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INTRODUCTION TO CLOUD COMPUTING Justin Souter Souter Consulting Limited 08/06/09 © Justin Souter 2009

Agenda

History & Context

Definition

Fulfilment of On-demand computing

Examples of Cloud computing

Way it works

Benefits

Downsides

Players in this space

Issues

Call to Action

Also

Case Studies & more benefits

(if more detail needed)

Show of hands

Who is doing what?

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History & Context

Mainframes

Minicomputers

Client-Server

Mobile

Amazon

SaaS

Cloud

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Definition

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Gmail, Hotmail, MS Popfly

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Force.com

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Sponsors here tonight

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Fulfilment of On-demand computing?

Internal Cloud

External Cloud

Combination

Cf Virtualisation

VMWare’s virtual datacentre OS

vCloud – standardisation

Which horse for which course?

That’s why you’re here ;-)

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Examples

Mechanical Turk

Twitter (on AWS)

GMail

Picasa

Flickr

GlaxoSmithKline on MS platform

New York Times (next slide)

Early experiments in cloud computing

The Times processed 4TB of data through EC2 and S3 , using a credit card to get the service going in a matter of minutes so that it could convert scans of 15 million news stories into PDFs for online distribution.

http://www.infoworld.com/infoworld/article/08/04/07/15FE-cloud-computing-utility_1.html

Nasdaq uses S3 to deliver historical stock and mutual fund information, rather than add the load to its own database and computing infrastructure.

AppOne® specializes in providing technology and risk mitigation services to independent automobile dealers and lenders.

By using “the cloud,” AppOne® streamlines the loan process and enables lenders to gain access to the fragmented market of auto dealers

Benefits – business *&* technical

Lower capital outlay – Rozmic case study

Speed to market

Pay per use

Scalability

Contract terms: by the hour

Low investment: capex & time-to-live

Benefits #2

Keeps the VCs away – no need for massive infrastructure investment à la Dot Bomb

Allow you to maintain use of existing facilities (in concert with virtualisation)

Spec your application hardware for base load, not for peaks

Underlying architecture must necessarily be agile

Application Programming Interface [Ross?]

Downsides

Ma.gnolia example / AWS outages

Security

Will it work with your existing infrastructure?

Sharp intake of breath – it’s new, can we trust it?

Cf Outsourcing (although not identical set of issues)

Is Service Management ‘infrastructure’ in place yet?

≠ Computing as we know it: “ephemeral”

[let me explain!]

Players in this space

Emerging local cluster

Arjuna

Emailcloud / Rozmic

CARMEN – Paul Watson

Souter Consulting

Quest Software

Amazon

Google

Flexiscale

MS Azure

XCalibre

Rightscale

Aserver

Cloudsoft

Others

Issues

How to bridge the chasm from now to future

Systems integrators become Cloud Integrators

E.g. Okere, Cloud Sherpas

Become a Cloud integrator, or Cloud provider

Security issues

Practical, technical issues – needs a ‘wrapper’

Confidence / mainstream / hype cycle

Call to action

IMO there is a big market opportunity

Service provider, integrator, user

This is the perfect time to be playing in this area

The Economist says: “people want the same for less money”

IT shops are being asked to do more with less money / people

Chance to create critical mass locally, building on what’s going on already

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More benefits

Reduced Cost

Cloud technology is paid incrementally, saving organizations money.

Increased Storage

Organizations can store more data than on private computer systems.

Highly Automated

No longer do IT personnel need to worry about keeping software up to date.

Flexibility

Cloud computing offers much more flexibility than past computing methods.

More Mobility

Employees can access information wherever they are, rather than having to remain at their desks.

Allows IT to Shift Focus

No longer having to worry about constant server updates and other computing issues, government organizations will be free to concentrate on innovation.

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Even more benefits

1. Lower up-front costs.

When introducing a new application, hardware is a significant upfront cost, said Armijo.

But cloud computing means the IT department can acquire the resources by paying the provider “by-the-drink” while not spending on hardware up front, and “and this allows you to spread that cost over time, and also to really manage that cost.” So, the required 10 servers by application, once successful, can be purchased incrementally.

2. Faster time to market.

It typically takes about two to four months to get an application into production, said Armijo, but in the cloud, applications can be deployed and scaled “in hours without changing code.”

3. Reduced financial risk.

If the application for whatever reason doesn’t catch on, or its use within the business has a limited time frame, Armijo said the business no longer has to pay for those resources in the cloud.

Even more benefits #2

4. Lower capital expense.

Cloud computing leverages commodity hardware, so IT departments can avoid over-provisioning, said Armijo.

And, while a server may appear only to cost around $5,000, he said “but the reality is there is a lot more capital that goes into putting that [data centre] space in there before you even get the server.”

Data centre setup is a “huge expense” and enterprises are even running into power and cooling limits within their facilities, he said.

5. Lower operational expense.

When application operations are streamlined, IT administrators are not so belaboured with tasks like provisioning and management of servers, he said.

6. Decreased downtime and costly delays.

It’s easy to setup business continuity, redundant instances of applications with cloud computing, said Armijo.

Moreover, he said, cloud service providers, given that is their business, have state-of-the art equipment for power backup and cooling.

Even more benefits #3

7. Additional services.

Cloud service providers, too, can offer services that an IT department otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford, said Armijo, like added security measures, redundancy, bandwidth, and staff with cloud expertise.

The adoption pattern of cloud computing has certainly changed, said Armijo, where at the end of 2007, adopters were those companies one might expect, like Web and software-as-a-service companies, as well a handful enterprises.