Smart computing is defined as the integration of hardware, software, and people enabled by cloud, mobile, and social technologies, which are disrupting existing business models; opportunities exist for developers in these areas but challenges include privacy, security, interoperability, and developing a skilled workforce for an increasingly mobile and data-driven business environment. The retail sector was provided as an example domain that can leverage location data, offers, analytics and social/mobile integration to enhance customer experience.

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2. Agenda
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 Smart Computing - My Definition
 Disruptive Nature
 Cloud + Mobile + Social
 Example : Retail Sector
 Opportunities & Challenges

3. Smart Computing ? What is that ?
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 Traditional View -> Smart Hardware Devices
 Pragmatic Definition
 Hardware (Computing Systems, Mobiles)
 Software
 People & Processes

4. Disruptive Nature
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 Upsets the existing order of things
 Consumers are driving change
 Explosion of Devices + Data are giving rise to
new challenges
 Constant Technology Changes
 Innovators Dilemma

5. Smart Computing - Drivers
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Cloud
Mobile
Social

6. Cloud Computing
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 Cloud computing is a pay-per-use
model for enabling available,
convenient, on-demand network
access to a shared pool of
configurable computing resources
(e.g., networks, servers, storage,
applications, services) that can be
rapidly provisioned and released with
minimal management effort or service

7. The 5-3-4 formula
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Cloud Computing comprises
of
 5 key characteristics
 3 delivery models
 4 deployment models.

8. 5 Key Characteristics
 On Demand Self Service
 Ubiquitous network access
 Location independent Resource
Pooling
 Rapid Elasticity
 Pay Per Use

9. 3 Delivery Models
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 Software as a Service (SaaS)
 Gmail, SalesForce
 Platform as a Service (PaaS)
 Google App Engine
 Windows Azure
 Heroku & CloudFoundry
 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
 Amazon Web Services (AWS)

10. 4 Deployment Models
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11. Mobile
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 Explosion of Mobile Devices
 Mobile Device = Phones , Tablets , Laptops,
Sensor Devices
 The number is only going to increase
 Massive Amounts of Data being consumed
and generated
 Businesses need to harness this medium

12. Android – Device Activations
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 More than 7,00,000+ devices per day

13. Android – Apps Downloaded
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 Users downloaded more than 2.4 billion apps
from the Android Marketplace in Q3 2011 itself.

14. The Social Side of Things
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 Explosion of Social Networks
 Large Amounts of Data being consumed and
generated
 Sharing (Advocacy)
 Reviews
 Likes
 Comments
 Advertising

15. To Survive….
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 Businesses will need to adopt
Social
Mobile
Cloud

16. Example : ‘Smart’ Retail Sector
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Data Locatio
Social Offers Analytic n
s
Securit Store
Contex Integratio
y Loyalty
t n
System
Multi - Alternat
Consumerizati s
Chann e
on Upgrad
el Uses
e

17. Opportunities for Developers
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 Huge Demand for right skillsets
Learn Unlearn Relearn
 Success Formula : An Idea + Father’s Credit
Card
 Great Time to be a Developer
 Mobile App Stores a great medium to reach
millions

18. The Challenges ahead…
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Privacy &
Bandwidth
Security
Challenges
Interoperability Workforce

19. Thank You
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 Q&A
 romin.irani@mindstormsoftware.com
 http://www.mindstormsoftware.com
 Twitter : @iRomin
 Blog : www.rominirani.com
 2-Day Android Training:
http://www.mindstormsoftware.com/android-training.html

20. Android 2-Day Developer Workshop
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 More than 100+ students
 Covers a wide range of Android topics that
will get you started with developing most
Android applications
 Completely hands-on
 Typically occurs over a weekend in Mumbai.
 April 21-22 , 2012

21. Quiz Time
 How many Android devices are getting
activated per day?
 Cloud & Social are 2 factors that are changing
the face of computing. Which is the 3rd one?
 Give an example of PaaS (Platform As A
Service)?
 Explain how a Retail Store can make use of a
GPS in their Retail Mobile Application?
 Is Bandwidth going to be one of our main
challenges in our move towards Smart
computing? If Yes .. Why?