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How to Save Money on Your IT Infrastructure

Nate Solloway

December 4th, 2012

WHAT’S ON TAP?

• How can we best spend our out IT $$$

• Is it time for some upgrades?

• Virtualization

– VMWARE vs Hyper-V

• Data Migration– in-house or cloud?

• Email in the cloud

– Hosted Exchange, Google Apps or Office 365?

• Private Cloud Hosting vs HA Cloud

• Backups

• Physical Infrastructure

• Phone Systems

• IT Support

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HOW CAN WE SPEND OUR IT $$$?

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IS IT TIME FOR SOME UPGRADES?

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VIRTUALIZATION

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INHOUSE OR CLOUD?

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RENT OR BUY?

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YOU CAN EITHER BUILD A HOUSE OR RENT AN APARTMENT

DECISIONS, DECISIONS…

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IF YOU BUILD A HOUSE, THERE ARE A FEW IMPORTANT DECISIONS

YOU HAVE TO MAKE

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ONCE THE HOUSE IS BUILT, YOU’RE

RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE

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HOW ABOUT RENTING?

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CONSIDER A BUILDER IN YOUR CITY

BUILDS A MASSIVE NUMBER OF

APARTMENT UNITS

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A UNIT CAN EASILY BE CONVERTED INTO 2, 3, 4 MORE UNITS

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YOU CAN MAKE

FEWER, SIMPLER DECISIONS

YOU CAN START WITH ONE UNIT

AND GROW LATER, OR

DOWNSIZE

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BUT… YOU DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR UNIT

PAY AS YOU GO

JUST PAY YOUR RENT AND UTILITIES

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TAKES YOU FROM THIS…

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TO THIS!

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EMAIL IN THE CLOUD

HOSTED EXCHANGE

GOOGLE APPS

OFFICE 365

- BACKUPS

- HIGH AVAILABILITY

- SPACE

- SUPPORT

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CLOUD HOSTING OPTIONS

PRIVATE CLOUD VS HIGH AVAILABILITY CLOUD

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DISASTER RECOVERY SAVINGS

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PHYSICAL LAYER PLANNING

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PHONE SYSTEMS

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IT SUPPORT

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QUESTIONS?

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THANK YOU!

Seth Zarny

Direct: 301-279-6500

E-mail: szarny@raffa.com

Nate Solloway

Direct: 202-955-8417

E-mail: nsolloway@raffa.com

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