Diane Mueller discusses the transformative power of cloud computing on life, business, and the economy, highlighting key applications such as Wattpad and WhatsApp. She emphasizes the role of disruptive technologies and their impact on software development, advocating for open-source collaboration to drive future innovations. The presentation underscores the importance of automation, scalability, and developer empowerment in the cloud landscape.

1. The Human Face of
Cloud Computing
Diane Mueller
OpenShift Origin Community Mgr
November 2013
CyberSummit Banff

2. @pythondj
noun ˈpī-ˌthän, -thən+ˈdē-ˌjā
Python + short for “Django”
a widely used general-purpose, a high-level Python Web
high-level programming framework that encourages rapid
............language development & clean design
Snake + Disk Jockey
a very large snake that kills the a person who plays popular
animals it eats by wrapping itself recorded music on the radio or at a
around them party or nightclub
A Snake Charmer
Red Hat's Cloud Evangelist

6. Cloud Computing
as a means to
Disruptive Transformation
How Cloud Computing is transforming
life, business, & the global economy

8. 5 Apps that rule her world
WattPad
WhatsApp
Instagram
Polyvore
Skype

9. http://bit.ly/P36mrB

10. Google: “sonogram”

12. What's fueling this transformation?

14. “The cloud enables some of the most highly
impactful technologies: mobile Internet,
automation of knowledge work, and the
Internet of Things.”

17. New Cloud World Order
17

18. A Brief Word about Disruptive Technology
in my life

21. IBM 1401 – the year I was born
http://www.computerhistory.org/

22. First Job
http://www.computerhistory.org/

23. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_tape

24. First Job
http://www.computerhistory.org/

25. First Job
http://www.computerhistory.org/

26. First Job
http://www.computerhistory.org/

27. 25 years later..

28. McDonnell Douglas MCAUTO
http://www.delcam-crispin.com/

32. “SOFTWARE IS EATING
THE WORLD.”

33. Circa 1989 Predator vs. Prey

34. That's Disruptive Technology at Work

35. http://www.switchlv.com/supernap-gallery/index.html
Last year in Las Vegas: 2 Epiphanies @ #cloud2020

36. http://www.switchlv.com/supernap-gallery/index.html

38. Software shouldering the responsibility
for Performance Improvements
Henry Samueli CTO, Broadcom:
Time to prepare for the end of Moore’s Law
Vaclav Smil
Moore’s curse:
The idea that if we’re innovative enough, everything can have yearly efficiency gains

39. Terminator 2: Judgment Day - the 1991 sequel to The Terminator.

41. Disruption is Open Source Software

43. http://www.ohloh.net/

44. Infrastructure is not enough
44

45. Infrastructure as a Service gives you
•
Network, storage & compute as an on-demand service
•
Basically, servers in the cloud
•
You’re still on the hook to configure & manage the cloud & stack
“How do I use this?”
45

46. Programming Languages evolved

47. App Development Got Complicated

49. Unhappy Developers

50. https://www.udemy.com
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52. Programming Languages evolved

53. How to Build an App
Old School
53

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55. Developer Expectations
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Platform Flexibility
Application Portability
Increased Productivity

56. The Next Layer of Disruption: PaaS
SaaS/Applications Layer
Infrastructure Layer
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57. Keys to Cloud's Disruption
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Automation > PaaS
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Availability > Locality, Non-Locality
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Containers > Portability
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Price Wars > Affordability
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Velocity
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Efficiency > Idling
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Scalability > Up & Down
> High Availability

58. Empowering Developers
to test, launch, fail, iterate, scale
RAPIDLY

59. Conclusions
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The Digital Natives are restless
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There are Humans in the Machine
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Humans don't scale
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Machines don't scale without software
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Software is a collaborative endeavor
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Open Source Collaboration will drive the next
disruptions

60. Keep the Digital Natives Happy
http://www.polyvore.com/
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62. Thank you!
Diane Mueller
dmueller@redhat.com
@pythondj
openshift.com