1. An Opportunity to Transform Ireland Paul Rellis Managing Director Microsoft Ireland
2. New Times for all of us West to East Transfer Economies still resetting
3. CLOUD 2000s & Future Cloud Computing, Social Networks Products>Solutions>Services INTERNET Mid ‘90s Browsers, Email, eCommerce, Hosting, Wi-Fi, Web 2.0 CLIENT/SERVER Mid ‘80s Distributed Computing PC & APPS Early ’80s Word Processor, Spreadsheets DOS, GUI, Windows
4. What is Cloud Computing? “Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand, like the electricity grid.” Wikipedia
5. Our Vision Whatever screen you live and work with CLOUD SERVICES TV/HOME PC MOBILE ON-PREMISES
6. Why The Cloud Now? “By 2012, 80% of Fortune 1000 enterprises will be using some cloud computing services, 20% of businesses will own no IT assets.” NEW ECONOMICS REDUCED MANAGEMENT REDEFINING PRODUCTIVITY Pay for what you use Lower and predictable costs Shift from capex and opex Accelerate speed to value No patching and maintenance Faster deployment Robust multi-layered security Reliability and fault-tolerance Latest software for users Internet collaboration Anywhere access Instant self-provisioning “The bottom line: Early adopters are finding serious benefits, meaning that cloud computing is real and warrants your scrutiny as a new set of platforms for business applications.”
7. Transformation Opportunities to a Leading Green Economic Force Excellence in Developer Competency Excellence in “Atoms to Bits” Competency
8. Transformation : Key Requirements Education: Embed ICT into Curriculum “Softer Skills” – culture, collaboration, languages Build web development into leaving cert Adoption – put Citizen at the center AND create businesses: Health Education Mobile Make Broadband availability an even higher national priority
Leading with our future. That’s gonna be my exclusive focus for now on till the end of the presentation, I’ll be single minded about it.
History of Microsoft & computing.Windows in mid 80’sMicrosoft became an Internet company in 1996 (Bill Gates) “you don’t come down unless you know what the internet is”Business applications moving into consumer space <-> Consumer applications moving into businessThe fluffy cloud - Rapid adoption..Microsoft has just become a cloud company (Steve Ballmer) “you don’t come down unless you know what the cloud is”
Microsoft has just become a cloud company (Steve Ballmer) “you don’t come down unless you know what the cloud is”3 screens and a cloudOn-Premise if you really can’t move to the cloud
CapEx -> OpExRisk, Auditing, Compliance, Maintenance – all somebody else’s problemInstant, flexible delivery of business value – with world class software from world class data centres.Most important thing to note is speed of this trend – see Gartner quote.
Leading with our future. That’s gonna be my exclusive focus for now on till the end of the presentation, I’ll be single minded about it.
Leading with our future. That’s gonna be my exclusive focus for now on till the end of the presentation, I’ll be single minded about it.
