Lotus Foundations New Thinking for Small Business

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1 Lotus Foundations New Thinking for Small Business Julie Reed Lotus Foundations - IBM Licensed Materials Property of IBM Corp.

2 Small business is still big business Business with less than 100 employees: comprise close to 50% of the under 1000 employee spend represent a significant, untapped market segment require easy to install, easy to maintain, affordable solutions need quick integration and rapid deployment of applications are showing increased interest in appliance solutions are in need of alternatives to the current market solutions

3 Today s Small Business Environment Challenges Small Business Requirements Limited budget No hassle, affordable solutions Little or no in-house IT expertise Collaboration, integration of applications Reliability Dependable support IT complexity makes it difficult to focus on business Insufficient protection of valuable business information Allow staff to focus on business Designed to accommodate growth

4 IBM Lotus Foundations Start is an all-in-one software appliance for every small business and collaboration Choice of clients: Notes, Webmail and support for MS Outlook Office tools: spreadsheets, presentation and documents Network infrastructure, firewall, VPN, secure remote access Backup Firewall VPN Remote Access AntiSpam AntiVirus Web Server File management Backup, Disaster Recovery AntiVirus and AntiSpam File & Print Server Mail Server Office Productivity

5 Lotus Foundations is optimized for small business Complete IT environment for employees No on-site IT required Deploys in under 30 minutes No monitor, no DVD, no keyboard Remotely managed Self configuring Self healing Delivered via IBM Business Partners

6 The Lotus Foundations Appliance Balances performance, affordability and ease of use Easy installation and configuration, requires minimal on site maintenance Includes core Foundations software to enable easy disaster recovery A fully enclosed hot swap backup drive to fully enable all of the features of the Foundations Intelligent Disk Backup (idb) system Easy to use LCD control panel allows you to configure, set and manage the network without the need of a monitor or keyboard With a touch of the button on the control planel, the appliance can backup and recover your data and restore your date and restore core system functions automatically Key benefits of an IBM hardware solution including worldwide availability and flexible support options Designed for Lotus Foundations, 2 models available LCD Display Backup Cartridge OS on a Chip

7 Lotus Foundations is optimized for small businesses Family of on-premise software servers optimised for small businesses delivered through business partners

8 Time for Change in Small Business Primary solutions today require regular on-site assistance for upgrades and patches. Backup is a difficult process often involving tapes or other media that needs to be inserted in a specific order and rotation. Customer relationship with their IT business partner is typically based on an hourly rate for installation and break / fix. Existing solutions can require 8-15 hours a month just for patches. Small business is dependent on availability of IT support on site to resolve system issues Upgrades of existing solutions require extensive planning and services for deployment Existing solutions have artificial licensing barriers above 75 users and above 300 users. Customer is required to grow infrastructure and pay a higher price for licenses as they grow. Partners build their business around value, guarantees, etc.

9 Imagine a World Where Systems install and configure themselves with minimal human interaction No DVDs to load Completely remotely managed Patches and upgrades are less frequent and only one click away New capabilities are download automatically They are then installed and configured automatically Worries about extended downtime or loss of critical data don't exist Autonomics to self heal, bare metal recovery Automatic backups, easy to move offsite, easy to restore There is no artificial barrier to growth in a small business No complicated licensing models Not forced to buy more equipment by licensing models Add applications to meet business needs Reliable support, predictable IT costs One vendor for HW and SW with unlimited, free support The ability for business partners to offer customers a subscription offering vs an hourly rate for break/fix

10 What s coming in Lotus Foundations Start? 2009 themes Extend offering to new communities: enterprise satellite office, emerging markets, industries Support for additional applications Add new capabilities that small businesses need as they grow

11 Support for Microsoft Windows and other applications Provides Lotus Foundations customers the benefit of a stable Linux-based system while enjoying the ability to support the wide array of applications. Provides virtualization technology as an add on to Lotus Foundations Start to host any guest operating system supported by VMware Server 2.0. If there is an unplanned Microsoft Windows outage, the business can still access its operating system, virtual private network and server without rebooting Lotus Foundations. Business partners benefit as they no longer have to go onsite to diagnose Windows system crashes or blue screens.

12 Supporting Domino branch offices Support deployment of Lotus Foundations as branch office solution for organizations with existing Lotus Domino infrastructure at head office. Deploy Lotus Foundations in branch office but manage Lotus Foundations domino server as another domino server in the enterprise Lotus Domino administration and user management for Foundations - done from Lotus Domino enterprise server Lotus Foundations services administration - done either from branch office or locally

13 Pricing and Licensing Lotus Foundations Start software is available in two license options Lotus Foundations Start Server License ( 221 per server *) Lotus Foundations Start Authorized User License ( 144 per user* ) Both server and user licenses are required Lotus Foundations Appliance is also available Two models Pricing varies based on options selected Example Pricing : Lotus Foundations Entry Appliance with server license and 5 users : 3400 (*approximate) Lotus Foundations Branch Office Pricing to be announced

14 Empower the small business today! IBM is dedicated to the small business market Lotus Foundations Start is your window into a dynamic, fast growing market Lotus Foundations Start provides a complete, superior IT solution optimized for small businesses Lotus Foundations Start gives the power of choice a highly reliable, secure and easy-to-use server alternative

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