Want the best of Cloud Services and On-Premise IT for all your business needs and at a predictable monthly cost?

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1 Want the best of Cloud Services and On-Premise IT for all your business needs and at a predictable monthly cost?

2 Introducing O365Connect, a complete and scalable cloud managed server appliance that enables you to gain all the benefits of using the Microsoft Office 365 suite but keep control of your business data, employee credentials and access to software with minimal management overheads, automated backup to and from the Cloud, and all available as a service from your local trusted experts. Releasing your IT team from the mundane tasks of IT administration to focus on delivering new innovation to your organisation. So whether your driver is the end of life of Office 2003, or managing employees who are in different locations, or accessing the latest productivity tools, or managing use of limited internet bandwidth, this can all be achieved whilst keeping your business protected and in complete control of its data and IT operations. 40% Over of UK SMB s face End of Life for key technologies requiring an urgent need for Infrastructure and Application refresh.

3 The pace of change in technology continues to accelerate and the redefinition of software as a Cloud service is just one such example. A bi-product of this advancement is that some historically key technologies reach the end of their commercially sustainable life, and over the next 18 months this will be a real issue for a significant number of UK SMB s who rely on legacy solutions like Windows XP (EOL April 2014), Office 2003 (EOL April 2014), Exchange 2003 (April 2015) and Windows Server 2003 (July 2015). There are tens of thousands of UK companies that may not even know yet that they need to upgrade their IT before the technology upon which it is based goes out of support and increases the risk of operational outages, data loss and security breaches. The SMB IT Challenge Historically small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) have struggled to access the latest, best-in-class technology. Driven largely by limitations on budget, lack of in house technical expertise, or limitations of solutions that may have been designed for larger businesses, the smaller organisations have often had to compromise. More recently, we have also seen an increase in the number of companies adopting Cloud services, with research from the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) showing that 69% of UK organisations having at least one Cloud service in operation, though it is also interesting to note that 71% of firms expect to also retain an on premise IT capability for the foreseeable future. In other words, the norm for the SMB sector is a hybrid IT environment of on-premise and in-cloud solutions. Most businesses understand the huge potential benefits of a Cloud based IT model, with its true flexibility, and subscription based economic model aiding organisational agility and competitive advantage. However they are also concerned about the control and protection of data, user privileges and controlling the access to applications without adding burdens to legitimate users. Typically as a minimum, organisation s want to retain control and management of their user access privileges, data records (file management), and resources (e.g. print services), and some application workloads (the latter often driven by internet connectivity constraints, regulation, legacy requirements or company policy). They want to manage how their business accesses IT assets, no matter where the employees may be based. 69% of SMB s use Cloud Services and yet 71% expect to also retain on-premise IT for the foreseeable future. So what happens when a solution such as Office 2003 goes end of life, aged hardware is at risk of degraded performance, costs need to be contained and local control needs to be maintained? How does the SMB find a cost effective alternative that will integrate with their current on-premise IT?

4 Introducing O365Connect Zynstra O365Connect provides the optimum on site IT needed to get to the Cloud. It is a fully managed IT control point, giving SMB s all of the freedom and flexibility of the Cloud, but in a regulated manner which protects vital resources. It provides local O365 credential management and local back up of Office 365 and files, and provides the ideal local IT platform to deliver controlled access this industry leading suite. O365Connect is a Cloud managed server appliance that is automatically updated, maintained and backed up, and is managed by your trusted local experts. O365Connect scales with your business needs and provides you will access to Enterprise class IT for a monthly subscription. Zynstra maintains and supports this software through a sophisticated keep-current mechanism that delivers security patches, updates and even upgrades to existing systems. This is all done transparently and ensures that the system does not go out of date. Cloud economics, local control, Zynstra O365Connect is provided on a simple, predictable monthly subscription model, with no up-front capex, and adapts to your application needs. It is delivered as a managed service through trusted partners, in a highly automated, efficient and secure service wrapper. Integrated with Microsoft Office 365 Zynstra O365Connect is integrated and compatible with MS Office 365, providing the ideal access point to the industry leading business applications suite, and delivering local O365 credential management and local back up of Office 365 and files This allows small to medium businesses to full benefit from the advantages this industry leading business suite delivers, enjoying best-in-class office tools and services on a subscription basis, while at the same time maintaining control of what application is run where, and by whom, with local authentication and single sign on for local and Cloud resources. Zynstra O365Connect allows employees to access, share and amend documents, files and data anytime, anywhere. Your IT resources can be used in the office or on the road with security and confidence. And it provides local data storage for bandwidth heavy data with two way back up to and from the Cloud. Get most out of your move to the Cloud, align your purchase of Office 365 with O365Connect from Zynstra providing the very latest in Cloud managed on premise technology with robust security, local storage, single sign on and backup of Office 365 files. How it works We deliver a Cloud managed server appliance to your premise. This appliance is based on the latest HP server technology. It s ultra-reliable, always up to date, and managed remotely for you by a trusted partner. It acts as your control point for access to the Cloud, providing authentication and user privilege management. It s integrated with Microsoft Office 365 and delivers local O365 credential management and local back up of Office 365 and files, as well as secure local file storage with back up to the Cloud.

5 Features & Functionality The Zynstra O365Connect includes: 1. A single HP ProLiant tower server (ML10, ML310e, ML350e) including 9x5 next business day break/fix support. 2. Single Sign On to Office 365 (and other services via the locally run Active Directory service) 3. Local File and Print services. 4. The Zynstra service including Keep Current Management Service for patching and maintaining the Appliance and the security infrastructure for protecting the Appliance and users who access the Internet via the Appliance. 5. Backup of local data that depends upon the model purchased (e.g. 100GB/250GB/500GB/750GB) in alignment to the data archived to Microsoft Azure. (Note: this is additional to the backup of Office 365 files back to the local Appliance.) 6. Backup of , Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other files stored in Office 365 s SharePoint Online service onto the local server. The capacity of this backup mirrors the baseline Model chosen (100GB/250GB/500GB/750GB) and is completely separate to the backup of data to Azure /7 Service Monitoring and 3rd line technical break/fix service (in addition to your resellers Support Agreement).

6 No capex, no worries, make your move to Cloud confidently with O365Connect. For more information Visit zynstra.com for more information on our solutions. About Zynstra Zynstra is a software company, formed by experienced technology and business entrepreneurs. We have a track record in creating enterprise grade software, and delivering it into successful operation inside some of the most complex and rigorous IT organisations in the world. Our experience has shown us how to delight our customers with a single-minded focus on how software can help them grow and save them money. copyright (c) Zynstra Limited 2014 This document may be subject to periodic revision, anyone using it should check that there is no later version. Reasonable care has been taken to prepare this document but it is intended for guidance only, therefore Zynstra does not accept responsibility for any errors that it may concern.