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14.55 – 15.35. Making Cloud Technology work for your business. Victoria Playford, Director; Phil Broadbery, CIO PKF Cooper Parry and PKF International, on behalf of Microsoft. www.ifa.org.uk. Demystifying the Cloud. Victoria Playford Director PKF Cooper Parry – IT Solutions. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Making Cloud Technology work for your business
www.ifa.org.uk
Victoria Playford, Director; Phil Broadbery, CIO PKF Cooper Parry and PKF International, on behalf of Microsoft
14.55 – 15.35
Demystifying the CloudVictoria PlayfordDirectorPKF Cooper Parry – IT Solutions
What are cloud services?
Measured Service
Pooled Resources
Broad Network Access
Elasticity
Self-Service
Business Drivers Behind Cloud Adoption
Agility FocusEconomic
s
• Boost Productivity• Emails, files, video conferencing and line of business
applications from anywhere
• Agile• Flexible, grows when you grow, always latest technology, pay
for what you use
• Worry Free IT• Military grade security, Disaster recovery, hassle free backups
What does this mean to you (and us)?
Our cloud experiencePhil BroadberyCIOPKF International
Introduction…Who are PKF International?Recent developments in the network
Drivers for change
Forced change of IT solutions provider
Complete IT overhaul required
Security concerns
Replacement of legacy platforms
(Notes, Documentum, Sugar CRM, Jahia)
• Office 365• Enterprise subscriptions for PKF International Staff and Firm
ILP
• Private Cloud• On-Premise environment through services on High Availability
environment
• Google • Sites service based on email, document management and talk
Review of cloud providers
Office 365 project
Phase 1:
Core IT, email, document storage
4 weeks
Phase 2: Extranet, Global resource center for firms, boards, users Network Tools
10 weeks
Phase 4:
Firm integration
PKFI Single sign on
12 weeks
Phase 3:
Lync - Enterprise voice and dial in
Referral database
12 weeks
Current situationStarting Phase 4
Challenges faced
• Managing access• External users vs. form based authentication
• Analytics• Extraction can be difficult and required 3rd party tools
• Customisations• Straying off the beaten track
• Zero IT infrastructure on premise• Back up automatically • Flood proof…• Significantly reduced cost• Enterprise pricing starts at £5 per user per month• New features being added to the
platform• Yammer• Lync voice website integration (live chat)
Results
What next?Cloud based email is a no-brainer.
Lync to change your communications culture.
Sharepoint to collaborate more effectively.
