2. What is the Cloud?
• Cloud computing at its core has a scalable model that allows
traditional it resources to be delivered as a service:
– Infrastructure As A Service: IAAS
• Servers
• Storage
• Networking
– Software As A Service: SAAS
• Office 365
• Salesforce
• Google Docs
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3. The Internet on Everything
• The Internet is making the world a smaller place by connecting
people and objects in ways we would have never imagined 10 years
ago:
– Uber
• On demand driving service
– Seamless
• On demand food delivery service
– Netflix
• On demand food delivery service
• Are examples of software that run entirely in the cloud to provide
customers services on demand.
• These services are often delivered to a variety of devices and often
to mobile users.
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4. The Internet on Everything
• Customers expectations from Internet based applications are driving
faster response time and delivery expectations for companies.
– Business unit leaders and IT are now forming partnerships
– IT can no longer be a bottleneck for delivering services to the
Business Unit
– Business unit leaders and IT will become symbiotic partners
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5. The Internet on Everything
• Over the last decade the rapid expansion and availability of high
speed wired and wireless network interconnects has allowed for the
possibility of cloud computing:
– The ability for almost any service to be delivered to any device is now
possible and is becoming the standard.
– There is an APP for that
• Apple’s App Store
• Google Play
• Microsoft Store
– VMWare, Cisco and EMC
• VCE: Virtual Computing Environment 2009
• VMWare: Server Virtualization
• Cisco: Single unified network fabric
• EMC: Scalable virtualized storage
– Focus was on consolidating services in the Data Center
• Delivering services in pre-packaged manner
• Exchange, SQL
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6. What is the Business Value for the Cloud?
• The Cloud introduces a new economic model by:
– Reduces CAPX
– Reduces OPEX
– Lowers TCO
– Lowers Costs and Complexity
– Adjusts to capacity on demand
• Allows companies to exit running data centers completely if they
choose to significantly scale down their involvement in such
activates.
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7. What is the Business Value for the Cloud?
• IDC Research shows that it is possible to have:
– 560% ROI over 5 years
– 64% lower TCO
– 68.1% increased efficiency from staff
– 81.7% less down time
• Condé Nast Goes All in with the AWS Cloud
– Closed a 67,000 square foot data center
– 40% cost reduction
– 30% increase in performance
• Netflix, Spotify, SONOS are also 100% in the Cloud
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8. What is the Business Value for the Cloud?
• Approximately 30% of hardware is in need of replacement in
companies data center
• Servers are storage often under utilized
• Facilities Costs:
– Power
– Cooling
– Cabling
• IT Staffing Costs:
– Server Admins
– Storage Admins
– Network Admins
• Procurement of new servers and storage is significantly shorter in
this model.
• UConn Health Disaster Recover Room
– Migrate away from SunGard
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9. Examples of Low Cost Entries in to
The Cloud with High Returns
• Disaster Recovery
• Application Development
• User Acceptance Testing
• Backup
• Storage
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10. Amazon Web Services AWS
• Founded in 2006
• 12 Data Centers across different regions of the globe
• Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant
• 10x bigger than the next 14 competitors combined
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