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 Objective: Explain the Cloud In business terms, so you can see if it will benefit you.  Agenda: 12:00 – Welcome and Introductions 12:05 – Presentation 12:45 – Demo 12:55 – Prize drawings 1:00 – Conclude 1:05 – Extended Demo for those who want to see the cloud live Today’s Objective & Agenda

The food donations you brought today will be donated to: Their Mission: To provide basic necessities to people who are unable to do so and to move those who are able to become self-sufficient. Door Prizes: $50 Quick Trip Gift Card Windows 7 Ultimate software 2010 Office Professional

What Is The Hype?

What concerns do you have before you jumping?

“Applications and services provided via the Internet”  Google  Online Banking   Salesforce.com  eTrade  Nearly any computer resource you access through a web browser

On Premise All your servers and software applications are at your office Hybrid Some servers & applications are in your office and some are outside your office Full Cloud All servers & applications are outside your office

 Buy a server that is powerful enough to ◦ Last 3 – 5 years’ ◦ Support your busiest time of the year  Free up a large amount of money ◦ Typically $3,000 - $8,000 per server  Prepare location in your office ◦ With proper electricity ◦ Network connection ◦ Secure location  Configure select computers to connect to server  Manage it yourself or pay someone  Do it all again in 3 – 5 years

 Buy a server that is powerful enough to ◦ Support today’s needs only  Pay a monthly subscription fee ◦ Based on actual computer power needs  Easily ‘upgrade’ or ‘downgrade’  Free up space in your office  Server is managed by the provider  No future server hardware replacement

Flexibility - Upgrade servers instantaneously Test Server - Easy to set up & tear down Capital Expense - You don’t purchase the hardware or software Property Tax - You don’t own the hardware or software Hardware Disposal - No hardware to dispose

Location of Data - Somewhere out on the internet Data Security - Will data security be compromised? (Not necessarily) Monthly Subscription Cost - Could be more expensive over the long haul Single point of failure -Internet access & Cloud data center Integration - Getting two cloud applications to integrate is difficult

“Virtual Desktop”in the Cloud

 Connect ◦ With any device ◦ From anywhere  Easy for staff to adopt  Easy and economical to scale ◦ Add/remove user accounts ◦ Adding/removing software applications  Less need to replace physical PCs/laptops  Keeps everyone on the same software version

 Is vendor financially sound?  How redundant are their ◦ Data Centers? ◦ Internet connections?  Where are their data centers located?  How will your data backed up and to where?  Who owns the data?  Price?  Compliancy?  Security? ◦ Remote access ◦ Physical facility  Ease of use?  Technical Support availability and method?

 Companies that ◦ Are facing expensive hardware/software purchases ◦ Have several branch offices ◦ Have a lot of mobile users ◦ Need ‘test’ environments ◦ Need a good disaster recovery posture

 Secure enough for on-line banking and eTrade  The Cloud increases security by ◦ Better physical security of the servers ◦ Less data floating around on laptops  Security will be as weak or strong as your passwords ◦ Force strong passwords ◦ Change passwords  Social engineering – Educate your users

 Feedback Sheet  Questions???  Prize Drawings  Extended Demo See you at our next Power Hour in May

MS Office 365 Only Need Microsoft Office Applications Need Microsoft Exchange ( ) Only need limited amount of shared file storage

Google Apps Documents rarely shared with non- employees Only need basic features Only need limited amount of shared file storage

 Applications are watered down  Can’t Rightclick  Menus/Ribbons are different and limited