There is a lot of buzz, confusion and FUD around the subject of clouds these days. Each of the vendors is trying to tell you why their solution is best. Architects and others who don't understand it cry "Beware the Vendor Lock In!". CEO's are saying strange things like "We must move to the cloud so we can reduce our capex.". In this talk you'll learn about the strengths and weaknesses of the various cloud types and understand what questions to ask when deciding which one of them, if any, is right for the problem you're trying to solve.

1. The Cloud Silver Bullet
Chris.Read@ThoughtWorks.com

2. Focus
• About Cloud Computing • NOT Cloud Services
• Your code running on • Your data on “some
“some server servers somewhere”
somewhere”
• S3, GMail, SaaS
• EC2, VMWare, Xen

3. The Problems
• Business Problems
• Tech Problems

4. Business Problems
• Costs
• Time to Market
• Risk
• Peer Pressure

5. http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/
2010/01/ceos-love-the-cloud.html

6. Technical Problems
• Availability
• Peak Loads
• Lead Times
• Deployment

7. The Solution

8. The Solution
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9. Cloud Computing Types

10. Cloud Computing Types
Longer Processing Time
Shorter Processing Time

11. Cloud Computing Types
Longer Processing Time
More Data Sensitivity Less Data Sensitivity
Shorter Processing Time

12. Cloud Computing Types
Longer Processing Time
More Data Sensitivity Less Data Sensitivity
Shorter Processing Time

13. Cloud Computing Types
Longer Processing Time
More Data Sensitivity Less Data Sensitivity
Shorter Processing Time

14. Cloud Computing Types
Internal Cloud
Longer Processing Time
More Data Sensitivity Less Data Sensitivity
Shorter Processing Time
Internal Cloud

15. Cloud Computing Types
Internal Cloud
Longer Processing Time
More Data Sensitivity Less Data Sensitivity
Shorter Processing Time
Internal Cloud

16. Cloud Computing Types
Internal Cloud
Longer Processing Time
More Data Sensitivity Less Data Sensitivity
Shorter Processing Time
Internal Cloud

17. Cloud Computing Types
Internal Cloud External Cloud
Longer Processing Time
More Data Sensitivity Less Data Sensitivity
Shorter Processing Time
Internal Cloud External Cloud

18. Cloud Computing Types
Internal Cloud External Cloud
Longer Processing Time
OS Centric - IaaS
OS Centric - IaaS
More Data Sensitivity Less Data Sensitivity
Shorter Processing Time
Internal Cloud External Cloud

19. Cloud Computing Types
Internal Cloud External Cloud
Longer Processing Time
OS Centric - IaaS
OS Centric - IaaS
More Data Sensitivity Less Data Sensitivity
App Centric - PaaS
App Centric - PaaS
Shorter Processing Time
Internal Cloud External Cloud

20. What’s Different?
• Disposability
• Expect Failure
• “One Click Deployment” Required
• More Cost Sensitive

21. What must Improve?
• Skills
• Process
• Automation
• Testing

22. New Problems
• Data Affinity
• Monitoring
• Diagnosing Failure

23. Making the Most of
Your Cloud

24. Making the Most of
Your Cloud
Dev

25. Making the Most of
Your Cloud
Dev CI

26. Making the Most of
Your Cloud
Dev CI QA

27. Making the Most of
Your Cloud
Dev CI QA
QA

28. Making the Most of
Your Cloud
Dev CI QA
QA
QA

29. Making the Most of
Your Cloud
Dev CI QA
QA
QA

30. Making the Most of
Your Cloud
Dev CI QA
QA
QA
Prod

31. Q&A