A brief history lesson on cloud computing.

1. Cloud Computing
A Brief History in Time
Mark O’Loughlin
Director of Advisory Services
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How did we get to today?

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1900s
The advent of shared electricity leads
to electricity being provided via a public
grid system as a utility.
Companies no longer need to build and
operate their own independent
electricity plants.

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1940s
Little did he know what was to come
next …“I think there is a world
market for maybe five
computers”
- Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM. 1943

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1960 / 1970s
Mainframes introduce general
computing to organisations.
Dumb terminals provide personal
computing capabilities.
Time sharing of mainframe resources
is possible.
In general mainframes remain
expensive, inflexible and unconnected.

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1980s
Distributed computing comes of age.
Computing is decentralised; pushed to
the user / desktop where computers
provide personal computing
capabilities.
Wide Area Networks increase

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1990s
The internet comes of age.
The internet is comparable to the
electricity gird, but on a global scale.
Instead of moving electricity, the
internet moves data.
New business models appear –
exponentially
Amazon is born amongst others.

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Todays world of cloud computing

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Todays world of cloud computing
We have a global interconnected data
grid – the Internet
Cloud computing provides always-on
utility based services – like electricity
Time sharing of mainframe resources is
replaced by cloud computing
IT no longer needs to build the entire IT
factory
Organisation consume services – not
IT.
Consumers don’t care about the
underlying IT or technology

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So how is cloud changing the
workplace?
The electricity grid opened up a new world
full of invention, innovation, development
and opportunity.
The world changed, society changed,
human behaviours changed for the better
Cloud computing is opening up a new
world full of invention, innovation,
development and opportunity.
The world is changing, society is
changing, human behaviour is changing
… for the better?

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How cloud is changing the workplace
IT Becomes a Utility
Business will consume more IT services
and build less IT
IT is shifting from being provided in-house
to being provided via the internet
Similar to electricity becoming a utility in
the 1900s
Workers no longer want IT – they want
experiences

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How cloud is changing the workplace
Millennials and the “iGeneration” are
born into a cloud evolving world
Social media is the norm
Workplace expectation are changing
The world has become comfortable with
technology
Smart phones = Cloud in your Pocket

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How cloud is changing the workplace
Transform with the Cloud
 Scalable
 On-demand
 Economies of scale
 Rapid elasticity
 Quicker time to market
 Utility / commodity of IT
 Real remote access
 Device agnostic
 Future Proof
 Cost Savings
 … etc.
Cloud provides options and flexibility

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The next evolution?
Digital Workplace
Digital Worker
Digital Human
The digital human becomes the digital worker
The digital worker becomes the digital workplace
Chris Dancy – The worlds most connected man

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17. Cloud Computing
A Brief History in Time
Mark O’Loughlin
Director of Advisory Services
www.redcirclestrategies.com