What do people think of the cloud?

But then what cloud app’s do you use ?

Google mail, docs, apps, You Tube

Facebook

LinkedIn

Office 365, Skype

Apple iCloud

Dropbox

Survey Monkey

Flickr or Photobucket

Cloud Integration via existing API

Real life example based on local non for profit

HR + Payroll + Finance

Geographically disbursed workforce

Mobile workforce

Needed flexibility with low cost

Had to improve legislative compliance

Assist with good governance

example based on 50 staff

HR + Payroll + Finance systems would all integrate via existing API.

Allowing for seamless integration of data between these three

corporate systems. Achieving great benefits in effectiveness and

efficiency. The graphic below is a visual demonstration of the three

working together.

HR

PayrollFinance

EnableHr Tanda Xero

Enable HR - $3,900 p.a Tanda - $2,600 p.a Xero $960 p.a

Developing/tracking the HR plan Award Interpretation General Ledger

Staff recruitment Classification as award Accounts Payable / Receivable

Staff development Timesheets Auto Bank reconciliation

Employee services Reimbursements

WHS management Fixed Asset management + Depreciation

Volunteer management Auto Superannuation

Leave management & forecasting Budgets

Position management, licences, training etc History of transactions on screen

Training & Course management non-staff members access

Dashboard for management Dashboard for management

Employee self-service system Employee self-service system

Employment Contracts Ability to attach documents

Policies & HR templates Multi-currency

Total cost of approx. $7,460 p.a or 0.001492% of $5M expenditure

Look out for limitations! What do you need?

Employee # step in pricing

Active Suppliers 140 or more

Monthly transactions 300 or more

Active employees 50

Reporting Departments Is 15 enough?

Active User or listed user, make sure you confirm!

How does it work – Xero add-ons

Near future

Connect Xero and Office 365 mail, contacts, calendar and files the

ability to link emails and documents to your client file using desktop &

mobile apps.

Office 365 accounts will enable you to sign straight into Xero directly

from your online Office suite using the new Office App Launcher.

Enterprise Level snapLogic on AWS

Enterprise Level

Elastic Integration Platform Snaps are modular collections of cloud

integration components

Built for a specific application or data source

Snaps shield business users from much of the complexity

Over 160 pre-built connectors, called Snaps

Snaps are easy to build & modify, open standardized development

Professional level is from $6,000 per month, restricted!

Questions on Integration?

Hybrid IT

Hybrid IT is the result of combining internal and external services, usually from a combination of internal and public clouds, in support of a business outcome.

Gartner

Why choose Hybrid?

Limitations

Some cloud offerings are restricted versions of the on premise

application

Microsoft SharePoint & Microsoft CRM you cant access the central

Admin. Restricting the ability to customise and integrate, many orgs

with customised SharePoint will lose many templates they have

created.

So make sure you know what you have now and what you need in

the future.

Cloud applications - Global Reach - Think Big!

You could design & build a business application with

global reach!!

ServiceMate is a home grown application