RHC Software provides no-cost leadership and personal growth programs. It was founded on principles of community and benefiting investors, employees, and clients. The document discusses the history of computing from mainframes to desktop PCs and the internet. It then explains traditional internet services, software as a service (SaaS), cloud computing components like computing, storage, routing, and data, as well as platform as a service (PaaS). The cloud offers advantages to small businesses over traditional hosting, but also some potential cons.

1. www.rhcsoftware.com
www.wisesam.com
www.q54strategic.com
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2. What is RHC Software?
A socially responsible business
Founded on the principal of community
Providing no-cost programs in leadership
Removing barriers to personal growth
For-profit; benefiting investors, employees, & clients
Combining computer & human sciences
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3. What is the Internet Cloud?
Where it started and where it is going...
Way back in the beginning (mainframes, timesharing)
Traditional Internet services (web, email,etc.)
SaaS – Software as a Service
Cloud services (Accounting, CRM, Scheduling, etc)
The Cloud – The pieces and how it comes together
PaaS – Platform as a Service
Small Business advantages
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4. In the Beginning There was...
Time-Sharing
POTS (plain old
telephone
service)
Terminal
1960's IBM 360
mainframe
Modem
300 baud
300 bps
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5. ...then came...
Desktops PCs & office servers
...and we
Ethernet
100Mbps became
Server Desktop
very alone.
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6. The Internet
Alone no longer!
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7. Traditional Internet Services
What works...
Web browsing, email, instant messaging
What doesn't work so well...
Shared Office applications
Accounting, CRM, Scheduling
Sharing resources (documents, images, videos)
Sharing data & data safety
Growth & scalablity
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8. Traditional Hosting Solution
Performance issues with shared hosting
Internet (DSL, Cable)
Desktop
Single server host
(Everything in one place,
shared with many, single
failure point)
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9. SaaS – Software as a Service
Applicatons over the Internet
Google Docs (documents)
Quickbooks On-line (accounting)
SugarCRM (CRM)
Dropbox (file storage & sharing)
WiseSAM (business scheduling)
Other applicatons accessed using a web browser
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10. The Cloud – coming full circle
A different way of sharing resources
More consistent performance
Better reliablity
Scalability
Pay-as-you-go model
Easier deployment & maintenance
Less IT support required
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11. Cloud Components
Computing (server) Storage (files)
VI (Instance)
Routing
(DNS, Data (database)
balancin
g)
Internet
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12. PaaS – Platform as a Service
Application Wrapper
PHP
Wordpress Compute Storage
Drupal
Joomla
Rails
RefineryCMS Routing Data
Community Engine
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13. Cloud Providers
Base cloud services Platform services
Amazon (AWS) EngineYard
Rackspace Heroku
Microsoft (Azure) Red Hat (OpenShift)
Red Hat AppFog
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14. Small Business Advantages
The Pros
No server hardware to buy, maintain, upgrade
No server software to up buy, maintain, patch
Easier and better backups
Faster deployment
Higher reliability
No upfront cost The Cons
Grows with you Possiblie Internet latency
Access anywhere Cost formulas can be ambiguous
Pay-as-you-go model Current support people might not be
up to speed on the technology
The feeling of less control
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15. www.rhcsoftware.com
www.wisesam.com
www.q54strategic.com
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