CES Government 2010: Cloud Computing in the Public Sector
- 1. Cloud Computing inPublic SectorEmerging Trends & TechnologiesJason M. LangonePresident, Cloud-Castwww.cloud-cast.com
- 2. Background - Speaker7+Years Advanced Virtualization & CloudSpeaker: 2006 VMWorld2007 VMware Vanguard AwardSpeaker: Green Computing Summit 2008Speaker: Virtualization Congress 20092009 VMWorld Europe vExpertWriterTech TargetVirtualization.Info
- 3. Background - Company~$15MSmall Public Company (imci.ob)Cloud computing & virtualization servicesPublic & private sectorSensitive & non-sensitive environmentsCloud-Cast Readiness AssessmentsCloud-Cast Migration ServicesAll available via GSA SchedulePartners:Microsoft, Amazon, VMware, Citrix
- 4. 2010: Timefor Action2009 was the year of evangelism2010 is the year of large-scale actionCloud computing is not a fadDocumented success storiesPublic sector on the forefrontAmazon proved feasibility; now what?Microsoft as a trusted partner:AzureVMware vCloud Express
- 5. 5 Trends for2010Simplification over advanced automationMaking the cloud accessible to allFISMA complianceOpening the door for greater useCloud services providersVersus colo providers; true cloud winsHybridOn-premise + off-premise = SuccessThe virtualization adoption modelGetting comfortable with the technology
- 6. 5 Technologies for2010IaaS + PaaS CloudsBest of both worlds: Azure may be 1st to offer bothTrue resource marketplaceResources pools versus instancesPricing modelse.g. Amazon, “spot pricing”Management connectivityOn-premise & off-premise under 1 roofApplication StreamingServer 2008, XenApp, etc.
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Editor's Notes
- #5 2009 had cloud everywhereFederal News Radio, NPR, The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, etc.Educational groundwork laid, now time to start incorporating cloud into solutionsPublic sector leading the effortsNon-technical people are being exposed to the concept of cloud computingMom Langone example: >decade @ Commerce, no technical background“Cloud computing makes technology easier”Deep history of public sector successTrusted advisors (e.g. Microsoft) will lead the efforts in public sector MSFT Relationships, contract management, understanding of the missionOnline Services Security & Compliance (OSSC)Constantly monitoring “events of interest”Azure meets more industry standards than any other cloud to date:SOX, PCI, HIPAA, SAS 70 Type I/II, ISO 27001VMware vCloud Express:Still in beta, no clouds for public sector but some will emerge in 2010 (e.g. Bluelock)
- #6 Focus will shift to the interface and experienceLess of a focus on squeezing out 4% performance and more of a focus on making the cloud easier to use with a short Time-to-Cloud (similar to TTM)FISMA ComplianceThe last checkbox needed for agency-wide cloud implementationsCSPs vs. Colo’sColo’s (Terremark,Rackspace, etc.) are in the business of hosting serversCloud Service Providers (Microsoft, Amazon, etc.) are in the business of providing a platform for solutionsHybrid model for successGoing “all in” for all IT needs not the smartest path to overall successAdoption model:Similar trends from the virtualization model (Netherlands, Big Pharma = early adopters); however, public sector will be on the front of the adoption curve compared with private sector due to need, goals of the Administration, budgetary constraints and a need for true cloud-scale resources (versus simply virtualizing and reducing 30 servers to 2).
- #7 IaaS &PaaSIaaS = Amazon EC2, Microsoft Azure (?)PaaS = Microsoft Azure, Google AppEngineOffering both opens the cloud to both developers and server administratorsResource PoolsBuying GHz and GB of RAM versus instances. This new model will reduce instance sprawl and push people to think of resources not serversSpot PricingGreat for Amazon, not for consumers; great idea by AMZN economists. Consumers bid their highest price for a volatile, “leftover” Amazon EC2 instance.Amazon collects this information (for free).Bidding in a monopolistic market as there is only one provider of supplies (Amazon).Look for more creative pricing models.Management ConnectivityThe only vendor that has a holistic management story for both on-premise and off-premise today is Microsoft with System Center and its capabilities to tap into Azure. Look for other large vendors to try to tackle this in 2010. Application streamingUsing existing application virtualization (appvirt) technology (ThinApp, XenApp, App-V, etc.) agencies could stream apps (e.g. Word 2010) to their users for everyday use or for times of crises. Secure application packages would live in the cloud allowing greatest access and delivery for global agencies (e.g. Department of State).
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