This document discusses cloud computing and Amazon Web Services. It defines cloud computing according to Gartner and outlines the key benefits including elastic capacity, faster time to market without initial investment, pay as you go pricing, and ability to focus on your core business. Success stories from companies like Zynga, Netflix, and Animoto are provided. Examples are given of how risk management and web startup companies can benefit from AWS. Common myths about cloud computing are debunked. The document concludes with instructions on getting started with AWS by creating an account and learning the basics.
Introduction to the AWS Cloud from Digital Tuesday MeetupIan Massingham
These are the slides that I used for my Introduction to AWS talk at the South Wales Digital Tuesday Meetup on the 2nd of December 2014.
Find out more about Digital Tuesday at their website here: http://www.digital-tuesday.com/
Understand the core concepts of Cloud Computing. Whether you want to run applications that share photos to millions of mobile users or you’re supporting the critical operations of your business, a cloud services platform provides rapid access to flexible and low cost IT resources.
In this presentation from the recent AWS Oil & Gas event in Aberdeen we introduce the AWS cloud, its benefits and some of the organisations that are using AWS today.
We also cover some specific use-case and case-studies in the oil and gas sector.
Introduction to the AWS Cloud from Digital Tuesday MeetupIan Massingham
These are the slides that I used for my Introduction to AWS talk at the South Wales Digital Tuesday Meetup on the 2nd of December 2014.
Find out more about Digital Tuesday at their website here: http://www.digital-tuesday.com/
Understand the core concepts of Cloud Computing. Whether you want to run applications that share photos to millions of mobile users or you’re supporting the critical operations of your business, a cloud services platform provides rapid access to flexible and low cost IT resources.
In this presentation from the recent AWS Oil & Gas event in Aberdeen we introduce the AWS cloud, its benefits and some of the organisations that are using AWS today.
We also cover some specific use-case and case-studies in the oil and gas sector.
Amazon Web Service Sales Role Play - Case StudyVineet Sood
I have enjoyed the interaction with the various gentlemen at AWS so far. All my discussions were thought provoking and the process gave me good learning’s. I found the sales role play exciting exercise which encouraged me to put a best effort and I am sharing this reference with everyone.
Amazon Web Services for Application Hosting | SugarCon 2011SugarCRM
In this presentation, Jeff Barr will introduce the principal Amazon Web Services from a business and technical point of view. Jeff will review the economics of cloud-based solutions, and will discuss the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), the Simple Storage Service (S3), and the Relational Database Service (RDS). Jeff will also discuss the ins and outs of hosting complex applications on AWS.
Presented by Jeff Barr, Senior Web Services Evangelist, Amazon Web Services, at SugarCon 2011.
Understand the core concepts of “Cloud Computing” and how businesses around the world are running the infrastructure that supports their websites to lower costs, improve time-to-market, and enable rapid scalability matching resource to demands of users. Whether you are an enterprise looking for IT innovation, agility and resiliency or small and medium business who wants to accelerate growth without a big upfront investment in cash or time for technology, the AWS Cloud provides a complete set of services at zero upfront costs which are available with a few clicks and within minutes.
Strategies to Optimize Costs Using AWS - AWS May 2016 Webinar SeriesAmazon Web Services
As organizations increase their adoption of AWS cost and control, cost management becomes a fundamental part in a successful journey in adopting the cloud. AWS provides organizations with deep functionality, flexible purchasing options and a growing portfolio of tools to manage and optimize their costs. In this session, we will cover the fundamentals on how to understand the principles of cost optimization, how to leverage best practices, and how to track, monitor and control spend.
Learning Objectives:
• Cost management, cost optimization, lower TCO and increase business value.
The Cloud as a Platform - Cloud Connections 2011 Keynote - Jinesh VariaAmazon Web Services
The Cloud as a Platform Keynote Presentation delivered at Cloud Connections Conference (DevConnections) April 19, 2011 by Jinesh Varia, Technology Evangelist, Amazon
The course is designed to teach solutions architects how to optimize the use of the AWS Cloud by understanding AWS services and how these services fit into cloud-based solutions. Because architectural solutions may differ depending on industry. I found this website to be useful for learning AWS. Have a look at the site. Hope it helps. http://professional-guru.com/courses/aws-training
Whether you’re a cash-strapped startup or an enterprise trying to optimizing spend, it pays to run cost-efficient architectures on AWS. Come learn about cost planning, monitoring, and optimization strategies, featuring real AWS customer use cases.
AWS is an internet-based computing service in which large groups of remote servers are networked to allow centralized data storage, and online access to computer services or resources.
Amazon Web Service Sales Role Play - Case StudyVineet Sood
I have enjoyed the interaction with the various gentlemen at AWS so far. All my discussions were thought provoking and the process gave me good learning’s. I found the sales role play exciting exercise which encouraged me to put a best effort and I am sharing this reference with everyone.
Amazon Web Services for Application Hosting | SugarCon 2011SugarCRM
In this presentation, Jeff Barr will introduce the principal Amazon Web Services from a business and technical point of view. Jeff will review the economics of cloud-based solutions, and will discuss the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), the Simple Storage Service (S3), and the Relational Database Service (RDS). Jeff will also discuss the ins and outs of hosting complex applications on AWS.
Presented by Jeff Barr, Senior Web Services Evangelist, Amazon Web Services, at SugarCon 2011.
Understand the core concepts of “Cloud Computing” and how businesses around the world are running the infrastructure that supports their websites to lower costs, improve time-to-market, and enable rapid scalability matching resource to demands of users. Whether you are an enterprise looking for IT innovation, agility and resiliency or small and medium business who wants to accelerate growth without a big upfront investment in cash or time for technology, the AWS Cloud provides a complete set of services at zero upfront costs which are available with a few clicks and within minutes.
Strategies to Optimize Costs Using AWS - AWS May 2016 Webinar SeriesAmazon Web Services
As organizations increase their adoption of AWS cost and control, cost management becomes a fundamental part in a successful journey in adopting the cloud. AWS provides organizations with deep functionality, flexible purchasing options and a growing portfolio of tools to manage and optimize their costs. In this session, we will cover the fundamentals on how to understand the principles of cost optimization, how to leverage best practices, and how to track, monitor and control spend.
Learning Objectives:
• Cost management, cost optimization, lower TCO and increase business value.
The Cloud as a Platform - Cloud Connections 2011 Keynote - Jinesh VariaAmazon Web Services
The Cloud as a Platform Keynote Presentation delivered at Cloud Connections Conference (DevConnections) April 19, 2011 by Jinesh Varia, Technology Evangelist, Amazon
The course is designed to teach solutions architects how to optimize the use of the AWS Cloud by understanding AWS services and how these services fit into cloud-based solutions. Because architectural solutions may differ depending on industry. I found this website to be useful for learning AWS. Have a look at the site. Hope it helps. http://professional-guru.com/courses/aws-training
Whether you’re a cash-strapped startup or an enterprise trying to optimizing spend, it pays to run cost-efficient architectures on AWS. Come learn about cost planning, monitoring, and optimization strategies, featuring real AWS customer use cases.
AWS is an internet-based computing service in which large groups of remote servers are networked to allow centralized data storage, and online access to computer services or resources.
A primer to Intellectual Property Rights - For Startups | By Chirag Tanna of ...HeadStart Foundation
In the recently burgeoning start-up / entrepreneurship phase that India is passing through, it is imperative that these futuristic companies be legally secured. Legal security comes in various flavours. These include contracts, user agreements, end user license agreements, investor agreements, co-founder agreements, employee employer agreements, registration of company, tax agreements, and the often neglected Intellectual Property Rights. This article is a primer relating to various types of Intellectual Property Rights and mainly relating to direct RESOURCES wherein an entrepreneur can begin to become self-aware.
What is a Social or Impact Enterprise?
Most Active Sectors in this Space
Intellecap: Building a Supportive Ecosystem
Enterprise Life-cycle Stages
Incubators and Accelerators
You’re interested in the cloud, and you want to start learning more. In this webcast we will answer the following questions:
• What is Cloud Computing?
• What are the benefits of Cloud Computing?
• What are AWS’s products and what workloads can I run with them?
• Who is using the cloud and what are they using it for?
View these slides if you're you new to cloud computing and would like to learn more about Amazon Web Services (AWS), if you intend to implement a project and would like to discover the basics of the AWS cloud or if you are a business looking to evaluate cloud computing, attend this webinar. In this recorded webinar, we answer the following questions:
• What is Cloud Computing with AWS and what benefits can it deliver?
• Who is using AWS and what are they using it for?
• How can I use AWS Services to run my workloads?
View the webinar: http://youtu.be/ybcV0sJ_T_I
Opportunities that the Cloud Brings for Carriers @ Carriers World 2014Ian Massingham
In this presentation from Total Telecom's Carriers World Conference in 2014 I discussed the opportunities that cloud computing presents for Telecommunications Carriers.
Why Scale Matters and How the Cloud is Really Different (at scale)Amazon Web Services
Cloud computing gives you a number of advantages, such as being able to scale your application on demand. As a new business looking to use the cloud, you inevitably ask yourself, "Where do I start?" Join us in this session to understand best practices for scaling your resources from zero to millions of users. We will show you how to best combine different AWS services, make smarter decisions for architecting your application, and best practices for scaling your infrastructure in the cloud.
Presenter:
Santanu Dutt, Solution Architect, Amazon Internet Services
Vinayak Hegde, Vice President – Engineering, Helpshift
Sunny Saxena, Product Lead, Sprinklr
WTIA Cloud Computing Series - Part II: Scaling into the Cloud with Amazon Web Services. Presented by: Adam Selipsky - Vice President, Amazon Web Services.
The Trillion Dollar Supercrop: Hemp
Value of USA’s Hemp Imports in 2012: USD 502 Million
Estimated Global Industrial Hemp Market Potential in 2019: USD 23 Billion
One of Henry Ford's first cars ran entirely on Hemp Ethanol. The body was also constructed from Hemp Plastic, which was 10x stronger than steel.
Aji Issac Mathew, TechShu - Scaling up your business - SS Kolkata, July 2012HeadStart Foundation
Aji Issac Mathew( http://in.linkedin.com/in/ajinimc ) of TechShu shared from his experience at the July 2012 edition of Startup Saturday Kolkata.
Aji very engagingly spoke about the Random Dots about Scaling up a business, that he has meticulously collected over years of his experiences at GRM Tech, TechShu and his earlier attempts to startup.
"The contents of the slide do not constitute any legal advice and is meant only for the purpose of general guidance to the readers, in case of specifc issues please seek appropiate advice".
3. Agenda 1) Cloud Computing 2) Success stories 3) Amazon Web Services by example 4) Cloud Computing Myths 5) How to get started
4. Gartner's definition Cloud Computing: A style of computing in which elastic IT-enabled capabilities are delivered as a service to external customers using Internet technologies. Gartner, 2008 DONE!
11. Cloud Computing (summary) Elastic Capacity Faster time to market No initial investment (No Capex) Pay as you go, pay for what you use Focus on your business DONE!
12. Agenda 1) Cloud Computing 2) Success stories 3) Amazon Web Services by example 4) Cloud Computing Myths 5) How to get started
13. Guess the company An online company It uses more than 12,000 servers They have more than 230 million users What's the company name? What do they do?
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15. Zynga.com Creators of the most popular Facebook games: Farmville, Mafia Wars, Treasure Isle, Cityville, etc. More than 12,000 servers on AWS 215+ million monthly users (MAU) 50+ million daily users Cityville: from 0 to 100+ MAU, 43 days 100% on AWS
21. Hungama.com Largest publisher of Bollywood movies Mobile / Digital / Promotional marketing "the old models caused delays in implementation, adversely affecting the time-to-market" Cloud computing introduced in 2008 Now 80% on Amazon Web Services
22. Animoto.com Simple application: Upload pictures Upload / choose from existing music A nice video is automatically created It runs 100% on AWS Scaled from 80 to 3,500 servers (EC2 instances) in 3 days
23. Animoto: Video App on Amazon EC2 Scaled to peak of 3,500 instances in 3 days Number of EC2 Instances Launch of Facebook modification Apr 12th Apr 14th Apr 15th Apr 16th Apr 18th Apr 19th Apr 20th Apr 17th Apr 13th
24. RedBus.in Bus travels in India It runs 100% on AWS 100+ bus operators 2M+ tickets sold Saved 30-40% by moving to Cloud Reduced latency (4x) Expanding to other countries
27. Agenda 1) Cloud Computing 2) Success stories 3) Amazon Web Services by example 4) Cloud Computing Myths 5) How to get started
28. Example 1 A Risk Management company (example: Bankinter, Spain) Problem: They need to analyze data as soon as the stock exchange closes, to find mistakes and correct them in time. This is usually very expensive.
30. Traditional solution Buy a huge IT infrastructure Hire people to manage it Negotiate contracts, etc. Manage the IT infrastructure Every 2-3 years, major upgrade
31. Cloud solution Benefits from Cloud Computing: No need for up front investments Massive cost savings Resources can focus on core business Higher availability Faster time to market
32. Services used Servers on demand: Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) Storage: Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
34. Example 2 A web startup company (example: 99design, Melbourne, AU) Problem: They want to launch a website/app, but they don't know how successful it will be. Need to serve customers worldwide. Usually very expensive.
35. Traditional solution Buy servers Buy storage Sign a CDN contract (Content Delivery Network) Launch website/application Manage scaling and provisioning
36. Cloud solution Benefits from Cloud Computing: No need to buy IT Infrastructure Deploy worldwide Scale up/down when needed Save time Focus on your business
44. AWS Pace of Innovation (as of Q4 2010) » Amazon Simple Notification Service » RDS Multi-Availability Zone Support » S3 Reduced Redundancy Storage » New Locations and Features for CloudFront » S3 Bucket Policies » Cluster Instances for EC2 » EC2 Reserved Instances » New SimpleDB Features » IBM on EC2 » Windows Server 2008 on EC2 » Amazon RDS » Amazon Virtual Private Cloud » Amazon Elastic MapReduce » EBS Shared Snapshots » Monitoring, Auto Scaling & Elastic Load Balancing for EC2 » AWS Import/Export » Premium Support » Amazon CloudFront » EC2 Elastic IP addresses & Availability Zones » Windows Server, MySQL, Oracle, & JBoss on EC2 » Lower Data Transfer Costs » Amazon EC2 » Amazon S3 » Developer Portal & Forums » Amazon Linux AMI » Oracle on EC2 » New EC2 Features » SUSE Linux on EC2 2005 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 » Micro Instances » Lower Pricing for EC2 High Mem Instances » Identity & Access Management » AWS Services in N. California » AWS Multi-Factor Authentication » AWS Management Console » AWS Economics Center » AWS in Education » AWS Security Center » SAS70 Type II Audit » More services in EU » Lower EC2 Pricing » Lower S3 Pricing » Lower pricing for Outbound Data Transfer » AWS Solution Provider Program » Amazon SimpleDB » Amazon Flexible Payments Service » S3 in Europe » EC2 new instance types » AWS Start-Up Challenge » AWS Services in Singapore » RDS Reserved Database Instances » RDS Read Replicas & Lower Pricing » Lower Outbound Transfer Pricing » Data Transfer Usage Tiers » Consolidated Billing for AWS » Amazon S3 Versioning Feature » EC2 High Memory Instances » Public Data Sets » Elastic Block Store » EC2 SLA » EC2 in EU » S3 Tiered Pricing » Amazon SQS » Amazon Mechanical Turk
45. Agenda 1) Cloud Computing 2) Success stories 3) Amazon Web Services by example 4) Cloud Computing Myths 5) How to get started
59. How to get started Create an AWS Account (you can use your Amazon account) 2) Learn the basics (EC2, S3) 3) Start a small project 4) Review results 5) Expand your AWS usage