Joint Webinar: Cloud Computing & Bandwidth Technologies
Presented by: Reid Johnston, Matthew Nelson,
Buddy Bronstien & your host - Aleksandr Yershov
Today’s Agenda
• Introduction
• Cloud Computing- presented by Reid Johnston,
president/founder of TechGen Consulting Inc.
• Q & A session with Reid
• Bandwidth Technologies - presented by Matthew
Nelson from Integra & Buddy Bronstein from
Fostar Telecom.
• Q & A session with Matthew and Buddy
Cloud Computing
What is the cloud?
• Different companies – different definitions.
Cloud Computing: Using hosted infrastructure
(servers in datacenters) to provide services that
were traditionally deployed in an office
environment. Such as: Email, File Storage, Backup,
Collaboration.
Advantages of the cloud?
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Physical Security
Infrastructure Security
Lower Cost (in some cases)
Free Upgrades (in some cases)
No hardware purchases
Cloud Service Providers
• Microsoft Office 365 (email, file storage,
sharepoint)
• Google Apps (email, file storage, collaboration)
• Rackspace Hosted Exchange (email)
• Sugarsync (file storage, backup)
• Egnyte (file storage, backup)
Providers One-by-One
• Microsoft Office 365 (email, file storage,
sharepoint)
• $4/month for hosted email
• $6/month for Email + Chat + Sharepoint + Antispam + Antivirus
Providers One-by-One
Google Apps (email, file storage, collaboration)
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Free for 10 users
Free 5GB storage
$5/user/month for 25GB Mailbox + 5 GB storage
$10/user/month adds archiving, retention
Providers One-by-One
Rackspace Hosted Exchange (email)
• $10/user/month for 25GB storage
• $2/user/month for a copy of Outlook
Providers One-by-One
Sugarsync (file storage, backup)
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$4.99/month for 30 GB
$9.99/month for 60 GB
$14.99/month for 100 GB
$24.99/month for 250 GB
Providers One-by-One
Egnyte (file storage, backup)
• $24.99/month for 5 Users/150 GB
• $44.99/month for 10 users/1 Terabyte
• $129.99/month for 15 users/2 Terabyte
On-Premise Server (5 Users)
Server Hardware: $4,198.00
Software Licensing (email/file storage): $925.00
One-Time Total: $5,123.00
But what about?...
Battery Backup, Tech Service, File Backup, Physical
Security
On-Premise vs. Cloud Comparison
On-Premise:
$5,123.00
If paid over 4 years
$106/month.
Office365 + Sugarsync (5 people)
$44.95/month
$539/year
$2,157/4 years
Rackspace + Egnyte (5 people)
$75/month
$900/year
$3,600/4 years
What’s needed?
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Current Routers/Switches
Fast Internet Connection
Dual Internet Connections (for redundancy)
A great IT Support Vendor
Poll Question: Do you feel that cloud computing plays important roll
in your business technology environment?
Reid Johnston
612.279.2400
[email protected]