Migrating to the cloud and how to choose a reliable provider

Presented byAllCore Communications Inc.

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Cloud services: the solution of choice for businesses like you

Reduce Capital Expenditures•New hardware, software, peripherals and the never-ending upgrade pressures are eliminated with hosted solutions

Free Up Important Resources•Administration, maintenance, upgrades and implementation are costly and time-consuming. Give time back with hosted solutions.

Peace of Mind•Datacenters, networking, and backups can be overwhelming for the average SMB to manage. With hosted Exchange solutions, SMBs can focus on the most important goal – growing their business.

Why is the cloud so appealing?

Cloud vs. On-premise Solutions:The Business Case for Hosted Email

DELIVERY MODELS10

Users100

Users1,000Users

On-premise $389.65 $39.85 $24.13Hosted $32.46 $14.45 $10.85$ SAVINGS FROM HOSTED EXCHANGE $357.19 $25.40 $13.28

% SAVINGS FROM HOSTED EXCHANGE 92% 64% 55%

Monthly, 3 Year Cost of Ownership per SeatFor Hosted and On-Premise Microsoft Exchange

Source: Osterman Research, Jan. 2009 “The Case for Hosted Exchange”

The real litmus test for hosted Exchange providers

Infrastructure Migration

Control Support

• Datacenterso Proximity to your userso Quantity

• “The Plumbing”o Telco and vendor qualityo Performance and reliability

• Data Replicationo Real-time replicationo Rapid restore

• Uptime SLAso Clearly defined, enforceableo Granular (e.g. mailbox level)

Infrastructure

Uptime Guarantee

Maximum Downtime Allowed per Year

99.9% 9 hours99.999% 6 minutes

Datacenter

How much downtime could my CEO

tolerate?

I amhere

My data ishere

How far does my data have to

travel?

XWhat if their data center goes down?

• Ease of Migration:o Costo Time and resources

requiredo Support provided

• Access to Innovation:o Lead time to offer

latest app versionso Timely upgrades and

maintenance

Migration

How long will I have to wait to get Exchange

2010?

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1User

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When does my CEO’s email go

live?

• Administrator visibilityo On-premise calibero Single point of control

for all hosted appso Single sign-on

• Compliance o SAS-70 Type I or II

Auditso PCI for secure credit

card payments

Control

How much control will I retain?

How easily can I wipe

a lost Blackberry

?

How many passwords will I have

to keep track of?

• Expertiseo Support staff certificationso Application-specific knowledge

• Responsivenesso Average support call wait timeo Support windowo Email and phone access

Support

How likely am I to get an

‘expert’ when I need one?

I’m putting my career on the line – can they

deliver?

How AllCore compares

Infrastructure

• Premium architecture:• 99.999% uptime• Regular backups and real-time replication• EMC, Dell, Cisco HW• Ensures email’s fastest possible roundtrip

Migration• We made migration easy:• Active Directory data imports < 1 hr• Includes each user’s entire mailbox, calendar, task and contacts

Control

• End-user Control Panel:• On-premise control• Easy to delegate admin tasks• Sync on-premise and AllCore apps• Access the latest apps (e.g. Exchange 2010)

Support• Additional Support/Services go here:• 24 X 7 Phone Support• E-mail Support

Our offering

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A large selection of services making AllCore a one-stop-shop for cloud-based services.

Thank you. For more information, visit www.allcore.ca or call 1-866-320-0011