making cloud technology work for your business
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14.55 – 15.35. Making Cloud Technology work for your business. Victoria Playford, Director; Phil Broadbery, CIO PKF Cooper Parry and PKF International, on behalf of Microsoft. www.ifa.org.uk. Demystifying the Cloud. Victoria Playford Director PKF Cooper Parry – IT Solutions. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Making Cloud Technology work for your business
www.ifa.org.uk
Victoria Playford, Director; Phil Broadbery, CIO PKF Cooper Parry and PKF International, on behalf of Microsoft
14.55 – 15.35
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Demystifying the CloudVictoria PlayfordDirectorPKF Cooper Parry – IT Solutions
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What are cloud services?
Measured Service
Pooled Resources
Broad Network Access
Elasticity
Self-Service
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Business Drivers Behind Cloud Adoption
Agility FocusEconomic
s
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• Boost Productivity• Emails, files, video conferencing and line of business
applications from anywhere
• Agile• Flexible, grows when you grow, always latest technology, pay
for what you use
• Worry Free IT• Military grade security, Disaster recovery, hassle free backups
What does this mean to you (and us)?
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Our cloud experiencePhil BroadberyCIOPKF International
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Introduction…Who are PKF International?Recent developments in the network
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Drivers for change
Forced change of IT solutions provider
Complete IT overhaul required
Security concerns
Replacement of legacy platforms
(Notes, Documentum, Sugar CRM, Jahia)
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• Office 365• Enterprise subscriptions for PKF International Staff and Firm
ILP
• Private Cloud• On-Premise environment through services on High Availability
environment
• Google • Sites service based on email, document management and talk
Review of cloud providers
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Office 365 project
Phase 1:
Core IT, email, document storage
4 weeks
Phase 2: Extranet, Global resource center for firms, boards, users Network Tools
10 weeks
Phase 4:
Firm integration
PKFI Single sign on
12 weeks
Phase 3:
Lync - Enterprise voice and dial in
Referral database
12 weeks
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Current situationStarting Phase 4
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Challenges faced
• Managing access• External users vs. form based authentication
• Analytics• Extraction can be difficult and required 3rd party tools
• Customisations• Straying off the beaten track
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• Zero IT infrastructure on premise• Back up automatically • Flood proof…• Significantly reduced cost• Enterprise pricing starts at £5 per user per month• New features being added to the
platform• Yammer• Lync voice website integration (live chat)
Results
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What next?Cloud based email is a no-brainer.
Lync to change your communications culture.
Sharepoint to collaborate more effectively.