Outlining at a high level the issues and benefits of embracing cloud computing in today's environment. Google Enterprise as a catalyst to the meeting the changing demands has being referenced.

1. Embracing Cloud : Our Future
Amin Kazemi
http://www.linkedin.com/in/aminkazemi
“a new way of delivering computing resources, not a new technology”

2. Agenda
• What is Cloud Computing
• Insight into Google Apps
• Potential Risks and Issues
• Business Benefits and Opportunities
• Your Future

3. What is Cloud Computing ?
• Cloud computing is an ICT sourcing and delivery
model for enabling convenient, on-demand network
access to a shared pool of configurable computing
resources (e.g. networks, servers, storage, applications and services)
that can be rapidly provisioned and realised with
minimal management effort or service provider
interaction.
– Australian Government definition of Cloud computing as explained in the
Cloud Computing Strategic Direction Paper

4. What is Cloud Computing ?
• Having secure access to all your applications and data from
any network device
• A way to increase capacity or add capabilities on the fly
• Connecting to resources
rather than actually
possessing them

5. Cloud Characteristics
On demand self service Broad network access
Resource pooling
Rapid elasticity
Measured Service

6. Why Cloud Computing ?
• Is a result of several technology advances
– Reliable, high speed networks. ie NBN
– Global class Infrastructure. ie Google, Amazon
– Virtualisation capabilities
– Adoption of Web 2.0 Standards. ie development

7. Gartner Hype Cycle – Cloud ‘13

8. Types of Cloud

9. Types of Cloud
• Public – shared infrastructure owned by provider, eg:
Amazon, Google Docs
• Private / Enterprise – provided and managed by
organisation or third party.
• Community – shared by several organisations by
commonality [mission, security, policy, …]
• Hybrid – combination of clouds plus something more [back-
end system]

10. Why Google Cloud ?
• Epicentre of innovation
• Productivity unbounded by location
• Enables faster collaboration
• Continuous investment on physical and process-based
security
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11. Cloud - Constraints
• Potential Risks and Issues of Cloud Computing
• What’s holding us back?

12. Cloud - Constraints
• Application Design
– Less opportunity for customisation
– Accommodate latency
– Existing software licensing not facilitate
cloud deployment

13. Cloud - Constraints
• Architecture
– More emphasis on business design
– Impact on current business processes
– Framework must be based on Australian
Government Architectural
Framework (AGA)

14. Cloud - Constraints
• Business continuity
– Internet service loss may interpret services
– In the events of a disaster
• Information may not be immediately located
• Recovery plans must be well
documented and tested

15. Cloud - Constraints
• Data location and retrieval
– Confusion as to where information actually
resides
– Delays in information retrieval
– Co-location of information
assets

16. Cloud - Constraints
• Funding model
– Pay-per-use model
– Operating Expenses (OPEX)
– Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)

17. Cloud - Constraints
• Legal & Regulatory
– Discover information under Common Law
– Australian Legislative and Regulatory req’s
• Archives Act, FOI Act and Privacy Act
– US Governments Patriot Act
– Liability and Accountability

18. Cloud - Constraints
• Performance and Conformance
– Ensure guaranteed service levels
• Instances of slower performance
• Applications may require modifications
• Monitoring and reporting
• Failure to perform to agreed
-upon service levels

19. Cloud - Constraints
• Privacy
– Confidential Information
– Ensure protection of
• Intellectual Property (IP)
• Personal Information

20. Cloud - Constraints
• Reputation
– Damage to ABS resulting from
• Privacy or Security breach
• Failure to deliver essential services
• Inadequately addressing risks

21. Cloud - Constraints
• Skills requirements
– Less demand for hardware/software specific skills
– More demand for business
systems roles

22. Cloud - Constraints
• Security
– Cloud Providers must meet requirements
• Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF)
• Australian Government Information Security Manual
(ISM)
• Privacy Act 1998
– ABS remains ultimately
responsible

23. Cloud - Constraints
• Service provision
– Choosing a service provider based on
• Reputation, history and sustainability
– Account for volatility of the growing cloud
computing market
– Ensure data portability

24. Cloud - Benefits
• Potential Business Benefits and Opportunities
• What’s in it for us?

25. Cloud - Benefits
• Scalability
– Unconstrained capacity allows
• More agile enterprises
• Faster responsiveness
• Option of scalability
• On demand provision and
implementation

26. Cloud - Benefits
• Efficiency
– R&D including new and innovative apps
– Technically and/or economically feasibility
– Enabling new approaches much faster
– Ability to de-couple legacy
applications
– Rationalising legacy system

27. Cloud - Benefits
• Cost Containment
– On demand services without financial
commitments
– Transfer of costs ie From CAPEX to OPEX
– Reduction of Operating costs
• Energy consumption, managing
systems, less time delays ...

28. Cloud - Benefits
• Flexibility
– Save time at set-up, functionally faster system
– No need to install additional hard/software
– Implementation undertaken remotely
– Potential to access latest
technologies
i.e. Google App Marketplace

29. Cloud - Benefits
• Availability
– Bottom up architecture design
• Maximum network performance
– Greater ‘shared’ information enabling
collaboration worldwide ie IMTP

30. Cloud - Benefits
• Resiliency
– Potential of failure is reduced
• One node failure of a system will have no impact on
overall system

31. Cloud – Your Future
• Shape tomorrow today!
Thank You - Amin Kazemi
http://www.linkedin.com/in/aminkazemi