Cloud and Big Data technologies are being one of the major core components for building modern web applications and distributed systems. Initially utilized by big tech giants like Microsoft, Facebook, Google, these technologies are now being a vital part of enterprise organizations, like bank, insurance, and telecommunication companies. Microsoft MVP Ashraf Alam, along with his peer engineers from different areas of software development industries would like to share their experience gained through building large scale systems.

1. Cloud & Big Data
Technologies
Challenges & Opportunities
Ashraf Alam
Software Architect

2. Fascinating Cloud Factor:
 64% companies are investing in training new
and current employees on their cloud
expertise - a survey by Avanade across 18
countries revealed.
 “A new cloud server is added for every 600
smartphones or 120 tablets in use.” - Vorsite

3. Fascinating Cloud Factor:
 “By 2015, the Internet will connect 2.5 Billion
People, and more than 15 Billion devices” -
Intel
 Cloud computing is up to 40 times more cost-
effective for an SMB, compared to the
alternative of running its own IT system -
Microsoft

4. Fascinating Big Data Fact:
 By 2015, 4.4 million IT jobs globally will be
created to support big data, generating 1.9
million IT jobs in the United States - According
to Gartner.
 Every day, we create so much that 90% of the
data in the world today has been created in
the last two years alone. - According to Ibm.

5. Fascinating Big Data Fact:
 Big data is a top business priority and drives
enormous opportunity for business improvement.
Wikibon’s own study projects that big data will be
a $50 billion business by 2017. - According to
siliconangle.
 Big data has been used to predict crimes before
they happen – a “predictive policing” trial in
California was able to identify areas where crime
will occur three times more accurately than
existing methods of forecasting. Source -
businessinsider

6. Cloud Computing
Agility
Application
programming
interface (API)
Maintenance
Multitenancy Performance Productivity
Reliability Scalability Security

7. Reference Architecture: Backend

8. Reference Architecture: Storage

9. Reference Architecture: ALM

10. Reference Architecture

11. Thank You!
Ashraf Alam
Get in touch: fb.com/ashraful.alam