Three Steps to Success..

3. Deploy to the Cloud

Ashley Noblet

Technical Pre-Sales Consultant

•Where we are now

• Available options

• Terminology

•What to consider

• Helping you decide

Agenda

Where we are now…

Where we are now…

Available Options…

On-Premise Cloud

Responsibilities remain with the company…

…Flexible solution can be employed by a 3rd party

What is the Cloud?

In its simplest terms, cloud computing means storing & accessing data and programs over the Internet instead of your computers hard drive

The cloud is just a metaphor for the internet

Terminology…

Jargon buster

?Public Cloud / Multi-Tenant

Shared Infrastructure

Private Cloud / Single-TenantDedicated Infrastructure

On-Premises = At the Customer Site

“The Cloud” Delivered over the Internet

“Managed Services”External Support and Maintenance

Managed Services

Reduce support costs

Reduce TCO

Faster Implementation & Deployment

Less complicated & more efficient DR

Increased productivity

Why Choose Managed Services

What to consider…

On-Premise vs Cloud

Cloud vs On-Premise

Not reliant

on Internet

Full Control

Own Assets

Onsite Data

Internal resource

on demand

On-Premise

Benefits

Large Capex

Continuous operational overhead

Complex DR solution

Dependent on specialist IT skills

Unpredictable Monthly costs

On-Premise

On-Premise

Caveats

Cloud vs On-Premise

No Capex

Faster Install

Future ProofScalable

PredictableMonthly ££

£

Cloud hosted

Benefits

Reliant on steady reliable internet

Don’t own Hardware

Reliant on 3rd Party not internal resources

Restricted access to software configurations

Restricted access to hardware

Cloud

Cloud

Caveats

Helping you decide…

Helping you decide

? ?

Recently Invested in new hardware / software

In-house IT skills and Operations

DR Plan in place

Project delivery KPIs green

Controlled outgoings

On-Premise

On-Premise

Hardware / Software approachingend of life

Gap in skills and / or resource

Improve project delivery

Future proof

Reduce capex and achieve predictable monthly costs

Cloud

Cloud

•Lower Costs

•Flexibility

•Reduced Risks

• Increase Productivity

Flexibility with m-hance…

“We chose GP Essentials as it provided core functionality at an affordable price.m-hance stood out for us because they offered a quick implementation and aninclusive package for maintenance and support, which for us meant evading anyunnecessary concerns of additional on premise risks and costs.”

 Martin Lindsey, Business Director – Volleyball England

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