The Death of the Traditional

Enterprise

Or the Rebirth of an IT department

Zuzanna Pasierbinska-Wilson, VP Marketing, Huddle

@huddlesuz

Quick introduction

Huddle is the leader in enterprise

cloud collaboration and content

management

We help teams manage projects,

files and people securely

85,000 businesses using Huddle in

more than 180 countries

Customers include Kia Motors,

AKQA, HTC, Disney, Boots, P&G

People are accustomed to using simple,

flexible web-based tools to communicate with

people in their social lives, and they want this

ease of use to be available in the enterprise.

If people have the

ability to buy

software apps on

their smartphones

they will expect the

same power and

simplicity to be

available in the

workplace.

ABI Research has revealed that

nearly 8bn apps were

downloaded in 2010!

Consumerization of IT at work

Disconnect? What disconnect?

Employers don't seem to know how many or

what consumer technologies are in use in their

workplace.

Workers are dissatisfied with the level of

support IT provides for consumer

technologies.

More than half of workers believe that can

store personal data on the company network

Even though 95% of employees use self-

purchased technologies for work, 70%

employers want to buy standardized

technologies for them.

IT department is still stuck in a top-down command and

control paradigm

There is a need for IT to get with the program and

understand the world is going to be different and

demand a much more transparent and agile

method of IT delivery in the future (Accenture)

But it doesn’t have to be a battle…

IT professionals need to balance the

demands for flexibility and control

SaaS and ‘the cloud’ have come of age

IT’s concerns about security, control, adoption

and ROI are unfounded

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Traditional IT SaaS

(h/t wikibon.org)

This stuff works

SaaS tools, such as Huddle, fully

integrated with legacy systems like

SharePoint and desktop tools like

Microsoft Office

And integration?

Hope for the enterprise in the

unlikeliest of places

Your shopping list

Are you ready?

Hosted email and apps

Collaboration and content

management

CRM and ERP

Helpdesk

Billing, accounts and expenses

Backup / file management

Company communications

1. They’re drop dead simple

2. They’re super fast to implement

3. Thanks to open API they will integrate

4. They’re actually pleasant to use!

Common traits of cloud-based

technologies

Thank you.