The document outlines an agenda for a conference on moving to cloud computing. The agenda includes welcome remarks, presentations on cloud computing and case studies of organizations that have moved to the cloud. There will also be a discussion on how moving to the cloud can increase collaboration and innovation, simplify IT operations and management, and integrate existing systems. Customer success stories are shared about cost savings and other benefits experienced by organizations that have adopted Google Apps.
2. Today's Agenda 09:15 - 09:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks Bart Verhaegen 09:30 - 10:00 Cloud Computing, Ready for the Able and Willing Philippe Creytens 10:00 - 10:15 Case: How the Crisis Group Moved to the Cloud Tomas Jansen 10:15 - 10:45 Improve How Your International Multilingual Organization Operates With Google Apps Philippe Creytens Bart Verhaegen 10:45 - 11:00 Network Break 11:00 - 11:30 Case: How Kursaal Oostende Is Using Google Apps To Keep Tabs On Events They Organize Peter Monbailleu 11:30 Q & A
4. Trends impacting your business Local Motors can take a new car from concept to creation under 18 months . (Source: www.local-motors.com c/o Wired magazine) Post-PC: Smartphone and tablet sales exceed desktop and notebook PCs in 2011. (Source: Mary Meeker, KPCB, 2011) Speed Mobility Innovation There is an 81% correlation between collaboration and innovation. (Source: Future Foundation, 2010)
5. Inhibitors restricting your ability to adapt Rigid Complex Expensive Applications are built for a business process rather than usability. “ $8 out of $10 spent in IT is ‘ dead money ’ — not contributing to business change and growth. ” (Source: Gartner, 2010) "In comparison to SaaS application packages...on-premises application releases move at glacial speed and hinder innovation." (Source: Forrester, 2010)
6. 100% Web - a new model for IT Delivered through browser No client software, internet as platform Scalable, secure, global, shared Leverage massive shared computing capacity Subscription model Pay for what you use, no hardware or software needed Access from any device Inexpensive devices as portals to information No upgrades required Always on the latest release
7. Increase collaboration and innovation in your business Challenge Capability Value Traditional collaboration limiting innovation Real-time collaboration capabilities with internal and external colleagues “ A risk-adjusted ROI of 307% and payback within 7 months” [source: Forrester, Measuring The Total Economic Impact Of Google Apps, 2010) Increasingly mobile workforce Web-based access from any device with an internet connection Mobile access increases productivity 2.8x (source: Telegraph Media Group ) Apps
8. Enjoy seamless communication and collaboration Gmail web-based communication hub Google Docs real-time collaboration tools Apps
9. Simplify how you build, buy and manage IT solutions Challenge Capability Value Significant capital investment required No up-front investment and immense scalability “ By 2012, 20% of businesses will own no IT assets ” (source: Gartner, 2010 ) Service downtime for customer facing product Highly scalable to meet spikes in demand at popular times “ App Engine provides a solution that delivers zero downtime for users ” (source: Giftag, 2011 ) Platform
10. Build, buy and manage applications your way App Engine platform as a service Apps Marketplace integrated 3 rd party apps Platform
11. Simplify how your manage your desktop fleet Challenge Capability Value Managing enterprise desktops is expensive Cloud-based desktop managemen t to configure devices and user policies “ average TCO of $4850 per user per year ” (source: Gartner, 2010 ) Hard to keep up with patches on client machines Auto-updated to make sure that all machines are on the latest release Microsoft released 124 security patches in 2010 (source: Microsoft , 2010 ) Devices
12. An operating system built for the web Chrome OS cloud-based desktop * Planned functionality not yet available Devices
13. Integrate your existing architecture to start your journey Secure Data Connector Cloud Connect Contextual Gadgets Device Management Apps Scripts
14. 3M businesses have gone Google 3,000 more sign-up every day
15. Meaningful Customer Success “ We switched our entire global organisation to Gmail, Calendar and Contacts in one weekend saving around $2.8M .” “ Google Apps saved us millions of dollars over five years over any of the alternatives that we looked at.” “ Using Google Apps saved us tens of thousands of dollars and enabled us to get off the ground really quickly at a time when it was difficult to start a nonprofit ”