This document discusses cloud computing and security. It notes that while cloud computing provides benefits like scalability, speed, and lower costs, it also presents security risks due to the outsourcing and abstraction of technical details. Specifically, the document outlines that cloud security depends on vendors prioritizing it as a business, having specialized skills, operating at large scale for multiple customers, and following best practices. However, cloud computing is still an emerging field with few standards, so buyers should investigate availability, data jurisdiction, and manage risks appropriately through tools like independent audits and well-written contracts.
What they don't tell you...
Cloud Computing can seem really scary, can't it? Trusting your data to third parties can seem risky and the prudent wouldn't adopt it- or would they?
Learn what the secrets behind the biggest shift in computing will effect you and how you can leverage them.
Effective Transitions for New IT Leaderstlhausmann
The document provides five steps for new IT leaders to have an effective transition:
1. Transition out of the old job professionally and prepare a transition packet.
2. Build relationships while assessing the situation by asking assessment questions and creating a "delta file".
3. Get to know the people in the new IT group by conducting weekly one-on-one meetings and staff meetings.
4. Assess the IT department based on basic rules to identify areas for improvement.
5. Score early wins by addressing low-hanging fruit issues identified during the assessment.
Adoption Trends for SaaS- Cloud Computing World Forum 2012Justin Pirie
Here is the official blurb for the conference:
• Help your company adjust more readily to new forces and changing situations
• Serve your customers more efficiently and open up communication with them
• Lessen your need for specialized and/or dedicated in-house IT support staff
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference SessionJustin Pirie
This document appears to be a list of usernames from various social media platforms and online forums. There are over 100 unique usernames listed with many repeating entries. The document also includes some financial figures showing percentage increases and costs.
Opening Address: The What, Where, How
and Why of Cloud Computing
Q A clear understanding of what Cloud
Computing is - with examples
Q What are the constituent parts of Cloud?
A detailed overview of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
- know what you’re looking at and how to
judge it
Q How did we get to Cloud? A journey through
computing history to the Cloud Paradigm
Shift
Q Why is Cloud so important to making IT work
better - A fundamental look at what IT is for
and how Cloud is enabling it
Q How do you manage the risks vs rewards?
What about resilience, service levels and
security: to what extent are they justified
This document discusses cloud computing and security. It notes that while cloud computing provides benefits like scalability, speed, and lower costs, it also presents security risks due to the outsourcing and abstraction of technical details. Specifically, the document outlines that cloud security depends on vendors prioritizing it as a business, having specialized skills, operating at large scale for multiple customers, and following best practices. However, cloud computing is still an emerging field with few standards, so buyers should investigate availability, data jurisdiction, and manage risks appropriately through tools like independent audits and well-written contracts.
What they don't tell you...
Cloud Computing can seem really scary, can't it? Trusting your data to third parties can seem risky and the prudent wouldn't adopt it- or would they?
Learn what the secrets behind the biggest shift in computing will effect you and how you can leverage them.
Effective Transitions for New IT Leaderstlhausmann
The document provides five steps for new IT leaders to have an effective transition:
1. Transition out of the old job professionally and prepare a transition packet.
2. Build relationships while assessing the situation by asking assessment questions and creating a "delta file".
3. Get to know the people in the new IT group by conducting weekly one-on-one meetings and staff meetings.
4. Assess the IT department based on basic rules to identify areas for improvement.
5. Score early wins by addressing low-hanging fruit issues identified during the assessment.
Adoption Trends for SaaS- Cloud Computing World Forum 2012Justin Pirie
Here is the official blurb for the conference:
• Help your company adjust more readily to new forces and changing situations
• Serve your customers more efficiently and open up communication with them
• Lessen your need for specialized and/or dedicated in-house IT support staff
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference SessionJustin Pirie
This document appears to be a list of usernames from various social media platforms and online forums. There are over 100 unique usernames listed with many repeating entries. The document also includes some financial figures showing percentage increases and costs.
Opening Address: The What, Where, How
and Why of Cloud Computing
Q A clear understanding of what Cloud
Computing is - with examples
Q What are the constituent parts of Cloud?
A detailed overview of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
- know what you’re looking at and how to
judge it
Q How did we get to Cloud? A journey through
computing history to the Cloud Paradigm
Shift
Q Why is Cloud so important to making IT work
better - A fundamental look at what IT is for
and how Cloud is enabling it
Q How do you manage the risks vs rewards?
What about resilience, service levels and
security: to what extent are they justified
The Cloud is creating a “perfect storm” in the Channel business. A lot of the value Partners used to offer Customers is now available through the Cloud without them- Email, Collaboration, Storage and even Authentication!
Not only that, but the shift from traditional licenses, Cap-Ex and Maintenance revenue to Op-Ex or Subscription revenue is wreaking major havoc with profitability and cash flow. If your business is geared towards big, lumpy sales, with healthy margins, shifting to a smaller recurring income is going to disrupt the business model.
And because the technology is changing, to be less technical, with more technical detail abstracted away, the skills partners have been investing in for years are becoming obsolete. The people that provided that service aren’t needed anymore.
But I think the Channel is too quick to look to doom and gloom. They mustn’t forget their USP’s.
They’ve got great TRUST with real customers that pay them actual money.
The stuff Cloud providers CRAVE. They have in fact got a head start in the Cloud Business because the Economics of Cloud are so hard, as they’re discovering for themselves. But the reason Cloud Economics are hard is because it costs Cloud providers money to acquire customers. The Channel has the customers already. There is a perfect fit here if the channel can get to grips with the model.
So what does the Channel need to do to transform? Here is my top ten:
1. Construct a Portfolio of Cloud Services
2. Start eating their own Dog Food- using Cloud their own business
3. Sell Support for Cloud Services- It won’t fix itself
4. Add Services around Cloud- It won’t configure itself
5. Cross Sell, Up Sell- Keep that IT budget but deliver more
6. Do Due Diligence on Cloud Providers- They aren’t all the same
7. Guide Cloud in to Networks Safely- and securely
8. Start Delivering On-Ramp Cloud Services Today- because that is where demand is
9. Leverage On-Prem and Cloud for “Hybrid” Solutions- drive ROI with existing networks
10. Focus on Business Transformation- The future is less IT and more Business
As my good friend Anders Trolle-Schultz says- It’s no longer about “How IT” but “Why IT”.
This document summarizes a presentation on cloud security given by James Blake and Barry Gill from Mimecast. Some key points made in the presentation include:
- Cloud security is often seen as binary but the reality is more complex, involving managing risks.
- To properly assess security risks involves defining acceptable risks, assessing your current risks, mitigating risks, transferring risks where possible, accepting some level of risk, and ongoing monitoring and auditing.
- Cloud providers have incentives and specialized skills to focus on security as their business, and can benefit from the cumulative security efforts of serving multiple customers at scale.
The document outlines a four step approach to adopting a new learning management system (LMS) at Wisconsin Lutheran College:
1) Identify early adopters such as faculty who are enthusiastic about instructional technology.
2) Provide extra training to the early adopters on the new LMS before the wider rollout.
3) Build institutional support by having registrars and advisors use the LMS and provide demonstrations to faculty.
4) Investigate continuing to offer the old system for an extra year as there was no good way to transfer content between systems.
The Hidden Security Danger – Don’t Let Email Be Your Downfall Justin Pirie
Last year we were speaking to some distinguished analysts in the email space and they had a hunch.
A hunch that end users were using their personal email to work around corporate email systems.
He believed this was because of growth of Social Networks and the blurring of Personal and Work technology. But he didn’t know. This is the guy that sets email strategy for most of the Fortune 1000.
So we wanted to know WHY? Why are users using personal email? Why are they working around their Corporate email systems?
Enter Generation Gmail. An independent survey and report by Loudhouse research comissioned by Mimecast into the usage of personal email for work.
This document discusses the benefits of cloud computing compared to traditional IT models. It notes that the cloud paradigm allows for greater flexibility, availability, lower costs through scalability, and faster innovation cycles. Adopting cloud services transforms the IT department to better align with business goals and act as an enabler rather than a hindrance. While there is risk, businesses that adopt cloud computing see significant returns on investment and competitive advantages.
Email.
It's a confusing time at the moment with lots of choices.
Do you stay on-premise or go Cloud or even hosted? What about Hybrid?
With options abound, Justin Pirie, Saas and Cloud Expert lays out the possibilities- starting from where you are today on your journey- understanding what you want from your email and suggesting some answers.
This document summarizes a presentation on optimizing SaaS revenue streams. It discusses key differences between legacy software and SaaS business models, including the connected ecosystem in SaaS. It identifies 7 main revenue streams for SaaS - subscriptions, products, advertising, services, ecosystem, ancillary and network effects. Subscriptions and network effects are highly scalable, while products and services are less scalable. The presentation emphasizes the importance of a connected business architecture for SaaS companies and how network effects are a key differentiator of the SaaS model.
Does the Cloud ROI Stack up- or does it fall?Justin Pirie
This document summarizes a presentation on evaluating the return on investment (ROI) of cloud computing compared to on-premise solutions. It discusses evaluating ROI using a methodology that accounts for costs, cost avoidance, productivity gains, flexibility, and risk adjustments. It then provides an example ROI analysis for an email solution, finding cloud delivers positive ROI within the first year when accounting for costs, cost avoidance, productivity gains, and business continuity benefits over an on-premise alternative. It emphasizes ROI calculations for cloud are complex and require considering various tangible and intangible factors.
Hadj Ounis's most notable work is his sculpture titled "Metamorphosis." This piece showcases Ounis's mastery of form and texture, as he seamlessly combines metal and wood to create a dynamic and visually striking composition. The juxtaposition of the two materials creates a sense of tension and harmony, inviting viewers to contemplate the relationship between nature and industry.
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The Cloud is creating a “perfect storm” in the Channel business. A lot of the value Partners used to offer Customers is now available through the Cloud without them- Email, Collaboration, Storage and even Authentication!
Not only that, but the shift from traditional licenses, Cap-Ex and Maintenance revenue to Op-Ex or Subscription revenue is wreaking major havoc with profitability and cash flow. If your business is geared towards big, lumpy sales, with healthy margins, shifting to a smaller recurring income is going to disrupt the business model.
And because the technology is changing, to be less technical, with more technical detail abstracted away, the skills partners have been investing in for years are becoming obsolete. The people that provided that service aren’t needed anymore.
But I think the Channel is too quick to look to doom and gloom. They mustn’t forget their USP’s.
They’ve got great TRUST with real customers that pay them actual money.
The stuff Cloud providers CRAVE. They have in fact got a head start in the Cloud Business because the Economics of Cloud are so hard, as they’re discovering for themselves. But the reason Cloud Economics are hard is because it costs Cloud providers money to acquire customers. The Channel has the customers already. There is a perfect fit here if the channel can get to grips with the model.
So what does the Channel need to do to transform? Here is my top ten:
1. Construct a Portfolio of Cloud Services
2. Start eating their own Dog Food- using Cloud their own business
3. Sell Support for Cloud Services- It won’t fix itself
4. Add Services around Cloud- It won’t configure itself
5. Cross Sell, Up Sell- Keep that IT budget but deliver more
6. Do Due Diligence on Cloud Providers- They aren’t all the same
7. Guide Cloud in to Networks Safely- and securely
8. Start Delivering On-Ramp Cloud Services Today- because that is where demand is
9. Leverage On-Prem and Cloud for “Hybrid” Solutions- drive ROI with existing networks
10. Focus on Business Transformation- The future is less IT and more Business
As my good friend Anders Trolle-Schultz says- It’s no longer about “How IT” but “Why IT”.
This document summarizes a presentation on cloud security given by James Blake and Barry Gill from Mimecast. Some key points made in the presentation include:
- Cloud security is often seen as binary but the reality is more complex, involving managing risks.
- To properly assess security risks involves defining acceptable risks, assessing your current risks, mitigating risks, transferring risks where possible, accepting some level of risk, and ongoing monitoring and auditing.
- Cloud providers have incentives and specialized skills to focus on security as their business, and can benefit from the cumulative security efforts of serving multiple customers at scale.
The document outlines a four step approach to adopting a new learning management system (LMS) at Wisconsin Lutheran College:
1) Identify early adopters such as faculty who are enthusiastic about instructional technology.
2) Provide extra training to the early adopters on the new LMS before the wider rollout.
3) Build institutional support by having registrars and advisors use the LMS and provide demonstrations to faculty.
4) Investigate continuing to offer the old system for an extra year as there was no good way to transfer content between systems.
The Hidden Security Danger – Don’t Let Email Be Your Downfall Justin Pirie
Last year we were speaking to some distinguished analysts in the email space and they had a hunch.
A hunch that end users were using their personal email to work around corporate email systems.
He believed this was because of growth of Social Networks and the blurring of Personal and Work technology. But he didn’t know. This is the guy that sets email strategy for most of the Fortune 1000.
So we wanted to know WHY? Why are users using personal email? Why are they working around their Corporate email systems?
Enter Generation Gmail. An independent survey and report by Loudhouse research comissioned by Mimecast into the usage of personal email for work.
This document discusses the benefits of cloud computing compared to traditional IT models. It notes that the cloud paradigm allows for greater flexibility, availability, lower costs through scalability, and faster innovation cycles. Adopting cloud services transforms the IT department to better align with business goals and act as an enabler rather than a hindrance. While there is risk, businesses that adopt cloud computing see significant returns on investment and competitive advantages.
Email.
It's a confusing time at the moment with lots of choices.
Do you stay on-premise or go Cloud or even hosted? What about Hybrid?
With options abound, Justin Pirie, Saas and Cloud Expert lays out the possibilities- starting from where you are today on your journey- understanding what you want from your email and suggesting some answers.
This document summarizes a presentation on optimizing SaaS revenue streams. It discusses key differences between legacy software and SaaS business models, including the connected ecosystem in SaaS. It identifies 7 main revenue streams for SaaS - subscriptions, products, advertising, services, ecosystem, ancillary and network effects. Subscriptions and network effects are highly scalable, while products and services are less scalable. The presentation emphasizes the importance of a connected business architecture for SaaS companies and how network effects are a key differentiator of the SaaS model.
Does the Cloud ROI Stack up- or does it fall?Justin Pirie
This document summarizes a presentation on evaluating the return on investment (ROI) of cloud computing compared to on-premise solutions. It discusses evaluating ROI using a methodology that accounts for costs, cost avoidance, productivity gains, flexibility, and risk adjustments. It then provides an example ROI analysis for an email solution, finding cloud delivers positive ROI within the first year when accounting for costs, cost avoidance, productivity gains, and business continuity benefits over an on-premise alternative. It emphasizes ROI calculations for cloud are complex and require considering various tangible and intangible factors.
Hadj Ounis's most notable work is his sculpture titled "Metamorphosis." This piece showcases Ounis's mastery of form and texture, as he seamlessly combines metal and wood to create a dynamic and visually striking composition. The juxtaposition of the two materials creates a sense of tension and harmony, inviting viewers to contemplate the relationship between nature and industry.
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Explore our beautiful collection of Romantic Love Shayari in English to express your love. These heartfelt shayaris are perfect for sharing with your loved one. Get the best words to show your love and care.
This document announces the winners of the 2024 Youth Poster Contest organized by MATFORCE. It lists the grand prize and age category winners for grades K-6, 7-12, and individual age groups from 5 years old to 18 years old.
The cherry: beauty, softness, its heart-shaped plastic has inspired artists since Antiquity. Cherries and strawberries were considered the fruits of paradise and thus represented the souls of men.
Fashionista Chic Couture Maze & Coloring Adventures is a coloring and activity book filled with many maze games and coloring activities designed to delight and engage young fashion enthusiasts. Each page offers a unique blend of fashion-themed mazes and stylish illustrations to color, inspiring creativity and problem-solving skills in children.
This tutorial offers a step-by-step guide on how to effectively use Pinterest. It covers the basics such as account creation and navigation, as well as advanced techniques including creating eye-catching pins and optimizing your profile. The tutorial also explores collaboration and networking on the platform. With visual illustrations and clear instructions, this tutorial will equip you with the skills to navigate Pinterest confidently and achieve your goals.