Better Direct Cloud Solutions
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Transcript of Better Direct Cloud Solutions
Better Direct Cloud Solutions
Alison EvansKush Patel6/11/2012
Agenda
• About Better Direct
• Cloud Services
• Benefits of Cloud
• Jumping off Point for Implementable
and Rewarding Cloud
• First Steps for next 5 weeks, 5
months and 5 years
• Cloud Assessment
About Better Direct and Our Cloud Services• Veteran Owned Business – Be a patriot!
• Better Direct is a small business. We stay nimble to keep up with
ever changing technology and are flexible to customer style.
• Cloud broker for thousands of cloud products.
• Attend monthly cloud conferences and webinars to stay current on all
that is cloud to offer the best for our customers.
• Consolidated billing and management of cloud services – less
vendors to track for you.
• Personalized online store for your purchases – simplifies
procurement.
Cloud Assessment – Looking Ahead• What are some of the costs associated
with hardware that would be alleviated with cloud?
• How do you currently dispose of retired equipment that is environmentally responsible and all across the US?
• What is the cloud project you find may be the most challenging?
• What is your vision for cloud for your company?
Benefits of Cloud
• Everything will be tracked from a web browser
• Security, compliance, lowered risk from threats
• Disaster recovery (large or small)
• Lowered hardware maintenance
• Less clutter to dispose, plug in, keep cool and move (green)
• Software updates are automatic - Little need for hardware and software expertise
in remote locations
• Know where your computers are and user activity
• Compliance with sensitive info like credit cards and SSN
• Investment in cloud has quicker turnaround and less cost to change plans. Can be
done quickly and in steps.
Better Direct Cloud VS Traditional
“Small businesses save money with cloud.” – Bloomberg Report
BETTER DIRECT CLOUD TRADITIONAL
Automated – The backup will always process automatically
Rely on a person - people forget, get sick, run out of time
Reliable – count on the backup Relying on equipment to be powered on, the person to manage the process and the tape or disk space available has more chance for errors
Manageable – from a web browser and smart phone
Manageable – Most often onsite management screen or possibly need to physically change media
Secure – Tier IV Data Center, data encrypted
Security breaches can happen with lost tapes or lack of data encryption
Better Direct Cloud Backup VS Traditional Backup
BETTER DIRECT CLOUD TRADITIONAL
Compliant – Encryption of data leads to greater compliance HIPPA, SOX, etc can use
Compliant – onsite can be compliant, but loss of data from equipment failure jeopardizes.
Cost – monthly operating expense
Cost – capital expense for hardware and software, personnel, energy, disposal costs at end of life, renewal costs to replace outdated hardware and software (significant)
Accessibility – anywhere with Internet access
Accessibility – mostly onsite
Equipment – Computer or smart phone, web
Equipment – server, discs, tape, network cables, UPS, surge protector, NICs, monitor, keyboard, mouse
Better Direct Cloud Backup VS Traditional Backup
BETTER DIRECT CLOUD TRADITIONAL
Energy – price of running computer and Internet
Energy – increased cooling costs from running server, cost to power machines that are most often underutilized, decreased efficiency as technology ages, internal fans slow, multiple devices always plugged.
Software – automatically updates
Software – manual updates
Technical Expertise – Ability to operate an install wizard, ability to navigate a web site portal
Technical Expertise - specialized
Better Direct Cloud Backup VS Traditional Backup
BETTER DIRECT CLOUD TRADITIONAL
Environment – less hardware equals less impact on the earth, quieter office, less dust, less cabling, less waste overall
Environment – servers make noise, they are heavy and have chemicals in them that need a professional disposal, require energy
Personnel – One person can manage entire network, less expertise needed, very easy to learn
Personnel – multiple experts required for maintenance, updates, projects, etc…highly skilled and experienced
Procurement Time – Instantaneous
Procurement Time – months to years
Implementation Time – instantaneous
Implementation Time – months to years
Better Direct Cloud Backup VS Traditional Backup
BETTER DIRECT CLOUD TRADITIONAL
Commitment – can upgrade or downgrade depending if there is a service agreement. Less initial investment to see if project is right fit.
Commitment – three years lifecycle of equipment, hardware maintenance upgrades, software licensing and renewals, space requirements
Freight - $0 Freight – Heavy equipment, wait time, cost, chance of damage, RMAs for DOA
Recovery Time – fast, depending on amount of data - could be minutes
Recovery Time – varies depending on what the disaster is and how much data is lost or has been saved
Web Monitoring and DRO• Awareness
Technologies• Intronis
Security• TrendMicro,
McAfee
Business Intelligence and Productivity• IBM
SmartCloud• MS Office 365
VOIP and Printing and Surveillance• 8x8,
Managed Print Services, Logitech Alert
Jumping off Point for Implementing Cloud and Seeing Rewards for New Investment
5 Weeks 5 Months 5 Years
Timeline – 5 weeks, 5 months, 5 years
Today
Summer 2012
Winter 2012
2017
Timeline
Awareness Technologies
• Cloud company established 10 years ago
• Web Watcher – from websites and IM to all key strokes
• Site Blocker – Block Facebook and other sites that tend to lower
productivity
• Compliance – Set rules about emailing sensitive numbers
• Laptop Cop – map that shows location of your computer
• All in real time – All from a web browser – Manage the whole
country for compliance from one place – Trial available
Intronis
• Automated
• Reliable
• Remotely Manageable
• Secure – Most secure on the planet to date
• Backup and Disaster Recovery
• Scalable
• Priced per GB
IBM SmartCloud
• No one ever got fired for buying IBM! Still true.
• Web meeting
• Communities
• Instant Messaging
• Productivity software (like MS Office) in the cloud
• File Sharing
Thank you!