This document discusses the concept of cloud computing. It argues that cloud computing offers potential benefits like social inclusion, reduced waste, and being inherently green. However, some see cloud computing as imposing performance penalties, reducing security, and requiring large investments. The document also notes that the expectations of new workforce entrants who have grown up with the internet are very different than what traditional IT departments provide. Finally, it suggests that cloud computing could change everything if it delivers reliability, resilience, connectivity, efficiency and other benefits at a very low cost.

1. Ahead
in
The
Cloud
Peter
Cochrane
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2. Is it real,
or is it a
dream ?

3. What is Cloud Computing ?
The Web the way itit wasmeant to be !
“The Web the way was meant to be !”

4. The
Cloud
-­‐
what
is
isn’t
!
 A cure-all solution
 A universal panacea
 A return to the mainframe
 Obviously advantages in all cases!

5. Poten4ally
:cking
all
the
boxes!
Social
Inclusion ✔
Inherently
Green ✔
Reduces
Waste ✔
Socially
Beneficial ✔

6. Cloud
Mythology!!
Cloud
Mythology
 Imposes performance penalties over PCs
 Security substantially downgraded
 Needs large scale investment
 Just the same as Grids
 Just a fad!

7. The
mindset
change!
 Networking will by-pass hoarding
 Optimise everything for sharing
 Make everything a resource
 Let users decide
 Influence is more important than power

8. Creativity is now
at the edge, out
of control, open,
& distributed...

9. ~20 years of living on line…..
…and now entering the workforce…
- Any platform
- Any OS
- Any Application
- An entirely different expectation!

10. And IT Dept’s then
do this to them…

11. Time
and
technology
–
waits
for
no
man!
We
don’t
do
this
any
more
We
shouldn’t
be
doing
this!

12. If it is real
it changes
everything…

13. Provisioning/
Cost/desk/year Company
Mode
Support
Cycle
Internalized
£1.5
-­‐
2.5k 9
–
18
months
100%
DIY
Outsourced
£500
–
900
9
–
18
months
Google
£50 9
–
18
minutes
Desk
Top

14. IT Dept’s can
no longer cope
...or indeed...
compete !

15. A
general
observa4on
!
We are rewarding suppliers who give us more freedom
– not less!

16. Get
rid
of
all
this
–
it
ain’t
core!
Others
can
do
it
far
beDer
and
far
cheaper
–
achieving
greater
reliability,
resilience
and
QoS
Application Operations
Services Services
Network Security Authentication Ordering
Storage Sharing Availability Provisioning
Operating System Integration Monitoring Licensing
Database Customization Patch Mgmt Billing
App Server Web Services Upgrades Renewal
Web Server API Backup Marketing
Data Center Multi-Language NOC Sales
Disaster Recovery Multi-Currency Maintenance Support
Workflow Desk Top Support
Analytics
Multi-Device
Messaging
Search

17. Spot the problem...
~9 months Tech Cycle
~2.5 years Management Cycle
~5 years People Cycle
2 - 10 years Procurement Cycle

18. Some
headlines
you
will
never
see....
-­‐
Corporate
apps
now
seen
as
cool
-­‐
Workers
love
their
IT
Dept
-­‐
Industry
the
prime
source
of
new
apps
-­‐
CEOs
vote
TwiVer
their
1
business
tool

19. Here are the keys:
- Reliability
- Resilience
- Connectivity
- Efficiency
- Energy
- Openness
- Mobility
- Two-way Bandwidth

20. We
are
good
at
building
ultra-­‐reliable
systems
from
dirt
cheap
components!
Unfortunately
the
same
cannot
be
said
for
soXware
&
security....yet!

21. And
just
one
more
way
of
looking
at
The
Cloud…

22. Henry
Ford
gets
into
IT
?

23. Thank You
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