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2 Women And Technology Today Training 201: Cloud Computing Course Instructor: Lauren States, Vice President, Enterprise Initiatives, Cloud Technology and Client Innovation, IBM 2011 WIPP All Rights Reserved WIPP 2

3 The Voice for Women in Business in our Nation s Capital. National nonpartisan public policy organization representing over half a million Women Business Owners including over 54 business organizations. Advocates for and on behalf of women and minorities in business. Thirty-one local Instant Impact teams across the country engaging with legislative officials and the business community to advocate for Women Business Owners WIPP All Rights Reserved WIPP 3

4 Women And Technology Today Program National program from WIPP s Women, Money and Opportunity: Powered by WIPP series. The WATT program is designed to educate women business owners on strategies to accelerate growth by understanding technology investment, and how to manage it WIPP All Rights Reserved WIPP 4

5 January 14, 2011 Cloud Computing Lauren States, Vice President, Enterprise Initiatives Cloud Technology and Client Innovation

6 Running a business today is demanding Businesses are faced with the challenges of: Doing more with less Increasing efficiency and productivity Improving customer service Fostering innovation We need tools that fit the way we work today. Businesses depend on IT to enable them to respond to challenges faster.

7 There is a need to overcome IT roadblocks and align IT more tightly with business priorities Rising Costs Increasing IT Complexity Need for Maximum Flexibility & Speed Difficulty Deploying New IT Services Businesses need IT to be an enabler of innovation and a catalyst for change

8 What is Cloud Computing? Cloud Computing is the delivery of server capacity, storage or software by a service provider via the internet. 8 Access anywhere Always available Automatically scalable to demand Self service

9 How can Cloud change your business? Reduce IT complexity so you can focus on your business Eliminate the need to focus on IT maintenance, upgrades, back-up and restore, security compliance, and other administrative IT activities Access IT resources quickly with minimal investment Extend collaboration capabilities, such as or document sharing, utilize software applications, or add more users without additional hardware, software or staff Pay only for the resources you use Pay a predictable price for only the resources you need Reduce IT costs eliminate need for servers and maintenance staff Eliminate the need to buy and maintain hardware and software and extend the value of your existing hardware and software investments. Redirect staff to more strategic business initiatives Adapt quickly to changing demand and business requirements Quickly scale resources up or down based on demand Bring new services to market faster Quickly and easily extend your business network with social networking that connects you to customers, partners and suppliers in new ways. Accelerate the delivery of business applications 9

10 Which IT resources can be outsourced to the Cloud? Virtual desktops Server capacity Web hosting Start with low-risk resources that are costly to maintain in-house Disaster recovery Document & File sharing 10 Collaboration tools services

11 Reduced loan processing time from 7 days to 24 hours One of Ohio's and Florida's fastest growing mortgage companies Challenge Current processing time for mortgage applications is 7 days and significant time and money is spent on printing, shipping, returning and verifying applications. Created competitive advantage with a day loan process (compared to days typical of most banks) Improved customer service with a faster more convenient loan process allowing customers to review and sign documents from their home Integrated with Silanis e-signlive e-signature application Solution IBM LotusLive 11

12 A new approach to collaborative care Association of primary care physicians and specialists throughout San Diego, California Challenge The current state of medicine today is one of paper records, fragmentation and not having the information doctors need at the right time and the patient isn't truly a part of their own healthcare. Connected the medical group s 200 primary care physicians and 500 specialists throughout San Diego County to help doctors deliver more complete and accurate decisions about patient care Provided analysis of multiple patient data sources to give doctors actionable decision support on their desktop highlighting gaps in care, clinical research or potential drug interactions Helped doctors see trends in SCMG patient populations Solution Collaborative Care Solution (IBM and ActiveHealth Management) 12

13 Saving money to invest in education A leading school district in Kentucky, serving more than 10,000 students Challenge Pike County Schools needs to replace 1,400 aging workstations across its district. Schools traditionally purchase classroom PCs each year, resulting in a mix of vintages, models, and compute resources. Pike County Schools avoided the cost of replacing 1,400 workstations by deploying a virtual desktop solution on the IBM cloud Achieved cost savings of more than 60% Increased security Reduced SW license and overall maintenance costs Solution IBM Smart Business Desktop on the IBM Cloud 13

14 Getting Started with Cloud Technology is enabling a smarter planet We must face head-on the challenges to building an effective IT Cloud computing is one key way to address the challenges of a smarter planet Resources: ibm.com: IBM developerworks: 14

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