june 18th, 2013 gwinnete chapter of cpa's
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Presentation given to a group of CPA's around the basics of cloud computing: Private cloud, hosted mail, collaboration tools, and backups.TRANSCRIPT
Cloud Computing
Stories From The Ground
Business In The Cloud
June 18th, 2013Gwinnett Chapter of CPA’s
Presenter: Tony Merendino ServIT - CEO
www.servit.net
• The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga BA, Business Management• Over 20 years of experience in Executive level positions in
the arena of technology • Former owner/CEO of BMC Solution• Former professional athlete - NFL with the NY Jets• Recently acquired an all organic farm which is producing
organic hay and organic angus beef
Presenter: Greg Wartes – Account Executive
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• East Carolina University• Microsoft Certified Business Management Solutions Professional• Cloud Technology Enthusiast – Published in:
• Wall Street Journal – ‘Cloud Innovator’• Redmond Channel Magazine : 2011 & 2012• Huffington Post – SBA National Small Business Conference
Microsoft Cloud representative• Microsoft Case Study – Cloud Based PC Management
• Former PGA Professional
AGENDA
Cloud Computing
ServIT Overview
Cloud E-Mail
Cloud Collaboration
Your Business
All Inclusive Services:PrintingManaged BackupIBM Power SystemsApplication and User SupportInfrastructure SupportCloud ServicesEmail Solutions
Technology Services:On-Site MaintenanceMovesTechnology RepurposingTechnology RentalsDepot RepairFree AS400 AdviceComputer Repair
Company:In business 18+ yrs.16 States$22M AnnuallyClients globally100 W-2 Employees
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Perspective
Cloud Computing
Cloud platform provides you with
Cost ElasticityPower ElasticityHigh AvailabilityScalabilityGlobal ReadyLong term Cost Reduction
Typical SLAs
Typical SLAs
99%99.9%
99.99%99.999%
99.9999%
Server Crash
Monitoring
Data Replication
Network Outage
Catastrophic Events
Cloud providers would
provide heavy lifting
you can pick and chooseone or more cloud services
You can even mixthe cloud providers
Now, we’re cooking!
Mix #1: Private Cloud
Existing IT Infrastructure
CloudVPN
Mix #2: Hybrid Model
Existing IT Infrastructure
Cloud
Data/Storage/E-Mail
Computing/Applications
Example, accessing cloud data from existing infrastructure
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QUESTIONS
• Access• VPN• Resource
on Premise
Unreliable
Frustrating
SLOW
“FIX IT”
• Access• VPN• Resource • Maintenance• Power• Updates*• Patches• Backup• Archives• Upgrades*• Storage Space• Security
What is Heavy Lifting?
• Updates*• When/how often does Microsoft
release updates?• Upgrades*• Who knows which O/S will not be
supported in February of 2014?
Choices
Requirements
What is Included?
SPAM/MALWARE FILTER**LARGER MAILBOXESARCHIVING**ACTIVE SYNC**ADDITIONAL SUPPORTCOMPLIANCEADD/REMOVE USERSRULESAD SYNCUPTIMELEGAL HOLD**MORE……..**
Scalability
AcquisitionsDownsizingSeasonalPart-time
Scalability
Fixed Budget
Plug & Play
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QUESTIONSDinner Break
Collaboration
You Have Choices
This is Not Collaboration
True Collaboration
OS – Typically Doesn’t Matter
ScenariosCloud Data
Bandwidth
Virtually Unlimited Storage
For storing your documents, files
Bits/Bytes
Permissions
File Level Permission
Granular
Focus
Version Control
External Permission
…and to address the Elephant in the room;
Security
Privacy
Identity
Cloud Security
Monitored 24X7Multiple locationsRole Based SecurityEncryptionGlobal ReadySSAE16Ever evolving
Downtime – Source: Gartner93% of companies that lost their data center for 10 days or
more due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within one year of the disaster, and 50% filed for bankruptcy immediately.
20% of small to medium businesses will suffer a major disaster causing loss of critical data every 5 years.
This year, 40% of small to medium businesses that manage their own network and use the Internet for more than e-mail will have their network accessed by a hacker, and more than 50% won’t even know they were attacked.
Does Cloud ROI Stack Up?
Questions
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