Howdy Virgil,
What you need your solution to do -- i.e. what do you/will you have, what
do people need to be able to do, what kind of integrations you need, what
kind of local expertise you have, and long term objectives -- should drive
your decision. Could you say more about your needs?
kyle
On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Virgil Fuller <
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> Hi Everyone
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> We've been researching cloud options at our public library and we think one
> of these three would best fit our needs:
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> Google Cloud <https://cloud.google.com/>
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> Office 365
> <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/products/office/default.aspx>
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> Egnyte <https://www.egnyte.com/>
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> We have a few questions before we move any further:
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> 1) Is there one that you prefer and/or used?
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> 2) Would it be straight forward to migrate our server data to any of
> these platforms?
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> 3) We've read that some services charge per item, which leads to the
> bigger question, how do we get billed and would it be cost effective to do
> away with the on site server?
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> I would like to point out that our ILS is hosted elsewhere and not getting
> moved to any of these. We would be using whatever service we go with mainly
> for shared document access among staff and for storing computer backups.
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> Thanks in advance!
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> Virgil Fuller
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> Reference and Historical Collection Librarian
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> Rockingham Free Public Library
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> 65 Westminster St
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> Bellows Falls, VT 05101
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> 802.463.4270
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> <http://www.rockinghamlibrary.org/> www.rockinghamlibrary.org
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