2. AGENDA
• Introduction to IAMCP
• How can IAMCP help NGO’s
• How to Leverage The Cloud
International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP)
4. What is the IAMCP?
• Business network for Microsoft Partners ( Registered, Certified, Gold
Certified) as members
• A worldwide community for partnering
– Established 1994
– Close to 4,000 members
– 40 countries
– Almost 80 chapters
– EUR 5 Billion last year in deals together (according to IDC)
• Specialized companies working together fulfilling customer needs
– Specialists working together across competencies
– Competitors helping each other with manpower
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5. Our chapters in Europe today
Bulgaria
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece (starting up)
Italy
Lithuania
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Poland (starting up)
Russia
Starting up more chapters in districts outside Moscow
South Africa
Slovakia (starting up)
Sweden
Regional events in Gothenburg, Malmö, Sundsvall and Stockholm
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Regional events in Thames Valley (London), Southeast, Wales & Midlands
Sub-chapter in Scotland
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6. Our chapters in USA today
Arkansas Louisiana
Atlanta Minneapolis/St.Paul
Austin New Jersey
Boston New York City
Chicago Northern California
Cincinnati Oklahoma
Cleveland Orlando
Colorado Philadelphia
Columbus Portland
Dallas/Ft. Worth Puget Sound
Detroit San Antonio
Deep South (Mississippi & Alabama) Southern California
Florida-South Southwest
Houston St. Louis
Iowa Tampa
Jacksonville Tennessee
Kansas City Utah
Kentucky Washington DC
Las Vegas Western Michigan
Wisconsin
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7. APAC
Philippines
India
LATAM
Brazil
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Colombia
Argentina
Ecuador
CANADA
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8. IAMCP Mission
• To maximize the business potential of our
members
– Partnering
– Advocacy
– Community
– Education & Growth
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9. Community
• A forum for community outreach
– To businesses
– To individuals
– “Social Entrepreneurship”
– Support to vast array of Non Profits
– Provide Technology, Funding or “Sweat Equity”
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11. IAMCP & NGO’s
• Technology is crucial for projects
• Microsoft can provide Technology
• Challenge is in implementing Technology
• Implementation is too Expensive or sub standard
• Enter IAMCP
International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP)
12. Why IAMCP
• Largest Association of Microsoft Partners
• Accountability
• All Geographies
• All Competencies
International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP)
13. Leverage The Cloud
or
Our Experiments with The Cloud
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14. What is Cloud Computing
• Different Terms, same meaning
– SaaS
– Online Services
– Hosted Services
– Software + Services
• Shift of Data & Apps from On Premise to
the Data Centre & provision on the fly
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15. On Premise Costs
• Initial Capex
– Server Hardware & Software
– Multi level Security costs ( Firewall,UTM, AV, etc)
• On going Opex
– Implementation charges
– Electricity for 24 x 7
– Manpower for 24 x 7
– AMC of hardware & software
• Recurring Capex
– Server Hardware & Software refresh
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16. On Premise Solution- Pains
• High Capex
• Service unavailability during Migrations
• Need for Headroom leading to idle capacity
– Extra Hard Disks, CPU power
– Extra CALs
• Lack of Trained Manpower
• Lack of Geo Redundancies
• Lack of Best Practices
• Data losses due to internal Threats
• Spams, Blacklisting
• Server OS and App Patches
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17. Cloud Computing - Pains
• Is my Internet working?
• Is my Internet working?
• Is my Internet working?
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25. Coming Soon
• Sharepoint Workspace
– Sync with Sharepoint
– Maintain offline copy of the Data
– Great for places with poor Connectivity
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26. Office Communication Server
• Display & Detect presence
• Encrypted Instant Messaging over
LAN/Internet
• Integrated with MS Office
• Person to Person audio & video inside
Firewall
• Virus & Spam filtering
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28. Contact Information
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(IAMCP)
29. Contact Information
• Email: sramani@techgyan.com
• Website : India www.iamcpindia.org
• Website : International www.iamcp.org
• Facebook : Search for IAMCP India West
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