Cloud Computing is one of transformational technology shifts that is the most misunderstood. Many businesses, individuals fear how cloud would affect their daily lifes, from security, privacy and changes in their daily life. Fortunately, this is a technology that can be embraced in phases. Your business can seize this opportunity and make it as one of your competitive strategy.
8. If you builda house, there are a few important decisions you have to make…
9. Howbigis the house? are you planning to grow a large family? Remodel, addition typically cost a lot more once the house is built
10. But, you get a chance to customizeit flooring tile windows floor plan Roof lighting landscaping
11. Once the house is built, you’re responsible for maintenance Pay property tax Hire Landscaper Water Electrician Electricity Plumber Heating and Cooling Gutter Cleaning House Keeping
13. Consider a builder in your city builds a massivenumber of apartment units
14. A unit can easilybe converted into a 2,3,4 or more units
15. You make a fewer, simpler decisions You can start with one unit and grow later, or downsize
16. But… You do nothave a lot of options to customize your unit
17. triple pane windows green materials high capacity electricity high speed Internet However, builders provide you with very high quality infrastructure
18. No need to worryabout maintenance cost No need to Hirelandscapers, electricians, plumbers
19. Pay as You Go Just pay your rent and utilities
32. The enterprise world we live in 2010and beyond Global Direct, Open CustomersCommunication (Customers, Resources, IPs are acquired everywhere) (e.g. Social Media) Digital Life Convergence (Work and Personal lines are blurring) Work Remotely (Mobility Trend) Transparency Brief Collaboration (Blogs, Social Computing) (Assemble the best, Disassemble upon completion)
54. Typical Scenarios Software/Service Providers Cloud/Infrastructure Provider You (Business, Individual) You may also build software directly on the provider’s platform and pay them directly
60. No, they have different architecturesand business model Cloud Players Hosting Players Hundreds of them around the world Only few can afford billions dollar investment on data centers
61. Your contracts Cloud Players Hosting Players Pay As You Go Often yearly Pay only what you use
62. Reliability, High Availability, Capacity Elasticity Cloud Players Hosting Players Bring your own or rent servers to increase capacity Virtually unlimited storage, computing power You have to manage reliability, fail over yourself Built-in Redundancy
64. NO Most cloud applications that will be built are accessible from PC. Applications can be a browser base, applicationrunning on PC accessing data and services on the cloud So will the mobile applications
65. Even More Confused? “Like” a Facebook Page “I’m Cloud Confused” http://bit.ly/7GItnb
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