This document discusses how cloud computing can enable transformation in education. It describes how cloud computing leverages virtualization, standardization, and automation to reduce costs and optimize services. Examples are provided of how cloud computing has been implemented in education settings, including desktop virtualization, virtual computing labs, and collaboration between universities. An integrated managed services model is proposed for delivering IT services to educational institutions.
Impact of cloud computing in education, e governanceAsim Kumar Pathak
This document discusses the impact of cloud computing in education, healthcare, and e-governance. It defines cloud computing and describes its main services. In education, cloud computing can help address issues like lack of teachers, labs, books, and infrastructure by providing resources on-demand. For healthcare, cloud computing increases adoption of electronic health records, allows quick access to medical histories, and facilitates data sharing and reliability. For e-governance, cloud computing reduces costs, improves availability and interoperability between agencies, and handles uncertain demand through scalability. Overall, the cloud offers low-cost, flexible solutions that can reduce costs and increase capabilities across these sectors.
Cloud computing can help address challenges facing distance education by providing affordable computing resources and services. It allows accessing and using information and communication technologies through large data centers, reducing costs. Specific benefits include virtualization, device independence, elasticity, pay-per-use models, and reducing capital and energy expenses. However, concerns include security, reliability of internet access, and whether benefits are overhyped. Cloud services could help distance education programs by providing tools, infrastructure, and support services in a sustainable way.
Importance of cloud computing in education sector!Sushil Deshmukh
The document discusses the benefits of cloud computing in education. It states that cloud computing provides a shared computing resource that can be accessed from anywhere, allowing educational institutions to overcome issues with limited resources. This gives students, teachers, and staff access to information from any device. Cloud computing reduces costs for institutions by 76% and allows easy access, security, and sharing of educational materials. It also reduces the need for expensive software through software-as-a-service models. Overall, the cloud improves access to education and reduces costs.
This document discusses how cloud computing could provide benefits to educational institutions. It defines cloud computing as networked computers that provide on-demand resources and services. Cloud computing is needed due to constant software/hardware upgrades, budget cuts, and rapid IT changes. There are three main types of cloud services: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). The document proposes a cloud model for educational institutions to provide resources to students, researchers, and developers. Potential advantages include decreased costs, flexibility, scalability, and optimized resource utilization.
Ten Key Reasons for Enterprise to Choose Cloud Computing
Cloud computing isn’t about doing anything new, instead it’s about applications that run in the web rather than your desktop. Some technology experts define CLOUD: Common, Location-independent, Online Utility provisioned on-Demand. As per my analysis, the key aspects for selecting Enterprise Cloud
Computing are:
Cloud computing can help sustain distance education by providing affordable computing resources and services. It allows users to access and use information and communication technologies through large data centers rather than needing their own expensive infrastructure. This can help address problems in distance education like regionalization, funding challenges, and lack of computing resources. While cloud computing provides benefits like lower costs, device independence, and scalability, there are also concerns about security, reliability, and technology changing rapidly. For cloud computing to fully support distance education, issues around accessibility, training, and policies would need to be addressed.
Presentasi tentang pemanfaatan komputasi awan dalam dunia pendidikan. Dipresentasikan dalam National Seminar on Cloud Computing yang diselenggarakan oleh Politeknik Negeri Semarang (POLINES) bekerjasama dengan Microsoft User Group Indonesia (MUGI) Semarang
Cloud Computing for Education & Learning.Friend Porag
This document discusses cloud computing for education. It defines cloud computing as distributed computing over the internet that allows delivery of computing services via the internet. For education, cloud computing provides flexibility to create, share, and collaborate on educational materials from anywhere at any time. It allows for distance learning, electronic learning, mobile learning, and ubiquitous learning. Cloud computing in education has benefits like universal accessibility, collaborative interaction, learner-centered approaches, and storage and sharing of learning outcomes and resources without limit. Overall, the document argues that cloud computing is the future of education as it allows remote access to educational resources from any location.
Impact of cloud computing in education, e governanceAsim Kumar Pathak
This document discusses the impact of cloud computing in education, healthcare, and e-governance. It defines cloud computing and describes its main services. In education, cloud computing can help address issues like lack of teachers, labs, books, and infrastructure by providing resources on-demand. For healthcare, cloud computing increases adoption of electronic health records, allows quick access to medical histories, and facilitates data sharing and reliability. For e-governance, cloud computing reduces costs, improves availability and interoperability between agencies, and handles uncertain demand through scalability. Overall, the cloud offers low-cost, flexible solutions that can reduce costs and increase capabilities across these sectors.
Cloud computing can help address challenges facing distance education by providing affordable computing resources and services. It allows accessing and using information and communication technologies through large data centers, reducing costs. Specific benefits include virtualization, device independence, elasticity, pay-per-use models, and reducing capital and energy expenses. However, concerns include security, reliability of internet access, and whether benefits are overhyped. Cloud services could help distance education programs by providing tools, infrastructure, and support services in a sustainable way.
Importance of cloud computing in education sector!Sushil Deshmukh
The document discusses the benefits of cloud computing in education. It states that cloud computing provides a shared computing resource that can be accessed from anywhere, allowing educational institutions to overcome issues with limited resources. This gives students, teachers, and staff access to information from any device. Cloud computing reduces costs for institutions by 76% and allows easy access, security, and sharing of educational materials. It also reduces the need for expensive software through software-as-a-service models. Overall, the cloud improves access to education and reduces costs.
This document discusses how cloud computing could provide benefits to educational institutions. It defines cloud computing as networked computers that provide on-demand resources and services. Cloud computing is needed due to constant software/hardware upgrades, budget cuts, and rapid IT changes. There are three main types of cloud services: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). The document proposes a cloud model for educational institutions to provide resources to students, researchers, and developers. Potential advantages include decreased costs, flexibility, scalability, and optimized resource utilization.
Ten Key Reasons for Enterprise to Choose Cloud Computing
Cloud computing isn’t about doing anything new, instead it’s about applications that run in the web rather than your desktop. Some technology experts define CLOUD: Common, Location-independent, Online Utility provisioned on-Demand. As per my analysis, the key aspects for selecting Enterprise Cloud
Computing are:
Cloud computing can help sustain distance education by providing affordable computing resources and services. It allows users to access and use information and communication technologies through large data centers rather than needing their own expensive infrastructure. This can help address problems in distance education like regionalization, funding challenges, and lack of computing resources. While cloud computing provides benefits like lower costs, device independence, and scalability, there are also concerns about security, reliability, and technology changing rapidly. For cloud computing to fully support distance education, issues around accessibility, training, and policies would need to be addressed.
Presentasi tentang pemanfaatan komputasi awan dalam dunia pendidikan. Dipresentasikan dalam National Seminar on Cloud Computing yang diselenggarakan oleh Politeknik Negeri Semarang (POLINES) bekerjasama dengan Microsoft User Group Indonesia (MUGI) Semarang
Cloud Computing for Education & Learning.Friend Porag
This document discusses cloud computing for education. It defines cloud computing as distributed computing over the internet that allows delivery of computing services via the internet. For education, cloud computing provides flexibility to create, share, and collaborate on educational materials from anywhere at any time. It allows for distance learning, electronic learning, mobile learning, and ubiquitous learning. Cloud computing in education has benefits like universal accessibility, collaborative interaction, learner-centered approaches, and storage and sharing of learning outcomes and resources without limit. Overall, the document argues that cloud computing is the future of education as it allows remote access to educational resources from any location.
The document discusses cloud computing and its potential applications for academic eLearning. It defines cloud computing as accessing computer resources over the Internet rather than locally. Motivations for cloud computing include cost savings, scalability, and the growing market for cloud services. The document examines cloud computing types, trends driving its popularity, potential benefits for large/small organizations and individuals, risks, and COMAS College's experiences using cloud systems for various applications.
This document discusses cloud computing and its applications in education and e-learning systems. It begins with an introduction on the evolution of software and IT needs in education. It then provides definitions and history of e-learning, and discusses how to develop an e-learning system through analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation. Virtual and personal learning environments are described, including social networks, professional networks, and special learning networks. The benefits of using cloud computing for e-learning systems are discussed.
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.
The document discusses cloud computing and its benefits for businesses. Some key points:
- Cloud computing provides dynamically scalable, virtualized resources as a service that can scale up or down on demand through self-service and consumption-based billing.
- Moving to the cloud can help businesses drive strategic spending to improve the organization while reducing operational and data management costs.
- There are three types of clouds: Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Cloud services can be delivered through private, public, or hybrid cloud models.
- Internal IT departments can lead the transition to cloud computing or risk being circumvented
The document discusses benchmarks for computer science engineering education to cope with rapid changes in the IT industry. It outlines various web and mobile application programming languages as well as technologies like cloud computing and big data. The challenges of keeping curriculum and skills up to date are discussed. Solutions proposed include ongoing training for existing faculty and students teaching newer languages and technologies to their peers. The importance of developing good citizenship among students is also highlighted.
Cloud computing in education (الحوسبة السحابية )Mohamed Reda
Cloud computing allows users to access computing resources like storage and applications over the Internet. It offers services like Microsoft SkyDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox that provide online storage. Cloud computing benefits education by enabling browser-based access to educational tools from any device. It reduces IT maintenance costs through subscription pricing. However, cloud computing requires sufficient Internet bandwidth and accessibility can be lost if the Internet goes down.
This document discusses cloud computing and its benefits for businesses. It defines cloud computing as using remote servers over the internet rather than local servers. The key benefits mentioned are huge cost savings and increased efficiency. It describes the three main cloud service models - Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). IaaS provides virtual computing resources, PaaS provides development platforms, and SaaS provides access to applications. The document states that cloud computing provides opportunities for small and medium enterprises to decrease time to market and improve business performance through scalable and flexible IT resources.
Cloud computing provides on-demand access to shared computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned with minimal management effort. It has characteristics of on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, and measured service. Cloud computing provides advantages like cost reduction, universal access, flexibility, and potential environmental benefits. Factors driving adoption include consumerization of IT, economic pressures, globalization, workforce trends, and the rise of data and analytics. Concerns include technology maturity, lack of standards, and security concerns.
Cloud computing offers potential benefits for adult literacy programs by providing access to computing resources and services at lower costs. However, adult literacy in Canada currently faces challenges including a lack of coordinated policy and funding instability. While some programs utilize basic IT like websites and online courses, adoption of cloud computing has been limited due to issues like lack of access, trainer skills, and studies on effectiveness. For cloud computing to benefit adult literacy, strategies are needed to address concerns regarding security, infrastructure, and control by large companies.
Cloud computing is a technology that uses remote servers and the internet to maintain data and applications. It allows users to access files and use software from any device with an internet connection, without needing to install anything. This makes computing more efficient by centralizing storage, processing, bandwidth and other resources. Common examples are webmail services like Gmail that can be accessed from any device. While the technology is growing, a 2011 study found that over 90% of senior IT professionals and two-thirds of finance professionals did not fully understand cloud computing at that time.
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing resources as a service over the internet. It allows users to access software, storage, and computing power from any device with an internet connection. Examples include webmail services like Gmail that store emails on remote servers rather than locally. Cloud computing allows companies to reduce IT costs by renting software and infrastructure from cloud providers rather than purchasing and maintaining their own. It provides benefits like simplified management, scalability, fault tolerance, and the ability for IT teams to focus on strategic projects rather than maintenance. Universities and organizations are researching challenges around cloud computing to enhance technical knowledge in this emerging field.
FUTURE OF E-GOVERNANCE WITH CLOUD COMPUTINGpremdeshmane
This document discusses the future of e-governance with cloud computing. Cloud computing provides a viable platform to host e-governance applications and provides service-oriented access without compromising security. Some benefits of using cloud computing for e-government include rapid elasticity, reduced costs and increased efficiency, improved auditing and logging, enhanced disaster recovery, and improved reporting. However, there are also challenges such as meeting security requirements, obtaining guidance, ensuring data portability and interoperability, and overcoming cultural barriers to implementation. The conclusion is that cloud computing provides flexibility, cost effectiveness, integration and security benefits that make it a suitable option for e-government systems to reduce costs and facilitate sustainable development.
Cloud computing is defined as internet-based computing resources that are dynamically provisioned on-demand. It allows users to access technology resources like servers, storage, databases, networking, software and more via the internet. Cloud services provide advantages like scalability, availability and pay-as-you-go pricing but also have risks around security, reliability and latency. There are different types of cloud including public, private and community clouds. Major cloud providers include Amazon, Microsoft, Google and others.
This document discusses the use of cloud computing in academic libraries. It defines cloud computing and outlines the main types: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Infrastructure as a Service. The document explores how libraries can use cloud computing to provide services like storage, access to collections and resources, and instruction. While cloud computing provides benefits like cost savings, increased storage, and flexibility, it also poses security, connectivity, and reliability risks that libraries must consider when adopting these services.
Use of cloud computing technology as an application in librariesDr. Mohd Asif Khan
Cloud computing Technology changing rapidly and is forming a layer that is touching each and every aspect of life like power grids, traffic control, medical and health care, water supply, food and energy library science is not exception to it. Information technology impacted positively on library and information system and services they provide for users. The libraries have been automated, networked and now moving towards manual libraries to paper less or virtual libraries. To gather challenges in the profession librarians are also applying different platforms in Library science filed for attaining economy in information handling. This paper overviews the basic concept of newly develop area known as cloud computing. The use of cloud computing in libraries and how cloud computing actually works is illustrated in this communication.
Recap of MITRE Cloud Collaboration Sessions by Justin Brunelle of MITRE | Dec...Tim Harvey
Justin Brunelle of MITRE gave a recap of the MITRE Cloud Collaboration Sessions at the Federal Cloud Computing Summit on Dec. 17, 2013 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.
Introduction and Future of Cloud ComputingExplore Labs
This presentation will help you learn basics of cloud computing and future trends of this tremendous technology. It will show you how this technology can really help you transform your entire business.
Cloud computing refers to storing and accessing data and programs over the Internet instead of a local computer's hard drive. It offers cost savings, scalability, and accessibility from any Internet-connected device. However, some concerns include security, reliability if a provider has an outage, and whether data is retrievable. For education, cloud computing allows students to access common workspaces and software from anywhere, and ensures all students use the same up-to-date versions. Several universities and companies are partnering to provide academic cloud resources to students.
Cloud computing refers to internet-based development and services where resources such as data, applications, and infrastructure are hosted remotely and accessed via the internet. There are three main types of cloud services: Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Cloud computing provides opportunities like lower costs and access to services from anywhere, but also poses security and privacy challenges as users relinquish control over their data and depend on third party providers. While concerns have been raised, the future impact of widespread cloud adoption remains uncertain.
This document discusses cloud computing and its benefits. It defines cloud computing as the provision of virtualized resources over the internet or intranet. The key benefits are: (1) reducing costs through on-demand access and pay-per-use models, (2) improving quality of services and enabling new services, and (3) reducing risks through security and resiliency. IBM can help clients develop cloud strategies, condition existing infrastructure for cloud adoption, and pilot initial projects to realize these benefits through virtualization, automation, and optimized resource utilization.
The document discusses cloud computing and its potential applications for academic eLearning. It defines cloud computing as accessing computer resources over the Internet rather than locally. Motivations for cloud computing include cost savings, scalability, and the growing market for cloud services. The document examines cloud computing types, trends driving its popularity, potential benefits for large/small organizations and individuals, risks, and COMAS College's experiences using cloud systems for various applications.
This document discusses cloud computing and its applications in education and e-learning systems. It begins with an introduction on the evolution of software and IT needs in education. It then provides definitions and history of e-learning, and discusses how to develop an e-learning system through analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation. Virtual and personal learning environments are described, including social networks, professional networks, and special learning networks. The benefits of using cloud computing for e-learning systems are discussed.
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.
The document discusses cloud computing and its benefits for businesses. Some key points:
- Cloud computing provides dynamically scalable, virtualized resources as a service that can scale up or down on demand through self-service and consumption-based billing.
- Moving to the cloud can help businesses drive strategic spending to improve the organization while reducing operational and data management costs.
- There are three types of clouds: Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Cloud services can be delivered through private, public, or hybrid cloud models.
- Internal IT departments can lead the transition to cloud computing or risk being circumvented
The document discusses benchmarks for computer science engineering education to cope with rapid changes in the IT industry. It outlines various web and mobile application programming languages as well as technologies like cloud computing and big data. The challenges of keeping curriculum and skills up to date are discussed. Solutions proposed include ongoing training for existing faculty and students teaching newer languages and technologies to their peers. The importance of developing good citizenship among students is also highlighted.
Cloud computing in education (الحوسبة السحابية )Mohamed Reda
Cloud computing allows users to access computing resources like storage and applications over the Internet. It offers services like Microsoft SkyDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox that provide online storage. Cloud computing benefits education by enabling browser-based access to educational tools from any device. It reduces IT maintenance costs through subscription pricing. However, cloud computing requires sufficient Internet bandwidth and accessibility can be lost if the Internet goes down.
This document discusses cloud computing and its benefits for businesses. It defines cloud computing as using remote servers over the internet rather than local servers. The key benefits mentioned are huge cost savings and increased efficiency. It describes the three main cloud service models - Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). IaaS provides virtual computing resources, PaaS provides development platforms, and SaaS provides access to applications. The document states that cloud computing provides opportunities for small and medium enterprises to decrease time to market and improve business performance through scalable and flexible IT resources.
Cloud computing provides on-demand access to shared computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned with minimal management effort. It has characteristics of on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, and measured service. Cloud computing provides advantages like cost reduction, universal access, flexibility, and potential environmental benefits. Factors driving adoption include consumerization of IT, economic pressures, globalization, workforce trends, and the rise of data and analytics. Concerns include technology maturity, lack of standards, and security concerns.
Cloud computing offers potential benefits for adult literacy programs by providing access to computing resources and services at lower costs. However, adult literacy in Canada currently faces challenges including a lack of coordinated policy and funding instability. While some programs utilize basic IT like websites and online courses, adoption of cloud computing has been limited due to issues like lack of access, trainer skills, and studies on effectiveness. For cloud computing to benefit adult literacy, strategies are needed to address concerns regarding security, infrastructure, and control by large companies.
Cloud computing is a technology that uses remote servers and the internet to maintain data and applications. It allows users to access files and use software from any device with an internet connection, without needing to install anything. This makes computing more efficient by centralizing storage, processing, bandwidth and other resources. Common examples are webmail services like Gmail that can be accessed from any device. While the technology is growing, a 2011 study found that over 90% of senior IT professionals and two-thirds of finance professionals did not fully understand cloud computing at that time.
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing resources as a service over the internet. It allows users to access software, storage, and computing power from any device with an internet connection. Examples include webmail services like Gmail that store emails on remote servers rather than locally. Cloud computing allows companies to reduce IT costs by renting software and infrastructure from cloud providers rather than purchasing and maintaining their own. It provides benefits like simplified management, scalability, fault tolerance, and the ability for IT teams to focus on strategic projects rather than maintenance. Universities and organizations are researching challenges around cloud computing to enhance technical knowledge in this emerging field.
FUTURE OF E-GOVERNANCE WITH CLOUD COMPUTINGpremdeshmane
This document discusses the future of e-governance with cloud computing. Cloud computing provides a viable platform to host e-governance applications and provides service-oriented access without compromising security. Some benefits of using cloud computing for e-government include rapid elasticity, reduced costs and increased efficiency, improved auditing and logging, enhanced disaster recovery, and improved reporting. However, there are also challenges such as meeting security requirements, obtaining guidance, ensuring data portability and interoperability, and overcoming cultural barriers to implementation. The conclusion is that cloud computing provides flexibility, cost effectiveness, integration and security benefits that make it a suitable option for e-government systems to reduce costs and facilitate sustainable development.
Cloud computing is defined as internet-based computing resources that are dynamically provisioned on-demand. It allows users to access technology resources like servers, storage, databases, networking, software and more via the internet. Cloud services provide advantages like scalability, availability and pay-as-you-go pricing but also have risks around security, reliability and latency. There are different types of cloud including public, private and community clouds. Major cloud providers include Amazon, Microsoft, Google and others.
This document discusses the use of cloud computing in academic libraries. It defines cloud computing and outlines the main types: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Infrastructure as a Service. The document explores how libraries can use cloud computing to provide services like storage, access to collections and resources, and instruction. While cloud computing provides benefits like cost savings, increased storage, and flexibility, it also poses security, connectivity, and reliability risks that libraries must consider when adopting these services.
Use of cloud computing technology as an application in librariesDr. Mohd Asif Khan
Cloud computing Technology changing rapidly and is forming a layer that is touching each and every aspect of life like power grids, traffic control, medical and health care, water supply, food and energy library science is not exception to it. Information technology impacted positively on library and information system and services they provide for users. The libraries have been automated, networked and now moving towards manual libraries to paper less or virtual libraries. To gather challenges in the profession librarians are also applying different platforms in Library science filed for attaining economy in information handling. This paper overviews the basic concept of newly develop area known as cloud computing. The use of cloud computing in libraries and how cloud computing actually works is illustrated in this communication.
Recap of MITRE Cloud Collaboration Sessions by Justin Brunelle of MITRE | Dec...Tim Harvey
Justin Brunelle of MITRE gave a recap of the MITRE Cloud Collaboration Sessions at the Federal Cloud Computing Summit on Dec. 17, 2013 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.
Introduction and Future of Cloud ComputingExplore Labs
This presentation will help you learn basics of cloud computing and future trends of this tremendous technology. It will show you how this technology can really help you transform your entire business.
Cloud computing refers to storing and accessing data and programs over the Internet instead of a local computer's hard drive. It offers cost savings, scalability, and accessibility from any Internet-connected device. However, some concerns include security, reliability if a provider has an outage, and whether data is retrievable. For education, cloud computing allows students to access common workspaces and software from anywhere, and ensures all students use the same up-to-date versions. Several universities and companies are partnering to provide academic cloud resources to students.
Cloud computing refers to internet-based development and services where resources such as data, applications, and infrastructure are hosted remotely and accessed via the internet. There are three main types of cloud services: Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Cloud computing provides opportunities like lower costs and access to services from anywhere, but also poses security and privacy challenges as users relinquish control over their data and depend on third party providers. While concerns have been raised, the future impact of widespread cloud adoption remains uncertain.
This document discusses cloud computing and its benefits. It defines cloud computing as the provision of virtualized resources over the internet or intranet. The key benefits are: (1) reducing costs through on-demand access and pay-per-use models, (2) improving quality of services and enabling new services, and (3) reducing risks through security and resiliency. IBM can help clients develop cloud strategies, condition existing infrastructure for cloud adoption, and pilot initial projects to realize these benefits through virtualization, automation, and optimized resource utilization.
ESEconf2011 - Cruywagen Leon: "Cool ways to work smarter in the cloud"Aberla
Leon Cruywagen discusses how cloud computing can help businesses address challenges through reduced costs, improved security and resiliency, and increased agility. Cloud computing offers a new consumption and delivery model for IT resources on-demand via the internet. IBM is investing in cloud computing to meet internal and client needs through data centers globally and a portfolio of cloud services across planning, building, and delivering clouds. Working with partners, IBM aims to help businesses optimize their cloud journey and take advantage of the opportunities cloud provides.
IBM is promoting cloud computing and its cloud offerings as ways for vendors to generate recurring revenue through subscriptions and for customers to reduce upfront costs, increase flexibility, and improve efficiency. IBM provides private, public, and hybrid cloud solutions using its Power Systems, System z, and System x hardware and software. Key benefits of IBM's cloud infrastructure include security, reliability, scalability, and workload optimization.
This document discusses cloud computing and its growing adoption. It defines cloud computing as delivering IT infrastructure, tools, and capabilities as scalable services over the internet. It highlights how cloud computing can help reduce costs through virtualization, standardization, and automation. The document also outlines different cloud deployment models and layers of cloud services beyond basic infrastructure services.
Cisco live 2013 anything as a service david deakinOptusBusiness
The document discusses the journey to delivering IT services using a "Anything-as-a-Service" model. It begins by building the foundation, which involves getting executive buy-in, identifying suitable workloads to move to cloud, and setting up private cloud infrastructure. The next step is guiding the transformation, which involves changing mindsets, focusing on application placement, and implementing policy-driven governance across cloud providers. The final step is enabling cloud-based services and realizing the benefits such as agility, cost optimization, and demonstrating ROI through measurement of outcomes.
How to Transform Enterprise Applications to On-premise Clouds with Wipro and ...Eucalyptus Systems, Inc.
The document discusses how Wipro and Eucalyptus can help enterprises transform their applications to private clouds. It provides an overview of Eucalyptus' private cloud platform and its compatibility with AWS. Wipro's cloud strategy and services are also summarized, including solutions for application transformation, infrastructure transformation, and process transformation leveraging SaaS. Case studies demonstrate how Wipro has helped clients standardize development environments and variabilize infrastructure costs through public clouds.
How to Transform Enterprise Applications to On-premise Clouds with Wipro and ...Eucalyptus Systems, Inc.
The document discusses how to transform enterprise applications to on-premise clouds with Wipro and Eucalyptus. It provides an overview of Eucalyptus cloud infrastructure as a service and private clouds. It discusses private cloud use cases, preparing for private cloud deployment including understanding workload and virtual machine development, and architecting a private cloud. It also discusses Eucalyptus version 3 capabilities and Wipro's integrated cloud services.
How to Transform Enterprise Applications to On-premise Clouds with Wipro and ...Eucalyptus Systems, Inc.
The document discusses how Wipro and Eucalyptus can help enterprises transform their applications to private clouds. It provides an overview of Eucalyptus' private cloud platform and its compatibility with AWS. Wipro's cloud strategy and services are also summarized, including solutions for application transformation, infrastructure transformation, and process transformation leveraging SaaS. Case studies demonstrate how Wipro has helped clients standardize development environments and variabilize infrastructure costs through public clouds.
This document discusses how CA Technologies can help organizations adopt new IT delivery models through its Business Service Innovation framework. It highlights how CA's solutions can help organizations drive innovation by leveraging new technologies like cloud computing, transform IT by improving efficiency and managing complexity, and reduce risk through increased security. The document outlines CA's approach to cloud decision-making and application assessment, as well as its automation and management capabilities for hybrid cloud environments.
2011.04.04. Les partenaires IBM et le Cloud Business - Loic SimonClub Alliances
Deck sur les Partenaires IBM et le Cloud Business préparé par Loic Simon à l'occasion de sessions de Formation délivrées aux responsables de la relation partenaires chez IBM.
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.
This document discusses the evolving nature of application and service management in cloud and shared IT infrastructures. It outlines how IT is transforming to shared infrastructure models and the need to intelligently manage this transformation through visibility, control, and automation. Specifically, it discusses how IBM provides:
1. Infrastructure monitoring across compute, storage, network resources to track cloud service levels and optimize workloads.
2. Event management to proactively identify and resolve issues impacting applications and end users.
3. Application performance management to ensure strong user experiences across hybrid environments.
The document argues this approach helps customers attain the economic and service benefits of cloud while addressing challenges around availability, composition, performance, utilization and capacity in dynamic
This document discusses the growing adoption of cloud computing from different perspectives. It notes that Gartner research predicts 20% of businesses will eliminate all their own IT assets by moving fully to the cloud by 2012. It also discusses how application developers, IT administrators and operators, and business advocates view and are influencing the cloud. Finally, it introduces VMware's vCloud initiatives to provide cloud solutions that can be deployed privately or publicly and integrate internal and external clouds.
HP is expanding its mission critical converged infrastructure with Project Odyssey. The project aims to modernize mission critical computing by bringing Integrity/HP-UX technology to x86 servers, extending HP's strategy. This will allow customers to do mission critical computing on their terms with a variety of operating systems and applications, providing flexibility and choice. Intel supports the project as continuing innovation in Itanium and Xeon will allow HP and Intel to deliver customer-driven mission critical solutions. Industry analysts and users have praised Project Odyssey as a smart move that promises gains for HP customers.
Cloud computing in south africa reality or fantasySamantha James
The document discusses cloud computing adoption in South Africa. It notes that while cloud computing dominates IT discussions, adoption rates are still low due to concerns over security, cost reductions, and reliability. Platform as a Service (PaaS) is emerging as the next hot cloud model by increasing efficiency and productivity. Virtualization solutions are driving data center revenues and cloud adoption by offering cost savings and flexibility. The uptake of cloud computing in South Africa remains in development, with Infrastructure as a Service showing steady growth and Software as a Service in an early phase.
This document outlines the agenda for a Microsoft event on System Center Service Manager. The agenda includes:
- Introductions and an overview of Service Manager from 08:30-08:45.
- Two sessions from 08:45-10:30 and 10:40-11:20 covering IT service management with Service Manager and the licensing and strategy for Service Manager.
- Next steps from 11:20-11:30 to learn how to get started with Service Manager.
Cloud computing will transform the IT industry by profoundly changing how people work and companies operate. It is a new model for delivering and consuming IT resources inspired by consumer internet services. Cloud computing enables economies of scale, flexible pricing, and workload-based resource provisioning. Understanding workloads is critical for helping businesses optimize their infrastructure and choose appropriate cloud deployment models and consumption approaches.
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Five cloud computing trends to take advantage of in 2014Jyothi Satyanathan
Hybrid cloud allows businesses to use both private and public clouds for flexibility, scalability and security. PaaS enables businesses to develop and deploy applications faster at lower costs. Identity and access management becomes more important as cloud transactions increase and emerging tools will improve security and user experience. Web-powered apps available through the cloud will allow businesses to access scalable applications without developing their own. New technologies combining big data, analytics, machines and applications will help gather more data from more sources to improve operations and create new revenue.
The document provides seven arguments that can be made to a CEO to convince them of the merits of cloud solutions. The arguments stress that cloud will allow the company to better manage data and collaborate, be more responsive to customers, empower employees, have more robust security and uptime, avoid disruption from technology-savvy rivals, and enable new external partnerships through data and resource sharing. Adopting cloud is positioned as key to transforming the business and achieving a competitive advantage.
Are you making the most of cloud capabilities in your organisation? Are you setting the competitive pace by using it to drive innovation? Perhaps you’re still building on success to establish a lead, or maybe you’re chasing the rest of the pack? Find out where you stand in the cloud race by completing the questionnaire below.
For every statement that applies, tick it and award yourself a point. Tally them up and see if you are on track.
How cloud computing can help your business increase revenue and profitsJyothi Satyanathan
How do organisations leverage Cloud and how do they plan to employ its power to fuel the future? This presentation can help you understand ways in which you can leverage Cloud, meet your KPIs and become a Rainmaker in your organisation.
To know more about IBM Cloud solution visit - http://ibm.co/1eCzRk6
Rethink IT. Reinvent Business. - Dharanibalan GurunathanJyothi Satyanathan
The document is an agenda for an IBM event taking place from November 22-24, 2012 in Jaipur, India. It discusses increasing pressures on businesses to deliver value with limited resources, and how forward-thinking CIOs are forging strategic partnerships to help IT deliver true business value. The event will focus on how IBM can help organizations improve employee mobility, manage data and infrastructure, ensure business continuity, and leverage the right mix of traditional IT, managed services, and cloud solutions.
Smarter Storage in the Smarter Computing Era - A New Approach to Storage - Ak...Jyothi Satyanathan
1. The document summarizes a presentation given by Akhil Kamat of IBM India & South Asia titled "Smarter Storage in the Smarter Computing Era" on November 22-24, 2012 in Jaipur, India.
2. It discusses the growth of digital data and adoption of cloud computing as well as challenges around managing data explosion, inflexible systems, and escalating IT complexity.
3. The presentation introduces IBM Smarter Storage solutions for efficiently managing costs and capacity growth through maximizing storage utilization, simplifying storage management, and predictably growing storage infrastructure.
This document summarizes key findings from a 2012 IBM study on CEO perspectives. It discusses how technology is changing customer engagement and the importance of engaging customers as individuals. CEOs see people skills and technology factors as the most important external forces impacting organizations. The study found that CEOs focus on how technology enables human capital, customer relationships, and innovation rather than technology itself. Successful CEOs are seen as demonstrating customer obsession, inspirational leadership, and transparency. The document recommends that CEOs prioritize investments in gaining customer insights to better connect with customers individually through social media and personal engagement.
Seamless Process & Business Process Management - Srikrishnan SundararajanJyothi Satyanathan
The document discusses process innovation and how it can help organizations achieve business goals. It provides examples of how process innovation has helped companies in various industries improve key metrics like customer satisfaction, reduce costs, speed up processes, and detect security threats earlier. The document also summarizes IBM's approach to process innovation, including capabilities for process discovery, visibility, collaboration, governance, and how these can be used to address common business challenges. It outlines IBM's delivery approach of collaborative, iterative development to help clients achieve targeted outcomes.
22nd – 24th November 2012, Jaipur
IBM hosted a conference called "Smarter Datacenter" from November 22nd-24th, 2012 in Jaipur. Sanjeev Gupta from IBM Datacenter Services discussed IBM's experience building over 30 million square feet of datacenter space globally and managing over 8 million square feet. IBM also discussed their investments in green technologies and modular datacenter solutions.
Smarter Computing in a New Era of IT - Dr. Gururaj RaoJyothi Satyanathan
1) Dr. Gururaj Rao, an IBM Fellow and Vice President, discussed how industries are being redefined by their ability to process unlimited volumes and types of data in this new era of IT.
2) Big data is characterized by its volume, velocity, variety, and veracity, with data growing exponentially and in more complex forms.
3) Smarter computing, enabled by optimized systems tuned to specific workloads and managed with cloud technologies, allows enterprises to do more with less by harnessing information and driving greater performance.
Gabriel consulting whitepaper on enterprise IT for SMBJyothi Satyanathan
The document discusses IBM's Application Manager for Smart Business, a system management solution designed for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). It provides automated monitoring and alerts for servers, applications, databases and network devices through a simplified interface. The solution aims to give SMBs enterprise-level IT management capabilities at an affordable price point and with lower technical requirements than typical enterprise solutions. It is delivered as a pre-configured appliance that is designed for easy implementation and management.
The document discusses IBM's Solutions for Smart Business platform, which aims to help growing companies implement and manage IT solutions more easily. It does this by pre-integrating and pre-configuring applications into turnkey packages that reduce costs and complexity. These packages can be deployed on-premises, virtually, or as a hosted cloud service. The platform also utilizes autonomic capabilities to automate management tasks. The summary discusses how this approach aims to lower IT costs and headaches for growing businesses with limited IT resources.
IBM provides integrated managed services that offer a portfolio of IT solutions. These services include infrastructure management, security, service desk support, application management, and more. Customers can choose from on-site, cloud, or hybrid delivery models to meet their business and technical needs. Case studies highlight how IBM helped Firstsource Solutions and Bajaj Allianz implement managed IT infrastructure and disaster recovery services through outsourcing agreements. This improved their IT operations and allowed them to focus more on their core business.
The document summarizes survey results on business priorities and IT investments among mid-sized businesses. It finds that strategic mindsets have shifted from cost reduction to growth and innovation. Firms are investing in analytics, cloud computing, and other technologies to drive revenue and customer relationships. Over 70% seek consultative IT partnerships to advance these priorities and investments in areas like analytics, cloud, and collaboration. Key barriers to achieving IT priorities for Indian mid-sized firms include costs, skills shortages, and implementation challenges.
Guru Murthy Processware Systems discusses the benefits of Software as a Service (SaaS) for organizations. It provides the example of a core banking SaaS solution for cooperative banks in Karnataka, India. This removed the need for banks to manage IT infrastructure and data, allowed them to access applications on demand, and reduced costs. However, connectivity and helping users understand the new environment were deployment challenges. Overall, SaaS provides flexibility, the ability to focus on core business areas, and quick updates.
The document discusses security challenges in a smarter, more interconnected world and IBM's smart security solutions framework and portfolio to address these challenges. The framework focuses on governance, risk management, compliance and five security areas: physical infrastructure, people and identity, data and information, applications and processes, and networks, servers, and endpoints. IBM's security solutions can help customers meet challenges in each area to create a strong security foundation.
This document summarizes the key findings of an IBM study on the priorities and challenges facing midsize businesses. It found that while cost reduction remains a priority, midsize firms are increasingly focused on growth, innovation, and customers. To achieve these goals, most plan to invest in areas like analytics, cloud computing, and collaboration. However, executing these plans faces barriers like high costs and difficulties implementing new technologies.
1) The document discusses the results of an IBM study on the changing IT priorities and investment decisions of midsize businesses globally and in India.
2) It finds that midsize businesses are shifting their strategic focus from cost cutting to growth, innovation, and customers. They are increasingly looking to analytics, cloud computing, and mobile technologies to improve operations and customer service.
3) In India specifically, over 70% of midsize businesses surveyed said they are pursuing analytics to improve decision making and efficiency, and two-thirds plan to adopt cloud solutions to optimize costs while increasing reliability.
Skybuffer SAM4U tool for SAP license adoptionTatiana Kojar
Manage and optimize your license adoption and consumption with SAM4U, an SAP free customer software asset management tool.
SAM4U, an SAP complimentary software asset management tool for customers, delivers a detailed and well-structured overview of license inventory and usage with a user-friendly interface. We offer a hosted, cost-effective, and performance-optimized SAM4U setup in the Skybuffer Cloud environment. You retain ownership of the system and data, while we manage the ABAP 7.58 infrastructure, ensuring fixed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and exceptional services through the SAP Fiori interface.
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectorsDianaGray10
Join us to learn how UiPath Apps can directly and easily interact with prebuilt connectors via Integration Service--including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Open GenAI, and more.
The best part is you can achieve this without building a custom workflow! Say goodbye to the hassle of using separate automations to call APIs. By seamlessly integrating within App Studio, you can now easily streamline your workflow, while gaining direct access to our Connector Catalog of popular applications.
We’ll discuss and demo the benefits of UiPath Apps and connectors including:
Creating a compelling user experience for any software, without the limitations of APIs.
Accelerating the app creation process, saving time and effort
Enjoying high-performance CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations, for
seamless data management.
Speakers:
Russell Alfeche, Technology Leader, RPA at qBotic and UiPath MVP
Charlie Greenberg, host
Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
How to Interpret Trends in the Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart.pdfChart Kalyan
A Mix Chart displays historical data of numbers in a graphical or tabular form. The Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart specifically shows the results of a sequence of numbers over different periods.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
How information systems are built or acquired puts information, which is what they should be about, in a secondary place. Our language adapted accordingly, and we no longer talk about information systems but applications. Applications evolved in a way to break data into diverse fragments, tightly coupled with applications and expensive to integrate. The result is technical debt, which is re-paid by taking even bigger "loans", resulting in an ever-increasing technical debt. Software engineering and procurement practices work in sync with market forces to maintain this trend. This talk demonstrates how natural this situation is. The question is: can something be done to reverse the trend?
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
"Choosing proper type of scaling", Olena SyrotaFwdays
Imagine an IoT processing system that is already quite mature and production-ready and for which client coverage is growing and scaling and performance aspects are life and death questions. The system has Redis, MongoDB, and stream processing based on ksqldb. In this talk, firstly, we will analyze scaling approaches and then select the proper ones for our system.
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
The Microsoft 365 Migration Tutorial For Beginner.pptxoperationspcvita
This presentation will help you understand the power of Microsoft 365. However, we have mentioned every productivity app included in Office 365. Additionally, we have suggested the migration situation related to Office 365 and how we can help you.
You can also read: https://www.systoolsgroup.com/updates/office-365-tenant-to-tenant-migration-step-by-step-complete-guide/
Introduction of Cybersecurity with OSS at Code Europe 2024Hiroshi SHIBATA
I develop the Ruby programming language, RubyGems, and Bundler, which are package managers for Ruby. Today, I will introduce how to enhance the security of your application using open-source software (OSS) examples from Ruby and RubyGems.
The first topic is CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). I have published CVEs many times. But what exactly is a CVE? I'll provide a basic understanding of CVEs and explain how to detect and handle vulnerabilities in OSS.
Next, let's discuss package managers. Package managers play a critical role in the OSS ecosystem. I'll explain how to manage library dependencies in your application.
I'll share insights into how the Ruby and RubyGems core team works to keep our ecosystem safe. By the end of this talk, you'll have a better understanding of how to safeguard your code.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/how-axelera-ai-uses-digital-compute-in-memory-to-deliver-fast-and-energy-efficient-computer-vision-a-presentation-from-axelera-ai/
Bram Verhoef, Head of Machine Learning at Axelera AI, presents the “How Axelera AI Uses Digital Compute-in-memory to Deliver Fast and Energy-efficient Computer Vision” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
As artificial intelligence inference transitions from cloud environments to edge locations, computer vision applications achieve heightened responsiveness, reliability and privacy. This migration, however, introduces the challenge of operating within the stringent confines of resource constraints typical at the edge, including small form factors, low energy budgets and diminished memory and computational capacities. Axelera AI addresses these challenges through an innovative approach of performing digital computations within memory itself. This technique facilitates the realization of high-performance, energy-efficient and cost-effective computer vision capabilities at the thin and thick edge, extending the frontier of what is achievable with current technologies.
In this presentation, Verhoef unveils his company’s pioneering chip technology and demonstrates its capacity to deliver exceptional frames-per-second performance across a range of standard computer vision networks typical of applications in security, surveillance and the industrial sector. This shows that advanced computer vision can be accessible and efficient, even at the very edge of our technological ecosystem.
Digital Marketing Trends in 2024 | Guide for Staying AheadWask
https://www.wask.co/ebooks/digital-marketing-trends-in-2024
Feeling lost in the digital marketing whirlwind of 2024? Technology is changing, consumer habits are evolving, and staying ahead of the curve feels like a never-ending pursuit. This e-book is your compass. Dive into actionable insights to handle the complexities of modern marketing. From hyper-personalization to the power of user-generated content, learn how to build long-term relationships with your audience and unlock the secrets to success in the ever-shifting digital landscape.
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
Freshworks Rethinks NoSQL for Rapid Scaling & Cost-EfficiencyScyllaDB
Freshworks creates AI-boosted business software that helps employees work more efficiently and effectively. Managing data across multiple RDBMS and NoSQL databases was already a challenge at their current scale. To prepare for 10X growth, they knew it was time to rethink their database strategy. Learn how they architected a solution that would simplify scaling while keeping costs under control.
Programming Foundation Models with DSPy - Meetup SlidesZilliz
Prompting language models is hard, while programming language models is easy. In this talk, I will discuss the state-of-the-art framework DSPy for programming foundation models with its powerful optimizers and runtime constraint system.
IBM is bringing our leadership technology and services to help institutions manage transformation in education.. To help create the learning environment of the future we leverage our core software and services with those of several partners to enable learning inside and outside the classroom. Cognos Business Intelligence and analytics provides insights to student assessment and achievement for teachers to identify the at risk and struggling students early in their academic careers. We work closely with open and community-source learning management system providers, such as Sakai and Moodle, to provide project planning and implementation services to enable schools and colleges to migrate from proprietary licensed software. New learning communities are supported with IBM’s Lotus collaboration tools, which are now available as a cloud service through our LotusLive offering. Finally, we help schools transition from traditional expenditures in PC’s to thin clients and hosted desktops through our Desktop Cloud services. To improve the operational efficiencies of institutions, Cognos performance management provides quick start dashboards and templates to accelerate the implementation of business intelligence systems. We bring the value of Services Oriented Architecture and interoperability standards to education through our implementation services and middleware software integrated with open source administrative application providers, such as Kuali. To help improve the value of technology investments for education, we enable shared services data centers and clouds to bring economies of scale to coalitions of multiple institutions. Finally, our continued leadership in High Performance Computing provides world class computational engines, storage environments, and systems management services to researchers on university campuses. We help regions leverage this investment in academic research to bring about economic development - through strategic planning and project implementation services to define unique capabilities, encourage start up businesses through incubators and create jobs for skilled employees.
Looking at the big picture, there are several forces that further complicate PC management: Desktop managers are forced to deal with issues such as: The exploding number of PC configurations and system images The rising costs of maintaining PCs Providing access to an increasingly distributed workforce Limited control of employee home PCs, as well as partner, and contractor-owned PCs NOTE: Ask your client: How do you ensure all employee PCs are appropriately patched? How many people in your enterprise need safe access to corporate resources? Where are they located? How do telecommuters and partners access corporate resources? Do you have to provision computing environments to outsourced or offshore resources? How many different PC (desktop and laptop) configurations does your IT team manage? How do you enforce compliance with privacy regulations? How do you protect sensitive corporate data on employee PCs?
In today’s economy, many businesses are faced with the challenge of “taking cost out” of their infrastructure while continuing to deliver new , innovative business services - basically they need to “do more with less” There are two primary levers to achieve cost optimization – operating expense and capital expense, and for many businesses its not just a question of lowering costs its also important to strike the right balance between Operational expense and Capital expense Virtualization of Hardware: Drives lower capital requirements. At scale, virtualized environments benefit from economies of scale. Energy Efficiency: Standardization of Workloads: More complexity = less automation possible = people needed Automation and Self Servicet: Take repeatable tasks and automate. Clients who can “serve themselves” require less support and get services Agility: Business and IT Alignment: Service Flexibility: Industry Standards: The more standardization you are able to achieve within your infrastructure, the greater the economies of your operating expenses become. Similarly, the more you leverage virtualization within your IT infrastructure, the greater the economies of your capital expenditures will be. So addressing both standardization and virtualization is key to reduce infrastructure costs, while still meeting the dynamic needs of the business. The need to achieving cost optimization has also provided fertile ground for Cloud Computing. The cloud paradigm is an attempt to improve service delivery by applying engineering discipline and economies of scale in an Internet inspired architecture. Cloud computing can be an important new option in helping businesses optimize the IT expense equation while maintaining fast, high quality service delivery. NOTE: If asked to discuss public vs. private clouds: - A private cloud drives efficiency, while retaining control and greater customization. - Public clouds today are for processes deemed more easily standardized and a lower security risk. There some functions that already exhibit a high degree of standardization, that are more easily moved to a public cloud – things like search, e-commerce, and discreet business processes like sales force management.
What does the Smarter Classroom look like? It starts with a focus on Students, Teachers, Faculty and Administrators. We then leverage 21st century technology to help improve quality, increase access to educational resources and lower costs. It’s built on moving resources and tools into the clouds. The first element is a device-agnostic model that leverages mobile devices and thin clients from a variety of manufacturers. We can leverage these thin devices, using virtualized desktop services. These devices provide all the services and function needed, while all operations and management occur at a centralized location – in a cloud, in a hosted environment. We next create a portal for the teachers and faculty to allow them access to tools like business intelligence to track individual student performance. We have a set of open source e-learning tools and content that teachers can tap into and students can access at a very low-cost, and more importantly – to allow them a more personalized learning experience. The underlying infrastructure of the Smarter Classroom puts the majority of the resources in a centralized, efficiently managed cloud. The cloud allows the school, college or university to utilize thin clients, and via a broadband network, access everything they need. All other functions, costs and resources move out of the local environment, into a well-managed, efficient, virtualized central server location.
Results of a 2009 study by Forrester Research on the total cost of ownership impact of virtual desktops versus traditional classroom lab PC’s. Upgrades & Refreshes Ease of upgrading HW and SW at a lower cost Migrations of legacy applications Software publishing instead of software distribution Reduced Support Costs Reduces installation and configuration issues Speeds time for moves, adds, and changes for users Reduces need for help desk and desk-side support Security & Resiliency Alleviates issues with critical data theft and data back-ups Reduces virus threats Eases compliance eg. HIPPA, Sarbanes-Oxley Resiliency to pandemics Resource Utilization Share hardware resources across multiple users - >75% utilization for virtual Repurpose hardware for ‘Client by day, Enterprise by night’ Reduced downtime, higher availability and higher end user productivity Power savings; 75W for desktop versus 15W for a thin client Manageability Eases hardware & software asset management Easier to standardize infrastructure and services Feasible to provide computing as a ‘chargeable’ service
Goal Significantly increase utilization of valuable computing resources for academic services More effective integration of technology into learning Broaden adoption of virtualization through open source Challenge Demand for academic computing resources were skyrocketing Costs of maintaining growing infrastructure Benefits Projected savings in software licensing costs of up to 75 percent 150 percent increase in students served per application license Higher student satisfaction through more convenient access Improved access to most recent software releases for instructors Increased flexibility to shift computing capacity between instructional, research and administrative needs Ability to meet significant growth in enrollment without building additional computer labs Overall improvement in server utilization levels
We wanted to showcase how key business Objectives drive Business Requirements leads to technology Enablers.
Just want to show key services that are offered or consumed by Students Marketing and Outreach Admissions It and other support functions Academic services Alumni Career Advancement Services
Very important that we must indentify all building blocks that enables various features/services and their co-relation with other IT infrastructure. Also, very important to indentify the External and Internal services
05/25/12 ITS GSR Proposed Layout 4Q
So to start with-it’s probably a good idea to talk a little bit about many of the challenges that K-12 institutions face today when it comes to managing their desktop environments. With the attempt to move towards one to one computing, many schools have a range of notebooks or desktops on hand for students and faculty and managing these can be a real headache for IT departments. IT budgets are tight, but IT is still mandated to deliver the best education and facilities possible to students. And they are being asked to reduce their carbon footprint. K-12 also poses it’s own unique set of challenges with the number of applications that are used and need to be supported. And on physical PCs, this can mean lots of hours of installing and maintaining those apps. Securing data is critical, but increasingly challenging especially with the broad range of devices including mobile devices that are in play and that can very easily be dropped, lost or walk away. OS patches and updates on physical PCs need to be done but can be disruptive and very time consuming, And finally, IT is being asked to provide students with the best possible user experience, but refreshing labs and ensuring students don’t lose their data when their systems crash is not an easy task. And providing support to the range of devices students want to use on campus and off can be a nightmare.