Cloud computing presentation

Cloud Computing and Social Networking
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How these trends impact synagogues

Overview
• About Me
• Evolution of Computing
• Hidden Costs of Onsite Computers
• What is cloud computing?
• What are the advantages?
• Compare rented and owned applications
• Interim solutions
• Social Networking

About Sarah Gladstone
• Respected speaker at technical conferences
• Authored technical book published by IBM and
Prentice Hall, in addition to technical magazines.
• Completed a computer science degree at the
University of Michigan
• Worked for over 16 years in the IT profession including
working for a financial software company
• Now focused on helping nonprofits of all kinds with
their IT needs, including training,
membership/fundraising software, social networking
strategies, and other services.
• Founded Pogstone Inc. , the creator of Shul Suite

Evolution of Computing

Hidden Costs of Onsite Computers
– Managing backups and
redundancy
– Care and feeding of equipment
– Managing security issues
– Remote Access costs
– Heat generated increases air-
conditioning costs
– Hardware replacement costs
– Energy costs
www.comed.com/sites/BusinessSavings/Pages/businessenergytool.aspx

The IT Triangle
Software
Infrastructure
-Hardware
-Operating system
-Security
- Install updates/patches
-Backups
-Connectivity, remote access
-Monitoring
Professional Services
-Installations
-Customizations
-Phone support
-Training

A better way: Cloud Computing

A better way: Cloud Computing
• Cloud computing definition
– Web based software that is run in a dynamically resizable data center,
that is located elsewhere, and reached via the Internet.
• Renting vs owning
– Rent = software run and hosted by the vendor
– Own = software can be in any data center,
• Web-based software
– Software that is designed and accessed via a browser
– Back-end may be running in the local office, or remote location.
• To quote Sun “The network is the computer”
• All modern software is 100% browser based.
– Out-of-date software requires on-site equipment with expensive
ongoing costs and support issues.
– NO Installation on various PCs, decreasing support costs
• Many out-of-date software programs no longer exist!
– Mapping software , such as Microsoft Street View
– Encyclopedias sold in stores, such as Encarta, Britannica
– “QuickBooks Online” is now available on the web.
– Many PC-based software products are extinct or are endangered
species

Advantages with Cloud Computing
• Eliminate “business features”
on Internet account for the
office
• Eliminate heavy ongoing costs
associated with on-site
equipment.
• Eliminate major responsibility
for equipment, related costs
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=586

Interim Solutions on the road to Cloud
• Get an appliance
– “Network Attached Storage“
– approx $170 for 1 Terabyte
( 1,000 Gigabytes)
– http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid

Innovative Cloud products:
www.faxpipe.com
www.ringcentral.com
www.trustfax.com
www.myfax.com
www.pbxcompare.com/virtualpbx
www.dropbox.com – file sharing
www.google.com/voice - call management
www.google.com/a - email,calendar,file
sharing
www.Mozy.com – offsite backups
www.carbonitepro.com - offsite backups

Cloud leads to Social
- Cloud computing made Social Networks
possible
- Sharing is easy in the cloud
- Younger people and businesses do
everything in the cloud: socializing, work,
hobbies all blur together.

Social Media has gone mobile!
- Synagogues need to participate and
listen…but who has time?
- All these social places should tie in to the
synagogue website and the reverse
- Facebook fan page or group?
- All social platforms are not the same.

Social platforms are ever-present
What are your policies?

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