Transition To The Cloud - Bi101.com
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The document discusses transitioning business computing to the cloud. It notes that cloud computing has reduced costs as businesses no longer need to purchase expensive hardware and software and can access applications via the internet. Popular cloud applications mentioned include Google Apps, Salesforce, and Amazon Web Services. The document also summarizes Bi101's role in helping companies migrate to cloud computing and the benefits they have experienced by running their entire business in the cloud.
Transition To The Cloud - Bi101.com
- 1. TRANSITION TO THE CLOUD Presented by w w w. b i 1 0 1 . c o m
- 2. SaaS and the cloud have changed the landscape for businesses worldwide, from SMBs to the enterprise. Why is there so much buzz about cloud No longer do you need to purchase expensive hardware and software for many business functions. computing? If you have an internet connection, you can move much of your business computing to the cloud. Reduced Cost What’s the cloud? “Cloud” is a metaphor for the You typically pay as you go instead Internet. It’s an abstraction of how networks of of making an upfront investment computers are connected, in the old days by LAN and WAN, now by the Internet. Over the last 5 to Security 10 years more and more companies have been SaaS is often more secure than your delivering software that’s accessible from the existing network Internet. They “own” the software and deliver it as a “service,” instead of having customers own and Reliability maintain it. Software-as-a-service, or SaaS, is an Redundancy in the cloud ensures application that businesses access and use via the it’s always on and accessible from Internet. The actual software applications reside on anywhere servers all over the web, in the cloud. Intacct Google Apps Salesforce Rackspace Google Zoho CLOUD Amazon Yahoo Microsoft 866-55-bi101 www.Bi101.com “Transition to the Cloud” - Bi101 cloud experts will show you how 2
- 3. CLOUD DEVELOPMENT W e’re all familiar with the development and growth of the Internet in the 1990s. When did cloud Gartner’s Top 10 “Areas IT computing begin gaining traction? Many would point Pros Can’t Ignore”: to salesforce.com as the original cloud pioneer. Founded in 1999, salesforce.com is currently the leading cloud CRM application, with over 51,800 1. Cloud computing customers and over 1.1 million subscribers.* It 2. Advanced analytics surpassed $1 billion in annual revenues in 2008, becoming the first enterprise cloud computing 3. Client computing company to reach that milestone based solely on selling Web apps. 4. IT for green 5. Reshaping the data center Other pioneers are Amazon.com which created Amazon Web Services in 2002, and Google, which 6. Social computing began releasing cloud applications in 2006. 7. Security--activity monitoring Gartner predicts that cloud computing is the #1 area 8. Flash memory IT professionals cannot ignore in 2010.** 9. Virtualization for availability *Source: salesforce.com, as of 2008. **David Cearley, Gartner analyst, October 20, 2009 10. Mobile applications Top 5 motives for companies using the cloud in 2010*** 43% 29% 23% 19% Cost Savings Capacity DR/BCP Enabling Agility Management Solution ***Yankee Group Research Inc, 2009 3 “Transition to the Cloud” - Bi101 cloud experts will show you how www.Bi101.com 866-55-bi101
- 4. CLOUD ECONOMICS O ne of the main drivers of the move to the cloud is cost; for many businesses, it’s cheaper to use Software- as-a-Service in the cloud rather than purchasing and maintaining software in-house. Cost savings should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, but analysts are starting to make the research available to the public. For example, Forrester’s analysis shows that companies can achieve significant cost savings by migrating from on-premise email to Google Apps. The good news is that companies don’t need 15,000 users to achieve cost savings. Google Apps can reduce costs for companies with as few as 15 users. Should your email live in the cloud? Comparing On-Premise Email Costs $30 Message archiving $20 Message filtering Cost per user Storage per month Client software $10 Server software Server hardware and OS Subscription $0 Microsoft Exchange Google Cost per user per month On-premise Cloud-based Online Apps* Subscription $0.00 $9.78 $8.66 $4.17 Server hardware and OS $0.56 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Server software $3.61 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Client software $3.49 $3.49 $3.49 $0.00 Storage $1.23 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Message filtering $2.99 $1.86 $0.00 $0.00 Message archiving $8.89 $8.11 $6.33 $3.75 $4.41 $1.85 $1.85 $0.55 Total $25.18 $25.08 $20.32 $8.47 * Google doesn’t Note: The pricing and features available in each architecture vary by provider. This is a scenario for 15,000 employees with email. Source: Forrester Research, Inc. 866-55-bi101 www.Bi101.com “Transition to the Cloud” - Bi101 cloud experts will show you how 4
- 5. CLOUD MIGRATION PROCESS Core Messaging Email Server Security Encryption Provisioning & Management Calendaring Calendar Sharing Information Sharing Website Portals YOU Workspaces Wikis CLOUD Documents Word Processing Spreadsheets Presentation Tools Network File Server Data Storage Security Applications Financial CRM ERP Specialized Apps A s cloud offerings continue to develop and mature, Business Pain Starting Point Email Server it becomes more challenging to determine which Core Security computing infrastructure will deliver the greatest Messaging Messaging Encryption benefits by moving to the cloud. Provisioning & Management Financial Intacct We’ve found that the best starting place depends Applications Management NetSuite upon your current computing situation and immediate business needs. Marketing Salesforce.com Applications or Sales Sugar CRM To get the biggest bang for your buck the trick is to start with the easiest computing area. Then move to Network or the more complex areas as your business requires it. Network Amazon Web Services File Servers Software Network Amazon Web Services Development 5 “Transition to the Cloud” - Bi101 cloud experts will show you how www.Bi101.com 866-55-bi101
- 6. POPULAR CLOUD APPLICATIONS More and more companies are delivering safe, secure cloud offerings. Here are some of the most popular SaaS offerings: Core messaging: Network sharing: • Google Message Encryption • WebDrive • Postini • Livedrive • ScanSafe Web Filtering • Dropbox • Unify for Google Apps • Jungle Disk • GroupID Self Service • Zimbra Applications: • Salesforce.com Calendaring: • Intacct • Google Apps • SugarCRM • InfusionSOFT • Adaptive Planning Document creation and sharing: • Quickbooks Online • Google Apps • Highrise • OffiSync • Acumatica • Zoho • Landslide • SalesFUSION Information sharing: • Savo • Google Sites • SuccessFactors • Central Desktop • Taleo • Near Time • Clarizen • PB Works • NetSuite • Daptiv • Basecamp • Backpack • Zoho • Zoho • RightNow • KnowledgeTree • WebEx • GoToMeeting 866-55-bi101 www.Bi101.com “Transition to the Cloud” - Bi101 cloud experts will show you how 6
- 7. BI101’S ROLE IN CLOUD COMPUTING Bi101 is an independent software consulting firm that specializes in migrating companies to the SaaS model. Bi101’s consultants take companies through a guided process to transition their computing to the cloud, starting with the highest ROI computing areas. We Moves to SaaS in the Cloud We Preach Bi101 Practice What “The payoff was huge...” • Users no longer needed to access the Bi101 has 17 years experience as an independent company network to do business software consulting firm. We started in 1993 reselling • There was no longer a single point of AS/400 based MAPICS ERP along with hardware, failure peripherals and consulting services to deliver a total solution for mid-sized manufacturers. • Our IT costs dropped dramatically We started to clearly understand the true client The process continued when we moved our files benefits of moving to the cloud in 2004 when we from our local file server to Amazon.com’s S3 service began reselling Postini’s email encryption and (which only costs us $2.50 per month). The last step security product. is to migrate to salesforce.com for CRM and help desk ticketing. When Google announced it was purchasing Postini in 2007, we realized we could take this approach Today our employees can access all Bi101 company to the next level. Instead of upgrading our own resources from anywhere without any Bi101-provided email server to Exchange 2007, we transitioned to infrastructure. All employees access the applications Google Apps, initially just for email, calendaring, and using their own hardware. We’re always on the latest chat. Soon we began using the broader productivity release, we have no upgrades on the horizon, no suite including message discovery for archiving, backups to worry about and our power bill is lower. document collaboration with Google Docs and We now have an infrastructure that is more reliable, external collaboration, and Google Sites for our more secure and costs us a fraction of what we were implementation project management. It’s similar to paying for our on-premise infrastructure. Microsoft’s Sharepoint. Our entire business runs in the cloud 24/7. It’s We quickly took the next step and moved our powerful, and we’ll be happy to show you how you financial system to the cloud, abandoning can achieve the same. Quickbooks to deploy Intacct and Paychecks Payroll. 7 “Transition to the Cloud” - Bi101 cloud experts will show you how www.Bi101.com 866-55-bi101
- 8. SEE THE BENEFITS OF THE CLOUD FIRST-HAND C onnect with us for a free analysis of your IT infrastructure. We’ll analyze your current situation SaaS application areas and recommend your greatest opportunity for immediate cost savings by moving to SaaS in the we review cloud. There’s no cost and no obligation. Core messaging As your partner, we can give you advice and Email server, email security & encryption, recommendations and our consultants can handle provisioning, management your data migration and implementation. We’re a Google Apps partner, but also evaluate and Calendaring implement best-of-breed SaaS offerings from any Calendar sharing vendor. Document creation and sharing Whether you need email, email encryption, word Word processing, spreadsheets, slide processing, spreadsheets, web security and presentations encryption, virtual computing, network management and even financial management, Bi101 has a solution. Information sharing Website workspaces, website portals, wikis Network sharing File server, data storage, security Applications Financial, specialized apps, CRM, ERP 866-55-bi101 www.Bi101.com “Transition to the Cloud” - Bi101 cloud experts will show you how 8