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2. “Organize the world’s information and
make it universally accessible and useful.”
- Google’s Mission Statement
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Google probably processes more
information than any company on the
planet and tends to have to invent tools
to cope with the data. As a result its
technology runs a good five to 10 years
ahead of the competition.
Bloomberg Businessweek, June 2014
5. For the past 15 years, Google has been
building out the world’s fastest, most
powerful, highest quality cloud
infrastructure on the planet.
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Cloud Platform is built on the same
infrastructure that powers Google.
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Google’s Network Spans the Globe
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8. Innovating Software & Driving Technology Forward
Innovating Software & Building the Future
MapReduce Dremel Spanner
Big Table Colossus
GFS
Compute
Engine
2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013
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12. Cloud Computing definition
● On-demand self-service
The ability to sign up and receive services without the long delays
that have characterized traditional IT
● Broad network access
Ability to access the service via standard platforms (desktop,
laptop, mobile etc)
● Resource pooling
Resources are pooled across multiple customers
● Rapid elasticity
Capability can scale to cope with demand peaks
● Measured Service
Billing is metered and delivered as a utility service
Source: NIST cloud definition - http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/cloud-102511.cfm
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13. PURE PLAY Cloud Computing
PURE PLAY
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14. But beware of “Cloud washing” vendors!
www.energyworx.com
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Many (traditional) vendors want to be a cloud vendor by just renaming
their existing product with a few tweaks.
Will this really live up to the true potential of “Cloud”?
15. Some PURE PLAY SaaS Cloud considerations
Strategic - why consider cloud? Technical - what is required?
Financial - where is the ROI? Vendor - which selection criteria?
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16. DELIVER A DATA MANAGEMENT & ANALYTICS SERVICE FOR ENERGY & UTILITY COMPANIES
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PUBLIC
&
PRIVATE
CLOUD
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17. Why did we choose for Google PaaS?
● Fastest with consistent performance
● Competitive and transparent pricing
● Auto Scale to millions of users (and back)
● Unlimited flexible storage and caching
● Focus on our software service & development
● Development SDK & tools
● 24/7 access to expert support resources
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18. 5 things we’ve learned along the way
KNOWLEDGE &
TRAINING
understand all
PaaS possibilities
and components
to prevent
reinventing what
already exists and
speed-up
implementation &
migration
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IMPACT ON
BUSINESS MODEL
adapt your
business model to
PaaS cost model
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SKILLS,
REQUIRED
IMPLEMENTATION
TIME CODE
ABSTRACTION
USING API’S
PAAS
SANDBOX
shorter release
cycles require
smaller feature sets
per release, adapt
your software
development &
release management
method
to be cloud
agnostic you need
code abstraction
layers per PaaS
service you use
design and modify
your software
architecture to fit
the PaaS sandbox
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