Better Direct Cloud Solutions Alison Evans Kush Patel 6/11/2012

Better Direct Cloud Solutions

Alison Evans

Kush Patel

6/11/2012

Agenda

• About Better Direct

• Cloud Services

• Benefits of Cloud

• Jumping off Point for Implementable

and Rewarding Cloud

• First Steps for next 5 weeks, 5

months and 5 years

• Cloud Assessment

About Better Direct and Our Cloud Services

• Veteran Owned Business – Be a patriot!

• Better Direct is a small business. We stay nimble to keep up with

ever changing technology and are flexible to customer style.

• Cloud broker for thousands of cloud products.

• Attend monthly cloud conferences and webinars to stay current on all

that is cloud to offer the best for our customers.

• Consolidated billing and management of cloud services – less

vendors to track for you.

• Personalized online store for your purchases – simplifies

procurement.

Cloud Assessment – Looking Ahead• What are some of the costs associated

with hardware that would be alleviated

with cloud?

• How do you currently dispose of retired

equipment that is environmentally

responsible and all across the US?

• What is the cloud project you find may

be the most challenging?

• What is your vision for cloud for your

company?

Benefits of Cloud

• Everything will be tracked from a web browser

• Security, compliance, lowered risk from threats

• Disaster recovery (large or small)

• Lowered hardware maintenance

• Less clutter to dispose, plug in, keep cool and move (green)

• Software updates are automatic - Little need for hardware and software

expertise in remote locations

• Know where your computers are and user activity

• Compliance with sensitive info like credit cards and SSN

• Investment in cloud has quicker turnaround and less cost to change plans. Can

be done quickly and in steps.

Better Direct Cloud VS Traditional

“Small businesses save money with cloud.” – Bloomberg Report

BETTER DIRECT CLOUD TRADITIONAL

Automated – The backup will always process automatically

Rely on a person - people forget, get sick, run out of time

Reliable – count on the backup Relying on equipment to be powered on, the person to manage the process and the tape or disk space available has more chance for errors

Manageable – from a web browser and smart phone

Manageable – Most often onsite management screen or possibly need to physically change media

Secure – Tier IV Data Center, data encrypted

Security breaches can happen with lost tapes or lack of data encryption

Better Direct Cloud Backup VS Traditional Backup


Compliant – Encryption of data leads to greater compliance HIPPA, SOX, etc can use

Compliant – onsite can be compliant, but loss of data from equipment failure jeopardizes.

Cost – monthly operating expense

Cost – capital expense for hardware and software, personnel, energy, disposal costs at end of life, renewal costs to replace outdated hardware and software (significant)

Accessibility – anywhere with Internet access

Accessibility – mostly onsite

Equipment – Computer or smart phone, web

Equipment – server, discs, tape, network cables, UPS, surge protector, NICs, monitor, keyboard, mouse



Energy – price of running computer and Internet

Energy – increased cooling costs from running server, cost to power machines that are most often underutilized, decreased efficiency as technology ages, internal fans slow, multiple devices always plugged.

Software – automatically updates

Software – manual updates

Technical Expertise – Ability to operate an install wizard, ability to navigate a web site portal

Technical Expertise - specialized



Environment – less hardware equals less impact on the earth, quieter office, less dust, less cabling, less waste overall

Environment – servers make noise, they are heavy and have chemicals in them that need a professional disposal, require energy

Personnel – One person can manage entire network, less expertise needed, very easy to learn

Personnel – multiple experts required for maintenance, updates, projects, etc…highly skilled and experienced

Procurement Time – Instantaneous

Procurement Time – months to years

Implementation Time – instantaneous

Implementation Time – months to years



Commitment – can upgrade or downgrade depending if there is a service agreement. Less initial investment to see if project is right fit.

Commitment – three years lifecycle of equipment, hardware maintenance upgrades, software licensing and renewals, space requirements

Freight - $0 Freight – Heavy equipment, wait time, cost, chance of damage, RMAs for DOA

Recovery Time – fast, depending on amount of data - could be minutes

Recovery Time – varies depending on what the disaster is and how much data is lost or has been saved

Web Monitoring and DRO• Awareness

Technologies• Intronis

Security• TrendMicro,

McAfee

Business Intelligence and Productivity• IBM

SmartCloud• MS Office 365

VOIP and Printing and Surveillance• 8x8,

Managed Print Services, Logitech Alert

Jumping off Point for Implementing Cloud and Seeing Rewards for New Investment

5 Weeks 5 Months 5 Years

Timeline – 5 weeks, 5 months, 5 years

Today

Summer 2012

Winter 2012

2017

Timeline

Awareness Technologies

• Cloud company established 10 years ago

• Web Watcher – from websites and IM to all key strokes

• Site Blocker – Block Facebook and other sites that tend to lower

productivity

• Compliance – Set rules about emailing sensitive numbers

• Laptop Cop – map that shows location of your computer

• All in real time – All from a web browser – Manage the whole

country for compliance from one place – Trial available

Intronis

• Automated

• Reliable

• Remotely Manageable

• Secure – Most secure on the planet to date

• Backup and Disaster Recovery

• Scalable

• Priced per GB

IBM SmartCloud

• No one ever got fired for buying IBM! Still true.

• Web meeting

• Communities

• Email

• Instant Messaging

• Productivity software (like MS Office) in the cloud

• File Sharing

Thank you!

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Better Direct Cloud Solutions Alison Evans Kush Patel 6/11/2012