Cloud Services

Off-site email applications

• Email is a staple
• Detailed electronic communication
• A challenge to maintain
• Expensive hardware and storage
• Trained support team
• Ongoing backup and maintenance
• Cloud-based email hosting
• Flat cost per user per month
• Personal options may have no direct cost
• Looks and feels the same for the user
• Microsoft Office 365, Google Mail
Cloud file storage services
• Store your files in the cloud
• Access, share, and edit from anywhere
• Easy to collaborate - One place for all files
• Synchronization app
• Store files on a local drive
• The app synchronizes to the cloud
• Sync files to other devices
• Cloud storage providers
• Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Microsoft OneDrive
Virtual application streaming

• On-demand applications
• No local installation
• Globally distributed
• User starts the application
• The components are downloaded as needed
• If you don’t use a component, you don’t download it
• User data is stored securely in the cloud
• Easy to update
• The application is in one place
• Some data is cached, only update the changes
Application streaming

• Mobile phones / tablets

• Run an app (or portion of an app) in real-time
• Try many different apps or components
• Can be cached locally for later use
• Applications for laptop/desktops
• No complex deployment process
• Apps are only streamed if they are used
• New applications are simply added to
the cloud offering
• Quickly manage and make changes
Cloud-hosted virtual desktops
• A virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) in the cloud
• Users connect to a pre-built desktop
• Access from almost any OS
• Windows, Mac OS, Linux,
• iOS, Chromebook, web browser
• Virtual NIC
• All communication in the desktop are local to the
virtual desktop
• No sensitive information sent from the local device