Green IT and cloud computing is the next big trend that demonstrates a paradigm shift in the way large amounts of information is stored.
This presentation will focus on various green IT technologies, including server consolidation, virtualization, and cost saving strategies for greening your data centers. There will be an interactive cloud computing demonstration, if you would like to participate please bring your laptop.
The Steep Forces Driving Cloud ComputingCraig Rispin
Craig Rispin, Business Futurist presentation for executives of Oracle and Telstra on - "The Steep Forces Driving Cloud Computing" on 19th Nov 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
For more info on Craig Rispin, CSP:
www.FutureTrendsGroup.com
The Steep Forces Driving Cloud ComputingCraig Rispin
Craig Rispin, Business Futurist presentation for executives of Oracle and Telstra on - "The Steep Forces Driving Cloud Computing" on 19th Nov 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
For more info on Craig Rispin, CSP:
www.FutureTrendsGroup.com
Cloud Computing - Does Every Cloud Have a Silver Lining?Steve Cast
Is Cloud Computing an evolution or revolution? What does it mean for Not For Profit organisations? What are the advantages and disadvantages of moving to the cloud? What are the pitfalls to be avoided. Will Cloud Computing suit every NFP organisation? … Just what is Cloud Computing and what is all the fuss about anyway?
From a fundamental overview to developing a strategy, for either adopting the cloud or not, your presenter, Steve Cast, Founder and MD of AdvantageNFP will answer these questions, offering valuable insights, using “real life” client case studies from the NFP sector.
Introductory session on Cloud Computing Technology and Current market offerings from various vendors.
Evolving of Cloud base platform, Need of Cloud and Benefits with its some limitations and current challenges.
Slides for talk by Prof Christopher Millard on "Cloud Computing: Opportunities and Risks" at the International Bar Association Annual Meeting 2010, Vancouver, Canada, October 2010
The Cloud Computing China Congress (CCCC http://www.cloudcomputingchina.org ) is specially designed for senior IT and line of business executives evaluating and making purchasing decisions in the areas of on-demand infrastructure and software services.
Bringing Shadow IT into the Light with a Centralized IT Cloud Migration StrategycVidya Networks
Nava Levy (cVidya), Chris Lewis (IDC), and Steve Mannel (Salesforce) discuss the topic of IT and the Cloud at TM Forum Management World 2012 in Dublin.
It has always been a challenge to explain and convince top management including the Chief Financial Officers to embark into Cloud Computing. Predominantly because many still unclear or not so very sure what is cloud computing. Is it managed hosting, co-location or managed services? While technology providers and vendors continue to confuse management technology jargon, the need to embark into cloud computing seems inevitable...just like any others before such as the need to have emails, websites, online transactions, web based applications etc.
This presentation provides layman's, easy to understand meaning of cloud computing, why is it important for management,especially the CFO to seriously consider embarking into and some statistics and trend of how the world will move toward cloud.
Cloud Computing - Does Every Cloud Have a Silver Lining?Steve Cast
Is Cloud Computing an evolution or revolution? What does it mean for Not For Profit organisations? What are the advantages and disadvantages of moving to the cloud? What are the pitfalls to be avoided. Will Cloud Computing suit every NFP organisation? … Just what is Cloud Computing and what is all the fuss about anyway?
From a fundamental overview to developing a strategy, for either adopting the cloud or not, your presenter, Steve Cast, Founder and MD of AdvantageNFP will answer these questions, offering valuable insights, using “real life” client case studies from the NFP sector.
Introductory session on Cloud Computing Technology and Current market offerings from various vendors.
Evolving of Cloud base platform, Need of Cloud and Benefits with its some limitations and current challenges.
Slides for talk by Prof Christopher Millard on "Cloud Computing: Opportunities and Risks" at the International Bar Association Annual Meeting 2010, Vancouver, Canada, October 2010
The Cloud Computing China Congress (CCCC http://www.cloudcomputingchina.org ) is specially designed for senior IT and line of business executives evaluating and making purchasing decisions in the areas of on-demand infrastructure and software services.
Bringing Shadow IT into the Light with a Centralized IT Cloud Migration StrategycVidya Networks
Nava Levy (cVidya), Chris Lewis (IDC), and Steve Mannel (Salesforce) discuss the topic of IT and the Cloud at TM Forum Management World 2012 in Dublin.
It has always been a challenge to explain and convince top management including the Chief Financial Officers to embark into Cloud Computing. Predominantly because many still unclear or not so very sure what is cloud computing. Is it managed hosting, co-location or managed services? While technology providers and vendors continue to confuse management technology jargon, the need to embark into cloud computing seems inevitable...just like any others before such as the need to have emails, websites, online transactions, web based applications etc.
This presentation provides layman's, easy to understand meaning of cloud computing, why is it important for management,especially the CFO to seriously consider embarking into and some statistics and trend of how the world will move toward cloud.
Cloud computing is an internet-based computing technology, where shared re-sources
such as software, platform, storage and information are provided to customers on demand.
Cloud computing is a computing platform for sharing resources that include infrastructures,
software, applications, and business processes. The exact definition of cloud computing is A
large-scale distributed computing paradigm that is driven by economies of scale, in which a
pool of abstracted, virtualized, dynamically scalable, managed computing power, storage,
platforms, and services are delivered on demand to external customers over the Internet .
Interop 2006: Evolution of the Networking IndustryAbner Germanow
This was a presentation from 2006 where (starting on slide 30) I described how the way consumer networking vendors built their products would ultimately upend the way enterprise vendors built products. Today, the hype around SDN, commodity switching products, and linux based network operating systems is making much of this come true.
This presentation was first given in May 2006 at the Interop trade show.
Slide 30, is where I talked about how the networking market would split from vertically organized vendors to horizontally specialized vendors. I predicted this transition would take 10 years.
At the time, the use of merchant silicon in datacenter and enterprise switching products was a rarity. Today, it is common. Then linux derivative network OSes were limited to consumer products, today they are taking over large scale cloud datacenters.
The networking market hasn’t come as far as I expected in 10 years, but it’s pretty cool much of this either came true or is on the cusp of coming true. Much more change is under way.
Cloud Computing is a general term used to describe a new class of network based computing that takes place over the Internet, basically a step on from Utility Computing
a collection/group of integrated and networked hardware, software and Internet infrastructure (called a platform).
Using the Internet for communication and transport provides hardware, software and networking services to clients
This is a lightning presentation given by Nhan Nguyen to our team for the purpose of knowledge sharing in support of our efforts to create a culture of learning.
The Cloud is a term with a long history in telephony, which has in the past decade, been adopted as a metaphor for internet based services, with a common depiction in network diagrams as a cloud outline.
The term “Cloud Computing” is a recent buzzword in the IT world. Behind this fancy poetic phrase, there lies a true picture for the future of computing for both in technical prospective and social prospective. However, the term “Cloud Computing” is recent but the idea of centralizing computation and storage in distributed data centers maintained by third party companies is not new but it came in the way back in 1990s along with distributed computing approaches like grid computing. Cloud computing aimed at providing IT as a service to the cloud users on-demand basic with greater flexibility, availability, reliability and scalability with utility computing model. This new paradigm of computing has an immense potential in it to be used in the field of e-governance and in rural development perspective in the developing country like India.
Includes PEV best practices from various cities and states from Canada, the US and California. Also includes the results of the PEV readiness survey given to regional municipal staff.
The San Joaquin Valley PEV readiness assessment is designed to enhance local PEV planning efforts by evaluating the current state of PEV readiness and identifying potential areas of improvement as well as tangible best practices developed throughout the San Joaquin Valley, California and abroad.
Includes PEV best practices from various cities and states from Canada, the US and California. Also includes the results of the PEV readiness survey given to regional municipal staff.
Matthew Porrecca, Associate Principal, BNIM Architecture
Revitalizing Communities By Design
Regenerative design and development could be incredibly simple. It merely requires taking time in a place to uncover stories, discover patterns, find essence, and then add value in any way that improves the capacity of a place to be whole, vital and evolving. Together with our clients and collaborators, we are taking steps to maximize social health, invigorate a sustainable economy and restore natural systems. This workshop explores essential questions that hold the keys to a broad-based shift toward regenerative practice. We’ll share our observations, process, projects, and metrics while drawing participants into a rich dialog of discovery.
Howard Blackson - Placemakers, LLC
In the 20th century, we have spent a lot of money and resources to build cultural wastelands that adversely affects our quality-of-life. With the demise of redevelopment in California, in conjunction with the demonization of Smart Growth, the future relevancy of these places rests upon our ability repurpose these miles and miles of regrettable and devalued strip centers, office parks, and housing tracks. Unfortunately, most citizens oppose any new development due to its potential conflict with their existing community character. Applying an urban design technique that purposely codes for a specific community character, this presentation will outline 21st century urban design tools to build towards walkable, mixed-use neighborhood centers.
With 20 plus years of professional urban design experience, Howard is the Director of Planning for PlaceMakers, LLC, a new economy company of seven (7) principals located across the United States and Canada. Howard has designed and managed a variety of projects both internationally and in the United States having worked in Asia, Europe and North America. He holds a Master degree in Urban Design from the University of Westminster, London, and a Bachelor degree in Geography from the University of Texas at Austin. Howard is an Accredited Member of the Congress for the New Urbanism and is a member of the U.S. General Services Administration Design Excellence Peer Review Committee. He is an adjunct lecturer at San Diego’s NewSchool of Architecture and Design and on the faculty of University of California San Diego Urban Studies Program.
Kaid Benfield, Dir. Sustainable Communities - NRDC
Kaid will discuss the opportunities and advantages of creating a sustainable energy future.We once thought of cities as the antithesis of sustainability - but we now know that cities can be the solution to, not the cause of, our environmental threats. To take advantage of the opportunities before us in an increasingly urban society, we must be thoughtful, shaping our metropolitan regions to reduce our environmental footprint while creating beautiful, green, inclusive neighborhoods within them. As people concerned about the health and future of the planet, we must approach this task with energy and humility, paying every bit as much attention to nurturing great people habit as we do to conserving the habitats of other species.
Michelle Kaufmann will talk about a quest for simplicity as a core component to a mission of making thoughtful, sustainable design accessible.
She will talk about her work in prefabrication, design-build, green homes and sustainable communities. Rethinking not only what we make and how we make it, but also redesigning the design process itself is key to the future of architecture and sustainability. Innovations in this category are abundant and exciting, and with strategic focus can help us all to have more quality, less clutter and simpler lives.
The upcoming 2013 Title-24 Building Efficiency Standards were approved by the California Energy Commission on May 9, 2012. The new Title-24 energy code incorporates significant changes that will affect architects, builders, contractors, energy consultants, and solar PV installers. This class will review the upcoming changes to the energy code and the impact on building design along with compliance strategies that will allow you to comply with the new, stricter energy code cost effectively.
Mark Madison is a Certified Energy Plans Examiner, Certified Energy Analyst, HERS rater, and serves on the board of directors of the California Association of Building Energy Analysts (CABEC).
We will discuss some strategies for incorporating water harvesting into sustainable landscaping, using example projects to illustrate our points. We will focus on residential systems for outdoor usage but will also touch on commercial applications and non-potable indoor use.
Many building owners have the desire to upgrade their commercial
properties, but in the current state of the economy they are at a loss as to how to financial such upgrades. The presentation will also review current trends in rebates, public sector financing and private sector financing that make such upgrades possible.
Target Audience:
I think the target audience for this presentation will be building industry
professionals, developers, building owners, property managers and
commercial real estate brokers, as well as educators from real estate
development programs such as San Diego State’s.
How the people of a small town on the cross road to the silk road in Persia used micro-climate and their local materials to create energy-efficient buildings.
- Assess how they have used sun, wind and water
- Passive solar design
- Landscape and thermal mass to transform a harsh natural environment into comfortable spaces
- Evaluate innovative uses of local material in their buildings
- Santa Fe architecture and similarities to Persian architecture
- Observe the use of these techniques in modern architecture
Storm windows, insulating shades, sash replacements, awnings - The good news is that we have so many ways to improve the performance of our windows. The bad news is...there are so many ways to improve the performance of our windows! How in the world can we objectively compare them on price, thermal performance, ease of installation, ease of use, solar control, privacy, and durability?
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories and BuildingGreen are working on simple and easy-to-use resources for selecting window retrofit options. With input on climate, existing window attributes, and performance priorities, anyone can cut through the difficulties of deciding how to improve the overall performance of existing windows.
Using resources from www.windowattachments.org, webinar participants will work through window attachment selection scenarios with the instructor and learn how to use these resources with their clients and on their own projects.
The new 2008 Title-24 Building Efficiency Standards became effective January 1, 2010. One of the most sweeping changes involve residential indoor and outdoor lighting requirements, particularly kitchen lighting and the new adoption of ASHRAE 62.2 indoor air quality code.
Kitchen Lighting, Title-24
New restrictions, control requirements, high efficacy fixture requirements and incandescent allowances, and interior lighting worksheets will add an additional layer of complexity to residential lighting design. This class will bring you up to speed on the new changes and address the underlying principles, calculation methods, strategies to assist you in complying with the new code changes and take you step by step thru the new CF-6R-LTG-1 lighting certificate of installation which must be filled out before the final certificate of occupancy will be issued.
Kitchen Lighting, Title-24
You will also understand which fixtures will comply as high efficacy (not all LED fixtures are certified as high efficacy), the lighting control requirements for each room type and the new fixture and control requirements for residential outdoor lighting.
Title-24, Title-24
California has now adopted the requirements of ASHRAE 62.2-2007 which means that starting January 1, 2010, all low-rise residential buildings are required to install whole house mechanical ventilation and satisfy other requirements to achieve acceptable indoor air quality. Openable windows will no longer be an acceptable method for satisfying outdoor air requirements. This will involve calculations for determining the minimum ventilation cfm and designing a system to provide the necessary airflow with proper controls. You will learn the proper method for determining ventilation airflow, strategies for designing a cost effective ventilation system, and how to fill out the new ventilation Certificate of Installation.
Kitchen Lighting, Title-24
Learn from one of the leading experts in California’s Title-24 Building Efficiency Standards (Title-24), Mark Madison, a state certified Energy Plans Examiner and Certified Energy Analyst, HERS rater, Greenpoint rater with over 25 years experience with building energy code compliance analysis, enforcement and training.
Learn why sustainable real estate has become such a popular choice for individual and institutional investors. See what's driving the market and learn how you can leverage this opportunity in your business.
This beginning level seminar is designed for non-residential building owners/managers/consultants and real estate professionals who want to track and understand their building’s energy usage using a free online tool called ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. Learn how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) benchmarking tool can guide investment priorities, identify under-performing buildings, verify energy-efficiency improvements, and how buildings can receive EPA recognition for superior energy performance. Portfolio Manager can also be used to comply with the California State law that requires disclosure of a building’s energy benchmarking score at the time of sale, lease, or refinancing.
Alice Liddell is a Senior Associate with ICF International. Ms. Liddell has twelve years of experience in energy efficiency as well as energy and environmental policy. Ms. Liddell provides support to utilities throughout the west for many EPA ENERGY STAR® programs, including lighting, commercial food service, consumer electronics, and the commercial and industrial building sector programs. In addition, Alice provides training for EPA’s ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager benchmarking tool.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Building RAG with self-deployed Milvus vector database and Snowpark Container...Zilliz
This talk will give hands-on advice on building RAG applications with an open-source Milvus database deployed as a docker container. We will also introduce the integration of Milvus with Snowpark Container Services.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
5. AM3 Technologies
AM3 Technologies is a full-service cloud service provider specializing
in small and medium business solutions.
AM3 Technologies has over 7
years of experience with
virtualization and cloud
computing technologies.
AM3 Founder has published
two books and numerous
white papers on virtualization
and has established himself
as a thought-leader.
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6. Agenda
Introduction – AM3 Technologies
Cloud Computing – What Is It?
Introductory Video
SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
Multi-tenancy & Virtualization
Questions
Cloud Computing Implications
Green IT – Carbon footprint reduction
Security
Getting into the Cloud
Questions
Future: Mobile Revolution
Handheld Devices: iPhone, iPad, Android
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8. Agenda
Introduction – AM3 Technologies
Cloud Computing – What Is It?
Introductory Video
SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
Multi-tenancy & Virtualization
Questions
Cloud Computing Implications
Green IT – Carbon footprint reduction
Security – Intellectual Property
Getting into the Cloud
Questions
Future: Mobile Revolution
Handheld Devices: iPhone, iPad, Android
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9. Cloud Computing -- SaaS
SaaS -- Software as a Service
• Examples -- Salesforce.com, LegalZoom, AM3 Technologies
• SaaS provides a software package as a service over the internet
and generally has a monthly or annual fee – Pay as You Go model
• SaaS Benefits
Reduce/eliminate Pay to Own/lease software
Automatic upgrades, generally
Reduce application management costs
Rapid scalability
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10. Cloud Computing -- IaaS
IaaS -- Infrastructure as a Service
• Examples – AM3 Technologies Amazon Terremark
• IaaS provides computer infrastructure, typically a virtualized
computing platform delivered over the Internet/Intranet as a service
• You no longer purchase servers, software, data center space
or network equipment, but instead you buy/rent those resources as
a fully outsourced service.
• IaaS Benefits
The service is typically billed on a utility computing
basis
Improve computer resource efficiency and pay for only
what you need
Automatic upgrades, generally
Improve service provisioning and time-to-market
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11. Cloud Computing -- PaaS
PaaS – Platform as a Service
• Examples – VMware, EC2, Azure, Xen
• PaaS provides a virtualized platform such as VMware to run
servers, desktops and their associated applications and services.
• The selection of a PaaS provider should be decided based on the
overall needs of your environment (basically what applications
and operating systems you want to run) and the extensibility of
the platform itself.
• PaaS Benefits
Similar to IaaS and SaaS – Pay as you go
A good PaaS provider allows for a large array of OSes
and apps to be ran in the cloud
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22. Green I.T.
I.T. Energy Consumption
•EPA Report 109-431 states that by 2011, the
cost to power a server over its 3 year lifespan will
be 3 times the cost of the server itself.
• Cloud computing removes the server hardware
from your physical environment and all associated
energy and cooling costs.
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23. Green I.T.
Utilization Rates
• On average computers utilize only
10-15% of their computing
resources.
• Cloud computing utilizes
~65-85% of its resources, creating
a more efficient environment.
• This utilization rate allows a cloud computing
environment to run the same services on less
physical hardware, significantly reducing energy
consumption.
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24. Green I.T.
The End of the Desktop Computer
• The average desktop computer consumes 85-100 watts
of electricity and has a lifespan of 3-4 years.
• A Thin Client with attached monitor only consumes 13.2
watts of electricity and has a lifespan of 6-7 years.
• Cloud computing allows organizations to replace energy
consuming desktops with Thin Client access points,
reducing energy consumption by approximately 85%.
•AM3 Technologies is the only San Diego cloud
computing provider specializing and offering virtual
desktop infrastructure
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25. Green I.T.
AM3 has partnered with SDG&E to Promote Green I.T.
and Cloud Computing
•Energy-Efficiency = Green, as in $$$$$$$$
•Taking advantage of what you’re already paying into
-- Public Purpose Programs (PPP)
• Instant savings through SDG&E’s rebates &
incentives
• Long-term savings through productivity and
increased efficiency
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30. Hypervisor Maturity
This small piece of software basically runs a
good portion of any cloud – ensure it has
passed rigorous testing.
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31. Billing
Billing can be confusing, especially if your not I.T. savvy.
Know what your paying.
AM3 Technologies has a very simplified billing model
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33. Agenda
Introduction – AM3 Technologies & Cloud.org
Cloud Computing – What Is It?
Introductory Video
SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
Multi-tenancy & Virtualization
Legal Community Impact
Questions
Cloud Computing Implications
Green IT – Carbon footprint reduction
Security – Intellectual Property
Getting into the Cloud
Questions
Future: Mobile Revolution
Handheld Devices: iPhone, iPad, Android
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34. How to Get Into the Cloud
-- Project Methodology
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35. Virtualization Engagement Process
Overview (ADIS)
Assessment and Planning
• Gather business and technical requirements for cloud solution
1
• Analyze infrastructure utilization statistics
• Assess customer readiness
Design
2 • Cloud design for client, hosted and/or Disaster Recovery solutions
• Migration Solution to include eP2V, virtual-to-virtual, file-to-virtual migrations
Implementation
• Generate Implementation documentation to support PoC or full implementation
3
• Work with customer to ease cloud adoption
• Utilize testing to ensure success and customer satisfaction
Support
• 24x7x365 support
4 • Remote access for our clients
• Monthly service contracts available
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40. Cloud Computing Future -- Mobility
The number of mobile devices is increasing more than
any other I.T. device
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41. Cloud Computing Future -- Mobility
Leave your data where it should be – in the Data Center
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42. Cloud Computing Future -- Mobility
…but access it anywhere.
Your cloud provider should provide support for all major
mobile devices.
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