The Cloud Needs an
Operating System
Phillip J. Windley, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer
Kynetx
@windley
The great question
(about power) is who
   should have it.

            – John Locke
The Web (circa 1996)
Web 2.0

                                Server
                                Space

   iCloud   Google   Facebook




                                Client
                                Space
Web 2.0

                                Server
                                Space

   iCloud   Google   Facebook




                                Client
                                Space
Web 2.0

                                Server
                                Space

   iCloud   Google   Facebook




                                Client
                                Space
So long as we are merely
clients of servers,
we cannot be
independent
picture of calfs in pens with
logos on it.
Picture of revolutionary war
picture of cloud
Alice's
Personal Cloud
To make this
manageable
and flexible,
personal clouds need
an operating system
Operating Systems
Collection of services:
Operating Systems
Collection of services:
 Identity management
Operating Systems
Collection of services:
 Identity management
 Data management
Operating Systems
Collection of services:
 Identity management
 Data management
 Programming model
Operating Systems
Collection of services:
 Identity management
 Data management
 Programming model
 Connections
Alice's          Bob's
Personal Cloud   Personal Cloud
Alice's          Bob's
Personal Cloud   Personal Cloud
Kynetx has built an
operating system for
personal clouds.
Our model supports
collections of connected,
programable persistent data
objects that can
represent any thing
Our model is decentralized & networked:
                                        personal
               personal                  cloud
                cloud
   personal
    cloud
                          personal
                           cloud                   personal
                                                    cloud
                                                               personal
                                                                cloud
                                                                          Cloud
    personal
     cloud     personal
                                                                          Space
                cloud                personal
                                      cloud




                                                                          Hosting
                                                                          Space



    Hosting                Hosting                             Self
   Company A              Company B                           Hosted
To introduce this idea, we've
created some little tags that
add magical features to
anything you attach them to.
SquareTag is a Collection of Your Things
Configuration
                                          Contacts
                         Management


                          CloudOS
                                        Notifications
                           Service


                         Notification      Vehicle
                          Service       Manangement


                         Dashboard        To Do &
                          Support        Reminders


                            Auth         Discovery



                          Discovery      SquareTag



                          Dictionary      Home
                                        Management


                          Reputation
                                                           CloudOS Apps & Services




Existing
           To Be Built
                           Libraries
                          Services &
                                            Applications
CloudOS isn’t

Web desktop
OS for devices (TinyOS)
Distributed OS (Inferno)
Because it allows you to
act as a peer,
a CloudOS...
...orchestrates and coordinates
online interactions
...enables cooperating
networks of products and
                 services
...supports intention-driven
                 automation
...transforms the way you
    interact with the world
My book on
how this can
be built now
CloudOS White Papers




  www.windley.com
CloudOS Screencasts




 www.windley.com
docs
   developer.kynetx.com
Personal Clouds Need an
   Operating System
           Contact info:
             Phil Windley
          pjw@kynetx.com
          www.windley.com
              @windley

The Cloud Needs An Operating System – Philip J. Windley