1. A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services Patrick Kirk Education Business Consultant Questions to: questions@openhive.net

2. Cloud Computing Plain and Simple 18/06/2010 2 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services As rPath helps you continue to cut through the cloud computing hype, we offer you "Cloud Computing in Plain English“. http://www.rpath.com/corp/cloudinenglish

3. Cloud Computing Plain and Simple 18/06/2010 3 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services As rPath helps you continue to cut through the cloud computing hype, we offer you "Cloud Computing in Plain English“. http://www.rpath.com/corp/cloudinenglish

4. Cloud computing is Internet("cloud") based development and use of computer technology ("computing"). It is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualisedresources are provided as a serviceover the Internet. Users need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure "in the cloud" that supports them. Courtesy of Wikipedia Cloud Computing Defined 1: 18/06/2010 4 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services

5. A style of computing in which massively scalableIT-related capabilities are provided "as a service" using Internet technologies to multiple external customers. Courtesy of Gartner “..the Enterprise Cloud offers customers more flexibilityand agilityover the traditional server based model, allowing for a precise and dynamic allocationof computing resources as needed.” Cloud Computing Defined 2: 18/06/2010 5 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services

6. Cloud Computing 18/06/2010 6 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services 18 December 2009 — Short video showing how cloud computing will help us in the future. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9LmzsaO698&feature=related

7. It’s a new consumption and delivery model inspired by consumer Internet services. Cloud computing exhibits the following 5 key characteristics: On-demand self-service Ubiquitous network access Location independent resource pooling Rapid elasticity Pay per use While the technology is not new, the end user focus of self-service & self-management leveraging these technologies is new. Is cloud computing really new? Yes & No 18/06/2010 7 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services Usage Tracking Web 2.0 Business Services IT Services End User Focused Service Automation & SOA Virtualisation

8. Cloud Computing is the Next Stage in IT 18/06/2010 8 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services Cloud Web PC / Client-Server Mainframe

10. Automatic/rapid provisioning

11. Standardized offerings

12. Consumption-based pricing

13. Multi-tenancyPrivate Cloud IT activities/functions are provided “as a service,” over an intranet, within the enterprise and behind the firewall Key features include: Scalability Automatic/rapid provisioning Chargeback ability Widespread virtualization Hybrid Cloud Hybrid Cloud Internal and external service delivery methods are integrated, with activities/functions allocated to each based on security requirements, criticality, architecture and other established policies. Source: IBM Market Insights, Cloud Computing Research, July 2009.

14. You want: flexible IT – from test and dev through to full product to take advantage of service providers’ economies of scale the best technologies at an affordable price You have: no access to capital – so pay as you go/grow dynamic requirements – seasonal and ‘peaky’ demand You can’t do it internally – no skills or no spare resource You’ll gain Software + Services Q. Why use the cloud? 18/06/2010 10 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services

15. 11 Without Cloud Innovation barrier Allocated Capacity Actual Load Load Forecast Capacity Under-capacity Over-capacity Time 06/10/10 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services

16. Without Cloud 18/06/2010 12 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services Allocated Capacity Actual Load Load Forecast Capacity Under-capacity Over-capacity Innovation barrier Time

17. 13 With Cloud Allocated Capacity Potential reduction of capacity in times of reduced load Actual Load Load Forecast Capacity No ‘Under-supply’ Reduction in ‘Over-supply’ Reduction of initial investments Time 06/10/10 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services

18. With Cloud 18/06/2010 14 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services Allocated Capacity Potential reduction of capacity in times of reduced load Actual Load Load Forecast Capacity No ‘Under-supply’ Reduction in ‘Over-supply’ Reduction of initial investments Time

19. Without Cloud 18/06/2010 15 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services

20. With Cloud 18/06/2010 16 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services

21. To what degree would each of the factors below induce you to acquire public cloud services? 18/06/2010 17 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services Pay for what we use. Hardware & Software savings. No capital costs. Lower labour and IT support costs. Lower outside maintenance costs. Reduce costs 77% Faster time to value Take advantage of latest functionality. Simplify updating/upgrading. Faster deployment Scale IT resources to meet needs. 72% Increase uptime Improve system reliability. Improve system availability. 50% Green agenda Reduce power consumption and other associated costs. Meet government carbon targets. 100%

22. Remote desktop applications Run on top of underlying cloud infrastructure platforms SaaS providers Run on top of underlying cloud infrastructure platforms CRM, ERP, VoIP, BI, supply chain Web 2.0 interconnectivity and interactivity of web-delivered content New Services exploiting underlying platforms Cloud Apps: Web 2.0, SaaS, Remote applications 18/06/2010 18 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services

24. Get the mix of private, public and hybrid Clouds right

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27. Identity Management in the Cloud 18/06/2010 22 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services

28. MIS Integration – Collect Once, Use Many 18/06/2010 23 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services SSO e-Mail Portal VLE Reporting Live! Internet Comms How do we use MIS data? Identity Parent School Diary Timetable Attendance Assessment Behaviour Achievement

29. ‘Log in once and be automatically signed in to all your applications whether on the school network, on the hosted platform or somewhere on the web.’ 18/06/2010 24 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services VLE Portal E-mail live@edu Shibboleth OCS Content Online Reporting Desktop Multiple Services One Login One Identity

30. User Experience – ‘in the cloud' 18/06/2010 25 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services

31. SimplicityEasy, self-service access AffordabilityPay for what you use, without upfront investments AgilityFaster time-to-market without long approval cycles User-centricityA feeling of being in control of their business What does the Cloud mean for users? 18/06/2010 26 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services Access IT as a Service

32. EfficientGreater automation with lower admin:server ratios ElasticFlexibility to acquire or release capacity on demand ResponsiveGreater visibility into costs and control over service levels ControlledMaintain control of IT environment What does the Cloud mean for IT providers? 18/06/2010 27 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services Transformation from Cost Center to Service Provider

33. Realise that it’s more than server consolidation Know where you are on the journey Think different! What’s next? 18/06/2010 28 A Step into the Future – Educational Cloud Services