* What is the Small Business Market? * ABS Definition 0 to 4
employees (Micro Business) 5 to 19 employees (Small Business) 20 to
199 employees (Medium Business) 200+ employees (Large Business) *
2,051,085 actively trading businesses (6/2009) * 1,961,337 (96%)
were small businesses
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* Misconception of statistics * What do they tell us? * Who
cares? * What are the takeaway values?
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* 96% of all businesses are micro or small business * 35%
contribution to industry by small business * 47% total workforce
employed by small business * 94% of small businesses are have
Internet access * 54% of them placed Internet orders * 29% of them
received orders via the Internet * About 50% used social networking
pages to reach their customers
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* 60% reported a positive impact on their business * 2/5
employees want remote connectivity * GenY employees are willing to
accept lower paying jobs in return for access to social media and
device choice * 25% of employees work from home at least 3 days per
week * In 2015, 98% of small business will use cloud
technologies
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* Cost vs Productivity * Cost of Downtime * Regulatory Concerns
* Cutting Edge vs Stability * Trusted Advisor
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* The W Group * Group of over 10 entities * Author of several
investment books
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* Group of over 10 entities * Wealth creation and Investment
industry * Documentation and Storage of documents * Safe, secure
and accessible
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* Needed an affordable, secure and remotely accessible system *
Wanted to reduce capital costs. Only 2-3 staff. * Remote
connectivity, access to shared document storage
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* Solution Office 365, Windows Home Server * Low Capital Cost *
Remote access * Online Storage * SugarSync for external party
access
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* Specialist Medical Practice * 1 doctor, 2 administrative
staff * Office for consultation * Surgery at several hospitals
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* LOB application called Genie, which employs a 4D database
server. Has offline database capabilities, which integrates when
connected back to main database. * Emails need to be online
immediately * Uses iPhone and iPad with Macintosh
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* Key points: Mobility and Disaster Recovery * Solution SBS
Essentials + Exchange Online * Client Backups * Database hosted on
site, copied offsite * Multiplatform email accessibility * Not
dependent on unreliable office broadband
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* Travel Agency * 5 consultants, 1 admin, 1 semi retired
CEO/author * One or more staff normally away from office
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* Line of business applications are online and hosted by
various travel vendors * Use of in-house accounting system * Shared
workstations * Consistent deployed desktop
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* Key Points: Mobility, RWA, BYOD * Solution SBS Essentials,
Multipoint Server, Office 365 * Active Directory, Access to RWA *
Terminal Service for remote workers * Exchange and Sharepoint *
Multiple device access
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(c) IT Pro Conference 2011-201
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Used with permission of SMB MVP Community Roadshow Copyright
(c) IT Pro Conference 2011-201
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* Small Business Server 2011 Essentials RWA, Client backups,
server backups * Office365 Cloud Sharepoint, Communications and
Email * Windows Storage Server 2008R2 Essentials Client backups,
server storage and backup * Windows Multipoint Server 2011 Terminal
solution * Virtualisation Solutions Windows Server 2008R2 Standard
with HyperV
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* Licensing OEM vs VL, MS Office $$$ * Brands Whitebox vs
Tier1, serviceability, reliability * Services Managed Services *
Backups Onsite vs Offsite, Data volumes
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