My vanilla/D2C version of the slides I used for the intro for the launch of the Intellect SaaS Group's first deliverable - a white paper explaining the Busniess case for SaaS which can be downloaded at: http://www.intellectuk.org/content/view/5534/84/

1. Intellect SaaS Group launching “The business case for Software as a Service” David Terrar – Chairman (acting), D2C and WordFrame

3. What is Cloud Computing Cloud computing is the provision of dynamically scalable and often virtualised resources as a service over the Internet on a utility basis.

4. Cloud Computing stack Amazon EC2 + S3, SunGard IaaS Force.com PaaS salesforce.com, Huddle, Mimecast SaaS

7. Cloud services versus Business priorities IaaS PaaS SaaS

10. A user’s view 1. It is more flexible 2. It enables 24/7 access – anytime anywhere. 3. It is generally cheaper 4. It reduces internal infrastructure costs and requirements 5. It facilitates collaboration and 6. It’s greener. “ The subject was simple enough – what are the business benefits of Cloud Computing. However, left to the main Vendors that were speaking, the subject could just as easily been “Quantum physics for beginners” – Richard Messik, Partner – Vantis plc http://rfmessik.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/the-cloud-clouding-the-issue/

11. “ I believe, over time, more and more software will be delivered as a service. I totally believe that... We have to be good at this, or we have a problem” - Larry Ellison CEO Oracle

12. Contact details David Terrar CEO – D2C and Executive Director - ITBrix / WordFrame p: +44 (0)1727 866309 (direct) m: +44 (0)7715 159423 e: [email_address] and [email_address] w: www.d2c.org.uk and www.wordframe.com skype: david_terrar twitter: DT linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidterrar blog: http://biztwozero.com