This document discusses the essential role of cloud computing and how it enables seamless and orchestrated experiences across connected devices and cloud services. It notes four disruptive trends: people, mobile, cloud, and social data. It also discusses how the cloud democratizes access to scale and economies of scale. Finally, it introduces Windows Azure and its cloud services for building and deploying apps and services at scale, including storage, virtual machines, web sites, and cloud services.

1. Rob Fraser
CTO Cloud Strategy
rfraser@microsoft.com

6. on demand streaming

8. We all have history
Disruptive change
Essential cloud
Meet Windows Azure

9. 200+ cloud services at scale

10. Open

12. Mobile
Cloud
Social
Data
4 disruptive trends

13. People

14. cloud =
apparent simplicity

15. Seamless & Orchestrated Experiences

16. Connected Devices &
Cloud Services

18. Big Data

19. Data science is the new rock & roll

20. Prediction
Prediction

21. Essential cloud

22. The ‘cloud’ 1990

23. The ‘cloud’ 2013

24. Cloud Style Computing

26. Cloud Services

27. PUBLIC
(MICROSOFT)
VIRTUAL PRIVATE
( SERVICE PROVIDER)
PRIVATE
(ON-PREMISES)
Hybrid IT

28. Essential Cloud – Style - IT Services - Hybrid

29. Cloud Economics

30. Cloud loves uncertainty

31. The Cloud democratizes access to scale
& economies of scale

32. EFPIA
EMVS
Centralised European Hub
29 National Blueprint Systems
3500 manufacturers & distributers
150,000 Pharmacies
10 bn transactions per year
40 consortia bid…

38. m2m

42. Meet Windows Azure

43. http://www.globalfoundationservices.com/

44. storage
 Blobs & Tables
 Databases

45. virtual machines
 Windows Server and Linux
 Flexible Workload Support
 Virtual Private Networking

46. web sites
 Build with ASP.NET, Node.js or PHP
 Deploy in seconds with FTP, Git or TFS
 Start for free, scale up as your traffic grows

47. cloud services
 Build infinitely scalable apps and services
 Support rich multi-tier architectures
 Automated application management

48. Windows Azure
Building Blocks

49. multiple
languages

50. open
source
 http://github.com/windowsazure

51. VM
depot
 http://github.com/windowsazure