The Death of the Traditional Enterprise

Or the Rebirth of an IT department

Zuzanna Pasierbinska-Wilson, VP Marketing, Huddle@huddlesuz

Quick introduction Huddle is the leader in enterprise

cloud collaboration and content management

We help teams manage projects, files and people securely

85,000 businesses using Huddle in more than 180 countries

Customers include Kia Motors, AKQA, HTC, Disney, Boots, P&G

People are accustomed to using simple, flexible web-based tools to communicate with people in their social lives, and they want this ease of use to be available in

the enterprise.

If people have the ability to buy software apps on their smartphones they will expect the same power and simplicity to be available in the workplace.

ABI Research has revealed that nearly 8bn apps were downloaded in 2010!

Consumerization of IT at work

Disconnect? What disconnect? Employers don't seem to know how many or

what consumer technologies are in use in their workplace.

Workers are dissatisfied with the level of support IT provides for consumer technologies.

More than half of workers believe that can store personal data on the company network

Even though 95% of employees use self-purchased technologies for work, 70% employers want to buy standardized technologies for them.

IT department is still stuck in a top-down command and control paradigm

There is a need for IT to get with the program and understand the world is going to be different and

demand a much more transparent and agile method of IT delivery in the future (Accenture)

But it doesn’t have to be a battle…

IT professionals need to balance the demands for flexibility and control

SaaS and ‘the cloud’ have come of age

IT’s concerns about security, control, adoption and ROI are unfounded

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And saves money too

What about security?

SaaS tools, such as Huddle, fully integrated with legacy systems like

SharePoint and desktop tools like Microsoft Office

And integration?

A different type of

adoption

90% of our customers’ users are actively

using Huddle

Hope for the enterprise in the unlikeliest of places

Your shopping list

Are you ready?

Hosted email and apps

Collaboration and content management

CRM and ERP

Helpdesk

Billing, accounts and expenses

Backup / file management

Company communications

1. They’re drop dead simple2. They’re super fast to implement

3. Thanks to open API they will integrate

4. They’re actually pleasant to use!

Common traits of cloud-based technologies

Any questions?

Zuzanna P.-Wilson / zuzanna@huddle.com / @huddlesuz