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Kronos Cloud Services
Bert Carr – Manager, Business Development Cloud Services
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OperationalImprovementsSchedulingDaily decisionsProcess change
LEAN LABOR
PerfectPaycheck
Skills andCertificationsScheduling
People
OvertimeOccurrence Tracking
LaborCosting
CONTROL LABOR COSTS MINIMIZE COMPLIANCE RISK IMPROVE WORKFORCE PRODUCTIVITY
Reduce Operational Expense Increase Throughput
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Customer Demand
• IT organizations focusing on strategic projects
• High turnover of key internal resources
• Maintaining DBA skills
• Challenges applying patches and service packs
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Cloud Service Benefits
• Stay up to date with software updates, patches, and upgrades
• Ensure the system is available when users need it
• Easily add capacity as your workforce grows
• Have a functional infrastructure ready in days
• Proactively request configuration changes
• Reduce project timelines
Reduce Costs Improve ReliabilitySpeed Time to Value
• Reduce up-front costs of purchasing hardware
• Refocus IT resources on core business applications
• Avoid surprise with predictable monthly expenses
• Reduce cost of upgrades
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Cloud Spending is Up!
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In March, Bloomberg Businessweek conducted a survey on cloud computing with senior IT professionals in the U.S. Three-quarters (74%) of respondents said their organizations spend towards cloud services is likely to increase.
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Pay
Deploy
Manage
Cloud HostingLicense
at Kronos
License
by Kronos
Customer Premise Managed Services
License
by Kronos
at Customer
Traditional License
License
at Customer
by Customer
SaaS
at Kronos
by Kronos
Subscription
Kronos Cloud Service Flexibility
Orange Blocks Represent Cloud Services
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What Cloud Services Can Do
IT Service Elements
Physical IT Infrastructure
Servers & OS
Database Management
Application Upgrades & Service Packs
Disaster Recovery
Application Configuration
Kronos CloudCloud Hosting
On PremiseApplication
Management
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Implement Educate Support Manage Optimize
– Application Management
– Cloud Hosting
www.kronos.com
How Kronos Can Help
Cloud Services
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Kronos Cloud Services Delivery Team
• Global Centers of Expertise
• 65 global resources
• 24 x 7 x 365 operation
• Kronos Application / Database
• PMI Certified Project and Program Management
• Microsoft Certified DBA, MCSE
• Oracle OCP Certified Database Administrators
• Citrix, Firewall, Switch, Router, Network Certified
• SSO, LDAP, AD authentication experience
• Kronos Global Implementation and Management Experience
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Cloud Hosting Services Overview
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Kronos Managed Hosting Team Responsibility During Migration After Go Live
Prepare and install servers and local area network, backups Install base application and current service pack Provide Oversight of Network Connectivity between Client Location and Data Center Database Refreshes from Production to Development Dedicated non-production environment Perform service packs and technical upgrade Secure 24 x 7 data center environment Backup and Recovery Management Guaranteed application availability and uptime Server application monitoring and management
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Cloud Customer Responsibilities
Kronos Managed Hosting Team Responsibility During Migration After Go Live
Client side connectivity setup and maintenance Client side firewall management including setup and recurring port and protocol management Client Workstation Installation and ongoing maintenance File Transfers ( FTP or SFTP) Kronos Terminals (4500s)
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The Kronos Cloud is Growing
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Kronos Cloud Services Portfolio
Arcos Dourados
Onslow Memorial Hospital More People Care
400+ Cloud Services Customers
2,000,000+ Kronos Licenses Managed
Vertical MarketsHealthcare
EnergyManufacturing
RetailServices & Distribution
Public Sector
International HeadquartersUS, Brazil, Australia, Canada,
UK, Singapore, Mexico
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Questions?
Bert Carr