Your Journey to the Cloud: Exploring Dynamics 365

10:30 - 11:00 Considering moving to the Cloud? David Mannion, Sales Director, m-hance

11:00 - 11:30 Demystifying Dynamics 365 - Part 1 Dynamics 365 for Financials Steve MacDonald, Dynamics Consultant, m-hance

11:30 - 11:45 Coffee Break

11:45 - 12:15 Demystifying Dynamics 365 - Part 2 Dynamics 365 for Sales and Marketing John Odell, CRM New Business Sales, m-hance

12:15 - 12:45 The future of Microsoft Dynamics GP Inc. an introduction to SharperLight Andy Mason, Pre-Sales Consultant, m-hance

12:45 - 13:00 Closing and final thoughts Steve Driscoll, CEO, m-hance

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and learn

Agenda

Considering moving to the Cloud?

David Mannion, Sales Director, m-hance

Changing Landscape

You’re probably already in the cloud:

The thing is…

• Social Media / Networking

• Banking/Finance/Payments

• Shopping/Commerce

• Data Back-Up and Storage

• Productivity Tools

And you’re already mobile…

So as consumers we’ve already embraced the Cloud.

Changing Technology

Changing Technology

Changing Landscape

Changing Landscape

Changing World of Business

• One third of the Global IT Workforce will retire in the next decade.

• 52% of the US Fortune 500 has changed since 2000.

• 60 years was the average age of a company on the US Fortune 500 in 1960.

• 12 years was the new average in 2015.

A few statistics of note:

Top 5 Companies on

Changing World of Business

Changing World of Business

•The World’s:

• Largest Taxi Company has NO taxis (Uber)

• Largest Accommodation Provider has NO real estate (Airbnb)

• Largest Phone Companies owns NO telco infrastructure (Skype)

• Most Valuable Retailer has NO inventory (Alibaba)

• Largest Auctioneer has NO inventory (ebay)

• Largest Takeaway Food Service makes NO food (Just Eat, HungryHouse)

• Most Popular Media Owner creates NO content (Facebook)

• Fastest Growing Banks have NO actual money (SocietyOne, Bitcoin)

• Largest Movie houses have NO cinemas (Netflix, Amazon)

• Largest Software Vendors DON’T write the apps (Apple & Google)

How Innovators are using Cloud

So what does that all mean for me?

6x

4x faster growth than worldwide IT market

70% of organisations have embraced a cloud-first strategy in 2016

#1 technology affecting IT

Cloud MomentumMarket is changing rapidly

Plus ça change…

Client/Server

Server

Timesharing

Mainframe

Terminal

Cloud and Mobile

Computing

Last century This century

So what is it?

Computing and software resources that are delivered on demand, as a service.

Types of Service Delivery

Types of Service Delivery

Benefits of Cloud

DRAMATICALLY LOWER IT COST

FLEXIBILITY ENABLES BUSINESS AGILITY AND INNOVATION

SPEED TO DEPLOY, CHANGE AND UPGRADE. MONTHS NOT YEARS

YOU RUN YOUR BUSINESS, OTHERS RUN THE SOFTWARE

Benefits

• Flexibility/Agility

• Elasticity/Scalability

• Security/Availability

• Disaster Recovery

• Latest version/compatibility

• CAPEX v OPEX

• Collaboration/Real time updates

• Internet Access

• Device independent

• Mobile access

• One version of the truth

• Pay per use

Power/Cooling

IT Labour

Support

Security

Maintenance/Patching

Disaster recovery

Backup

Traditionally

Acquisition cost is

20% of IT Spend

Operating cost is

80% of IT Spend

Hardware

Software

FacilitiesNetwork/Comms

Management Tools

Some costs move above the waterline in an online service model changing traditional budget dynamic

A couple of quotations:

"

IDC

"Line-of-business leaders everywhere are bypassing IT departments to get applications from the cloud (also known as software as a service, or SaaS) and paying for them like they would a magazine subscription. And when the service is no longer required, they can cancel that subscription with no equipment left unused in the corner." Gartner

It’s becoming a Utility…

INTERNET

PRICE $150

CLOUD

PRICE $150

Considerations

• Does the application have the functionality I need?

• What does the commercial model look like?

• Does it suit me?

• If not, why move?

• Compare apples with apples

• How does it fit in with my existing infrastructure, connectivity, resources etc.?

Considerations

• What does my current investment in ICT look like?

• Does the application have the functionality I need?

• What does the commercial model look like?

• Does it suit my business?

• How does it fit in with my existing infrastructure, connectivity, resource? et

• If not, why move?

• Compare apples with apples

Other Considerations

• Have you got the right Cloud Partner?

• Internet connectivity

• Location of data centres

• Industry-specific legislation

• Hosted or built for the cloud

• Service levels/downtime compensation

• Licensing

• Access

• Compatibility

Where does m-hance fit in?• Trusted Advisor

• Established Cloud Partner

• Experience of different technologies

• First-hand experience of moving to Cloud ERP

Thank you

David Mannion, Sales Director, m-hance