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Better Direct Cloud Solutions. Alison Evans Kush Patel 6/11/2012. Agenda. About Better Direct Cloud Services Benefits of Cloud Jumping off Point for Implementable and Rewarding Cloud First Steps for next 5 weeks, 5 months and 5 years Cloud Assessment.
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Better Direct Cloud Solutions Alison Evans Kush Patel 6/11/2012
Agenda • About Better Direct • Cloud Services • Benefits of Cloud • Jumping off Point for Implementable and Rewarding Cloud • First Steps for next 5 weeks, 5 months and 5 years • Cloud Assessment
About Better Direct and Our Cloud Services • Veteran Owned Business – Be a patriot! • Better Direct is a small business. We stay nimble to keep up with ever changing technology and are flexible to customer style. • Cloud broker for thousands of cloud products. • Attend monthly cloud conferences and webinars to stay current on all that is cloud to offer the best for our customers. • Consolidated billing and management of cloud services – less vendors to track for you. • Personalized online store for your purchases – simplifies procurement.
Cloud Assessment – Looking Ahead • What are some of the costs associated with hardware that would be alleviated with cloud? • How do you currently dispose of retired equipment that is environmentally responsible and all across the US? • What is the cloud project you find may be the most challenging? • What is your vision for cloud for your company?
Benefits of Cloud • Everything will be tracked from a web browser • Security, compliance, lowered risk from threats • Disaster recovery (large or small) • Lowered hardware maintenance • Less clutter to dispose, plug in, keep cool and move (green) • Software updates are automatic - Little need for hardware and software expertise in remote locations • Know where your computers are and user activity • Compliance with sensitive info like credit cards and SSN • Investment in cloud has quicker turnaround and less cost to change plans. Can be done quickly and in steps.
Better Direct Cloud VS Traditional “Small businesses save money with cloud.” – Bloomberg Report
Jumping off Point for Implementing Cloud and Seeing Rewards for New Investment
Awareness Technologies • Cloud company established 10 years ago • Web Watcher – from websites and IM to all key strokes • Site Blocker – Block Facebook and other sites that tend to lower productivity • Compliance – Set rules about emailing sensitive numbers • Laptop Cop – map that shows location of your computer • All in real time – All from a web browser – Manage the whole country for compliance from one place – Trial available
Intronis • Automated • Reliable • Remotely Manageable • Secure – Most secure on the planet to date • Backup and Disaster Recovery • Scalable • Priced per GB
IBM SmartCloud • No one ever got fired for buying IBM! Still true. • Web meeting • Communities • Email • Instant Messaging • Productivity software (like MS Office) in the cloud • File Sharing