The Big Switch Presentation by Gracey Newman and Bill Dillon

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Presentation summary on the book: The Big Switch by Nicholas Carr. Summary goes through the history of electricity and technology. Cloud Computing is discussed in relevance to how it would affect IT and business and specially how it would affect PPR Healthcare Staffing.

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THE AUTHOR

The IT Industry is now in a huge paradigm shift where companies will move from expensive IT professional staff and infrastructure, to smaller IT staffs and getting their services across the Internet from large providers like Google, Microsoft, etc. This is called “cloud computing.

THE PREMISE

• How did we get here?• How would this work?• What does this mean for IT?• What would it mean for PPR?

Discussion Points

ENERGY

ENERGY

ENERGY

HOW WILL THIS WORK?

• Simplified workstations• Less Hardware• Less Software• Internet will host programs• Can lease hardware• Less In-House IT

COMPUTERS

COMPUTERS

COMPUTERS

NOW

NO BOTTLENECKS

“When the network becomes as fast as the processor, the computer hollows out and spreads across the network.”-Eric Schmidt, 1993

GOOGLE COMPOUND

ONLINE SERVICES

ONLINE SERVICES

SELF CHECKOUT

• Cost• Number of Users• Length of Time

CONSIDERATIONS

• Low cost-of-ownership and cost predictability • Immediate deployment • Scale up or down as needed, with no risk • Anytime, anywhere access to information • Business-class messaging and collaboration • Secure and reliable performance for the highest

productivity• Keep up with technology with no change in price• They perform the backups and restores• Less energy consumption

PROS

• Lack of control• Rely on others• Rely on bandwidth• Lack of flexibility• Response time for issues

CONS

3-YEAR COST COMPARISON

Traditional (our data)Exchange 2007 $3,880

110 Client Licenses @ $62/each $ 6,820

Dell PowerEdge 2950 Servers $ 8,000

Dell Maintenance contracts $ 960

Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition $ 1,450

Standard Double-Take $ 4,800

Double-Take Maintenance $ 1,300

Barracuda Spam Filter $ 3,000

Total $32,810

Software for ServiceExchange Accounts hosted on Internet $31,640

3-Year Cost Cost Per User

ServicePPR

3-YEAR COST COMPARISON

$32,810 $31,573 $8.28$7.99

8-YEAR COST COMPARISON

Traditional (our data)Initial 3 year total $32,810

Dell Maintenance Contracts $ 4,800

Double-Take Maintenance Contracts $ 6,500

Barracuda Spam Filter $ 1,978

Total $46,088

Software for ServiceExchange Accounts hosted on Internet $84,374

$46,088

$57,528

8-Year Cost Cost Per User

ServicePPR

8-YEAR COST COMPARISON

$4.36

$7.99

• More vehicles on road• More gas• More pollution• More mechanics• Good for auto industry• IT Training/Roles• More customer service and remote technicians

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT

By 2020, no more keyboards or mice??

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?

• GOOGLE, YAHOO, BING (MSN/Microsoft)

• The one with the most Data Centers, Web Services and Servers will win.

ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE

SUMMARY

• History of electricity and technology• How Cloud Computing would effect business and IT• How it would effect PPR

QUESTIONS

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