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Will you need your umbrella?

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Objective: Explain the Cloud In business terms, so you can see if it will benefit you. Agenda: 12:00 Welcome and Introductions 12:05 Presentation 12:45 Demo 12:55 Prize drawings 1:00 Conclude 1:05 Extended Demo for those who want to see the cloud live Todays Objective & Agenda www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800

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The food donations you brought today will be donated to: Their Mission: To provide basic necessities to people who are unable to do so and to move those who are able to become self-sufficient. Door Prizes: $50 Quick Trip Gift Card Windows 7 Ultimate software 2010 Office Professional www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800

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What Is The Hype? www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800

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What concerns do you have before you jumping?

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Applications and services provided via the Internet Google Online Banking Email Salesforce.com eTrade Nearly any computer resource you access through a web browser www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800

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On Premise All your servers and software applications are at your office Hybrid Some servers & applications are in your office and some are outside your office Full Cloud All servers & applications are outside your office www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800

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Buy a server that is powerful enough to Last 3 5 years Support your busiest time of the year Free up a large amount of money Typically $3,000 - $8,000 per server Prepare location in your office With proper electricity Network connection Secure location Configure select computers to connect to server Manage it yourself or pay someone Do it all again in 3 5 years www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800

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Buy a server that is powerful enough to Support todays needs only Pay a monthly subscription fee Based on actual computer power needs Easily upgrade or downgrade Free up space in your office Server is managed by the provider No future server hardware replacement www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800

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Flexibility - Upgrade servers instantaneously Test Server - Easy to set up & tear down Capital Expense - You dont purchase the hardware or software Property Tax - You dont own the hardware or software Hardware Disposal - No hardware to dispose www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800

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Location of Data - Somewhere out on the internet Data Security - Will data security be compromised? (Not necessarily) Monthly Subscription Cost - Could be more expensive over the long haul Single point of failure -Internet access & Cloud data center Integration - Getting two cloud applications to integrate is difficult www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800

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Virtual Desktopin the Cloud

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Connect With any device From anywhere Easy for staff to adopt Easy and economical to scale Add/remove user accounts Adding/removing software applications Less need to replace physical PCs/laptops Keeps everyone on the same software version www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800

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Is vendor financially sound? How redundant are their Data Centers? Internet connections? Where are their data centers located? How will your data backed up and to where? Who owns the data? Price? Compliancy? Security? Remote access Physical facility Ease of use? Technical Support availability and method? www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800

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Companies that Are facing expensive hardware/software purchases Have several branch offices Have a lot of mobile users Need test environments Need a good disaster recovery posture www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800

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Secure enough for on-line banking and eTrade The Cloud increases security by Better physical security of the servers Less data floating around on laptops Security will be as weak or strong as your passwords Force strong passwords Change passwords Social engineering Educate your users www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800

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Feedback Sheet Questions??? Prize Drawings Extended Demo See you at our next Power Hour in May www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800

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MS Office 365 Only Need Microsoft Office Applications Need Microsoft Exchange (Email) Only need limited amount of shared file storage

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Google Apps Documents rarely shared with non- employees Only need basic email features Only need limited amount of shared file storage

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Applications are watered down Cant Rightclick Menus/Ribbons are different and limited www.We-Are-IT.com 816-941-6800