1. "What is Cloud Computing and what does it mean to you???” Mark Munson

2. Software Acquisition and Deployment Traditional/Onsite Onetime Costs: Software Licensing Hardware Implementation and Training Services Ongoing Costs: Annual Software Maintenance Server Support Application Support OS Support Security Connectivity Power

3. Onsite Hardware Model

4. Software Acquisition and Deployment Hosted Onetime Costs: Software Licensing Implementation and Training Services Ongoing Costs: Annual Software Maintenance Server Hosting and Support Application Support

5. Hosted Hardware Model

6. Software Acquisition and Deployment Cloud/Online Onetime Costs: Implementation and Training Services Ongoing Costs: Software Subscription

7. 20 User CRM 3 Year Comparison

8. The Cloud…How it works

9. Why now? Continuous improvement in internet connectivity especially in rural areas Subscription pricing figured out Software vendors desire to make cost of entry lower and capture more of SMB market Server Virtualization Multi-tenancy

10. Benefits of the Cloud

11. Pros and Cons

12. Where is the market? IDC Research Forrester predicts that the worldwide market for cloud computing products and services will reach $241 billion in 2020, up from $40 billion 2010

13. What applications are ready??? Now Email/Calendaring Web-based Meetings Collaborative Solutions Storage CRM Basic Accounting and ERP Coming Soon Customized and Configured Accounting and ERP

14. Evaluation Criteria Long term stable solution Financial viability of company Customer Service Response References Data access and back up plans How they handle moving off of platform

15. Don’t Ignore Process

16. Three Clouds Apps to try today Dropbox Web-based file hosting service that uses cloud computing to enable users to store and share files and folders with others http://www.dropbox.com/ CRM Offers customer relationship management and CRM Online solutions for sales, customer service, and marketing. http://crm.dynamics.com/en-us/home Office365 Microsoft Office collaboration and productivity tools delivered through the cloud http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/online- software.aspx#fbid=ewfVn8eVFeg http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/online- software.aspx#fbid=ewfVn8eVFeg

17. Questions & Answers ACE Microtechnology 8480 Bullock Lane Gainesville, GA www.acemicrotech.com