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WHY IS CLOUD SO IMPORTANT TO YOUR BUSINESS
May 19, 2015Mauro Ronci
MSP Sales Leader Middle East and Africa
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Could-Technologies
allow SMBs to greatly
improve their
competitive position in
the market
Cloud Economics
Significantly reduce IT costs.
Shift capital expenditure into operating one (Capex to Opex).
IT costs become variable and predictable resulting in lower financial risks.
Resources elasticity and solution availability.
Increases the availability of your IT, through 24x7 monitoring and management.
Relieves your IT team from daily operations and provides you a single point of contact for your heterogeneous environment.
To really disrupt, a business should focus on
building differentiation and rent the rest..
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Companies of all
sizes have the
ability to disrupt,
or face the
prospect of being
disrupted
Business Value
Frees capital needed to innovate.
Increases business agility.
Provides access to expensive IT technologies.
Provides access to critical IT skills.
Allows innovative business models (IT as enabler).
“Two guys in a Starbucks can have access to the
same computing power as a Fortune 500
company.”
Jim Deters Founder, Galvanize
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Could-Technologies
are not risk-free.
But are businesses
really better
equipped than
their cloud vendors
to manage
inevitable
emergencies?
Security
Downtime
Data Control and Location
Cloud technologies carry the same risks you do in your current environment, but MSPs have larger economies of scale resulting in better technology, more resources and higher skills to cope with those risks.
Hybrid cloud allows you full control over data location.
Virtualized resources allow
to cope with failure in a
fraction of the time.
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WILL YOU DISRUPT
OR BE DISRUPTED BY
YOUR INDUSTRY?
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The new hybrid cloud delivers choice and flexibility with control
Visibility, control and security
Everywhere data and services exist.
Data and analytics
To provide the best insight you can from all relevant data inside and outside your organization and optimize data sovereignty.
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Data and analytics
in hybrid cloud will
fuel competitive
advantage
Data services to replicate and synchronize data
Analytics services to refine data and provide insight
Cognitive computing services to interact with and change the world
of new applications will be data intensive*
* SOURCE: IDC
~80%
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WILL YOU BE LEFT BEHIND
WHILE OTHERS
TRANSFORM?
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The new hybrid cloud transforms roles across the organization
Developers are empowered
Business leaders innovate
IT leaders advance change
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Leaders need
access to cloud
business apps in
their hybrid cloud
to drive
competitive
advantage
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
Accelerate business innovation
Engage and collaborate
Connect business processes fueled by powerful analytics
of Pacesetters say SaaS has changed their organization’s business model*
*SOURCE: IBM CENTER FOR APPLIED INSIGHTS, “CHAMPIONS OF SAAS”
STUDY, JANUARY 2014
71%
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Developers
need a digital
innovation
platform to rapidly
bring
new products and
services to market
Digital Innovation Platform
Extend existing IT investments into cloud business and delivery models
Enable seamless delivery with full DevOps and app lifecycle management
Use any combination of public, dedicated and local development and deployment
Bluemix provides expertise and services across market leading categories:
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IT needs a mix
of deployment
models and
enterprise grade
world class
infrastructure
World Class Cloud Infrastructure in Kuwait
Open, secure, and scalable
-Cloud infrastructure-as-a-service
choices
-On-premises private cloud and
systems
Global cloud footprint
Secure, high-speed network
Expert services and tools
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ARE YOU READY TO
EMBRACE THE BENEFITS
OF HYBRID CLOUD WITH
UBG AND IBM?
THANK YOU
Mauro Ronci
https://ae.linkedin.com/pub/mauro-ronci/7/a26/936
