The Five Things You Need To Know About Cloud Computing

1. Your Logo Here The Five Things You Need To Know About Cloud Computing

2. Overview of today’s Webinar • Thank you for joining us today • Following our Webinar we will email this presentation to all participants • We have reserved time at the end of the presentation for Q&A, however please don’t wait until then if you have a question • To ask a question, simple type it into the instant message box in your webinar window

3. Who is Complete Computers?

4. What is cloud nation • Cloud Nation is a cloud solutions aggregator • We provide our members with: • Initial and ongoing training • A complete cloud eco-system • Support • Sales and marketing assistance

5. What’s the problem we are solving • 66% of companies looking to increase their IT Skills to manage cloud deployments. More than 40% of companies selling media and digital products will rely entirelyon subscription revenue by 2015 Manchester Business School and Vanson Bourne • 82% of SMBs say buying cloud computing from a service provider with a local presence is critical or important Building a Strategy for the Subscription Economy, Gartner, Inc. • 43% of companies are finding it difficult to find IT Pros with cloud computing skills. Manchester Business School and Vanson Bourne Microsoft, SMB Cloud Adoption Study

6. The 5 things you must know about the Cloud • What is the cloud • How it is changing the role of IT • What you need to know about Cloud Security • What you need to know about BYOD • What is a TCO analysis

7. Step 1 Understanding the cloud

8. What is cloud computing • Cloud computing is about sharing resources for greater efficiency and in most cases lower costs • Cloud computing allows small and medium size businesses access to enterprise quality technology once reserved for the fortune 500

9. Analogy – the transition to power plants

10. Pros and cons of power plants Pros • Shared expense • Pay for what you use • Not location constrained Cons • Lack of control • Ongoing expense

11. What cloud computing is not • The end-all be-all for every technology requirement • The cloud is not a great solution for locations lacking dependable high-speed broadband • The cloud is not a great solution for companies working with massive size files (movie studios, graphics designers, architects) • The cloud is not a great solution if 99.999% is an absolute necessity • For over 90% of businesses, the cloud is a real option

12. What is a CNCP Designation • Evidences successful completion of Cloud Nation’s Cloud Essentials Training • Shows professional commitment to ongoing training and certification • Leverages a national network of Cloud Solutions Providers

13. We Enable frictionless Consumption Technology Producers Small Businesses Enablement • Healthcare • Legal • Pro-Services • SMB’s • Education • Financial Services • Government Subscription & Recurring Billing • Provisioning | Applications | Licensing

14. Step #2 Embracing BYOD

15. What is BYOD? • BYOD (Bring your own device) is a major trend companies are facing today • Employees want to use their own devices to do their jobs • While this is great in concept it can give IT departments fits

16. Why embrace BYOD? • Workers are demanding the freedom to work from their own devices • Empowered workers help your business perform at its best • 92% of companies reported that some of their employees are using there own devices • A proactive and protective policy is the only way to ensure the integrity of company data

17. vDesktop – your BYOD solution • Access from any device, any time (Windows, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Chromebooks) • Simplified IT – Reduction in ongoing end user management • Secure by Design – Data is handled in the data center – not the device • Always On Backups – Never again worry if your data is backed up

18. Benefits of vDesktop • Disasters - Can you keep your business and IT infrastructure running through natural disasters? • Productivity - Can your employees stay productive and access your business technologies from anywhere? • Device Independent - vDesktop offers a hosted desktop experience from any device, anywhere, any time with integrated apps for business!

19. VDesktop & BYOD • Over 90% of companies reporting that BYOD is an issue • This can be very challenging for companies • Cloud Nation’s vDesktop provides a immediate and secure solution Actual Company Information Never Resides on the Device

20. BYOD Best Practices

21. 3 Cloud Security

22. Cloud security – a primer • While security is a big issue in the cloud (and should be), study after study show that it is typically safer than an internal IT department • “One reason the CIA started moving to cloud-based computing in 2009 was that it saw the cloud as being more secure than conventional IT systems.” Jill Tummler Singer CIA

23. Now Available to Small businesses • The vDesktop is enabled in part with Citrix technology (Citrix Receiver) • This gives small businesses access to the same technology the Fortune 500 has been using for years • The vDesktop eliminates the biggest issues associated with BYOD • Security • Access from any device • Control • Scalability

24. 100% of the F0rtune 100 Rely on Citrix

25. 4 The new role of “IT”

26. What do these companies have in common?

27. They don’t do office visits • They don’t do office visits • 82% of SMBs say buying cloud computing from a service provider with a local presence is critical or important • This is an opportunity for IT Pros to win

28. Supply chain Manager • Think of the changing role in IT as moving from an internally focused position to that of a supply chain manager • As a business, you want your IT Pro to manage a variety of on-premises and cloud solutions • All you really want to do is turn the key and go • Your IT Pro can help you bring all the technology “pieces” together

29. 5 Total Cost of ownership

30. What Complete Computers provides

31. vServer • vServer is a Citrix Applications server • Provisioned in a Cloud Nation Certified Data Center • Host your line of business (LOB) apps • Connect to those LOB apps with vDesktop via an internet connection

32. vstorage • Cloud Nation uses the public cloud as the foundation for all customer data storage • The public cloud is secured by creating a private networkbetween Cloud Nation and the public cloud providers such as Amazon, Rackspace, and Savvis

34. Next Steps • Set up a time to complete a TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) analysis • This will compare cloud solutions to a more traditional on-premise solution • Part of the analysis will focus on the business solution – not just the technology • Determine if a cloud solution is a good move for you based on needs, price and value

35. Cloud Solutions • Keep all information in one place • Information Replicated in Geo-Redundant Data Centers • Company File Share • Enable Line-of-Business Applications • Full access to server configuration • Manage all client on one platform • Provides connectivity to vServer and vStorage • Access from any device • World class security • Always on backups • Unlimited Bandwidth