How to Stay Connected in the Workplace: Reeser/Graver

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How to Stay Connected in the Digital Workplace ...Cloud Computing For Regional Development Organizations Sandy Reeser & Dale Graver VC3, Inc. September 11th, 2017

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How to Stay Connected in the Digital Workplace...Cloud Computing For Regional Development Organizations

Sandy Reeser & Dale Graver

VC3, Inc.

September 11th, 2017

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So, let‘s have some fun?

Pull out your mobile device

Open up the browser

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Background

• Relationships with >180 RDOs, municipalities, counties, etc.

• Focused on small and medium organizations

• Over 20 years experience

• Broad suite of technology solutions

• 95+ employees

• Technology Partners

Extensive RDO IT Experience

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Active In RDO Associations

Solutions Designed Specifically For RDOs

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Expertise in the Cloud

Land of Sky Regional Council, NC

Lee-Russell Council of Governments, AL

Three Rivers Regional Commission, GA

Kerr Tar Council of Governments, NC

Upper Savannah Council of Governments, SC

Central Savannah River Area Regional Commission, GA

Eastern Carolina Council of Governments, NC

George Washington Regional Commission, VA

Triangle J Council of Governments, NC

Mid-East Commission, NC

Lower Savannah Council of Governments, SC

North Carolina League of Municipalities

Municipal Association of South Carolina

Vermont League of Cites and Towns

Partial List

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Topics

What’s driving your technology needs?

What factors should you consider?

When is cloud computing right for you?

What does cloud computing for Regional Development Organizations look like?

Who’s doing it and why?

Cloud Computing For RDOs

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What’s Driving Your IT Needs?

Storage

Security

Staff and Member Needs

Mobility

Business Continuity

Availability

…7x24 access to services, any time…from anywhere

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Internal Staff

Premise Based

“Wearing Many

Hats”

IT Continuum Stages… Where is your organization… where are you going, and when?

Proactive

Cloud Based

Reactive

Local IT Vendor

Early Stages of

Complexity

Managed Services

High Complexity

Many Technologies

Delivery of Many Services

High Availability Required

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Factors To Consider

Premise vs. Cloud

Reactive vs. Proactive

In-house vs. Outsourced

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So, let‘s see where we all stand?

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How is your organization‘s IT serviced today?

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Insourced vs. Outsourced

• Skill Level

• Backups and Security

• Budget

• Retention risk

• IT director skills

• 7x24 support availability

• Variable vs. fixed costs

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The Sky Is Falling!

Wait until it breaks…then fix it!

No time for root cause analysis

Early alert to problems before they happen!

Saves $$$

Improves up-time

Reactive Proactive

12Managed Services

“Break-Fix”

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Delivery Models

Premise Cloud

• Hybrid• Some components in the cloud• Some components continue to be premise based

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Common Premise Based IT Environment

• 3 - 4 year refresh cycle for PCs

• 4 – 5 year refresh cycle servers

• Reoccurring software license fees

• Insufficient skill level of IT staff

• Lacks adequate backups & security

• Slow restoral of critical business

processes after a disaster

Expensive in time and resources to install and maintain!

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How does it work?There is Cloud...and then there is Cloud!

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When is Cloud Computing Right for You?

• Is the breath and depth of your IT support insufficient?

• Are you unable to tackle strategic IT issues because you spend all your

time on tactical problems?

• Do you need increased mobility for your staff?

• Are you faced with reoccurring significant desktop and server capital

expenses?

• Is your data stored in an off-site location?

• Are you worried about the viability of your business if disaster strikes?

• Do you just want to get out of the day-to-day IT business and focus on

your core competency?

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A New IT Solution Option to Consider

WAN/LAN

Enterprise Class Data CenterPremise Based IT Solution

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A New IT Solution Option to Consider

Hosted Desktop IT Solution Enterprise Class Data Center

Mouse Movements

Keyboard Strokes

Pixel Changes

WAN/LAN

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A New IT Solution Option to Consider

Aggregated Cloud IT SolutionPrivate Cloud

Cloud Aggregator

Local Server/Desktop

Any User Device...Any Where

SaaS Vendor

SaaS

SaaS

CommunityCloud

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Delivery Models

Premise Cloud

• Hybrid• Some components in the cloud• Some components continue to be premise based

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Delivery Model - Premise

• You buy servers

• You buy desktops

• You buy storage & back-up systems

• You buy all network equipment

• You pay someone to maintain and support it

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• Partner provides the servers

• Partner provides the desktop devices

• Partner provides the storage

• Partner provides the file backup, and disaster recovery

• Partner maintains your environment 24x7

• You only pay for what you need

• Little to no up-front capital cost

• Scale up/down much more quickly

Delivery Model - Cloud

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Why Cloud Based Desktop?

• Never purchase a PC or server again

• Cloud desktop access to all your appsfrom ANY device from ANY location

• Utilize more reliable and powerful computers

• Eliminate unplanned technology expenses

• Built-in disaster recovery and business continuity

Focus on core competency…not IT infrastructure!

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Let’s see the survey results

What concerns you the most about using the cloud?

How is your organization’s IT serviced today?

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Your Homework

Do you have a plan and a partner?

• Where is your organization on the IT Continuum?

• Does your current IT meet the needs of the organization?

• How can I address my concerns about the cloud?

• Do you have a strategic plan to transition to the next IT stage?

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Sandy Reeser & Dale Graver

VC3, Inc.

Thank You!