presence indicator to see when associates are online

and available• Set your status and control who sees it so others know when

and how to contact you

Online meetings• Save travel costs by conducting online meetings

including audio, video, and web conferencing• Include up to 250 participants inside and outside of

your business

Get more done in your meetings• Share desktops, files, and presentations online• Invite others to lead and share• See the list of meeting participants; know who is

speaking

Office 365Costs - Product

Office 365Getting Started

 • It’s a change in way people work

• It’s a change in the way you think about your ‘network’, and how you store and manage data

• Time will be needed to ensure training is provided, and staff can use the system effectively

SO…

• Planning is King

• Undertake a Pilot

• Work with an experienced partner

• Get managers on board & support staff

  

Why wouldn’t we do

this?

What will

happen with

legacy apps?

What’s in it

for us?

Could I lower costs

further?

How does it work?

What do we need

to sign up for?

What if later we need to change

direction?

What are the

alternatives?

Where will it go

wrong?

What will it cost?

Your Questio

ns?

How do we pay

for it?

Q & A

Chris@coopsys.net

www.coopsys.net

020 7793 0395

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