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Demystifying the Cloud

Demystifying the Cloud. Victoria Playford Director PKF Cooper Parry – IT Solutions. What are cloud services?. Self-Service. Broad Network Access. Pooled Resources. Measured Service. Elasticity. Drivers for change. Forced change of IT solutions provider . Complete IT overhaul required.

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Demystifying the Cloud

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  1. Demystifying the Cloud Victoria Playford Director PKF Cooper Parry – IT Solutions

  2. What are cloud services? Self-Service Broad Network Access Pooled Resources Measured Service Elasticity

  3. Drivers for change Forced change of IT solutions provider Complete IT overhaul required Replacement of legacy platforms (Notes, Documentum, Sugar CRM, Jahia) Security concerns

  4. Business Drivers Behind Cloud Adoption Agility Focus Economics

  5. What does this mean to you (and us)? • Boost Productivity • Emails, files, video conferencing and line of business applications from anywhere • Agile • Flexible, grows when you grow, always latest technology, pay for what you use • Worry Free IT • Military grade security, Disaster recovery, hassle free backups

  6. Our cloud experience Phil Broadbery CIO PKF International

  7. Introduction… Who are PKF International? Recent developments in the network

  8. Drivers for change Forced change of IT solutions provider Complete IT overhaul required Replacement of legacy platforms (Notes, Documentum, Sugar CRM, Jahia) Security concerns

  9. Review of cloud providers • Office 365 • Enterprise subscriptions for PKF International Staff and Firm ILP • Private Cloud • On-Premise environment through services on High Availability environment • Google • Sites service based on email, document management and talk

  10. Office 365 project Phase 1: Core IT, email, document storage 4 weeks Phase 2: Extranet, Global resource center for firms, boards, users Network Tools 10 weeks Phase 3: Lync - Enterprise voice and dial in Referral database 12 weeks Phase 4: Firm integration PKFI Single sign on 12 weeks

  11. Current situationStarting Phase 4

  12. Challenges faced Managing access External users vs. form based authentication Analytics Extraction can be difficult and required 3rd party tools Customisations Straying off the beaten track

  13. Results • Zero IT infrastructure on premise • Back up automatically • Flood proof… • Significantly reduced cost • Enterprise pricing starts at £5 per user per month • New features being added to the platform • Yammer • Lync voice website integration (live chat)

  14. What next? Cloud based email is a no-brainer. Lync to change your communications culture. Sharepointto collaborate more effectively.

  15. Contact details Victoria Playford07967 355051victoriap@pkfcooperparry.com

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