Your Journey to the Cloud: Exploring Dynamics 365
10:30 - 11:00 Considering moving to the Cloud? David Mannion, Sales Director, m-hance
11:00 - 11:30 Demystifying Dynamics 365 - Part 1 Dynamics 365 for Financials Steve MacDonald, Dynamics Consultant, m-hance
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 - 12:15 Demystifying Dynamics 365 - Part 2 Dynamics 365 for Sales and Marketing John Odell, CRM New Business Sales, m-hance
12:15 - 12:45 The future of Microsoft Dynamics GP Inc. an introduction to SharperLight Andy Mason, Pre-Sales Consultant, m-hance
12:45 - 13:00 Closing and final thoughts Steve Driscoll, CEO, m-hance
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and learn
Agenda
Considering moving to the Cloud?
David Mannion, Sales Director, m-hance
Changing Landscape
You’re probably already in the cloud:
The thing is…
• Social Media / Networking
• Banking/Finance/Payments
• Shopping/Commerce
• Data Back-Up and Storage
• Productivity Tools
And you’re already mobile…
So as consumers we’ve already embraced the Cloud.
Changing Technology
Changing Technology
Changing Landscape
Changing Landscape
Changing World of Business
• One third of the Global IT Workforce will retire in the next decade.
• 52% of the US Fortune 500 has changed since 2000.
• 60 years was the average age of a company on the US Fortune 500 in 1960.
• 12 years was the new average in 2015.
A few statistics of note:
Top 5 Companies on
Changing World of Business
Changing World of Business
•The World’s:
• Largest Taxi Company has NO taxis (Uber)
• Largest Accommodation Provider has NO real estate (Airbnb)
• Largest Phone Companies owns NO telco infrastructure (Skype)
• Most Valuable Retailer has NO inventory (Alibaba)
• Largest Auctioneer has NO inventory (ebay)
• Largest Takeaway Food Service makes NO food (Just Eat, HungryHouse)
• Most Popular Media Owner creates NO content (Facebook)
• Fastest Growing Banks have NO actual money (SocietyOne, Bitcoin)
• Largest Movie houses have NO cinemas (Netflix, Amazon)
• Largest Software Vendors DON’T write the apps (Apple & Google)
How Innovators are using Cloud
So what does that all mean for me?
6x
4x faster growth than worldwide IT market
70% of organisations have embraced a cloud-first strategy in 2016
#1 technology affecting IT
Cloud MomentumMarket is changing rapidly
Plus ça change…
Client/Server
Server
Timesharing
Mainframe
Terminal
Cloud and Mobile
Computing
Last century This century
So what is it?
Computing and software resources that are delivered on demand, as a service.
Types of Service Delivery
Types of Service Delivery
Benefits of Cloud
DRAMATICALLY LOWER IT COST
FLEXIBILITY ENABLES BUSINESS AGILITY AND INNOVATION
SPEED TO DEPLOY, CHANGE AND UPGRADE. MONTHS NOT YEARS
YOU RUN YOUR BUSINESS, OTHERS RUN THE SOFTWARE
Benefits
• Flexibility/Agility
• Elasticity/Scalability
• Security/Availability
• Disaster Recovery
• Latest version/compatibility
• CAPEX v OPEX
• Collaboration/Real time updates
• Internet Access
• Device independent
• Mobile access
• One version of the truth
• Pay per use
Power/Cooling
IT Labour
Support
Security
Maintenance/Patching
Disaster recovery
Backup
Traditionally
Acquisition cost is
20% of IT Spend
Operating cost is
80% of IT Spend
Hardware
Software
FacilitiesNetwork/Comms
Management Tools
Some costs move above the waterline in an online service model changing traditional budget dynamic
A couple of quotations:
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IDC
"Line-of-business leaders everywhere are bypassing IT departments to get applications from the cloud (also known as software as a service, or SaaS) and paying for them like they would a magazine subscription. And when the service is no longer required, they can cancel that subscription with no equipment left unused in the corner." Gartner
It’s becoming a Utility…
INTERNET
PRICE $150
CLOUD
PRICE $150
Considerations
• Does the application have the functionality I need?
• What does the commercial model look like?
• Does it suit me?
• If not, why move?
• Compare apples with apples
• How does it fit in with my existing infrastructure, connectivity, resources etc.?
Considerations
• What does my current investment in ICT look like?
• Does the application have the functionality I need?
• What does the commercial model look like?
• Does it suit my business?
• How does it fit in with my existing infrastructure, connectivity, resource? et
• If not, why move?
• Compare apples with apples
Other Considerations
• Have you got the right Cloud Partner?
• Internet connectivity
• Location of data centres
• Industry-specific legislation
• Hosted or built for the cloud
• Service levels/downtime compensation
• Licensing
• Access
• Compatibility
Where does m-hance fit in?• Trusted Advisor
• Established Cloud Partner
• Experience of different technologies
• First-hand experience of moving to Cloud ERP
Thank you
David Mannion, Sales Director, m-hance