March 2017

Taking the

Mystery out of

Cloud-Based GIS

Before we start…

Facilities

Fire Alarms

Introductions

Cadcorp

Ian Usher (Pre Sales)

Gary Randle (Sales Manager)

Jeremy Thomas (Sales)

Demelza Potter (Sales)

Stephen Cox (Technical)

Customers

Say Hello!

Partners

OS

Arcus Global

Welcome to new customers

What to take away from today

Understanding

Terminology and Tools

User and partner experiences

Top Tips

About Cadcorp

UK GIS software and Web Mapping

company

Trading since 1991

More than 50,000 licences sold worldwide

UK Public Sector Customers

127 Local Government

53 Emergency Services

Taking the Mystery out of Cloud-Based GIS:

Setting the Scene

Jeremy Thomas / Demelza Potter

Cloud?

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Cloud & Cadcorp Timeline

Amazon Web

Services launched

2006Cadcorp’s

first hosted solution

2008Microsoft

Azure launched

2010

GCloudlaunched2012

GDS announce

‘Cloud First’ policy

2013Cadcorp’s

first Web Map Layers 8.0 -

based solution

2014

Sample quotes

“In 2000, when my partner Ben Horowitz was

CEO of the first cloud computing company,

Loudcloud, the cost of a customer running a

basic Internet application was approximately

$150,000 a month.”

~ Marc Andreessen, Co-founder of Netscape, Board

Member of Facebook

Now far far cheaper

Sample quotes

I started the cloud-computing firm Nerdio to

transform the way SMB buys & consumes IT. It can

be daunting — it requires high expertise, familiarity

with lots of tech, and the vetting and testing of lots of

vendors. My decision is to make that entire process

completely obsolete — you don’t have to worry

about OS, storage, etc., it becomes background,

handled by someone else. We’re packaging a whole

IT system into something that’s easy to consume.”

~ Vadim Vladimirskiy, CEO of Nerdio

Sample quotes

“Cloud is about how you do computing, not

where you do computing.”

~ Paul Maritz, CEO of Vmware

“The end of ‘Fashion-IT’ — customers will

only pay for value and not technology.

– Sunny Ghosh, Director and CEO of Wolf

Frameworks

Cloud Benefits

Cadcorp Cloud Customers

In 2016

Yes56%

Currently exploring or considering

15%

No or could not say 29%

COUNCILS WITH A CLOUD IT POLICY

Source: How cloud ready are the leading UK councils? eduserve: ttps://www.eduserv.org.uk/~/media/Insight/Reports/WEB1670%20How%20cloud%20ready%20are%20the%20leading%20UK%20councils.pdf

Government Policy….

Cloud First….

“When procuring new or existing services, public

sector organisations should consider and fully

evaluate potential cloud solutions first before

considering any other option. This approach is

mandatory for central government and strongly

recommended to the wider public sector.”

Cloud Native ??

Government Policy….

Cloud Native

Cloud Native is not just about considering cloud before other options, it’s about adapting how we organise our work to really take advantage of what’s on offer and what’s emerging.

Government Policy….

Cloud Native

Investing in staff to handle new technologies

Let staff trial new SaaS applications

Embracing new tools

Resilient, flexible and API-driven

Your authority…..

Hosted data?

Hosted software?

Shared data?

Hybrid approach? Public or

Private?

Connections?

What have we found out?

Some have “cloud first” policies

Many taking a cost / benefit approach

If it’s cheaper and offers the same or

better functionality – do it.

Cadcorp Services

Cloud Hosting

Benefits of Cloud Hosting

Reduced upfront costs

Software and hardware updates included

Data management

Speed of deployment

Performance and Flexibility

Option 1. +

Option 2. + +

Option 3. + +

What are the options?

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Technical Bit

Our experiences –

What have we heard from our existing clients

and other LAs ?

Different types – public / private / hybrid

Pitfalls - what to avoid / chasms