Public and private sector organisations are facing unprecedented pressures to reduce spending while improving field service levels.  Come learn how cloud-based solutions can help you cut your IT costs, improve service levels and reduce delivery risks.

Executive briefing: Google and cloud alternatives to legacy infrastructure
Friday, July 24th, 8:30-10:30 am
James Cook Hotel, Wellington

In the two hour session we will cover a number of areas pertaining to enterprise adoption of cloud solutions:

IT cost takeout:

• Shifting from fixed to variable cost
• Comparison of software subscriptions vs. perpetual licenses + maintenance
• Closer alignment of input costs to business outcomes

• Example - ROI model for Google Apps  vs. Exchange/Sharepoint

New role of IT

• Cloud as enabler of change
• Repositioning the IT organisation out of infrastructure role
• Key new competencies and challenges

Leveraging the strengths of cloud solutions

• Collaboration across and outside the firewall
• Enabling innovation through low-risk, linear investments

Challenges and risks of cloud implementations

• Feral adoption of cloud solutions by the business
• Service levels
• Security, privacy, jurisdiction, indemnity
• Bandwidth impacts

Adoption roadmap

• Solutions you can use now
• Considerations for adoption of cloud-based services
• Unbundling the desktop - browser as the client

We will also demo Google Wave - the next generation messaging and collaboration platform recently unveiled at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco.

About us

Cloudbreak implements a range of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that reduce the cost, increase user satisfaction and improve service levels of common IT services. We sell, implement and provide on-shore support for enterprise cloud computing solutions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Cloudbreak team