State of the Cloud
With a focus on the Enterprise &
Infrastructure
Thursday, October 22, 2009

What is “Cloud”? *
IT operational model
change:
Self-service IT Software
delivered via Platform
automation
“Cloud computing” is Infrastructure
“cloud” applied to Cloud Pyramid, borrowed from
infrastructure and Michael Sheehan, GoGrid
platforms
* This is the Cloudscaling definition; many will disagree
Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Cloud (IT) Stack
The Developing IT (Cloud) Stack Service Consumer
Biz Process (SOA-enabled) Business Owner
Cloud Services
(Cloud computing-
enabled web services)
Apps / Software (SaaS) End-user
Platform Developer
Cloud Computing
Infrastructure IT & Operations
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Cloud Maturity Model
Market
Level of Self-Service (Automation) (Federation)
Utility
Abstraction &
Consolidation
Commoditization (over time)
* Inspired largely by James Urquhart's Wisdom of Clouds posting
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Enterprise IT is Under Fire
Increasing competition from on-demand services
3-12 month procure/deploy times vs. minutes
$28,000 for a 2 core, 2GB rackmount
Delivery 10x cost of h/w <--- This is insane
Key drivers: agility ... then cost
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Innovation Changes
Decentralized software on top of commodity
hardware
The GOOG and AMZN way
Automated & rapid service delivery at scale ...
Indiscriminate cost reduction
Compute, Storage, Network, Power, Space
Thursday, October 22, 2009

IT Infrastructure as Utility
Cloud computing is the advent of a new way of
delivering IT services with measurable business value
Much like the rise of industrial farming or
automobile manufacturing:
before: manual, trade craftsmen, mentoring
some advances: scythe, cotton gin
after: automated, massive scale, but still niche
specialists like organic farmers
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Conclusion
#1 — Not a fad
#2 — Transformative like the Industrial Revolution
#3 — The FUD:
early adopters will have competitive advantages
in their industries
Thursday, October 22, 2009