Indiana University consolidated several hundred servers into twenty using virtualization, saving costs and energy. They offered this private cloud to university departments, improving disaster recovery, scalability, and savings. Cost savings were up to 87%, energy savings 80-85%, and space savings 90%. The university was able to focus on teaching and research rather than server management.

1. Cloud Computing &
“as a Service”

2. But First…
A message from Charles Barkley, IT guy
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3. Case Study #1 IaaS:
Indiana University’s “Intelligent Infrastructure”
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4. Infrastructure as a Service
Indiana University’s “Intelligent Infrastructure”
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5. Infrastructure as a Service
Indiana University’s “Intelligent Infrastructure”
• Approach
• Started by consolidating several hundred servers down to
approximately twenty through the use of virtualization
• Had such great success that they decided to employ the same
strategy to storage
• Offered private cloud to university departments, schools, and regional
campuses
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6. Infrastructure as a Service
Indiana University’s “Intelligent Infrastructure”
• Major Strategic Benefits
• Disaster Recovery
• Servers were jeopardized during flooding at one regional campus; by
using a main campus private cloud service, data would be safe
• Scalability
• Scales horizontally; as more departments, schools, and campuses
are added, central campus IT resources are not overloaded
• Savings
• Less servers to maintain and replace; staff can focus on teaching and
research rather that worrying about managing servers
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7. Infrastructure as a Service
Indiana University’s “Intelligent Infrastructure”
• Business Outcomes
• Cost savings of up to 87% in application-specific infrastructure
costs
• Energy savings of 80-85%
• Space savings of 90%
• More outreach to regional campuses
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8. Article Discussion
How is Cloud Computing Transforming Competitive Advantage?
CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS: ROI METRICS:
1. Lowers the asset investment threshold 1. Speed and rate of change
2. Lowers switching costs via self-service 2. Total cost of ownership optimization
3. Lowers access to service barriers 3. Rapid provisioning and de-provisioning
4. Removes intermediates 4. Increased margin and cost control
5. Lowers the innovation access barrier 5. Dynamic usage
6. Increase growth potential 6. Risk and compliance improvement
7. Increase speed and transformation rate of 7. Enhanced capacity utilization
change 8. Access to business skills and capability
improvement
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9. Market Analysis:
Vendors and Market Positioning
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10. Market Analysis
Market Projections
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11. Market Analysis
Market Strategies
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12. Market Analysis
Hardware Providers
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13. Market Analysis
Software Providers
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