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Cloud by Numbers

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Cloud computing is revolutionising the tech industry but it goes much further than that, as it can have great economic impact across a company and indeed across the country. In the Ireland Cloud ...

Cloud computing is revolutionising the tech industry but it goes much further than that, as it can have great economic impact across a company and indeed across the country. In the Ireland Cloud Economic Report, produced by the Goodbody Economic Consultants and commissioned by Microsoft, it outlines the potential impact on Ireland’s economy by aggressively but intelligently adopting Cloud Computing across different sectors. At the CloudArena event, we will take a glimpse into the potential future of Ireland and our tech industry.

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Cloud by the Numbers
josh.holmes@microsoft.com
http://www.joshholmes.com

Hi – my name is Josh

I work for Microsoft Ireland

We’re all excited about Cloud

Facts
&
Figures

Cloud Revenue
€9,500,000,000
in economic impact in Ireland each year, by 2014

In perspective
Irish GDP

Direct employment
By 2014 there will be an additional
8,500
careers in cloud technology created in Ireland

Ancillary benefits
2,200 additional non-IT small and medium sized businesses
11,000
employed supporting those in the cloud IT arena

Why Cloud?

Barriers to Innovation

A case study…

Profile
Largest deptof education in southern hemisphere

Problem before them
To improve year 8 scientific testing, needed to run 65,000 concurrent science exams across 650 schools.
Had to decide to on Cloud, vs self-hosted.

Self hosted
Estimated up front cost of
A$ 200,000
To procure 300 server infrastructure for project

Self hosted
Continuing costs of
?
To maintain and store servers etc

Microsoft Azure

Scale on demand, power when needed
No on-going costs.
Total cost for running tests…

$80,000?

$50,000?

$1,000?

Just $500.
300 Servers at $0.12 = only $40 per hour

Perspective.

Global Reach

A case study…

HR Locker users by location Jan 1 to 17 April.
John Dennehy
john@hrlocker.com

A case study…

Staff Balance - Ciaran McGowan

The art of winning
relies on the ability
to identify change
in a timely manner,
assess it, adapt
And execute.
Kobe Bryant

6 Advantages of Cloud
Scalability
And
Reliability
Reduced
Development
Cost
More Focused
On
Business App
Key Business Insights
Software
Speed of
Delivery
/ Support
International
Team
Reduced
Support
Cost

Our Clients
“
“Our collaboration with Staff Balance resulted in cost savings of over €400,000. We were able to pin-point costs associated with non-core activities using the simulation modeling.”
Joe Walsh, Head of Sales, Bord Gais

So what’s the path?
So what’s the path to the cloud?

1. Demand Side

Educating our users…

2. Supply side

Creating a Skilled workforce
http://www.azure.com

3. Infrastructure

Connecting Our Users…

Most of the artwork used in this presentation is licensed under
Creative Commons by Frits Ahlefeldt, aka hikingartist Support his amazing craft at http://hikingartist.com

thanks to des from
for help with the
data visualization…

Cloud by the Numbers
josh.holmes@microsoft.com
http://www.joshholmes.com

Cloud by Numbers

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