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The Chamonix Story

The Chamonix Story. How we’ve built an IT company without owning a single server. Mid-late 2010. 5. Services and Hardware. Thoughts and Issues. “Young” products Reliability Identity Time to develop Debugging issues Synchronisation. Google Apps for Business Replicon Timesheets

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The Chamonix Story

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  1. The Chamonix Story How we’ve built an IT company without owning a single server

  2. Mid-late 2010 5 Services and Hardware Thoughts and Issues “Young” products Reliability Identity Time to develop Debugging issues Synchronisation • Google Apps for Business • Replicon Timesheets • ADP Payroll • Windows Azure apps • DropBox • Printer • 3G Modem

  3. Early 2011 10 New Services and Hardware Thoughts and Issues BPOS wasn’t ready Too many systems Single Point of identity failure Chatter not as nice as Yammer, but already too many systems • Salesforce CRM • Salesforce Chatter • Xero finance • Plan to move to BPOS • OneLogin • Second Printer • 3G Modem • The “SAN”

  4. Late 2011 15 New Services and Hardware Thoughts and Issues Office move done in 20 minutes Double bandwidth – 100 times quota Migration to O365 reasonable No development environments • Moved Offices • Office 365 • Workflowmax • Good printer • Modem/router • Phone system • Whiteboards

  5. Early 2012 22 New Services and Hardware Thoughts and Issues Provisioning easy No Backup No duplication No snapshot Leave issues migrating payroll. Christmas was a bad choice. SharePoint online frustrates me • iiNetVCloud • Xero payroll • The “Chamonix Village” (O365) • Bar Fridge

  6. Late 2012 34 New Services and Hardware Thoughts and Issues VPN Lots of virtual hardware in each new environment Identity still frustrating • Co-location service • Amazon Web Services • TV

  7. Early 2013 42 New Services and Hardware Thoughts and Issues Consolidating Can’t run purely SAAS IAAS has pros and cons • Decommissioning iiNetvCloud • Decommissioning Co-location • Yammer • XBox • Sofas

  8. Today and the Future Paul Clarke

  9. Today 55 New Services and Hardware Thoughts and Issues Identity Communications Relationship management Physical office space • Corporate O365 • Personal 4G devices • Additional desks

  10. Today 55 Where We Are Now What Could Have Been Google Apps for Business Replicon Timesheets ADP Payroll Windows Azure Apps DropBox SalesForce CRM SalesForce Chatter OneLogin • Chamonix Village – O365 • Corporate O365 • Yammer • Xero – Finance and Payroll • WorkflowMax • Amazon Web Services • The “SAN” • Modem/Router • Multi-function Printer • Shared 3G Modem • Personal 4G Devices

  11. The future 55+ New Services and Hardware Thoughts and Issues Office move 100+/100+ Internet Connection 200GB quota Identity Communications Relationship management AWS redundancy and scalability AWS virtual host environment • New office • Identity in the Cloud via AWS • Active Directory • FIM – SaaS integration • Wireless Authentication 802.1x • Lync • Routing/tunnelling appliances

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