Support material for a paper on this theme, exploring the current state of cloud computing and its implications for the enterprise, and presenting a case study on the successful adoption of this technology for a big construction company.

1. CLOUD COMPUTING IN THE ENTERPRISE: A perspective DAVID RAMIREZ Prairie View A&M University of Texas COMP-5003 Graduate Project and Project Research Instructor: Dr. A. Lodgher March, 2009

2. Enterprise IT : Current options

3. A DEFINITION… A pool of highly scalable, abstracted infrastructure, capable of hosting end-customer applications, that is billed by consumption.

4. CLOUD COMPUTING BASIC PARADIGM

6. Application Browser / Client Application Extra Functions Application Application User User Developer On Premises Platform Cloud Three kinds of cloud services Source: A Short Introduction to Cloud Platforms - David Chapell

8. CC characteristics

9. CC a big advantage if…

10. Starters… Many more Joining in…

14. CASE STUDY : BECHTEL PROJECT SERVICES NETWORK AD-HOC CLOUD

15. CASE STUDY : BECHTEL PROJECT SERVICES NETWORK AD-HOC CLOUD (continued)

16. CASE STUDY : BECHTEL PROJECT SERVICES NETWORK AD-HOC CLOUD (continued)

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