Virtualization and Cloud Computing are changing the focus of IT Operations. No longer able to focus on servicing application needs event-by-event, the modern IT ops professional has to set them themselves apart through automation and design.
18. Cloud Definition from NIST Visual Model of NIST’s Working Definition of Cloud Computing Rapid Elasticity Measured Service Essential Characteristics On-Demand Self Service Broad Network Access ResourcePooling Software as a Service (SaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) Infrastucture as a Service (IaaS) Service Models Deployment Models Public Private Hybrid Community http://www.csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/index.html
19. Software Connections Data Virtualization Platforms “Someone else’s responsibility” Server Network Storage
20. Up until now, IT has worked from a server centric operations model.
21. Cloud is an application centric operations model.