Cloud Computing
Accenture Technology Vision 2008
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Partner, Technology Consulting
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Eight Major Technology Trends
2008
1. Cloud computing
2. SI – Regular & Lite
3. Enterprise intelligence at scale
4. Continuous access to people and
content
5. Social computing
6. User-generated content
7. Industrialization of software
development
8. Green computing
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Cloud Computing
Hardware Cloud Desktop Cloud
Services Cloud SaaS Cloud
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Cloud Computing Enablers, e.g.
GigaSpaces operates as part of the
base infrastructure
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Evolution of SaaS
SaaS 3.0
SaaS 2.0
Platform-
SaaS 1.0 Application- centric
centric
ASP Vendors provide
SaaS providers own platforms for
the software development, run-
SaaS providers
time, and integration
sourced software Greater ability to
as a service.
from 3rd party customize software
software providers based on customer
SIs/customers can
needs
Ability to meet their customize the SaaS
customers’ needs offerings using the
More flexible pricing
was limited by the platform.
third-party software Key Providers:
Key Providers:
SalesForce.com
SalesForce.com
NetSuite
NetSuite, Oracle,
Microsoft
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Cloud Computing: Implications
• What’s the business case?
• Data – privacy & trust
• Data Integration
• Migration & Migration to what?
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“Cloud Hype”
Stallman berates cloud computing 'hype‘
Keep your own data on your own machine, says Free Software Foundation chief
By Iain Thomson 02 Oct 2008
Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, has warned that
cloud computing is mainly \"hype\" and companies risk losing control of their data if
they buy into such systems.
Stallman told The Guardian that cloud computing posed a serious danger, as
businesses and individuals would lose direct control over their data by handing it
over to third parties.
\"It's stupidity. It's worse than stupidity. It's a marketing hype campaign,\" he said.
Source: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2227326/stallman-berates-cloud
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Is it for me?
He was
probably better
off without the
goggles –
Technology
needs to be
implemented
right!
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