Cloud Computing Solutions For Local Government

Dale Graver

VC3, Inc.

[email protected]

803-955-8818

Cloud Computing Solutions

For Local Government

Agenda

 What is the right solution for Local Government?  When is the right time to adopt?

 _{How cloud computing can be a huge enabler for:}  _{Your organization}

 Your members

VC3 Background

 Relationships with over 130 municipalities, counties, COGs  Focused on small and medium local government

 Over 19 years experience  _{85+ employees}

 _{Southeast regionally located}

 Endorsed Technology Partner for NCLM and MASC

VC3 Solutions

 Hosted Desktop Solutions

 Hosted and Premise Based IP Telephony Solutions  Offsite Disaster Recovery and Cloud Based Backups  Managed Support Services

 Website Design and Hosted Services  Networking and Computer Security  Microsoft SharePoint Services

 Technology and Security Assessments  Support and Implementation Services  Data Center Services/Hosting

Sample List Cloud Implementations

5  Land of Sky COG

 Triangle J COG

 Mid-East Commission  Kerr Tar COG

 NC League of Municipalities  Municipal Association of SC  City of Florence, SC  City of Decatur, GA  Town of Clayton, NC  City of Sumter, SC

 Lancaster Co. Water & Sewer

 Town of River Bend, NC  Town of Weddington, NC  Partnership for Community

When is Cloud Computing Right for You?

 Is it difficult to afford the breath and depth of IT

support you require?

 Are you faced with reoccurring significant

desktop and server capital expenses?

 Do you need mobility for your staff?

 Are you confident in your current data backups?  Is your data stored in an off-site location?

 _{Are you worried about the viability of your}

organization if disaster strikes?

 Do you just want to get out of the IT business

What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud computing is:

…any pay-per-use service,

…that extends existing IT capabilities, …in real time over the Internet.

Cloud Services Are Not New…

Website Hosting

Email

Phone Systems

Hosted Desktop

Payroll

Common Premise Based IT Environment

 3 - 4 year refresh cycle for PCs  _{4 – 5 year refresh cycle servers}  _{Reoccurring software license fees}  Insufficient skill level of IT staff

 Lacks adequate backups & security  _{Slow restoral of critical business}

processes after a disaster

Expensive in time and resources to install and maintain!

In House Staff

Premise Based

“Wearing Many Hats”

IT Continuum Stages…

Where is your organization… where are you going, and when? Proactive

Cloud Based

Cloud Computing

“No Longer in the IT Business” Reactive Local IT Vendor Early Stages of Complexity Managed Services High Complexity Many Technologies Delivery of Many Services High Availability Required

Time IT C o mp lexi ty Citi z en Req u est fo r Ser v ices

A New IT Solution Option to Consider

WAN/LAN

Enterprise Class Data Center Premise Based IT Solution

A New IT Solution Option to Consider

Hosted IT Solution Enterprise Class Data Center

Mouse Movements Keyboard Strokes

Pixel Changes

Delivery Models



Premise

Cloud



Hybrid



Some components in the cloud

Premise



You buy

the servers

You buy

the desktops



You buy

the phone system

You buy

the storage and

back-up systems



You buy

all of the

network equipment



You pay

someone to



Cloud provides

the servers



Cloud provides

Thin Client, monitor, keyboard & mouse

Cloud provides

the storage



Cloud provides

the file backup and disaster recovery

Cloud maintains

your environment 24x7



You only pay for what you need

Little to no up-front capital cost



Scale up/down much more quickly

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Cloud Desktop Components: Applications

Storage Backups Support Hardware

What’s Included?

Standard Applications

 _{Microsoft Windows 7}

 Microsoft Office Standard Edition

 _{Word, Excel, PowerPoint,} Outlook, OneNote…

 _{Microsoft Exchange Email}

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Client Applications

 Host your existing applications  _{Finance, GIS, Utilities, etc.}  _{Third part vendor coordination}

What’s Included?

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Storage

 _{Individual and shared file}

storage for all users

Backups

 Nightly backup to alternate data centers  _{Optional 10 year email auto-archive for}

What’s Included?

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Security

 _{SPAM filtering}  _Anti-Virus

 Optional web filter & URL blocking

Support

 7x24 Service Desk

 _{7x24 Proactive and Reactive}  _{Remote and Onsite Support}  _{Software application support}

What’s Included?

Hardware

 Thin client, keyboard,

mouse and monitor

 _{All-in-one unit}

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IT Director Services

 Budget planning services  _{IT Documentation}

 _{IT Performance Report}

Why Cloud Based Desktop?

 Never purchase a PC or server again

 _{Cloud desktop works with}

ANY device from ANY location

 Utilize more reliable and

powerful computers

 Eliminate unplanned technology expenses

 Built-in disaster recovery and business continuity

Thank You!

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