Slides from a presentation by Unidev CEO Greg Alexander discussing Cloud Computing, including information on Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Infrastructure as a Service.

1. Cloud Computing
Microsoft Azure

2. What is a data center?
It is where your shared computer resources are.

3. What is the “Cloud”

4. Existing infrastructure is limiting

5. Cloud supports an Omni-Channel world

7. Cloud Marketplace

8. Why move to the Cloud?
Unlimited resources and tools
Makes collaboration and sharing easy
Enables Rapid development of new products and
processes
Security, flexibility
No obsolescence
May lower costs
Rental vs capital expense

9. Software as a Service

10. Platform as a Service
Web Application Deployment
Accounting systems such as Dynamics GP
Offsite backup

11. Infrastructure as a Service
Replace your on-premise servers
Temporary Test and Development Systems
Flexibility

12. What else can I do?
 Machine Learning Tools
 APIs (such as translation, image recognition or voice recognition)
 Test different platforms
 Automation
 Big Data
 IoT
 Data Set Access

13. Resources
Security
 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trustcenter
Pricing
 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
Free one month trial
 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
Workpress site
 https://gregtest3.azurewebsites.net