Do you want your cloud to be internal, external, private, public, hybrid, virtual, blue or green? How about all the "as a service" taxonomy: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-service (PaaS), Software-as-a-service (SaaS)or IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS). Are you confused yet?
The truth is cloud computing, as InfoWorld defines it, is "a way to increase capacity or add capabilities on the fly without investing in new infrastructure, training new personnel, or licensing new software. Cloud computing encompasses any subscription-based or pay-per-use service that, in real time over the Internet, extends IT's existing capabilities."
While all the concerns around cloud is interesting, none of the end-user benefits are directly related to whether it’s a private, public, internal, or external cloud. The main reason why companies will use cloud is to gain business advantage by reducing costs and improve productivity. Why would your customer care what cloud it is if it addresses their specific needs?
Furthermore, as technology continues to converge, business owners are looking to partner with IT solution providers that competes on the basis of overall solution value NOT just price. Leading IT companies are focusing on the core issues of cloud computing: Integration. It's a constant evaluation between the trade-off of features versus portability, scale versus control and ultimately profitable concept versus reality.
Which integration approach is right for you? Talk to us.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
ASCII Success Summit - Los Angeles 2009
Last week I attended the ASCII Success Summit in Los Angeles.
There were about 100 VARs who attended the show. I didn't get to see all the presentations as they divided the group in half in order to fit in all the presentations that day. In the future ASCII should either let members determine which presentation they want to attend or allow speakers to talk to all attending members.
The two best presentations at the event were Kent Erickson (ASCII member) from Pointivity and Ron Gavlick from Zenith Infotech.
Kent Erickson's presentation focused on the shift in the IT industry from traditional hardware sales and break/fix services to hosted services and cloud computing.
To view Kent's presentation online, click here:
http://www.slideshare.net/secret/EKSs1rVyDP1xYb
Ron's presentation focused on Zenith's Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR) device and the advantages of the BDR over traditional backup systems.
Other speakers at the ASCII Success Summit included:
- Evolve Partners on Microsoft BPOS
- ASCII Member, John Endter for Microsoft Response Point
- ASCII Member, Dave Seibert for StorageCraft
- ASCII Member, David Lawrence for Efolder
- Autotask
- Storage Guardian
- Matt Makowicz – Managed Services Books
- ARRC – HaaS Strategy
- Reflexion
I had great conversations with many of the VARs about the value of adding hosted solutions as another sales tool. A handful mentioned they are reselling Google Apps and Google Email to their customers, but when questioned about revenue all them said they are not making any revenue off the sale of Google Apps/Gmail but provided the service to the customer to maintain the relationship and desktop support and desktop sales. The same goes for SalesForce.com and other online applications. The traditional VAR is being squeezed out of the market and companies like Amazon, Google and Microsoft are providing cloud based hosting services direct to customers with little or no revenue opportunities to the VARs.
It will be interesting to see how VARs move forward and what solutions they adopt, especially cloud or hosted solutions over the next year.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Pointivity Services Delivery in 2009
We would first like to thank all of our customers for allowing Pointivity to serve your outsourced Information Technology needs. For 15 years, we have had the pleasure of interacting face to face with the majority of our Systems Integration and Advanced Hosting customers. These relationships that we have built are the core of the Pointivity values and we look forward to continuing working with all of you in the same manner in the future.
Since 1999, Pointivity has been delivering solutions to our customers that have provided a substantial ROI in comparison to traditional internal IT staffing and capital expenditure. Pointivity gained momentum during the first financial crisis in early 2000 with our offerings and we are now positioned again to leverage our financial knowledge and technology expertise to support our customers through the current economic downturn.
In today’s world, we are certain that you have been bombarded with advertisements and information related to new technologies as well as the news that Corporations must cut costs due to the state of the economy and its effects on all businesses. Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Consolidation, Collaboration, Security, Outsourcing, and Managed Services are all buzz words that continue to be used to capture the attention of the cost conscience business owner. All of this information likely leaves business owners and decision makers wondering what they can do strategically that will reduce costs and continue to support profitability and growth while taking advantage of new technology.
The Pointivity technology strategy is simple: never forget the basics, implement only proven technologies, and reduce costs while increasing productivity for the customer.
The Pointivity Outsourced IT Services Platform has evolved over 10 years and consists of flexible offerings that accommodate everything from on-site PC/network support all the way up to a model that provides end-to-end total outsourcing of a company’s IT requirements. Some of our larger customers do not maintain any internal IT staff and rely solely on Pointivity for everything from PC Anti-Virus to custom application development.
When it comes to technology support and implementation, the Pointivity solution carries a significant advantage. Our staff manages and maintains all of the aforementioned technologies on a 24x7x365 basis and has been doing so for the past 10 years. In addition, our staff not only implements a technology or service once and then revisits as needed, they continue to improve the technology implementation each and every day for thousands of end users. Although our services are focused on delivering day to day service and support to our Hosted and Managed Outsourced customers, Pointivity is able to extend this knowledge and expertise to on-site implementations more effectively due to our “always up to speed” culture.
The Pointivity data center architecture is has been designed from the outset taking into consideration shared resources and consolidation, and is now taking advantage of server virtualization technologies which will allow our customers to enjoy the benefits without making any changes to their existing day to day operations or expenditures. New customers and addendums/renewals for existing customers will continue to be implemented using proven virtualization technologies that will allow reduced pricing and enhanced service features such as disaster recovery and increased redundancy.
Pointivity is continuing to enhance its Service Delivery Platform to benefit all of our customers. Whether you are a hosted customer or an outsourced IT customer, we have been adding products that will support your business objectives and/or reduce costs. We have recently introduced some world class product offerings that provide an immediate ROI when they are compared to an on-site implementation and internal with support;
Hosted E-mail supported by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Hosted Mobility with Blackberry and ActiveSync Support
Hosted E-mail Encryption and File encryption
Hosted Message Archiving for compliance
Hosted Internet Messaging and Collaboration with compliance and archiving support
Hosted SPAM Filtering with Anti-Virus support
Hosted Internet Content Filtering
Backup and Disaster Recovery Appliance with or without support for Geographical Replication
Since 1999, Pointivity has been delivering solutions to our customers that have provided a substantial ROI in comparison to traditional internal IT staffing and capital expenditure. Pointivity gained momentum during the first financial crisis in early 2000 with our offerings and we are now positioned again to leverage our financial knowledge and technology expertise to support our customers through the current economic downturn.
In today’s world, we are certain that you have been bombarded with advertisements and information related to new technologies as well as the news that Corporations must cut costs due to the state of the economy and its effects on all businesses. Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Consolidation, Collaboration, Security, Outsourcing, and Managed Services are all buzz words that continue to be used to capture the attention of the cost conscience business owner. All of this information likely leaves business owners and decision makers wondering what they can do strategically that will reduce costs and continue to support profitability and growth while taking advantage of new technology.
The Pointivity technology strategy is simple: never forget the basics, implement only proven technologies, and reduce costs while increasing productivity for the customer.
The Pointivity Outsourced IT Services Platform has evolved over 10 years and consists of flexible offerings that accommodate everything from on-site PC/network support all the way up to a model that provides end-to-end total outsourcing of a company’s IT requirements. Some of our larger customers do not maintain any internal IT staff and rely solely on Pointivity for everything from PC Anti-Virus to custom application development.
When it comes to technology support and implementation, the Pointivity solution carries a significant advantage. Our staff manages and maintains all of the aforementioned technologies on a 24x7x365 basis and has been doing so for the past 10 years. In addition, our staff not only implements a technology or service once and then revisits as needed, they continue to improve the technology implementation each and every day for thousands of end users. Although our services are focused on delivering day to day service and support to our Hosted and Managed Outsourced customers, Pointivity is able to extend this knowledge and expertise to on-site implementations more effectively due to our “always up to speed” culture.
The Pointivity data center architecture is has been designed from the outset taking into consideration shared resources and consolidation, and is now taking advantage of server virtualization technologies which will allow our customers to enjoy the benefits without making any changes to their existing day to day operations or expenditures. New customers and addendums/renewals for existing customers will continue to be implemented using proven virtualization technologies that will allow reduced pricing and enhanced service features such as disaster recovery and increased redundancy.
Pointivity is continuing to enhance its Service Delivery Platform to benefit all of our customers. Whether you are a hosted customer or an outsourced IT customer, we have been adding products that will support your business objectives and/or reduce costs. We have recently introduced some world class product offerings that provide an immediate ROI when they are compared to an on-site implementation and internal with support;
Hosted E-mail supported by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Hosted Mobility with Blackberry and ActiveSync Support
Hosted E-mail Encryption and File encryption
Hosted Message Archiving for compliance
Hosted Internet Messaging and Collaboration with compliance and archiving support
Hosted SPAM Filtering with Anti-Virus support
Hosted Internet Content Filtering
Backup and Disaster Recovery Appliance with or without support for Geographical Replication
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