Join us at the ‘Harnessing the Power of Cloud Productivity Event’ featuring Kevin Turner Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer – due to unforeseen circumstances is no longer able to attend. John Jester, General Manager of UK Enterprise Business has now been added to the agenda.
Now more than ever, productivity is at the top of every business leader’s agenda, while proven security, reliability, usability and absolute control are essential.
Productivity comes from empowering your people. Giving everyone in your organisation the ability to work together in real time, and collaborate from anywhere on any device.
· Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides a familiar user experience with a reduced learning curve for greater overall employee productivity; driving connections across people, processes and ecosystems.
· Microsoft Office 365, the evolution of Microsoft Online Services, helps people connect in new ways – harnessing all the productivity benefits of Microsoft Office, together with the undisputed convenience of Cloud services.
At this event, we’ll share insights and demonstrate how Microsoft and the Cloud work together. You’ll discover how to get the scalability your organisation needs, while achieving measurable productivity through improved business gains and cost savings.
K2 – Dr Katy Ring, www.K2advisory.com
Martini Solution – Anytime, Any place, Anywhere (Business viewpoint), IT professional view is somewhat different.. how to keep secure, deploy, manage, etc.
Four main ways to deploy..
Public – e.g. Salesforce, GoogleApps
Private –
Community
Mixed model
a key is a common code-base across on-premise, private, and public.. something that is key to Microsoft’s strategy
Cloud & FUD
Fear about Security – is diminishing, only 42% believe it is a greater threat
Uncertainty about integration – although often easier & quicker than moving an on premise solution
Doubts about the business case – regulatory e.g. no PCI compliance therefore prohibits some industries, cost/benefit concerns
Key Message:
Cloud Computing is the IT industry’s best effort to provide the business solutions we need in the era of the Internet
Using Cloud Services to drive productivity
John Jester, General Manager – UK EPG, Microsoft (john.jester@microsoft.com)
Change of priorities:
2008 – More for Less
2009 – Cost Reduction
2010 – Cloud.. Opportunities provided through Cloud Computing
2011 – Add capabilities to the business, more business insights but lower cost & more effective
$9.5B in R&D, 75% on Cloud related activities, 30,000 engineers on Cloud Services
$2.3B invested in Cloud Infrastructure (geo-replicated customer data, public & private, 30,000 engineers, regional DCs in Americas, EMEA, and APAC)
Cloud = more speed, agility, productivity
SharePoint – fastest product to $1B sales
show of hands for who is virtualised in the data center – about 25%, but John saw 100%..
More new servers are virtualised than not, existing install base is c. 50/50 – virtualization has worked
Office 365 – was BPOS but now with Office, plus Exchange, SharePoint, Lync
Who is using – some very large enterprises inc. >300,000 employees
Security concerns from IL0->6 – “no one wants their data in the US”
What happens if you loose your network connection? building more offline caching capabilities like Outlook
When will Office 365 be available? “in the first half of the year” June! was the answer from the 365 team
Drive Business Success: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011
Brad Wilson, General Manager – CRM, Microsoft
Microsoft claim the leader in CRM with 23,000 customers with 1,400,000 users in 80 countries with 40+ languages, and 1,200 software & services partners
100+ hosted services providers for specialized solutions and territories
Microsoft is the biggest user of Dynamics CRM with 40,000 users and 10,000 on CRM 2011
How much in the UK? Launch promotion of £22.75 per user./month for first 12 months if signed by June 30th.
Look and feel like Outlook – Office fluent, Contextual SharePoint
Lots of incentives to move from competing products such as Salesforce & Oracle
Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 commonality between SharePoint & Dynamics CRM
Release cadence for CRM online is planned to be 6-9 months, in last 30 months has been 5 releases (in US market).
Cloud Productivity Brought to Life
Hayley Bass &
Demo of a CRM online customised property sales & management application interfaced with an Azure web portal to provide a feature rich public website and back-office system utilizing Lync and SharePoint.
https://contosoproperties.cloudapp.net
https://contosoprop.sharepoint.com
Cloud Productivity in Action
Alex Montgomery, Solutions Consultant, Microsoft UK
speakers from 3 customers using CRM Online:
– NSPCC
– Wise Group www.cloudwise.com
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