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Basic outline of cloud computing for Small Business
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Presented by Ken Leeser VarZero
140 Gould Street, Needham, MA 02494
857-524-5137 [email protected]
*Applications of Cloud Computing for Business
*What the heck is Cloud
Computing???*Cloud computing is a set of services supplied over the internet on an on-demand basis
*Access Resources that aren’t on your computer
*Storage
*Programs
*Data
*Are you using cloud computing in your
business Today?*Payroll
*Benefits Processing
*Online Banking
*Website Hosting
*eMail Hosting
*Cloud Computing Growing
Exponentially*2010 Cloud Computing generated industry
revenues of $60 billion/yr
*According to Gartner Group Cloud Computing Market is growing > 16%/year
*Computing Resource Spectrum
How did we get here?
*Computing Resource Spectrum
*All resources on one computer
*Computing Resource Spectrum
*Resources Shared Among Computers - NETWORK
*Computing Resource Spectrum
*Resources Shared Among Computers – VIRTUAL COMPUTING
*Computing Resource Spectrum
*Cloud Computing
*Computing Resource Spectrum
*Zero Client Cloud Computing
*Changing IT Infrastructure
*Components of Cloud Computing
*Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
*Platform as a Service (Paas)
*Software as a Service(Saas)
*Components of Cloud Computing
*Software as a Service
*Most well known
*“Renting” software
*Hosted centrally
*Saves $$$$ - Eliminates upfront licensing costs and costly server implementation
*Software as a Service
*Productivity and Collaboration
*Document Management
*Web Conferencing
*Research
*Blogging – Social Media
*Practice Management
*Accounting Management
*Platform as a Service
*Hosted Development Platform
*Growing in popularity – often for specific application
*Salesforce.com –Force.com
*Facebook.com
*Small business – Method Integration
*Infrastructure as a Service
*Delivery of IT infrastructure as a complete outsourced service
*Enterprise Level: Amazon Cloud, Microsoft Azure
*Small Business Level: Hosted Server Environment
*InSynq
*Zlago
*Security Issues
*#1: Critical Information Already
in the Cloud*Payroll Data
*Banking Data
*Health Benefits Information
*#2: Large providers offer Better
security than small companies*Security is built in
*Back ups and redundancy are built in
*Equipment is protected
*Secure locations
*Environmental controls
*Power management
*#3: Cloud improves small business
security*Minimize Data Stored on Devices
*No files on laptop
*Ability to ‘remote-wipe’ devices
*No disposal issues
*SummaryBenefits of Cloud
Computing*Economies of “Skill”
*Reduced IT Staffing Costs
* Improved Security
*Economies of “Scale”
*Hardware cost savings
*Hardware disposal savings
* Power conservation
*Real Estate conservation
* Simplified growth
*Anywhere computing
*Multi-Device Support (the next wave!)
