Why Cloud? Why Now?

David Terrar – D2C & Intellect SaaS Group

ICAEW30 April 2012

Chartered Accountants' Hall

http://www.chasminstitute.com/METHODOLOGY/TechnologyAdoptionLifeCycle/tabid/89/Default.aspx

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/cloud-computing-market-241-billion-in-2020/47702

"the fundamental interconnectedness of all things"

Retrofit existing IT

Public CloudNew business modelsNew connectionsUse the data

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2012/mar12/03-05CloudComputingJobs.aspx

"It is unacceptable not to be able to do our work from any device we choose. That's possible, and has been for some time, and it's outrageous we can't do that.

It is unacceptable to pay, and these figures are PAC figures, up to £3,500 per person per year for a desktop service.

It is unacceptable for your corporate desktop to take 10 minutes to boot up, and the same amount of time to close down. But that's the truth of what goes on every day in government IT, and I suspect public sector too.

It's unacceptable for staff to be unable to access Twitter or YouTube when they use those services for what they do; and it's unacceptable for call centre staff not able to access the very service they are supporting in the call centre. These all sound funny, but when you think of the consequences of that, it's truly dreadful."

Chris Chant – outgoing Director of G-Cloud

West Midland Ambulance Service4,000 users – Microsoft Office 365 and Sharepoint

Hillingdon Borough Council3,500 users – Google Apps for Business

All using Huddle for collaboration in the Cloud

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Chasm http://www.chasminstitute.com/METHODOLOGY/TechnologyAdoptionLifeCycle/tabid/89/Default.aspx http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/cloud-computing-market-241-billion-in-2020/47702http://www.bvp.com/cloud/bvp_cloudscape_full.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Gently http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/microsoft-cloud-computing-to-create-millions-of-jobs-141397243.html http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2012/mar12/03-05CloudComputingJobs.aspx http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2012/apr/24/cloudstore-microsoft-office365-west-midlands?newsfeed=true http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/dec/19/hillingdon-council-google-apps http://www.huddle.com/customers/featured-customers/

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Contact details

David TerrarD2C & Intellect SaaS Group

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