Name: Taking Deltek ComputerEase to the Cloud
Uploaded: 2026-04-21T19:01:00.296Z
Duration: 19 min 28 s
Description: Taking Deltek ComputerEase to the Cloud

Transcript for "Taking Deltek ComputerEase to the Cloud": Hello, everyone, and welcome to today's webinar. We're gonna give it just another minute or two while folks are trickling in. But while you're settling in, just a couple of quick housekeeping things. First, audio is coming through your computer, so make sure your volume volume is up. There's no dial in for this one. You can grab a copy of the slides through the resources widget in the right, top corner, and we will have a recording. And we will have a recording sent out to everyone within twenty four hours. So if you need to step away or share this with someone on your team, you'll have that. Feel free to drop any questions you have in the q and a box as we go, and I'll make sure we get everyone answered. Alright. So let's go ahead and dive in. So today's webinar topic is taking Deltek Computerease to the cloud. If you're on Computorese right now and you're still running it on a local server, this is going to be really relevant for you. And if you're already in the cloud, hopefully, you'll walk away feeling good about that decision. But either way, we're going to keep this pretty practical and straightforward. And just a quick intro before we dive in. I'm Danielle Model. I'm a senior solutions engineer here at Deltek Computorees. Before joining Deltek, I was actually a Computorese end user myself at a Union Electrical shop, so I've sat on your side of the table. I bring over a decade of industry experience to this role, and I just love construction and working with contractors. So with that, let's get into it. So I want to start with something, a little interactive. I'm going to throw this quick assessment up on the screen. It's nine yes or no questions. And I want you to honestly just keep a running tally of how many you can answer yes to. These are all about your financial and job data, and how it's currently being managed. So, firstly, can you easily and reliably access your financial data remotely? Are your computerease updates applied automatically, or are you chasing those down? Do you back up your data? And I don't just mean occasionally, but do you back up once a day or more? And do you actually test those backups? Is your data stored in more than one location? Is your server physically behind locked doors? Do you have more than one person managing your server and IT infrastructure? And if your server went down tomorrow, do you have a plan? So let's go ahead and go through these questions, count up your yes answers, and we'll do a quick poll and and see how it pans out. So I opened up the poll there. If you can go ahead and put in how many of these you answered yes to. I'll give about thirty seconds, and we'll share the results. And about ten more seconds here. We still have some answers trickling in. Alright. So I'll go ahead and I'll share the results of that poll. So how many questions did we all answer yes to? It looks like the majority of us are smack dab in the middle, between four and six. But what does this mean? So let's go back to our slide here. So let's see what this means. So here's what those mean. If you're that zero to three range, honestly, that's high risk territory. It looked like we did have quite a few in that zone. And we'll talk about why here in a second. Four to six, that's a moderate risk. So you have some good practices in place, but there are gaps. And seven to nine, that's a lower risk, and you have a pretty solid setup. But even if you scored well with the poll, stick with me because there's a difference between managing risk and completely eliminating it. And that's what the cloud conversation is really about. So here's the reality, and I say this not to scare anyone, but because it's it's true. Running your financial and job data on a local server, it puts your construction business at risk, and construction companies specifically are a target. And I'll get into, why that is here in just a moment. So when you're on a local server, you're exposed on a few fronts. Cyberattacks are a big one. And construction, like I said, is actually one of the most targeted industries, which a lot of people don't realize. You've also got the risk of no data backups or backups that haven't been properly tested, and they fail when you actually need them. And then there's the inflexibility of being tied to a physical location to access your data. Aging hardware, you know, that could eventually just die on you and you have to replace. And then, straight up server failure, which if it happens in the middle of a busy job season or, you know, a really busy time, that's a that's a bad day. So let's put some real context around those. Data loss. If you're not backing up regularly, one bad event and your data is gone. And think about what it would mean to lose your job cost history and your payroll records, your accounts payable, the business disruption. Construction ranks first among all industries for cyberattacks, so that's not a statistic to gloss over. And then there's the workflow piece. If your people can't access the system remotely, whether that's your project managers checking job costs from the field or, you know, maybe your accountant, who's working from home, that's a bottleneck that can slow everything down. So cloud hosting protects your business, and let's let's flip that around. So in the cloud, you have automatic backups, so your data is always current and you can actually trust what you're looking at. You have business continuity, meaning if something goes sideways, you're not scrambling, and your data is safe and accessible. And your teams have the flexibility to work from wherever they need to be. That could be the office, the job site, home, wherever. For a construction company where your people are spread out, that's really important. It it matters a lot. So the cloud really comes down to three things for computer ease users. Eliminating that local server risk, so your jobs and your accounting keep running smoothly, making sure your data is accurate and protected, and giving your teams the flexibility they need so they can do their jobs without being strapped to one location. So let's break each of those down a little bit more. So on the data accuracy side, automatic backups mean you're not relying on someone to remember to run a backup or hoping the backup actually worked. It happens automatically. It gets tested, and you've got disaster recovery built in. And we're talking 99.9% uptime. So the system is where is there when you need it to be. And for a contractor who's trying to close out a month or you have to pay your people, pull a certified payroll report, that reliability is huge. Security wise, you've got twenty four seven monitoring, ransomware, and virus protection. And the cloud environment holds, accreditations that most small to midsize construction companies simply couldn't replicate on their own. You know, think about what it would take to build that level of security infrastructure in house, the cost, the expertise, the office resources, the ongoing maintenance. In our cloud, we handle all of that for you. And then flexibility. This one I hear a lot from contractors. Your project managers, they want to pull job cost data from the field. Owners, they want to check financials from, you know, their iPad. The accounting team might be split between the office and working remotely. In the cloud, everyone gets access from the device that they're on, and you can set role based permissions so people see what they need to and nothing more. It just it removes a lot of the friction between everyone, who's trying to get their work done. Just so you know, you're not jumping into something unproven. Computerease has over 1,700 companies running Computerease in the cloud right now, with more than 13,000 total users. So this is a well established cloud environment. These are contractors just like you who made the move, and they're running their businesses on it successfully every day. And I actually have a customer quote for you all. Carl Griffith over at ERW Site Solutions, he's their senior vice president of operations. He said moving to the cloud was a game changer for them. And that's a pretty common reaction. Once companies make the move, they typically wonder why they waited so long to do so. Another customer testimony, James Stines, he's the CFO at Venture Mechanical, talked about the flexibility and security moving to the cloud has given them, being able to operate from anywhere. For a mechanical contractor who has people in the field and in the office, that's exactly the kind of thing that makes a real difference day to day for them. So let's talk about what the actual move looks like because I think this is where people sometimes hesitate. They picture a big, painful IT project and a ton of downtime, and it's really it's not it's not bad. So here's how it works. Step one, you sign the order, and we get a contract set up that fits your team. Step two, you meet with one of our consultants. These are our cloud experts, and they're going to make sure the transition is mapped out and smooth for you. Step three, it's really straightforward. We just need your users to all log out of Computeres at a scheduled time. And then step four, we migrate your data. So the whole thing can be done in as few as three business days. And that's three business days to be off your local server and in the cloud. And that's a that's a pretty remarkable turnaround when you think about it. One more thing I want to touch on while we're here, and this is a little adjacent but really relevant for a lot of contractors, is the Computery's payroll services. If you're handling payroll in house, you know how complex it can get in construction. Certified payroll, multi state, changing roles, having to do time sheets, Our payroll services team helps take that burden off your plate. You'll get accurate, on time tax compliance. We can handle the local tax, state, federal levels, And everything lives in one system, so there's no double entry. You'll have real time dashboards and reporting for your labor hours, and your workforce data is accessible anytime and anywhere. So it's definitely worth a conversation if payroll is something that's taking up more time than it should for you right now. So with that, I'll go ahead, and, we'll take a last poll of the day. Would you like to be contacted to learn more about Computerease in the cloud? Yes or no. I'll go ahead and open the poll up. And no pressure either way. This just helps our team know who to follow-up with. So thank you all for participating in that. I'll leave this open for just a few moments. There we go. Now it should be open. So would you like to be contacted to learn more about Deltek ComputerEase in the cloud? And while, the polling question is open, I'll go ahead and go over some of the q and a that's come in. So the first one, this one's actually about the payroll service. Are the payroll services included in the payroll module? They are, included in the payroll module but for an additional cost, and we can reach out and explain how that works and, give you an idea of what it would cost for for your organization. I'll go ahead, and I'm gonna close out that polling question there. Alright. So, next q and a, how long does the migration tip typically take? So that's a great question, and I did say it can be done in as few as three business days. But, you know, that's that's, on the low end, and it depends on your schedule when you can have everybody log out of Computery so that we can do the migration. But when you meet with your data strategy consultant who works with you to make sure everything is mapped out and make sure everything goes smoothly, they can give you the exact timeline. But it's a really painless process, compared to what you would expect. And, you know, like I said, it can be done in as few as as three business days. So we can get you up in the cloud pretty quickly. Can I access Computease from my iPad once I'm in the cloud? Yes. That's actually one of the things people love most about it. Once you're in the cloud, you can access Computorees from, any device with a with a browser. Works best on, you know, iPad, tablet, a laptop, but, yes, with that remote connection, you could look at Computerease on your iPad. Oh, we are a new cloud customer. Waiting for the migration team to contact me. Okay. Very good. Well, I'm sure you're in the queue, but we can follow-up on that. Do software updates happen automatically in the cloud? Yes. And that is that's a big one for a lot of folks because one of the things that goes away when you move to the cloud is having to manage the updates yourself or reach out to your IT person to do that for you. With the cloud, they happen automatically, typically overnight, so you're always on the most current version without anyone on your team having to do anything. Is our data stored securely? How do we know it's protected? Security is one of the strongest arguments for the Cloud over a local server. You have twenty four seven monitoring, SOC two compliance, ransomware and virus protection, and the environment holds industry accolades that most contractors wouldn't replicate on their own. So your data is honestly safer in the Cloud most likely than it is on your server in your back office unless you have a in house dedicated IT team that's monitoring, you know, twenty four seven and testing all of your backups, etcetera. Alright. Well, we're just about, we're just about at time and I think I've hit most of the questions. For the ones that I have not gotten to, we'll follow-up with you after the webinar, directly. But I wanted to thank everyone for sticking with me and, we'll be in touch soon. Thank you all.