How To Get Started in the CLOUD

ContentsWhat is Cloud Computing?Benefits – Cloud & Hybrid HostingWhat can Clouds do for ME?When to use the Cloud?How to get started?Landscape & Differentiators

How are YOU doing your Hosting now?Self-HostedHow do you do Cooling, Power, Security, etc?Is it cost-effective?SharedDon’t you want to grow easily?DedicatedCan you scale?How long to deploy?ColocationPremium pricing?CloudsDo you have full control?Are you satisfied with features?

What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud Computing is…ProgrammaticSharedAbstractionPay as you goOver the InternetSelf-serviceUse only what you needScalable…On-Demand!

Being an “aaS”SaaS – Software as a ServicePaaS– Platform as a ServiceIaaS – Infrastructure as a Service

The “Cloud Pyramid”Cloud Services economy is a pyramidLayers equate structureBuilding blocks: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)Platform-as-a-Serice (PaaS)Applications (SaaS)Breadth vs. Niche

The "Cloud Pyramid"Describes Cloud Services EconomyBuilding blocks: IaaS -> PaaS -> SaaSGoogleApp Engine

BenefitsCloud Computing & Hybrid Hosting

Benefits of the CloudNot confined to Small Discipline of ITAll aspects of Computing & ITServersLoad BalancersFirewallsNetworksStorageSoftwareDo Smarter!

Cloud computing economics30,000,000 servers are not in the cloud. Yet.Average server 10% utilized. Not green. Wastes green.CapEx to OpExUse only what you needTurn stuff offScale easily

Cloud vs. Physical ServersOver-spending on Infrastructure!Over-spending on Infrastructure!DemandOver-spending on Infrastructure!Time

Cost of Ownership MythMyth - “It’s more expensive in the Cloud”“Cheaper to buy your gear and & divide by 36 months”. AKA “The McKinsey Myth”Reality – Nobody can estimate their true needs 3 years outCloud pricing coming down

What can Clouds do for Me?Helping Startups, SMBs, SMEs, Gov’t, Enterprise

Do Just About Anything!QA/Dev/Demo/Training environmentsDisaster RecoveryReplacement for existing physical infrastructuresStatistical Analysis & Bulk Processing…the sky’s the limit!Why are these suitable for cloud? You “own” your complete environment. Turn off at night, easy to deploy & replicate

When to useBest scenarios to use Cloud Computing

Not a Single SolutionPure Cloud vs. HybridDedicated or Colocated Back-endHigh I/O performanceComplianceManaged ServicesCloud Front-endHorizontal scalabilityDynamicSelf-Service

How to get StartedBest ways to start using the Cloud

Try it!Self-serviceEvaluate VendorsDecide on the Cloud Pyramid layerInfrastructure – complete controlPlatform – framework (Java, Ruby, .NET, Python) controlApplication – more of a business use, not hosting

Landscape & differentiatorsThe competitive landscape & key differentiators

GoGrid vs. Amazon Web ServicesCloudcentersGoGrid is established leaderDatacenter model ‘in-the-sky’Standards-based datacenter-like infrastructureReal, contiguous, persistent IPs and VLANsPersistent data storageInfrastructure Web ServicesAWS is established leaderWeb service model, pick and choose services ‘a la carte’Great for developersProprietary interfaces

What is GoGrid?Private Server Images!Public & Private CloudsWindows & Linux Servers in the CloudWeb-based Portal & APIFULL root or Admin accessConnect via SSH or RDCFree f5 Load BalancingFree Dedicated Public & Private Networks/IP’sFree Support

GoGrid v2.0!Announced for CloudWorld 2009!MyGSIs = Private Server ImagesImaging of serversVertical & horizontal scalabilityCloningStore images cheaply on Cloud StorageEasy 3-Step ProcessCreate Image SandboxConfigure & Run Prep ScriptSave Image

GoGrid Portal

GoGrid Portal – Add a Server

GoGrid - MyGSIs

Hardware “in the Cloud”Only GoGrid currently delivers Cloud Computing with:Real, contiguous blocks of static IP addressesReal VLANs (Public/Private)Persistent StorageWindows 2008 and SQL ServerIncluded f5 enterprise-grade load balancingSupport for “hybrid” cloud / dedicated GoGrid “Cloud Connect”PCI compliance with dedicated DB serverCustom physical hardware managed or colocatedAJAX GUI & Open API standard specification for “cloudcenters”

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Contact InformationJohn KeagyCEO/Co-Founder of GoGrid & ServePathEmail: john@gogrid.comMichael SheehanTechnology Evangelist for GoGrid & ServePathEmail: michael@gogrid.comSite: http://www.GoGrid.comBlog: http://blog.GoGrid.com