Intervento di Andrea Saracini, IBM Europe, Service Management Leader SWG all'evento "Cloud Computing e Virtualization" di Roma, 17 Settembre 2010, organizzato da Innovation Lab. http://innovationlab.dia.uniroma3.it/?p=124

1. Smarter Planet: Using cloud computing to deliver innovation and efficiency Andrea Saracini - IBM SWG Integrated Service Management Leader 17 febbraio 2010

2. Cloud - The (Vision of a) Fifth Utility Water Gas Electricity Communication Computing Power

5. Users and providers have different stakes in Cloud computing

6. An advanced, intelligent, integrated cloud management portfolio connects business and technology CREATE Maximize Innovation from Ecosystem Partners MANAGE Empower Complete, Integrated Cloud Service Management MONETIZE Ignite Cloud Sales and Optimize Multi-Channel Effectiveness Leverage Advanced Automation Deliver Secure, High Quality Services Reduce Operational Costs Rapidly Launch SaaS Partner Apps Harness Application Developer Creativity Resell IBM Powered Cloud Services Enable Sales Transformation Launch Intelligent Campaigns Drive Channel Optimization

7. Cloud computing platforms and traditional IT enterprise

8. Workloads may be at different levels of readiness for cloud

9. IT benefits from cloud computing are real SOURCE: Based on IBM and client experience. Increasing speed and flexibility Reducing costs Results from IBM cloud computing engagements Test provisioning Weeks Minutes Change management Months Days/hours Release management Weeks Minutes Service access Administered Self-service Standardization Complex Reuse/share Metering/billing Fixed cost Variable cost Server/storage utilization 10–20% 70–90% Payback period Years Months