The document explains the concept of 'the cloud' and highlights its pervasive use in services like Facebook and Netflix, detailing the extensive infrastructure behind it in the U.S. Additionally, it discusses the importance of agile project management and the exponential growth of data generation, emphasizing the role of data analytics in business decision-making. A training class, Tech4NonTechies, is offered to further explore these technologies and their market implications.

2. …but what exactly IS the cloud?
it’s a plane…
No!
It’s ‘the Cloud’!

3. Use:
Facebook?
iCloud?
Uber?
Netflix?
If so, you’re probably using the
Cloud right now and don’t know it!

4. In the US alone, 12 million
servers in 3 million data centers
make up “The Cloud”.
http://dazeinfo.com/2015/08/07/growth-of-data-
centers-worldwide-a-catch-up-in-the-world-of-hosting/

6. Mobile phones go beyond making phone
calls: they’re our credit cards, GPS, music
player, computer, camera, and more!

7. In fact, 40% of smartphone owners are more social
online than in person.

8. What Exactly Is Agile?

9. Agile is a collaborative approach to project
management/product development that is incremental
and iterative.

10. It places an emphasis on
empowering people to collaborate and
make team decisions, with
continuous planning,
continuous testing, and
continuous integration

11. www.commonplaces.com
run in
short cycles
and
feedback is
frequent,
increasing value to the customer,
encouraging quality,
and ensuring cost effectiveness.

12. Big Data

14. “From the dawn of civilization until 2003, humankind generated five
exabytes of data. Now we produce five exabytes every two days…and
the pace is accelerating.”
- Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google

15. Data is its own ecosystem. Companies make sense of it
though data analytics, or analyzing the mass amounts of
data, to assist in making decisions for business.

16. Looking for more on:
• Cloud
• Mobile
• Agile
• Big Data/Data Analytics?
Our Tech4NonTechies® class dives deeper into each topic,
explaining at a fundamental level today’s cutting-edge technologies
and how they correlate to one another. Participants learn pertinent
market and business examples, seeing how these technologies
impact the market, accelerate company success, and increase value
to the end consumer.
To sign up, visit www.truellc.com or contact training@truellc.net