Cloud Based Solutions Workshop Barry Goldin October 1, 2014 Agenda • • • • Seating in defined workgroups to ensure diversity Scenario based exercise Document findings on provided worksheets Timeframe – Introduction – 5 minutes – Collaborative Workshop – 25 minutes – Group reports – 30 minutes 2 Workshop • Review Scenario – Discussion/Idea Exchange – Document Findings • Key benefits/capabilities than can be provided to solve the documented concerns • Possible security/privacy concerns that need to be addressed • Service offering or options that should be proposed • Financial model and/or ROI analysis • Implementation plan for your firm to be able to provide this offering 3 Scenario 1 • Higher Education/University environment – Often have challenges with scheduling and maintenance of rooms due to the variety of users and uses of the rooms. – Have a wide variety of user skill levels with the systems and therefore get misuse/lack of use of the capabilities that the university invested in – lines are blurring between AV & IT • Goals – – – – – – – Revamp digital media / messaging platforms Emergency broadcast systems Looking to extend their classrooms virtually beyond their physical campus Would like to support capturing, curating and sharing the content Want to better support guest lecturers Looking for a solution to increase utilization and confidence in the systems ‘Flip’ the classroom 4 Scenario 2 • Enterprise Corporate environment – – – – – – – – – • Have many AV and VTC solutions implemented across the country of varying ages Existing VTC infrastructure is 3-5 years old and does not support all new systems Have a proposal for $250K to upgrade the VTC infrastructure Also looking for a way to better schedule the AV and VTC rooms as there are often conflicts or people get bumped out by others that need the room. End User support and Break /Fix are putting increased demands on the HQ IT staff Don’t have a good handle on the usage of VTC or AV rooms No standards for various rooms across the country Don’t know what assets they have Can’t be proactive in the management of these Goals – Solve interoperability problems – Enhance collaboration & ease of Use 5 Scenario 3 • Small-Medium Business (SMB) environment – Have AV and VTC systems at their five office locations across five states . – Do not have any VTC infrastructure and currently only do VTC meetings point to point – Have one IT person in HQ who supports users in the five offices and travels to each office to do PC setup, network configuration, and other onsite support. – Have Enterprise-company system requirements, small business budget • Goals: – – – – – Want to Future Proof their technology Don’t want to host their own systems, cannot support them internally Want to alleviate support headaches Want to take advantage of sophisticated collaboration technologies to leverage their team more broadly No budget for Capital expenditures, looking for monthly OPEX solution 6 Cloud Based Solutions Workshop Contact Information: Barry Goldin President - Unified AV Systems 120 Interstate N. Pkwy, Suite 314 | Atlanta, GA 30339 [email protected] | www.unifiedav.com o: 404.698.4026 | m: 404.985.9267 7