Discover the benefits of moving to the cloud with our
Right Time to Move Online Calculator
Are you in the best position to take advantage of the business upturn and get the best from your IT investments?
This short, self-assessment tool is designed to determine if the time is right for you to move and benefit from Microsoft’s cloud-based services, delivered by Avanade.
Under the pressure to reduce costs, improve communications and achieve real dynamic scalability many companies are moving to cloud-based computing. In particular, moving messaging and collaboration systems to hosted online services can reduce operational and capital costs, while improving your productivity and business agility.
To receive an analysis of the potential savings for your company, based on the experience of our customers, please complete all of the answers in the tool. Register your contact details at the end and we will email you a copy of the results.
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CAPABILITIES
1. Which elements does your email and collaboration solution need to cover? [Tick all that apply]
Email
Shared workplaces/applications
Instant Messaging
Conferencing
CAPACITY
2. How many users do you have?
More than 1000
More than 5000
More than 20,000
3. Do you think you have challenges with your current platform?
Yes
No
COLLABORATION
4. What is the average mailbox size of your users?
0.2 GB or more
0.5 GB or more
1GB or more
5. How many collaboration solutions do you have?
None
One main platform
Several
6. What is the average size of your collaboration sites?
1GB or more
10GB or more
20GB or more
7. How many sites on average do you have?
10 or more
100 or more
1000 or more
CURRENT PLATFORM
8. What email and collaboration platform do you currently use? (Select the main option that applies)
IBM
Google
Novell
Mixed platform
Microsoft
Other
9. Do you use a distributed or centralized model?
Distributed
Centralized
10. How many servers support your email and collaboration solution?
More than 10
More than 100
More than 500
11. How many Full-Time Equivalent specialists are needed to support your email and collaboration solution?
More than 1
More than 3
More than 10
12. Is your present email and collaboration solution outsourced?
Yes
No
Partially
REDUNDANCY AND AVAILABILITY
13. Do you have corporate regulatory policies regarding archiving and retention?
Not really
Yes, but not fully understood or implemented
Yes, clearly defined and implemented
14. Do you currently have a secondary redundant data centre to ensure the availability of services?
Yes
Not yet, although we plan to shortly
No
15. How often do you experience unplanned downtime in your email and collaboration solution?
Daily
Weekly
Monthly or less frequently
THANKS FOR ANSWERING THOSE KEY ANALYSIS QUESTIONS
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Enegry and utilities
Financial services
Pharmaceuticals
Public sector
Manufacturing
Retail
Telecoms and media
Transport and logistics
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