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Agenda What is the Cloud Five Trends Driving Cloud Adoption ERP in the Cloud Cloud Technology vs. Cloud Solutions Q&A
What Is The Cloud?
Cloud Continued
Five Trends Driving ERP to the Cloud Hardware/Virtualization/Multi-tenant/Bandwidth Mobile and Changing Workforce IT – Cost Center to Strategic Partner Improved Functionality Lowering Costs – Short and Long Term
Hardware/Virtualization/Multi- tenant/Bandwidth ASP Model “2001: A Space Odyssey” Shared Servers Shared Processors Moore’s Law
New Work Environment Mobile Involve Everybody From Any Device Work Anywhere
New Work Environment Changing Workforce Involve Everybody From Any Device Work Anywhere
IT – Cost Center to Strategic Partner Get off “Break Fix Carousel” Barrier to Entry
IT – Cost Center to Strategic Partner Get off “Break Fix Carousel” Improved Client Experience
Improved Functionality Disaster Recovery Scalable Platform Agnostic
Lowering Costs Both Short and Long Term Eliminate Up Front Costs Upgrades, System Maintenance Predictable Expense
Top Three Reasons are Cost Source: Aberdeen Group, SaaS ERP: Trends & Observations October 2010
Five Trends Hardware/Virtualization/Multi-tenant/Bandwidth Mobile and Changing Workforce IT – Cost Center to Strategic Partner Improved Functionality Lowering Costs – Short and Long Term
The Cloud is Bigger Than You Think
Microsoft Cloud Strategy
Public, Private, Hybrid Cloud
Public Cloud
Private Cloud
Hybrid Cloud PublicPrivate
ERP Acumatica
Acumatica Cloud Technology What is the Cloud Computational Services, Definition Trends to the Cloud Reasons for moving to Cloud Microsoft Strategy Best of Both Worlds
Cloud Solutions What is the Cloud Computational Services, Definition Trends to the Cloud Reasons for moving to Cloud Microsoft Strategy Best of Both Worlds
Cloud Technology vs. Cloud Solutions What is the Cloud Computational Services, Definition Trends to the Cloud Reasons for moving to Cloud Microsoft Strategy Best of Both Worlds Technology Single Contained Software Upgradable Configurations Solution More Than One Integration Complex Integration Integrated Software Vendors Customizations
Summary and Q&A