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Focus On Europe Bart Verhaegen Romneya bvba
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
Innovation at the Pace of 100% Web Philippe Creytens  Romneya bvba
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)
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)
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
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
Enjoy seamless  communication and collaboration Gmail web-based communication hub Google Docs real-time collaboration tools Apps
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
Build, buy and manage  applications your way App Engine platform as a service Apps Marketplace integrated 3 rd  party apps Platform
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
An operating system  built for the web Chrome OS cloud-based desktop * Planned functionality not yet available Devices
Integrate your  existing architecture  to start your journey Secure Data Connector Cloud Connect Contextual Gadgets Device Management Apps Scripts
3M businesses  have gone Google 3,000 more  sign-up every day
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 ”
Where will you start your journey to 100% Web?

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Romneya Focus on Europe - Cloud computing ready for the able and willing

  • 1. Focus On Europe Bart Verhaegen Romneya bvba
  • 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
  • 3. Innovation at the Pace of 100% Web Philippe Creytens  Romneya bvba
  • 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 ”
  • 16. Where will you start your journey to 100% Web?