Taking your Business or

Organisation

To the Cloud…

Bundaberg Region

Online Business Growth

$2.5 Trillion

$2.5 Trillion

Cisco - Embracing the Internet of Everything. 2013

Levelling the Playing Field

The Digital Market Place

Taking the Office to the Job

Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing:

• How it works

CASE STUDIES

Removing the IT Headache

Too many servers? Various ages?

Unsure of the software, support,

hardware, reliability, compatibility?

Capital outlays for licences, upgrades

– software, hardware, storage,

maintenance?

Risk – data back ups/disaster

recovery, virus, firewall, theft?

Monitoring – technical and operational

performance, business impact?

Cloud – Secure Data Storage

Infrastructure

- software, hardware,

A/C, uninterrupted power,

fire suppression

Risk management

– data security/disaster

mitigation/recovery

Continuous monitoring

- technical and

operational performance,

performance metrics

Cloud Storage:

• Google Data Centre Tour

CASE STUDIES

Utility of the Cloud

Attributes of Cloud

Cloud Services

Google Apps

Microsoft Office 365

Apple iWork

Google - Calender

Managing Jobs

Managing the Dollars

Managing Projects

Business Management System

Job Scheduling & Tracking

Transport Management

Inventory & Supply Chain Management

Automation & Control

Understanding the Change

• The combination of high speed broadband (such as that to be provided by the NBN) and advanced ICT (such as Cloud Computing & Cloud Applications) will enable completely new ways of doing business.

• The innovations to be enabled will vastly improve on-line services, new forms of service delivery and new applications for the information economy that will improve people’s lives, lower costs, diversify the economic base and stimulate economic growth.

• To access and benefit from the Digital Economy requires organisations, industries and individuals to develop the skills, knowledge and digital capability to effectively participate in the digital marketplace.

What else is Changing

• eCommerce

• Workforce Mobility

• Business automation

• Collaboration

• Scalability

• Business intelligence

• Channel management – voice, web, social media

• Access to knowledge

• ICT/business support structure

• Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery

Maturity Map & Business Transformation

Limited Stand alone Networked Web-Based Knowledge- Oriented

BU

SIN

ESS

AD

VA

NTA

GE

Maturity Map – Business Transformation ©

Will your Business Survive the Digital

Revolution?

Casualties Kodak Blackberry WOW Sight-n-Sound Fairfax

Successes Google Apple Ebay Xero