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Aug. 24, 2011

Kshitiz Verma and 4 other people answered this question

If a company is looking to move from one cloud provider to another, how long should it take?

This is a typical scenario of Cloud Migration. Before opting any Cloud services, a customer should be very clear on the given points below to make clear decision making.
• Governance and Enterprise Risk Management
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• Electronic Discovery
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What is the approximate per user cost of an email system for an SMB?

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July 18, 2011

Andrew Kordek answered this question at this roundtable

Do Small Businesses Have Their Heads in the Cloud? [7/14 @ 11 am]

Hi Brian,
Can you clarify your question a bit? Are you talking about the per user cost of someone that runs the email system or are you talking about the CPM rate of the subscribers within your system.
These are 2 very different numbers.
Andrew Kordek
Co-Founder, Trendline Interactive
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Is the business risk of depending on a thin internal IT staff greater or less than Cloud provider?

July 17, 2011

Robert Keahey and 1 other person answered this question at this roundtable

Do Small Businesses Have Their Heads in the Cloud? [7/14 @ 11 am]

The question tends to infer that the internal IT staff performs the same functions that would be (or are) provided by the cloud provider. Unless you are a company that operates solely from each employee's personal digital device of choice via public internet connections, then ... more

What's the one thing most decision makers at small businesses misunderstand about cloud computing?

July 15, 2011

Andrew Baker and 1 other person answered this question at this roundtable

Do Small Businesses Have Their Heads in the Cloud? [7/14 @ 11 am]

Thanks, Kevin

What are the top 3 things SMB decision makers should think about or re-think when considering cloud?

July 15, 2011

Andrew Baker answered this question at this roundtable

Do Small Businesses Have Their Heads in the Cloud? [7/14 @ 11 am]

#1 - What is the actual business benefit that I intend to derive from this implementation?
#2 - Have I accurately and thoroughly assessed the risks this change will bring, and do I have enough in place to mitigate those risks?
#3 - What happens if one ... more

What are the Cloud services SMBs are most interested in?

July 14, 2011

Michael Allen answered this question at this roundtable

Do Small Businesses Have Their Heads in the Cloud? [7/14 @ 11 am]

For small businesses, integration is becoming a key factor in deciding what software to get.
SMBs have commonly gone the route of using separate apps to manage CRM, projects, billing, etc. The problem becoming commonplace now, is that these single-purpose apps offer little integration and ... more

What are some of the specific companies or offerings SMB decision makers should definitely look at?

July 14, 2011

Brielle Nikaido asked a question at this roundtable

Do Small Businesses Have Their Heads in the Cloud? [7/14 @ 11 am]

What cloud business offerings do you view as being most valuable to most SMB decision makers?

July 14, 2011

Brielle Nikaido asked a question at this roundtable

Do Small Businesses Have Their Heads in the Cloud? [7/14 @ 11 am]