TimberCloud Webinar 02-19-13

TimberCloud Webinar Get the Freedom of the Cloud!

Free Webinar from Ledgerwood Associates, Inc.

PRESENTING:

Kent Sorensen – Director of Marketing, Ledgerwood Associates

877-918-8301

Greg Forshey – President, Trapp Online 877-942-2568

ARE WE ON THE CLOUD NOW?

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION of LEDGERWOOD ASSOCIATES, INC. NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION | 2012 | #3

What is the Cloud, Exactly?


Disruptive Technologies

Disruptive technologies are game changers

Cloud computing is a disruptive technology that will forever change the way software is delivered and used

Automobiles

Personal Computers

iPod

Cloud Computing


Doesn’t Change the Way You Work

Accounting applications

Email – MS Exchange & Outlook

Scanning and printing

Third party apps

“The things we do every day, email, printing, scanning, document storage, exporting to Excel, they all work seamlessly, and I don’t get any complaints from employees.”

- Glen Adams, Principal, Coaction Group Sage Timberline Office User on Macs


Why do I want the Cloud?

Reduced capital expenditures

Lower IT total cost of ownership (TCO)

Fewer IT headaches

Expanded access

Improved productivity

Predictable IT costs

Be a budget hero


How Does the Cloud Save Me money?

Economies of scale

Pay as you go

Interest expense (on equipment lease or investment)

Electrical power ($525 per year per 500 watt server)

Maintenance

Fewer upgrades

Fewer backups

Reduced IT tech support

(at $125/hr. or more)

SpiceWorks – State of SMB IT Report 2H 2012

http://www.spiceworks.com/voice-of-it/





Cloud Adoption in Construction is Accelerating

“…55% [of construction companies] plan to invest in IT departments in 2012.

However, companies… are searching for ways to avoid large-scale upfront

investments.

Cloud-computing is one way to do this, and 24% plan to switch financial, job

cost, or operational software to the cloud this year.

Another interesting trend is approximately 33% would consider investing in

new financial or job cost software if they could lease the technology.”

- Constructech Magazine, February, 2012


The Cloud Fits Construction

Pay only for what you need to fit your workload

Easy setup for field and office users

Mobile Access

Mobile Apps


What is TimberCloud?

Hosting or outsourced Cloud

Secure Phoenix data center used by hundreds of companies

Puts your licensed versions of Sage 300 / Timberline Office on the Cloud

Also works with Sage 100 / Master Builder and QuickBooks

No feature loss


Enhances the Way You Work

Greatly expanded Access

Anytime, anywhere

Mac users in the office

Ipads, Android or Windows tablets and smart phones

Front office/field vs. Back office users

Less to Manage Onsite

Fewer backups

Upgrades – no workstations


How TimberCloud Reduces IT Maintenance

“Maintaining Timberline in the Cloud environment is now less expensive than the traditional LAN.”

Save 22% on IT support for workstations (getting older workstations to run timberline)

Save 50% or more on upgrade costs (No longer upgrade individual workstations)

Save time doing fewer backups (Data is continually backed up at a secure location)


Brief TimberCloud Demo


TimberCloud Cost Justification TimberCloud vs. Company Server

Sage 100 – Actual Recent Example

Lower Upfront Costs

Lower Monthly Costs

Improved Productivity


TimberCloud has Low or No Startup Costs!

*Sage 300 migration and setup starts at $1,000


Monthly Operating Costs are Projected to be Less Than Half with TimberCloud


Productivity Gains Alone Could Pay for TimberCloud*

• Estimates for this company based on actual configuration and speed


Other Benefits

Anywhere, anytime access

Access from Mac and mobile devices

Fewer IT Headaches Maintaining Fewer Computers

Outsourced IT experts

Updates and upgrades

Scalable

Big jobs

Changes in the economy

Easy to get started

Minimal training


Concerns

Reliability – 99.5%+ uptime

Features – No loss of functionality

Data Security

Individual servers (physical or virtual)

Secure Data Center

Regular redundant backups

Data encryption

Disaster recovery (fire, flood, theft, sabotage)


Migrating to TimberCloud is Easy

Transition includes:

A senior Sage Certified Consultant trained and experienced in the migration process

Flexible migration schedule

No loss of functionality

Minimal downtime

No hidden costs

Training and a short learning curve

“I can’t find enough words to express what a great job Kathy did with the migration!”

— Sonny Jumani, Tulfra Realty

Put it all on the Cloud!

• Licensed versions of Sage Timberline Office/Sage 300 or Sage Master Builder/Sage 100

• Current & historical data as specified

• All of your modules

• Custom Reports and Inquires

• Third party applications

• Your desktop


What about Sage Construction Anywhere?

Sage Construction and Real Estate’s Cloud Offering

Rolled out in phases

R1 is limited in scope, basically cloud access to reports

R2 February, 2013 – Remote Time Entry, Project Docs

R3 Q2, 2013 – Expense & Equipment Tracking, Productivity/Production Units, % Complete

Complements TimberCloud

TimberCloud puts existing functionality on the Cloud

Construction Anywhere will add new operational functionality and web access for other project participants

Sage Construction Cloud Services

Other Cloud

Services

Mobility

Core Services


Coaction Group on TimberCloud

“Putting our Timberline applications on the cloud saves money and eliminates all of the usual IT problems…The data security of the cloud means I can sleep at night.”

“Anyone who’s worked on a network picks up on it with no problem at all.”

- Glen Adams, Principal, Coaction Group

“I don’t have to think about doing backups anymore. I used to have to think about it twice every day; it was awful.”

- Lindsie Perry, “The Queen of Cheap”, Controller, Coaction Group

Who should get it? • Planning a server upgrade

• Have multiple locations

• Want field or home access

• Preparing for growth

• Want to save money on IT

Question and Answer Please ask or type your question.

Kent Sorensen 877-918-8301

[email protected]

www.ledgerwoodassociatesusa.com

Greg Forshey 877-942-2568

[email protected] www.trapponline.com

http://www.ledgerwoodassociatesusa.com/

http://www.trapponline.com/


How to get started

Call today to get pricing and implementation information and qualify for a free 30 day trial!

Call or email this week to get the Coaction Group case study sent to you (Timberline Office on TimberCloud)!

Call anytime to arrange a TimberCloud demo!

877-918-8301 www.ledgerwoodassociatesusa.com

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