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essential fundamentals—standardization of infrastructure,
virtualized resources and automated processes—and the
business results are measurable. Cloud computing represents
a paradigm shift at many levels, but the ‘return on investment’
that cloud customers are realizing cannot be overstated.
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Capacity planning discipline is no longer required
Cloud capacity is cheap
Bottlenecks can be alleviated by expanding cloud capacity
Capacity management can be delegated to the cloud provider
Performance is guaranteed by the cloud provider
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• Economics of cloud computing and cost considerations
• Implementation tips and recommendations to get started
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The promise of cloud computing is realized because of its
essential fundamentals—standardization of infrastructure,
virtualized resources and automated processes—and the
business results are measurable. Cloud computing represents
a paradigm shift at many levels, but the ‘return on investment’
that cloud customers are realizing cannot be overstated.
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Capacity can be turned up instantaneously
Capacity planning discipline is no longer required
Cloud capacity is cheap
Bottlenecks can be alleviated by expanding cloud capacity
Capacity management can be delegated to the cloud provider
Performance is guaranteed by the cloud provider
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• The business case for cloud
• Showcases of what cloud computing is doing for New Zealand companies
• Economics of cloud computing and cost considerations
• Implementation tips and recommendations to get started
• Demonstration of Microsoft’s leading cloud productivity suite – Office365
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Lets Do the Cloud-CFO Summit 2013
1. LETS DO THE CLOUD !!
Driving Corporate Transformation through
Cloud Computing
Chief Financial Officer Malaysia Summit 2013
Grand Millennium Hotel – 14 March 2013
By
Aimi Aizal Nasharudin
Chairman – Skali Group
2. More Buzz Words??
Top 10 Strategic Technology Top 10 Strategic Technology
Initiatives 2008-2009 Initiatives 2010-2012
1. Virtualization 1. Cloud Computing
2. Business Intelligence 2. Advanced Analyical
3. Green IT 3. Client Computing
4. Unified Messaging 4. IT for Green
5. Social Networking 5. Reshaping the Data centre
6. WAO – Web Oriented 6. Social Computing
Architecture 7. Security Activity Monitoring
7. Enterprise Mashups 8. Flash Memory
8. Cloud Computing 9. Virtualization for Availability
9. Beyond Blades 10. Mobile Application
10. Specialized Systems
4. What‟s the Correct Way
• Do you do cloud?
• Lets put it on the cloud
• We should go into cloud
• Is your application cloud ready?
When not sure…just add “thingy” after cloud
6. What Is Cloud Computing?
Myth & Facts
Myths
• Cloud computing will eliminate the need for IT personnel.
• Cloud computing will eliminate IT expense
• Cloud computing will put data security in jeopardy
Facts
• Cloud technology is real
• This technology should not be ignored
7. Cloud Concern
Data privacy and security was among the top concern for cloud usage. Some
key findings were:
• About 44% still believe that cloud services are unproven and, therefore, too
risky, although less than 10% feel strongly about this.
• 70% want to know where there data is located.
• 51% consider data privacy as an issue that would cause them to hesitate
moving functions to the cloud.
• About 1/3 of SMBs believe that the long-run cost of cloud services will be
higher than through the traditional model, and about 20% feel that in the
long run costs will be lower in the long run.
• 1/2 of respondents indicate that data privacy concerns would make them
think twice about moving some apps to the cloud.
• Only about 20% of SMBs believe that data is less secure in the cloud than
it is in their on-premise systems.
• 36% overall, and 49% of larger SMBs (with 51–250 employees), actually
think that data is as secure in the cloud as in their own systems.
8. Where It Come From?
• EVOLUTION MODELS
– GRID
• Solved large problems through parallel computing, which introduced
software services hence cloud
– WEB 2.0
• User centric applications put pressure on the needs of software services and
infrastructure services
– ISP
• From purely stringent hosting, co-location then ASP and later more dynamic,
optimized internet infrastructure….
• TECHNOLOGY PRESSURE
– From vendors point of view….
• ECONOMIC PRESSURE
– From business perspective
• GREEN
9. Economic Pressure
Infrastructure IT Staffs
Hardware
Software
Today, businesses feel that to automate/ computerize their business
cost them a fortune due to the ever-increasing price of IT products
and services
Renewals
Maintenance
Upgrades
10. Definition of Cloud Computing ?
• IT related capabilities across the internet
• Pool of abstracted, highly scalable and managed
infrastructure
• Delivery of computing as a service rather than a
product, whereby shared resources, software, and
information....
11. Our Definition
The definition that we like :-
Cloud Computing is a way to deliver IT services by subscription
12.
13. Because Cloud is on Subscription Basis…
CLOUD COMPUTING HAS PROVEN TO HELP REDUCE THE
TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP BY 46% MINIMUM
15. What Cloud Computing “IS NOT”?
It is not Network Computing
• Application and Data are not confined to any specific Company‟s
Server
• No VPN Access
• Encompasses multiple companies, multiple servers and multiple
networks
It is not Traditional Outsourcing
• Not a contract to host data by 3rd party Hosting Business
• No subcontracting for computing services for specific outside firm
16. So What Do you Subscribe?
• Everything A_A_S or XXX AAS
• XXX As A Service
• Make sure you get it right
–PaaS
–SaaS
–IaaS
17. The Cloud Pyramid
Whether it is software, platform, infrastructure or even professional
services to manage your IT assets are available on subscription basis
19. Other AAS
• NAAS
– Network as a Service
– Provide a global network capability, CDNs for example
– Example, known video CDNs like Akamai, Torrents, Amazon CloudFront
• DAAS
– Data as a Service
– DaaS - web service offering that provides customers with access and analytics
around a set of proprietary set of aggregated data.
– Example -Salary.com collects user data by offering individuals the ability to
benchmark their compensation levels against others.
• CAAS (Not Leasing)
– Communications as a Service (CaaS) is a type of outsourced enterprise
communications solution where a third party vendor (known as CaaS vendor) is
responsible for the management of hardware and software required for delivering
Voice over IP (Voice as a Service), instant messaging, and video conferencing
applications using fixed and mobile devices.
– Example: IP-Centrex, a remote PBX
20. Traditional hosting vs. cloud computing
Co-Location Dedicated Hosting Cloud Hosting
Time Weeks to Months Days to Weeks Minutes
Scalability Slowest, Rigid & Slower, somewhat Instant, Flexible,
Costly flexible, costly Pay-per-usage
Cost High CapEx Costly, sometimes No contracts,
month/year contracts, usage based, no
no CapEx upfront costs
“Green” Low Low High - virtualised
Pricing Buy Servers & Colo Rent Servers & Hosting Rent based on
Model costs whether used costs whether used or usage only
or not not
21. Cost benefit analysis
Remote accessibility to data and files/ outside office hours.
Less labor-intensive.
Pay for only what you need.
Scale up and down according to the business demand
24. How Cloud can help you..
Reduce costs Increase reliability Faster time to value
•Pay for only what we use •Improve system reliability •Quickly take advantage of
•Reduce hardware •Improve system availability latest technologies
investment •Simplify updating and
•Reduce software licenses upgrading
•Lower labor and IT support •Increase speed of
costs deployment
•Lower outside maintenance •Scale IT resources to meet
cost business needs
26. Public Cloud
• The services are delivered to the client via the Internet from a third
party service provider.
• •Example: Amazon
Compute Services
Storage Services Database Services
Internet
27. Private Cloud
• Infrastructure operated solely for a single organization, whether managed internally or
by a third-party and hosted internally or externally
• There are less restriction on network bandwidth, fewer security exposures and other
legal requirements compared to the public Cloud..
• Example: HP Data Centers
ENTERPRISE
Private Cloud
Compute Services
Compute Services
Storage Services
Storage Services Database Services
Database Services
28. Public vs Private
Public Private
Illusion of infinite resources on-demand Yes Unlikely
Elimination of up-front commitment by users Yes No
True pay-as-you-go on short-term basis Yes No
Economy of scale Yes No
Better utilization through workload multiplexing Yes Depends
on size
Better utilization & simplified operations Yes Yes
29. Hybrid Cloud
• composition of two or more clouds (private, community or public) that remain unique
entities but are bound together, offering the benefits of multiple deployment models
• Example: ERP in Private cloud and Sales & Email on public
30. Summary
What is Cloud Computing?
Hybrid Cloud
DEPLOYMENT
MODEL
Private Cloud Public Cloud Community Cloud
SERVICE
MODEL
On Demand Self Services
ESSENTIAL Broad Network Access Rapid Elastic
CHARACTERISTIC
Resources Pooling Measured Service
33. Who is SKALI ?
• Skali is one of the pioneers in datacenter and
e- business in the country.
• Started as http://altavista.skali.com (AltaVista
Asia) in June 1997
• Skali is also known as the first „Public Cloud
Computing‟ company in Malaysia.
• Skali datacenter is located in UPM, Serdang
and also home to 152 government portals
34.
35. SKALI DC1
LOCATION
CX2, Cyberjaya
2000sqft of DC floor Space
Purposely build Data Center facilities
Raise Floor, Precision Air cond., CCTV, Card
Access, Staging Room
85 new unit racks
24x7 operations
• 2 x BGP routers • 200Mbps Internet Connectivity
• 2 x Core Switches
Network • Available 1G pipeline
• 15 x Access Switches 48 port Bandwidth
Equipment • Anti DDOS features
• Anti DDOS Clean Pipeline
• Network Monitoring • Multi layer ISP
37. Overview of the SKALIDC2
Address Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Gross floor area Approximately 500,000 sq ft
Net floor area Approximately 200,000 sq ft
Raised floor load 10Kn psm
Raised floor 1,000 mm
Power density 16MW/30-100W psf
Power feed 2x30KV incoming
Electrical services HT & LV
Power back-up Multiple back-up power generation
Uninterruptible Power Dual 33kv incoming sources
Supply
N+1 or N+N option with 15 minutes
battery reserve
Cooling system Water-chilled and air-cooled
Fire suppression system Water mist
Private CloudThe cloud infrastructure is provisioned for exclusive use by a single organization comprising multiple consumers (e.g., business units). It may be owned, managed, and operated by the organization, a third party, or some combination of them, and it may exist on or off premises. Community CloudThe cloud infrastructure is provisioned for exclusive use by a specific community of consumers from organizations that have shared concerns (e.g., mission, security requirements, policy, and compliance considerations). It may be owned, managed, and operated by one or more of the organizations in the community, a third party, or some combination of them, and it may exist on or off premises Public CloudThe cloud infrastructure is provisioned for open use by the general public. It may be owned, managed, and operated by a business, academic, or government organization, or some combination of them. It exists on the premises of the cloud provider. Hybrid CloudThe cloud infrastructure is a composition of two or more distinct cloud infrastructures (private, community, or public) that remain unique entities