Cloud Rising
How Open Source is accelerating innovation
in the field of SaaS and Paas
Jerome Gotangco
jerome@mor.ph
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Scott McNealy John Gage
“The Network is
the Computer”
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The Cloud is Rising
• IT-related capabilities are now being provided “as
a service”
• People are more comfortable on utilizing online
applications and store their data
• The current economic downturn makes Cloud
Computing more relevant than ever
• Gartner says 25% of software will be delivered as
SaaS by 2011*
* http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=496886
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Cloud Computing Evolution
Morph
Google Apps AWS
GAE
37signals Akamai
Force Web 2.0
Azure Nirvanix
PaaS SaaS IaaS
Cloud Computing
Utility Computing
Grid Computing
Cluster Computing Super Computing
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Cloud Computing Ecosystem
SaaS
Platform as a Service
Infrastructure as a Service
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What is Software as a
Service (SaaS)?
• SaaS is a model of software deployment.
• Application is hosted as a service
provided to customers across the
Internet.
• Managed from central locations rather
than at customer’s site.
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Drivers of SaaS
• Ubiquity of the Internet
• Faster transactions
• Open Source web frameworks (Rails,
Java, Django, Grails, PHP, etc.)
• Data standards, portability and flexibility
• Time to market/Cost
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SaaS Companies and
Products
• Salesforce - CRM and platform
• 37signals - Productivity
• Google Apps - Office suite
• Zoho - Office and Productivity
• WebEx - Conferencing
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What is Platform as a Service
(PaaS)?
• An outgrowth of the SaaS application
delivery model
• Provides the facilities to support the end-
to-end life cycle of building and
delivering web applications and services
• Provisioned on the fly, on-demand model
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Open Source as a
Foundation of PaaS
• Linux
• Virtualization technologies (Xen, KVM)
• Web Framework and Messaging
• Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Backup and Storage
• Custom Middleware and Integration
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Platform as a Service players
• Morph AppSpace
and AppCloud • Heroku
• Force • Joyent
Accelerator
• Google
AppEngine • Facebook
• Bungee Connect • Friendster
• Azure • MySpace
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What is Infrastructure as a
Service (IaaS)?
• The delivery of computer infrastructure
as a service.
• Typically a virtualized platform
environment.
• Not exactly HPA/HPC but speed of
provisioning compensates for this.
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Common denominators for
Infrastructure as a Service
• On-demand provisioning and billing
• Virtualization (Xen, VMWare, KVM)
• COtS (Commodity Off the Shelf)
equipment and storage
• Open Source components
• Custom middleware
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Infrastructure as a Service
(IaaS) enablers
• Amazon Web Services
• GoGrid
• Nirvanix
• Joyent
• Akamai
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Do-it-Yourself vs. SaaS/PaaS
D.I.Y. Infrastructure SaaS/PaaS Provider
High CapEx Predictable OpEx
High maintenance costs Very low start-up costs
Anticipate usage spikes On-demand infrastructure
Equipment depreciation Low maintenance
Time consuming Scalable & secure environment
High learning curve Service Level Agreement
Dedicate staff for 24x7 support Focus on strengths/business
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Morph Application Platform
An on-demand platform
for Web applications
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The Real Deal
Ruby on
Rails Nagios
Linux MySQL
Java Cacti
PgSQL
Grails Puppet
Open Source in Action!
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The Big Picture
Redmine, Substruct,
Tracks, Beast, El
Dorado, etc.
Morph Application
Platform
AWS (EC2, S3, SQS), DC
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Morph AppCloud Interface

Thank You
• More information: www.mor.ph
• Email: jerome@mor.ph
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