Presentation from Chesapeake Regional Tech Council\'s TechFocus Seminar on Cloud Security; Presented by Scott C Sadler, Business Development Executive - Cloud Computing, IBM US East Mid-Market & Channels on Thursday, October 27, 2011. http://www.chesapeaketech.org
This document discusses the promises and realities of cloud computing. It outlines some of the key promises of cloud computing such as cost savings, increased computing power and automation, and infrastructure simplification. However, it also notes that while technology continues to evolve, users' experiences with the cloud vary and some organizations still question if the cloud can deliver on its promises. The document explores both the positive drivers for cloud adoption as well as areas like data control, performance, and security that are still works in progress.
There are five disruptive forces shaping IT today, but none has more wide-ranging impact on all enterprises than the emergence of cloud as a preferred means of service delivery. This article discusses the cloud industry and how WGroup can help give client a competitive advantage using a service delivery strategy and new IT operating models.
Global IT BPM Market Perspective by Dolat Capital with special coverage on cl...Mohit Agarwal, CFA
Dolat Capital's Investment Banking Team releases its quarterly newsletter on IT-BPM Sector. Special coverage on Global Cloud Infrastructure and Services sector.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive, evolving cloud computing platform provided by Amazon. It provides a mix of infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and packaged software as a service (SaaS) offerings.
The document discusses cloud computing as a new IT delivery and consumption model inspired by consumer internet services. It is driven by virtualization, automation, and standardization which enable economies of scale, flexible pricing, and self-service. Adoption of cloud computing will be shaped by analyzing workload characteristics and risks to determine the best delivery models of public, private or hybrid cloud.
Rio Info 2010 - Seminário de Tecnologia - Integracao de Servicos - Cesar Taur...Rio Info
Cezar Taurion discusses how cloud computing is transforming the IT industry. Cloud computing leverages virtualization, standardization, and automation to reduce costs while increasing capabilities. It allows resources to be provisioned in minutes and paid through metering/billing models. While infrastructure as a service is common, platforms and software as a service provide additional benefits. Both opportunities and challenges exist for companies and CIOs in adopting cloud computing strategies.
The document discusses the promises and realities of cloud computing. While the cloud promises cost savings, increased computing power, and automation, realities include security concerns, reliability issues, integration challenges, and costs for early adopters. As cloud technology evolves, both expectations and experiences of users are changing. The cloud remains a work in progress, with opportunities and risks that companies must navigate as adoption increases.
This document discusses the promises and realities of cloud computing. It outlines some of the key promises of cloud computing such as cost savings, increased computing power and automation, and infrastructure simplification. However, it also notes that while technology continues to evolve, users' experiences with the cloud vary and some organizations still question if the cloud can deliver on its promises. The document explores both the positive drivers for cloud adoption as well as areas like data control, performance, and security that are still works in progress.
There are five disruptive forces shaping IT today, but none has more wide-ranging impact on all enterprises than the emergence of cloud as a preferred means of service delivery. This article discusses the cloud industry and how WGroup can help give client a competitive advantage using a service delivery strategy and new IT operating models.
Global IT BPM Market Perspective by Dolat Capital with special coverage on cl...Mohit Agarwal, CFA
Dolat Capital's Investment Banking Team releases its quarterly newsletter on IT-BPM Sector. Special coverage on Global Cloud Infrastructure and Services sector.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive, evolving cloud computing platform provided by Amazon. It provides a mix of infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and packaged software as a service (SaaS) offerings.
The document discusses cloud computing as a new IT delivery and consumption model inspired by consumer internet services. It is driven by virtualization, automation, and standardization which enable economies of scale, flexible pricing, and self-service. Adoption of cloud computing will be shaped by analyzing workload characteristics and risks to determine the best delivery models of public, private or hybrid cloud.
Rio Info 2010 - Seminário de Tecnologia - Integracao de Servicos - Cesar Taur...Rio Info
Cezar Taurion discusses how cloud computing is transforming the IT industry. Cloud computing leverages virtualization, standardization, and automation to reduce costs while increasing capabilities. It allows resources to be provisioned in minutes and paid through metering/billing models. While infrastructure as a service is common, platforms and software as a service provide additional benefits. Both opportunities and challenges exist for companies and CIOs in adopting cloud computing strategies.
The document discusses the promises and realities of cloud computing. While the cloud promises cost savings, increased computing power, and automation, realities include security concerns, reliability issues, integration challenges, and costs for early adopters. As cloud technology evolves, both expectations and experiences of users are changing. The cloud remains a work in progress, with opportunities and risks that companies must navigate as adoption increases.
2010.10.07. Le Cloud Computing pour les N...ouveaux - Loic Simon - Club Allia...Club Alliances
Collection de slides sur le Cloud Computing préparée pour l'animation d'un atelier de travail avec des partenaires [revendeurs, VAR, intégrateurs, éditeurs... de Best'Ware : Jargon, marché, usages, écosystème, risques, opportunités, étapes de démarrage... du Cloud Computing - Focus sur le rôle des revendeurs.
Cloud computing is a new model for IT that provides on-demand access to shared computing resources and data over the internet. It offers significant cost savings compared to traditional IT through reduced hardware/software costs, system administration savings, and more efficient usage. Cloud computing is being rapidly adopted, with over 90% of companies currently using or planning to use it. The main types of cloud services are SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS. Virtualization is a key technology that allows software and data to be independent of hardware and accessible from various devices.
Cloud computing is becoming mainstream as both public and private cloud options emerge. Public clouds like Amazon offer standardized and automated infrastructure on a pay-per-use model, while private clouds apply similar strategies internally. Key cloud types include Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). Short term, IaaS is most promising, while PaaS and SaaS have longer term potential. Private clouds are currently preferred over public clouds for control and availability reasons, though preferences vary by application. Cloud adoption creates opportunities for both customers and vendors through flexibility, scalability and cost benefits, but also risks like lack of maturity and cloud washing.
Cloud Computing definition , its history , Service Models , Deployment Models , Architecture, pretty much all the important aspects related to cloud computing
This document discusses cloud computing. It defines cloud computing as utilizing remote servers and networks to allow centralized data storage and online access to computer resources. Cloud computing delivers IT services over the internet. It discusses the key attributes of cloud computing including broad network access, rapid elasticity, and pay-as-you-go pricing. It also outlines the main service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), deployment models (private, public, hybrid clouds), and some security concerns regarding cloud computing such as sharing infrastructure with other tenants.
Cloud computing offers potential opportunities for Bangladesh but also faces challenges. It could enable e-governance and provide affordable options for SMEs through reduced costs. However, security concerns, reliability questions, and a lack of confidence in the technology are limiting customer adoption. The country needs infrastructure upgrades, new laws and policies, and incentives to address gaps in order to realize cloud computing's benefits. Government support will be important to build reliability and address reliability concerns that are currently barriers for potential customers.
Clloud computing provisioing and benifits altanai bisht 2nd year , part iiALTANAI BISHT
What is a cloud?
Definition , Benefits
Usage scenarios , Architecture
Cloud provisioning and management
Automated provisioning
Reservation & Scheduling
Open source
Virtualization
Storage architecture in the cloud
Piloting innovations on a cloud
: Cloud processing is turning into an inexorably mainstream endeavor demonstrate in which figuring assets are made accessible on-request to the client as required. The one of a kind incentivized offer of distributed computing makes new chances to adjust IT and business objectives. Distributed computing utilizes the web advancements for conveyance of IT-Enabled abilities 'as an administration' to any required clients i.e. through distributed computing we can get to anything that we need from anyplace to any PC without agonizing over anything like about their stockpiling, cost, administration etc. In this paper, I give a far-reaching study on the inspiration variables of receiving distributed computing, audit the few cloud sending and administration models. It additionally investigates certain advantages of distributed computing over customary IT benefit environment-including versatility, adaptability, decreased capital and higher asset usage are considered as appropriation explanations behind distributed computing environment. I additionally incorporate security, protection, and web reliance and accessibility as shirking issues. The later incorporates vertical versatility as specialized test in cloud environment.
The data center impact of cloud, analytics, mobile, social and security rlw03...Diego Alberto Tamayo
Introduction
The consumerization of IT continues to have a major impact
on business. Technology forces have emerged that are
challenging organizations’ ability to respond. Cloud computing,
mobility, social business, big data and analytics and IT security
technologies are evolving very rapidly, putting an organization’s
IT agility, speed and resilience to the test. As these technologies
mature and converge, they are demanding a total reexamination
of the underlying enterprise infrastructure: its strategy and
design, its operation and its management framework.
Cloud Computing In Banking And Finance IndustryTyrone Systems
Cloud computing allows organizations to get up and running on an outsourced IT infrastructure without the time or cost investment. It also allows financial firms to start modernizing their technology with minimal investments.
A PROPOSED MODEL FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND REDUCING COSTS OF IT THROUGH C...ijccsa
This document discusses a proposed model for improving performance and reducing costs of IT through cloud computing for Egyptian business enterprises. It begins with an introduction and background on cloud computing. The proposed model has four layers: infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), software as a service (SaaS), and client layer. The IaaS layer provides virtual hardware resources using virtualization. The PaaS layer manages data processing and resource management. The SaaS layer provides internet-based application services. Finally, the client layer directly interfaces with users. The model aims to improve performance and reduce costs for Egyptian businesses through flexible, efficient cloud services and infrastructure.
A Proposed Model for Improving Performance and Reducing Costs of IT Through C...neirew J
Information technologies are affecting the big business enterprises of todays from data processing and
transactions to achieve the goals efficiently and effectively, affecting creates new business opportunities
and towards new competitive advantage, service must be enough to match the recent trends of IT such as
cloud computing. Cloud computing technology has provided all IT services. Therefore, cloud computing
offers an alternative to adaptable with technology model current , creating reducing cost (Fixed costs and
ongoing), the proliferation of high speed Internet connections through Rent, not acquisitions, cheaper
powerful computing technology and effective performance. The public and private clouds are characterized
by flexibility, operational efficiency that reduces costs improve performance. Also cloud computing
generates business creativity and innovation resulted from collaborative ideas of users; presents cloud
infrastructure and services; paving new markets; offering security in public and private clouds; and
providing environmental impact regarding utilizing green energy technology. In this paper, the main
concentrate the cloud computing.
This document analyzes cloud computing business models in Taiwan. It identifies 4 clusters of companies:
1) Public infrastructure as a service (IaaS) providers like telecom operators
2) PC and notebook manufacturers developing customized solutions
3) IT companies introducing new solutions to existing clients
4) Application service providers rebranding as cloud service providers
It evaluates these clusters using market share and growth rate, finding application providers have the most lucrative "cash cow" model while public IaaS providers face challenges as "question marks". It provides recommendations on business strategies and government policies to support cloud computing.
The document discusses how cloud computing provides companies flexibility and efficiency during tough economic times. It allows companies to rapidly scale computing resources up or down as needed without large capital investments. This enables companies to innovate faster, bring products to market quicker, and improve operational efficiency. Cloud computing provides automated provisioning of services, virtualized infrastructure, security, and standardized offerings to help companies work smarter and be more responsive to changing business needs.
Session 1:
Topic: Cloud Computing in Capital and Commodity Markets: Past, present and future
Briefly recap technology innovations that have led to the emergence of the Cloud as a major IT imperative, and examine future possibilities that support its wider adoption. We will review how Cloud technologies are currently being leveraged in the industry, and more specifically, how companies in the capital markets and commodities realm are leveraging them.
Explore factors to be mindful of while planning Cloud adoption for the enterprise and also develop a high level roadmap for moving services to the Cloud.
Speakers: Dixit Patel, Vice President Technology, Sapient Global Markets (London) and Sudip Dasgupta, Director Infrastructure, Sapient Global Markets (London)
Cloud: a disruptive technlogy that CEO should use to transform their businessBertrand MAES
Cloud:
What cloud really means ?
How it should help CEO transform their business ?
How it should help CEO transform their IT department ?
Prerequisite for a sucessful cloud project
The document discusses Microsoft's private cloud computing roadmap. It defines cloud computing and outlines Microsoft's offerings including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). It describes the evolution from traditional datacenters to virtualized datacenters to private and public clouds. It highlights key aspects of private clouds like application packaging, monitoring, and automation. It also discusses System Center 2012 and how it can help manage private and public clouds with common tools and deliver applications as a service.
SeattleUniv-IntroductionToCloudComputing-WinsowsAzure101Mithun T. Dhar
The document discusses cloud computing and Microsoft Azure. It provides an overview of Azure including its data centers, virtual machines, storage options like blobs and tables, services like App Fabric, and the Fabric Controller which manages virtual instances and load balancing. It also discusses the different roles in Azure like Web Roles and Worker Roles and platforms offered, such as Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and Software as a Service.
This document discusses cloud computing and infrastructure as a service (IAAS) for healthcare. It begins with an agenda and overview of cloud computing stacks. It then discusses the promise of IAAS to allow any application to run without needing dedicated IT staff. A case study is presented of a medical imaging company that implemented a private cloud IAAS solution on a private network to streamline operations across locations and eliminate manual data entry and dedicated IT staff. The solution improved patient experience and reporting times while protecting sensitive data. A proof of concept lab is suggested to de-risk projects and test connectivity variables before full implementation.
2010.10.07. Le Cloud Computing pour les N...ouveaux - Loic Simon - Club Allia...Club Alliances
Collection de slides sur le Cloud Computing préparée pour l'animation d'un atelier de travail avec des partenaires [revendeurs, VAR, intégrateurs, éditeurs... de Best'Ware : Jargon, marché, usages, écosystème, risques, opportunités, étapes de démarrage... du Cloud Computing - Focus sur le rôle des revendeurs.
Cloud computing is a new model for IT that provides on-demand access to shared computing resources and data over the internet. It offers significant cost savings compared to traditional IT through reduced hardware/software costs, system administration savings, and more efficient usage. Cloud computing is being rapidly adopted, with over 90% of companies currently using or planning to use it. The main types of cloud services are SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS. Virtualization is a key technology that allows software and data to be independent of hardware and accessible from various devices.
Cloud computing is becoming mainstream as both public and private cloud options emerge. Public clouds like Amazon offer standardized and automated infrastructure on a pay-per-use model, while private clouds apply similar strategies internally. Key cloud types include Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). Short term, IaaS is most promising, while PaaS and SaaS have longer term potential. Private clouds are currently preferred over public clouds for control and availability reasons, though preferences vary by application. Cloud adoption creates opportunities for both customers and vendors through flexibility, scalability and cost benefits, but also risks like lack of maturity and cloud washing.
Cloud Computing definition , its history , Service Models , Deployment Models , Architecture, pretty much all the important aspects related to cloud computing
This document discusses cloud computing. It defines cloud computing as utilizing remote servers and networks to allow centralized data storage and online access to computer resources. Cloud computing delivers IT services over the internet. It discusses the key attributes of cloud computing including broad network access, rapid elasticity, and pay-as-you-go pricing. It also outlines the main service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), deployment models (private, public, hybrid clouds), and some security concerns regarding cloud computing such as sharing infrastructure with other tenants.
Cloud computing offers potential opportunities for Bangladesh but also faces challenges. It could enable e-governance and provide affordable options for SMEs through reduced costs. However, security concerns, reliability questions, and a lack of confidence in the technology are limiting customer adoption. The country needs infrastructure upgrades, new laws and policies, and incentives to address gaps in order to realize cloud computing's benefits. Government support will be important to build reliability and address reliability concerns that are currently barriers for potential customers.
Clloud computing provisioing and benifits altanai bisht 2nd year , part iiALTANAI BISHT
What is a cloud?
Definition , Benefits
Usage scenarios , Architecture
Cloud provisioning and management
Automated provisioning
Reservation & Scheduling
Open source
Virtualization
Storage architecture in the cloud
Piloting innovations on a cloud
: Cloud processing is turning into an inexorably mainstream endeavor demonstrate in which figuring assets are made accessible on-request to the client as required. The one of a kind incentivized offer of distributed computing makes new chances to adjust IT and business objectives. Distributed computing utilizes the web advancements for conveyance of IT-Enabled abilities 'as an administration' to any required clients i.e. through distributed computing we can get to anything that we need from anyplace to any PC without agonizing over anything like about their stockpiling, cost, administration etc. In this paper, I give a far-reaching study on the inspiration variables of receiving distributed computing, audit the few cloud sending and administration models. It additionally investigates certain advantages of distributed computing over customary IT benefit environment-including versatility, adaptability, decreased capital and higher asset usage are considered as appropriation explanations behind distributed computing environment. I additionally incorporate security, protection, and web reliance and accessibility as shirking issues. The later incorporates vertical versatility as specialized test in cloud environment.
The data center impact of cloud, analytics, mobile, social and security rlw03...Diego Alberto Tamayo
Introduction
The consumerization of IT continues to have a major impact
on business. Technology forces have emerged that are
challenging organizations’ ability to respond. Cloud computing,
mobility, social business, big data and analytics and IT security
technologies are evolving very rapidly, putting an organization’s
IT agility, speed and resilience to the test. As these technologies
mature and converge, they are demanding a total reexamination
of the underlying enterprise infrastructure: its strategy and
design, its operation and its management framework.
Cloud Computing In Banking And Finance IndustryTyrone Systems
Cloud computing allows organizations to get up and running on an outsourced IT infrastructure without the time or cost investment. It also allows financial firms to start modernizing their technology with minimal investments.
A PROPOSED MODEL FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND REDUCING COSTS OF IT THROUGH C...ijccsa
This document discusses a proposed model for improving performance and reducing costs of IT through cloud computing for Egyptian business enterprises. It begins with an introduction and background on cloud computing. The proposed model has four layers: infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), software as a service (SaaS), and client layer. The IaaS layer provides virtual hardware resources using virtualization. The PaaS layer manages data processing and resource management. The SaaS layer provides internet-based application services. Finally, the client layer directly interfaces with users. The model aims to improve performance and reduce costs for Egyptian businesses through flexible, efficient cloud services and infrastructure.
A Proposed Model for Improving Performance and Reducing Costs of IT Through C...neirew J
Information technologies are affecting the big business enterprises of todays from data processing and
transactions to achieve the goals efficiently and effectively, affecting creates new business opportunities
and towards new competitive advantage, service must be enough to match the recent trends of IT such as
cloud computing. Cloud computing technology has provided all IT services. Therefore, cloud computing
offers an alternative to adaptable with technology model current , creating reducing cost (Fixed costs and
ongoing), the proliferation of high speed Internet connections through Rent, not acquisitions, cheaper
powerful computing technology and effective performance. The public and private clouds are characterized
by flexibility, operational efficiency that reduces costs improve performance. Also cloud computing
generates business creativity and innovation resulted from collaborative ideas of users; presents cloud
infrastructure and services; paving new markets; offering security in public and private clouds; and
providing environmental impact regarding utilizing green energy technology. In this paper, the main
concentrate the cloud computing.
This document analyzes cloud computing business models in Taiwan. It identifies 4 clusters of companies:
1) Public infrastructure as a service (IaaS) providers like telecom operators
2) PC and notebook manufacturers developing customized solutions
3) IT companies introducing new solutions to existing clients
4) Application service providers rebranding as cloud service providers
It evaluates these clusters using market share and growth rate, finding application providers have the most lucrative "cash cow" model while public IaaS providers face challenges as "question marks". It provides recommendations on business strategies and government policies to support cloud computing.
The document discusses how cloud computing provides companies flexibility and efficiency during tough economic times. It allows companies to rapidly scale computing resources up or down as needed without large capital investments. This enables companies to innovate faster, bring products to market quicker, and improve operational efficiency. Cloud computing provides automated provisioning of services, virtualized infrastructure, security, and standardized offerings to help companies work smarter and be more responsive to changing business needs.
Session 1:
Topic: Cloud Computing in Capital and Commodity Markets: Past, present and future
Briefly recap technology innovations that have led to the emergence of the Cloud as a major IT imperative, and examine future possibilities that support its wider adoption. We will review how Cloud technologies are currently being leveraged in the industry, and more specifically, how companies in the capital markets and commodities realm are leveraging them.
Explore factors to be mindful of while planning Cloud adoption for the enterprise and also develop a high level roadmap for moving services to the Cloud.
Speakers: Dixit Patel, Vice President Technology, Sapient Global Markets (London) and Sudip Dasgupta, Director Infrastructure, Sapient Global Markets (London)
Cloud: a disruptive technlogy that CEO should use to transform their businessBertrand MAES
Cloud:
What cloud really means ?
How it should help CEO transform their business ?
How it should help CEO transform their IT department ?
Prerequisite for a sucessful cloud project
The document discusses Microsoft's private cloud computing roadmap. It defines cloud computing and outlines Microsoft's offerings including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). It describes the evolution from traditional datacenters to virtualized datacenters to private and public clouds. It highlights key aspects of private clouds like application packaging, monitoring, and automation. It also discusses System Center 2012 and how it can help manage private and public clouds with common tools and deliver applications as a service.
SeattleUniv-IntroductionToCloudComputing-WinsowsAzure101Mithun T. Dhar
The document discusses cloud computing and Microsoft Azure. It provides an overview of Azure including its data centers, virtual machines, storage options like blobs and tables, services like App Fabric, and the Fabric Controller which manages virtual instances and load balancing. It also discusses the different roles in Azure like Web Roles and Worker Roles and platforms offered, such as Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and Software as a Service.
This document discusses cloud computing and infrastructure as a service (IAAS) for healthcare. It begins with an agenda and overview of cloud computing stacks. It then discusses the promise of IAAS to allow any application to run without needing dedicated IT staff. A case study is presented of a medical imaging company that implemented a private cloud IAAS solution on a private network to streamline operations across locations and eliminate manual data entry and dedicated IT staff. The solution improved patient experience and reporting times while protecting sensitive data. A proof of concept lab is suggested to de-risk projects and test connectivity variables before full implementation.
Gerard Hurl - Industry Presentation 26-04-12healthcareisi
The document discusses the potential for innovative collaboration between the Health Service Executive (HSE) and ICT suppliers in Ireland. It notes that current ICT spending by the HSE is low at 0.085% of its total budget. It identifies challenges such as health system reorganization, engaging industry given procurement processes, and a lack of funding and investment. However, new opportunities exist through approaches like vendor financing, cloud computing, and software as a service. The document proposes establishing a governance framework to facilitate wider consultation with stakeholders, identify viable new business models, and assess potential collaborative initiatives.
The document discusses how cloud technology is changing medical practice by allowing ubiquitous access to medical records, images, and documents from anywhere through secure online storage and sharing. It describes how 7 OCEANZ RADIOLOGY WEBPACS offers a comprehensive cloud-based system for medical imaging that provides storage, exchange, and interpretation of digital images in real time for radiology providers. This system reduces costs while improving access and diagnosis by allowing viewing images remotely through an internet connection.
The document discusses security strategies for sharing medical images in the cloud, including using robust physical infrastructure, encrypting data during transfers, separating protected health information from images using split-merge technology, implementing role-based user permissions, connecting systems through gateways, and customizing security workflows through last-mile features. The goal is to balance security, usability, and clinical needs to facilitate collaboration while protecting patient data.
The document discusses the challenges healthcare providers face in managing the large amount of medical imaging data being generated. There has been exponential growth in medical imaging data due to factors like an aging population, improved technology, defensive medicine practices, and data retention requirements. This massive amount of data strains healthcare organizations' storage capabilities and makes accessing and sharing images between providers difficult. The document introduces cloud services as a potential solution that could help hospitals better manage resources and provide improved access and sharing of medical images.
Imaging in the Cloud: A New Era for RadiologyCarestream
A look at how cloud computing is helping the medical imaging industry. The cloud is changing old mindsets, and allowing technologies, such as a vendor-neutral archive (VNA), to make health facilities more efficient and provide higher quality care.
Rapid advances in technology has led to the amalgamation of two very powerful technologies, mobile and the cloud. This presentation highlights its importance in healthcare
Health IT Summit DC 2015 - Cloud Storage and Medical Image Management: Responding to the filesize increases of advanced imaging technologies
Todd Thomas
CIO
Austin Radiological Association
iHT2 case studies and presentations illustrate challenges, successes, and various factors in the outcomes of numerous types of health IT implementations. They are interactive and dynamic sessions providing opportunity for dialogue, debate and exchanging ideas and best practices. This session will be presented by a thought leader in the provider, payer or government space.
Cloud eHealth in Medical Imaging & RadiologyCarestream
The document discusses how cloud-based infrastructure can support various healthcare workflows. It provides two case studies:
1) Maasstad Hospital in the Netherlands used the cloud to archive radiology images and consolidate clinical data to avoid managing storage itself.
2) Imadis, a French teleradiology company, used the cloud to enable a dedicated reading workflow and ensure performance, security, and 24/7 support for emergency readings.
The cloud infrastructure allows customization of workflows while outsourcing complexity to cloud providers and avoiding large capital investments. This flexible model is positioned to support diverse healthcare needs going forward.
DriCloud. Cloud based Electronic Medical Recorddricloud
EHR - Cloud based practice Management Software for medical clinics and healthcare providers. DriCloud is an easy and intuitive that adapts to the way you work
In the AWS Healthcare Days presentation you’ll learn best practices for architecting cloud-based applications for the healthcare industry with a deep technical overview and demos. Topics to be covered in this presentation include building a healthcare analytics pipeline in the cloud, HIPAA-compliant storage and archiving, and Using infrastructure-as-code to automate your security and compliance policies. You will also see how cloud security partner, Clear DATA, is helping healthcare providers leverage services like AWS Config and AWS CloudTrail, as well as, system level tooling to maintain the security and compliance of applications and environments through automation.
IoT is a combination of hardware and software technology that produces trillions of data through connecting multiple devices and sensors with the cloud and making sense of data with intelligent tools
IoT in Healthcare is a heterogeneous computing, wirelessly communicating system of apps and devices that connects patients and health providers to diagnose, monitor, track and store vital statistics and medical information.
This document discusses a new medical imaging system called CMI that aims to simplify storage, viewing, and exchange of radiology images. It notes disadvantages of traditional PACS systems like being distributed, non-secure, requiring compression/decompression, and being expensive. CMI claims to centralize images in a secure location and deliver uncompressed true images anywhere in real-time. It also turns any device into a workstation, has strong security features, and offers pay-per-study pricing that is more affordable than competitors like GE and Phillips. The board of directors and advisors are also introduced who have extensive experience in medical imaging, IT, and business.
Strategic Uses for Cost Efficient Long-Term Cloud StorageAmazon Web Services
Compared to storing long-term datasets on-premises, archiving in the cloud is a smart alternative whether you’re looking for an active archive solution, tape replacement, or to fulfill a compliance requirement. Learn how AWS customers are simplifying their archiving strategy and meeting compliance needs using Amazon Glacier. Hear how customers have evolved their backup and disaster recovery architectures and replaced tape solutions by turning to AWS for a more cost efficient, durable and agile solution. We will showcase Sony DADC's active archive deployment on Glacier and demo how some of our financial service customers have set up compliant archives to meet their regulatory objectives.
Cloud computing involves delivering computing services over the Internet. Instead of running programs locally, users access software and storage that resides on remote servers in the "cloud." The concept originated in the 1950s but Amazon launched the first major public cloud in 2006. Cloud computing has three main components - clients that access the cloud, distributed servers that host applications and data, and data centers that house these servers. There are different types of clients, deployment models for clouds, service models, and cloud computing enables scalability, reliability, and efficiency for applications accessed over the Internet like email, social media, and search engines.
Presented at the New Zealand Computer Society 50th Anniversary Conference. The conference theme was about ICT Innovation.
This presentation was delivered during the conference by Phil Patton, IBM NZ will focus on answering in simple terms the key questions many are asking in their quest to understand why there is so much hype around Cloud – what are the key ingredients of Cloud Computing? And what’s different about it, what are the deployment types, and what workloads are suitable for Cloud deployment?
Phil will also cover the Enterprise Roadmap for Cloud adoption, the integration and connectivity between Cloud and legacy applications and address the significant security concerns related to the uptake of Cloud.
Emerging Technology in the Cloud! Real Life Examples. Pol Mac Aonghusacatherinewall
Set up in March 2008, the Dublin Cloud Center was created by IBM Software Group to provide a real-life laboratory for IBM Cloud Computing. Since then the Dublin Center has engaged around the world in delivery, development and research on the Cloud. A broad range of IBM, Client & Research projects provide a real-life insight into IBM 'Smart Infrastructure' in action.
Pol will provide a range of experiences and insights into Cloud Computing – from a practitioner's perspective. In this respect, Pol brings a unique, 'hands-on' perspective to IBM Cloud Computing capability and how it is being used in 'the wild'. This workshop is an opportunity for discussion and debate at a deep, paractical & technical level that will compliment the other workshops. The intention of the workshop is to illustrate IBM Cloud Computing in action!
In addition, Pol will also discuss emerging technologies using the Cloud platform and architecture in research and development projects in the Dublin Center. An interesting range of projects from High-performance, Pervasive & Mobile Computing coupled with research into topics such as active energy & green computing in the Cloud will provide insights into some of the next generation of solutions to use Cloud Computing.
Cloud computing is the provision of dynamically scalable and often virtualised resources as a service over the internet (public cloud) or intranet (private cloud)
F ernando sousa ibm_from hype to realiityEuroCloud
The document discusses cloud computing and its adoption. It notes that cloud computing provides on-demand access to configurable IT resources and services over the Internet with pay-per-use pricing. While security and privacy concerns are barriers, cost savings and faster access to resources and services are driving factors for companies considering cloud adoption. The document outlines IBM's six-step approach for organizations to get started with cloud computing.
Mr. Hesham Rasmy's presentation at QITCOM 2011QITCOM
IBM is investing heavily in cloud computing solutions to meet internal and client needs. Cloud computing offers cost reduction, scale, utilization, and IT agility through various deployment and delivery models including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), and Business Process as a Service. IBM's cloud services portfolio includes both public and private cloud options optimized for different workloads like analytics, collaboration, and development and testing.
The document discusses how cloud computing provides benefits to small businesses by allowing them to scale infrastructure resources on demand, shift costs to a pay-per-use model, and quickly adapt to market opportunities. It defines cloud computing and outlines the three main types of cloud services: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). The document also notes that while enterprises cite flexibility and on-demand capabilities as benefits over cost savings, security and maturity are top concerns for IaaS cloud services.
The document introduces cloud computing and IBM's cloud offerings. It defines cloud computing as a new IT delivery model that provides automated, on-demand access to shared computing resources like networks, servers, storage and services over the internet. It highlights benefits of cloud computing like cost savings, efficiency, security and being well-suited for today's data and analytics workloads. IBM helps organizations adopt cloud strategies and offers consulting, technologies and cloud services to optimize businesses.
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2. IBM has extensive experience implementing cloud computing solutions for clients and internally through projects like consolidating its own data centers.
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1. The New Economics of Cloud Computing… Chesapeake Technology Council Scott Sadler Cloud Business Development Executive IBM Channels & Mid-Market, East IMT [email_address]
2. A Crisis of Complexity… The Need for Progress is Clear… 85% idle In distributed computing environments, up to 85% of computing capacity sits idle. Explosion of information driving 54% growth in storage shipments every year. 1.5x Soon 1 trillion connected devices 70¢ per $1 70% on average is spent on maintaining current IT infrastructures versus adding new capabilities .
3. Nothing Is Changing More than IT … The way it ’s applied… For insight The way it ’s accessed… Ubiquitously The way it ’s architected… Integrated and flexible
4. By 2011, the world will be 10 times more instrumented then it was in 2006. Internet connected devices will leap from 500M to 1 Trillion by 2013… 10/28/11 Cloud Computing Strategic View 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 1,800 Exabytes RFID, Digital TV, MP3 players, Digital cameras, Camera phones, VoIP, Medical imaging, Laptops, smart meters, multi-player games, Satellite images, GPS, ATMs, Scanners, Sensors, Digital radio, DLP theaters, Telematics , Peer - to - peer, Email, Instant messaging, Videoconferencing, CAD/CAM, Toys, Industrial machines, Security systems, Appliances 10x growth in five years Approximately 70% of the digital universe is created by individuals, but enterprises are responsible for 85% of the security, privacy, reliability, and compliance.
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11. There are three ways to acquire IT capabilities… 10/28/11 Cloud Computing Strategic View Cloud computing is a new delivery and consumption model or methodology spanning all 3 ways. Software, hardware and services Pre-integrated systems and appliances Provided as services
12. Major factors influencing cloud computing economics Cloud Computing Strategic View 10/28/11 Infrastructure leverage Virtualization of hardware Virtualization drives lower capital requirements Utilization of infrastructure Virtualized environments only get benefits of scale if they are highly utilized Labor leverage Standardization of workloads Lower complexity = more automation possible = reduced IT labor costs Automation of management Automation takes repeatable tasks and automates services, reducing IT operation costs Self-service Clients that can “ serve themselves ” require less support and have easier access to services
13. Many IT- aaS models are being discussed, including four main Cloud categories… 10/28/11 Cloud Computing Strategic View Market Examples IBM Examples Software-as-a-Service Collaboration Financials CRM/ERP/HR Industry Applications Infrastructure-as-a-Service Servers Networking Storage Data Center Fabric Shared virtualized, dynamic provisioning Platform-as-a-Service Middleware Database Web 2.0 Application Runtime Java Runtime Development Tooling Business Process-as-a-Service Employee Benefits Mgmt. Industry-specific Processes Procurement Business Travel
14. A Spectrum of deployment options for cloud computing Cloud Computing Strategic View 10/28/11 Private Public Hybrid IT capabilities are provided “ as a service, ” over an intranet, within the enterprise and behind the firewall Internal and external service delivery methods are integrated IT activities / functions are provided “ as a service, ” over the Internet Third-party operated Third-party hosted and operated Enterprise data center Enterprise data center Private cloud Hosted private cloud Managed private cloud Enterprise Shared cloud services A Enterprise B Public cloud services A Users B
15. Cloud Computing Strategic View 10/28/11 Cloud will be adopted based on workloads… Ready for Cloud… May not yet be ready for migration… Sensitive Data Complex processes & transactions Regulation sensitive Not yet virtualized 3 rd party SW Highly customized Analytics Collaboration Development & Test Workplace, Desktop & Devices Infrastructure Storage Infrastructure Compute Business Processes Industry Applications Pre- production systems Information intensive Isolated workloads Mature workloads Batch processing New workloads made possible by clouds… Medical Imaging Financial Risk Collaborative Care Energy Management Disaster Recovery
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22. Steps to success … 10/28/11 Cloud Computing Strategic View Create IT Roadmap Capital Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud Time Trad IT Rent Financial Workload Custom Standard Capital Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud Time Trad IT Rent Financial Custom Standard Capital Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud Time Trad IT Rent Financial Custom Standard E - Mail, Collaboration Software Development Test and Pre - Production Data Intensive Processing Database ERP E - Mail, Collaboration Software Development Test and Pre - Production Data Intensive Processing Database ERP E - Mail, Collaboration Software Development Test and Pre - Production Data Intensive Processing Database ERP Assess Workload Enterprise Private Public Hybrid Trad IT Enterprise Private Public Hybrid Trad IT Enterprise Private Public Hybrid Trad IT Determine the Cloud Delivery Model Define Business Value Establish Architecture Service Definition Tools Service Publishing Tools Service Fulfillment & Config Tools Service Reporting & Analytics Service Planning Role Based Access OSS BSS Infrastructure Platform Software End Users, Operators Service Catalog Operational Console Cloud Services Cloud Platform Service Definition Tools Service Publishing Tools Service Fulfillment & Config Tools Service Reporting & Analytics Service Planning Role Based Access OSS OSS BSS BSS Infrastructure Infrastructure Platform Platform Software Software End Users, Operators Service Catalog Operational Console Cloud Services Cloud Platform Implement Cloud Systems Storage Network Computing Infrastructure Platform & Applications Email Bus Apps BPM Sys Mgmt Info Mgmt Web Svr Systems Storage Network Computing Infrastructure Platform & Applications Email Bus Apps BPM Sys Mgmt Info Mgmt Web Svr Systems Storage Network Computing Infrastructure Platform & Applications Email Bus Apps BPM Sys Mgmt Info Mgmt Web Svr Email Bus Apps BPM Sys Mgmt Info Mgmt Web Svr
The facts here are startling – inefficiency is prolific – clearly, progress is needed: - In distributed computing environments, up to 85% of computing capacity sits idle. Consumer product and retail industries lose about $40 billion annually, or 3.5 percent of their sales, due to supply chain inefficiencies. 70% on average is spent on maintaining current IT infrastructures versus adding new capabilities. Explosion of information: 54% growth in storage shipments every year 33% of consumers notified of a security breach will terminate their relationship with the company they perceive as responsible. Transition Line: And yet for some of our clients – they are already seeing benefits derived from their own transformation- .
ACCESS The way IT is accessed —moving from attached workstations to ubiquitous, mobile devices with totally new devices like smart meters creating massive volumes of information every day – from 700 million Smart phones in 2004 to 5 billion in 2010, f rom 1.3 Billion RFID tags in 2005 to 30 Billion RFID tags deployed across the world in 2010 . The fundamental reality is that toady people are demanding more access and as the technology to access IT drops dramatically in cost more can…in totally new ways. Consider a recent survey where 90% of car buyers indicated that they would prefer in-car Wi-Fi access over a DVD system. As a result, we are seeing IT respond to meet this demand. This response is generating a massive explosion of information as more people and devices access IT. APPLICATION The volume of information being generated by the shift in access is enabling and quite frankly, requiring new ways to apply IT —moving from a focus on core business applications to improve process productivity to generating real-time insight about and for individual users of IT . Consider the NYC Crime Command center. It's often a mundane detail that ultimately solves a crime. A nickname. A parking ticket. A past address. And it is mundane details—billions of them—which populate the data warehouse of the New York City Real Time Crime Center (RTCC). New York is now the safest large city in the United States, one example of how cities are getting smarter about public safety. IBM worked with the New York Police Department (NYPD) to create a data warehouse that could bring together information buried in filing cabinets, on index cards and in handwritten notes. Today, the RTCC stitches together more than 120 million New York City criminal complaints, 31 million national crime records and 33 billion public records...just to name a few. Sophisticated analytics and search capabilities make connections across multiple databases. Information can be visualized in seconds on a two-story video wall: a photo of a suspect appears with details—tattoos, past offenses, addresses with maps—quickly filling in. Critical data can be relayed instantly to officers at the scene. What once took days now takes minutes. Systems ARCHITECTURE During the 1960s the primary focus of IT was the automation of the back office. With the emergence of the global enterprise, in the 1970 ’s and 1980’s IT became increasingly focused on Core business applications to enhance white collar productivity. Today, with the dramatic increase in the pace & competitiveness of business - IT is being asked to shift its focus once again - deliver new insights – in real-time that are relevant to individual users of IT. With the explosion of data - 15 petabytes of new information being generated daily, 80% of it unstructured, with 44x more in next decade couple with and the inability to leverage this data the architecture of systems must change. The IT architecture of tomorrow must be increasingly integrated and flexible and built on a foundation of workload optimized systems. Systems that can help IT turn that data into new insight through analytics. There is no better example of this shift than IBM's own Watson….
The proliferation of sensors, digital communications and other forms of digital data collection, along with advances in the storage and management of such data has led to a projected tenfold growth in digital data between 2007 and 2011. All of this data has the potential to provide enterprise with valuable insights for running their businesses more effectively and efficiently. Now, businesses analysts need to adapt from an environment in which the challenge was in gaining insights from limited data to one in which the challenge is in managing and extracting useful information from massive data sets. As one can imagine, finding the relevant data, and quickly, amid the 'mountain' of available data can be like finding a needle in a haystack. Moreover, of the growth in digital data, approximately 80% of it is expected to comprise semi-structured and unstructured data (i.e., email, blogs, medical images, videos, audio files, pictures). With unstructured data, considerable effort is required to 'understand' the data, even before any further analysis can be performed to intelligently influence decision making. Semantics The number of semantically tagged documents and data sets is growing, as a result of five developments: “ Linked Data” guidelines, published in 2006, make it easier to share data on the web. The graph in the upper left represents the output of the Linking Open Data community project, which has the goal of making large numbers of open data sets more available by complying with the Linked Data guidelines. RDF (Resource Description Framework) triples are a key component of the Linked Data guidelines. Technologies to convert many legacy sources, especially of relational data, into RDF triples, became available as open source in 2006 (and IBM Research has improved versions of these) Technologies are appearing that can automatically find associations between subjects and objects from one “data graph” with subjects and objects in other “data graphs” Several important reference information suppliers, most notably Thomson Reuters, entered into this space (through their OpenCalais effort). Several efforts have developed technology to mine the essential information about people, places, materials, governments, businesses, works of literature and so on from Wikipedia, into a semantically tagged form (notably DBPedia and Freebase), so that as Wikipedia extends to cover more of the worlds knowledge, more of that becomes part of the Web of semantic data. Net: Both the number of facts, and the rich interconnecting of different classes of facts, have been growing at an accelerating rate. Example Use: In BlueJ! grand challenge, linked data (DBpedia, IMDb, Freebase etc) is used as important structured information source to improve the accuracy of question answering in additional to unstructured information. Acronyms: RDF – Resource Description Framework (W3C Standard) FOAF – Friend of a Friend – the RDF application for describing people and other people they know DBLP – Digital Bibliography and Library Project – bibliographic information on more than 1 million computer science research publications SIOC – Semantically Interlinked Online Communities DOAP – Description of a Project; DOAPSpace – a repository of open source projects RIESE - R DFizing and I nterlinking the E uro S tat Data Set E ffort OpenGuides – Information about leading cities of the world, the kind of information that would appear in a guidebook, produced by the community through a public Wiki. Jamendo – an online music community, including a large quantity of music licensed under various Creative Commons license terms. www.garlik.com – an online identity monitoring service Sindice.com – web service providing a directory/index of all Linked Open Data and Microformat data on the Web
The convergence of these dramatic societal shifts and technology innovations signal that we are entering a new era of computing— Smarter Computing—the era of Insight for Discovery. This new era is made possible by the integration of Big Data, analyzed through Optimized Systems that are managed as a Cloud. The combination of these capabilities can enable any enterprise to drive innovation while doubling IT capacity for the delivery of service on a flat IT budget. IT has the opportunity to play an even greater role in driving business transformation by enabling: Completely new business models New ways to deliver technology-based services New ways to understand the world New capabilities in Big Data and information integration can enable enterprises to leverage the dramatic increase in new forms of information to react faster and address the dramatic changes we are witnessing in the world. Optimized Systems can be designed to meet the need of specific requirements of these new workloads and improve outcomes. And emerging Cloud models will enable enterprises to manage IT in new ways and deliver new service in new ways. The end product is new innovation lead by IT while dramatically improving the Economics of IT.
As The Economist reported recently, clouds will transform the IT industry. It will impact how we live and how businesses operate profoundly Cloud computing provides: Massively scalable computing resources from anywhere Simplifies service delivery Rapid innovation Dynamic platform for next generation data centers Some say its grids or utility computing or software as a service but its all of those combined Grid Computing: Solving large problems with parallel computing Utility Computing: Offering computing resources as a metered service Software as a Service: Network-based subscriptions to applications Cloud Computing: Anytime, anywhere access to IT resources delivered dynamically as a service
So what is really different about cloud computing? A tradition enterprise tends to pull together resources and deploy them in support of a business function workload on project at a time, or in silos. The resources are dedicated to the workload and are unable to support other workloads where they could be leveraged as added support. Cloud computing on the other hand leverages a pooled resources environment that uses virtualization in order for the physical assets to support multiple workloads. In order to drive efficiency of the delivery to enable the self-service, self-management of cloud computing requires standardization of the assets (hw, sw, delivery) as well as automation. This is what delivers a responsive end user experience. So from the end users point of view it is elastic in scalability, accessible from any device, anywhere, any time, and if charged pay only for what they use during the time they are using it. From a provider ’s perspective its about an environment of highly virtualized resources that are location independent and have automated service management to handle provisioning, de-provisioning, change management, security and overall environment controls.
Cloud computing is a shift in economics and focus. From an economic standpoint cloud addresses: Self-service Cost reduction Scale Utilization IT agility, flexibility and delivery of value. Cloud focuses on choice: Workload optimization Service delivery The end-user experience
So how is IBM helping? Well let ’s start by reviewing the foundation. At the end of the day there really are only 3 ways in which an organization can get the IT support it needs to properly support their organization. First, they can build it out on their own or with someone’s assistance. Second, for key workloads, or functions they can acquire pre-integrated systems or appliances that accomplish the task, and then run and manage it themselves. And third they can acquire the IT, or IT support as a form of service from a third party. Acquiring IT as a form of service could be as simple as monitoring servers to as complex as outsourcing, with hosting and managed services in between. No matter which IT acquisition model they choose, cloud computing is a new delivery and consumption model that spans all three. A company can build out their own private cloud environment, they can purchase a pre-integrated system designed specifically deliver a cloud delivered workload, or they can acquire a cloud delivered workload as a service from a third party. Cloud computing evolved from internet consumer services and is about creating a delivery and consumption model of IT-enabled services that is all about the end user experience, end user control, and end user self-management.
Why is practically everyone so excited about cloud computing? These characteristics are the basis of how to deliver on cloud computing and also drive the economic benefits of this new model. How do we cope with this increasing demand and the increasing complexity from an IT perspective? Virtualization is the key. Virtualization technology when applied properly offers maximum utilization of infrastructure, which drives lower capital requirements, reducing cost overall by maximizing infrastructure and providing the ability to scale quickly and easily, especially if the environment is highly utilized. From a labor leverage standpoint, offering self-service to clients requires less support and gives them instant access to services. Behind self-services is the automation of the “ services” provided, such as automated setup and configuration. And at the core of better service delivery is the fact that you have standardized the services provided, for example standardizing test environments. All this adds up to reducing operational labor cost and gaining more efficient use of these IT resources for high-value services. The new cloud computing economics from a bottom line perspective reduce overall cost of IT at the same time as improving service.
When it comes to delivering a cloud deployment there is a spectrum of deployment options available for you to choose from. The most common and written about is the public cloud option like Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), or Google Apps. These cloud deployments allow any user with a credit card to gain access to the resources. To a private cloud deployment where all the resources are owned, managed and controlled by the enterprise. To gradations in between from third party managed, to third party hosted, to a very common emerging model called “shared cloud services” or “member cloud services.” Here you must be a member to access the services, and they can be made available to you typically in a shared resources option or a dedicated resources option, depending on your needs and configurations. It is this last model where IBM has offerings call IBM Smart Business Services on the IBM Cloud. Finally you can merge the options between public and private and create what has been coined a “hybrid cloud”. When it comes to deciding which cloud delivery option you want to choose it needs to tailored to the business, the time and money requirements, and the availability of the resources. There is a spectrum of delivery options, and there is no single right way. Private Implemented on client premises Client runs/ manages Managed private cloud Third-party operated Enterprise owned Mission critical Packaged applications High compliancy Hosted private cloud Internal network Third-party owned and operated Standardization Centralization Security Internal network Mix of shared and dedicated resources Shared Cloud Services Shared facility and staff Virtual private network (VPN) access Subscription or membership based Shared resources Public Cloud Elastic scaling Pay as you go Public Internet A Hybrid cloud solution is some mix of private and public integrated with your traditional IT to deliver the cloud solution to the end user and can involve any of the public to private options.
Because cloud computing is about delivering an IT-enabled service with the control in the hands of the end user, the characteristics of the business function workloads that can be self enabled will determine whether or not they are appropriate for cloud computing. Can they be easily standardized for delivery? Is the use of this service frequent enough and involve enough end users to make it a viable cloud computing solution? Are there risks associated with the workload that could preclude it from being cloud delivered? Are there new workloads not even yet explored that could potentially benefit from a cloud computing deployment? All of these are key questions to ask when reviewing which workloads are appropriate for a cloud delivery model.
Every business and organization today has a current plan of record for how they want IT to support their business. For many, it is about consolidating assets, virtualizing to increase asset utilizations and reduce costs, as well as standardizing and automating to improve service delivery and lower operational labor costs. These are key to achieving an optimal and effective cloud computing experience for the end user, and maximizing value to the business.
So how do you get started with cloud computing? At IBM we believe that to best leverage cloud computing as a viable delivery model, is to layout a clear path that is grounded in integrating cloud with your overall IT delivery strategy. You can build and deliver cloud services, or you can acquire and deliver cloud services, but both should appropriately start with your planning stage where you align the cloud-based services with your overall strategic direction, you ’ve analyzed which workloads are appropriate for cloud delivery, and have at least a preliminary business case to support an implementation. The best way to start a cloud adoption is with a pilot, and IBM can help you identify which pilot and where.