6 października 2011, Warszawa

III Kongres

Giving Shape to the Cloud Viktor Kovacs Chief Commercial Officer / CE On-Demand

Cloud, Unified and Communication Defined

• cloud: a visible mass of particles of condensed vapor suspended in the atmosphere of a planet or moon

• communication: an act or instance of transmitting

• unify: to make into a unit or a coherent whole

Source: Webster Dictionary

Cloud Computing Hype

Source: Google Trends, Technology Review

Cloud Computing Defined

Source: Wiki

Unified Communications Defined

Source: Wiki

Cloud computing is the use of Internet-based services to support a business process. Cloud services typically have the following characteristics:

Cloud Computing Defined

• They can be rapidly deployed, so they are quick to value.

• There is little or no start-up cost and no capital investment.

• Costs for services are usage based with no fixed commitment.

• Services can be quickly and easily scaled up or down with no penalty.

• Services are multi-tenant (many customers leverage the platform).

• Location independent – operates across multiple platforms and devices

Easy to deploy

MUCH less expensive

Grows with your business

Highly mobile

Source: NIST

Unified Communications (UC) is the integration of real time communication services for messaging collaboration and communications.

Unified Communications Defined

• Combination of Voice, Video, and Text to make communication and collaboration easier

• Consistent User Interface and User Experience

• Can be used across many devices and is not location-specific

• Service delivered across one Common Platform

Communication simplified

Mobility insured

The right partner is key

Source: NIST

What Business Wants

Source: dmzine.com.au

What MY Business Wants

Source: dmzine.com.au

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How MY Business Gets It

What THEIR Businesses Got

• Generali Group Over 60% IT cost savings and fundamental transformation of agent communication model

• PZU Poland Over 70% IT cost savings in consolidating agent messaging platform

• Hungarian Water Rescue Agency Over 1,500 man-day and 30,000 Euros savings in 6 months through comprehensive UC deployment

Business in the Clouds

Risk Reward Opportunity

Lot’s of talk, little action

Easy to find players with established business base

Business model sells itself

Lock-in and switching cost

Cost-effectiveness through economies of

scale

Find the technology or platform with proven migration possibility

The data IS the computer

Device independence – mobility

Provider independence

Security and Privacy

“Trusted Cloud” providers

Look for trusted, local cloud players

Being Smart about Cloud

• Local cloud services provider

• Local billing and invoicing

• Local customer care

• Local data backup

• Trusted cloud services provider

Polish Information Society Messaging

doubled

5x increase in e-commerce

5.5x Increase in E-Banking

Collaboration tripled

The Cloud Imperative

Source: Financial Times

CE On-Demand

•  Cloud services provider currently operating in 11 countries in Central Europe

•  Messaging, collaboration and communication services with over 1.5M accounts under management

•  20+ partners and at least 1 Telco in each country

•  Multiple data-centres in Central Europe

•  In-house developed CE On-Demand Cloud Services Manager™

•  ISO 27001 Information Security Management certified

•  Public, private, hybrid cloud deployments

CE On-Demand Partners

Source: gapingvoid

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