IT TRENDS FOR 2016 SMALL-MEDIUM BUSINESSES Bob Coppedge: Twitter: Simplex_IT Biz Blog:

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SHOULD SIMPLEX-IT BE YOUR IT DEPT? Do You: 1. Want to manage costs? 2. Need to expand your in-house resources? 3. Want to boost your IT skill set? 4. Want more time to focus on core competencies? 5. Keep looking for ways to increase efficiency and boost productivity? 6. Want to keep pace with current technology? 7. Want access to value-added IT services? 8. Need more consistent support? 9. Want to reduce your risk? 10. Concern yourself about compliance and security?

SERVICES FROM SIMPLEX-IT Simplex-dba Ensuring the health, performance and usefulness of application databases for small- medium organizations. Simplex-PM Making Project Managers at Small - Medium companies more proficient through mentoring, training and tools (focusing on MS Project offerings). Simplex-IT Your Virtual CIO Handling all of your IT needs, operationally and strategically

EATING DOG FOOD  Cloud Champion for several years  Tier 1 Champion SMB Partner  Involved when it was BPOS  Assisted almost 100 companies with BPOS/365  Migrated from Exchange, Notes, Cloud, Pop3, Google

REMAINING TOPICS FOR JANUARY  Jan 14 th :(O)Outlook 2016  Jan 21 st :(P)Actuals, Estimates and Variations

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Agenda 2016 – Evolution, not Revolution The Cloud is just another strategy Security –changing the focus from Prevention to Containment RAAS – everybody is moving to “Service” (and we mean everybody) Microsoft –phones, retiring software, new versions, more cloud! BI: Data->Information->Context

THE CLOUD IS JUST ANOTHER STRATEGY  “While cloud will not quite become a pure commodity like electricity, it will be so prevalent in IT architecture that cloud- specific focus will give way to overall solution planning.” (CompTIA)  By 2018 half of IT spending will be cloud based (IDC)

SECURITY –CHANGING THE FOCUS FROM PREVENTION TO CONTAINMENT  Between zero-day exploits and the ever-changing attack methods, security vendors are spending more resources containing effected devices.  Multi-faceted security strategies are more critical than ever  AV software is not a sufficient security strategy

RAAS – EVERYBODY IS MOVING TO “SERVICE” (AND WE MEAN EVERYBODY)  curity/ransom32-is-the-first-ransomware- written-in-javascript/ curity/ransom32-is-the-first-ransomware- written-in-javascript/

MICROSOFT – MORE OF THE SAME  Last gasp for Windows Phone  Inclusion of phone services in the SMB mix  Retiring more software/systems  Internet Explorer (pre-11)  SQL Server 2005  Windows Server 2016, Exchange 2016, SharePoint 2016, SQL 2016  More 365, more Azure, more services!

BI: DATA->INFORMATION->CONTEXT  Data: Tables, raw information (application useful)  Information: Data -> Reports which answer questions (add value)  Context: able to correctly form data properly on demand based on conditions

Multiple Devices Mobile Users On-premMobile Apps SaaS Real World IT Challenges

User Experience: Day 30

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IT TRENDS FOR 2016 SMALL-MEDIUM BUSINESSES Bob Coppedge: Twitter: Simplex_IT Biz Blog: