Are your IT expenditures more than your budget allows? Come learn ways to decrease your IT costs without compromising on technology. You’ll learn how to be ahead of the technology curve and save money while doing so. Hear the latest IT offerings and how they can help your bottom line. Some of the areas we will cover include:
- Virtualization;
- Private Cloud hosting;
- Cloud-based e-mail systems;
- Back up and recovery; and
- Lowering IT support cost.
2. WHAT’S ON TAP?
• How can we best spend our out IT $$$
• Is it time for some upgrades?
• Virtualization
– VMWARE vs Hyper-V
• Data Migration– in-house or cloud?
• Email in the cloud
– Hosted Exchange, Google Apps or Office 365?
• Private Cloud Hosting vs HA Cloud
• Backups
• Physical Infrastructure
• Phone Systems
• IT Support
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6. CASE STUDY
VIRTUALIZATION WITH FAILOVER: HYPER-V
SAN HARDWARE $12,228
HOSTING SERVERS (2) $ 9,770
NETWORK HARDWARE (2) $ 6,454
WINDOWS SERVER DATACENTER (2) $ 8,620
$37,072
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7. CASE STUDY
VIRTUALIZATION WITH FAILOVER: VMWARE
SAN HARDWARE $12,228
HOSTING SERVERS (2) $ 9,770
NETWORK HARDWARE (2) $ 6,454
WINDOWS 2012 STANDARD (6) $ 4,746
VMWARE VCENTER $ 1,343
VCENTER / VSPHERE SUPPORT $ 7,633
$42,174
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8. INHOUSE OR CLOUD?
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Say you just moved to
a city, and you’re
looking for
a place to live
Let’s use a simple analogy
11. 11
But, you get a chance to
customize it
tile
flooring
Roof
floor plan
landscaping
windows
lighting
12. ONCE THE HOUSE IS BUILT, YOU’RE
RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE
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Hire Landscaper
Heating and Cooling
Gutter Cleaning
Water
Pay property tax
House Keeping
23. CASE STUDY
8 PERSON ORGANIZATION
CURRENTLY HAS SBS 2003
XP WORKSTATIONS
OFFICE 2003
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24. OPTION 1- KEEP IN HOUSE
UPGRADE EXISTING SBS SERVER
ONE TIME COSTS
SBS 2011 $1,500
SERVER $1,400
WINDOWS 7 $7,200
OFFICE 2010 $4,352
LABOR $7.540
$25,092
ONGOING COSTS
ANNUAL IT SUPPORT $18,000
SPAM FILTERING $ 192
OFFSITE BACKUPS $ 840
$19,032
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25. OPTION 2- HYBRID
ONE TIME COSTS
SERVER W/ WINDOWS $3,500
WINDOWS 7 $7,200
OFFICE 2010 $4,352
LABOR $8,580
$23,632
ONGOING COSTS
ANNUAL IT SUPPORT $18,000
ANNUAL EMAIL COST $ 1,008
OFFSITE BACKUPS $ 840
$19,848
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26. OPTION 3- HOSTED
UPGRADE EXISTING SBS SERVER
ONE TIME COSTS
VPN HARDWARE $ 840
WINDOWS SERVER $1,800
OFFICE 2010 $4,352
LABOR $5,590
$12,592
ONGOING COSTS
ANNUAL IT SUPPORT $ 7,200
ANNUAL EMAIL COST $ 1,008
SERVER HOSTING $ 8,400
OFFSITE BACKUPS $ 840
$17,448
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