Our take on why "open clouds" (a term we were using at the time) were winning against "closed clouds". NOTE: Since the presentation of this material, Cloudscaling's messaging has evolved considerably forward. For current material on Cloudscaling, please refer to www.cloudscaling.com and http://www.slideshare.net/randybias

1. Why Open Clouds
are Winning
(and what you should be doing
about it tomorrow morning)
May 5th, 2012
Troy Angrignon, VP Sales & Business Development, Cloudscaling
@troyangrignon
troy@cloudscaling.com
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2. “The future is
already here — it's
just not very evenly
distributed.”
- William Gibson
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3. Cloud was invented by the internet leaders
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4. Cloud Computing ... Disrupts
Mainframe Enterprise Cloud
Computing Computing Computing
"Big Iron" "Client-Server" "Web"
1960 1980 2000 2020
Disruption Disruption Disruption
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5. They moved from proprietary software to
open source software
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6. They automated everything
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7. They stopped treating servers like pets and
treated them more like cattle.
bowzer.company.com web001.company.com
attrib: Bill Baker, Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft
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8. Differentiation, business value, and even
uptime moved up the stack
Applications
Platforms
Infrastructure
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9. Meanwhile...existing enterprise jumped on the
bandwagon and launched their clouds
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10. We ended up with two different types of clouds.
Each serves a different set of applications
Enterprise IT Cloud Next-generation IT Cloud
APPS
&
PLATFORMS
INFRA
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11. Your developers have had to go rogue to
get the platform they need for their apps
Savvis AWS
External TRMK or
Sungard RAX
Enterprise
Private
On-Premise Cloud
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12. Open Clouds are the missing piece
of the infrastructure
Savvis AWS
External TRMK or
Sungard RAX
Enterprise
Open
Private
On-Premise Cloud
Clouds
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13. Characteristics of open clouds
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14. “Exponential
growth looks like
nothing is
happening, and
then suddenly you
get this explosion
at the end.”
- Ray Kurzweil
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15. AWS’ growth is difficult to comprehend
1/3 of all internet users
1% of consumer internet
http://blog.deepfield.net/2012/04/18/how-big-is-amazons-cloud/
http://www.cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/amzn-other-revenue-in-2011/
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16. Rackspace is killing it
"Cloud service provider Rackspace Hosting's
(RAX) first-quarter per-share profit is expected
to jump 80%, while revenue rises 31%...One
key to Rackspace's success in the cloud
market, analysts say, is its OpenStack software
initiative…"
May 5, 2012, Posted 08:05 AM ET
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17. OpenStack is a run-away success
155+ member companies
2,600 members
100,000+ downloads
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18. The Open Cloud Ecosystem is so much richer
today than it was even just a year ago!
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19. Monday Morning Checklist
Fire yourself from “keeping the lights on”
Go steal some budget
Find rule-breakers and give them a raise
Find a good partner
Build an open cloud
Learn, fail, and learn more
Build a team of pirate rebels
Shelter them from the organizational B.S.
Watch them thrive and drive business value
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20. “Do not wait; the
time will never be
"just right." Start
where you stand, and
work with whatever
tools you may have
at your command,
and better tools will
be found as you go
along.”
- George Herbert, Poet
1593-1633
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21. Q&A
Troy Angrignon
VP Sales & Business Development
@troyangrignon
troy@cloudscaling.com
WE ARE HIRING!
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