This document outlines steps towards cloud computing. It discusses key technologies like big data, cloud computing, mobile computing and social computing. It also discusses how workloads are shifting from systems of record to systems of engagement. The document advocates for adopting an infrastructure as a service model using OpenStack for commodity cloud computing. It emphasizes the importance of having cross-functional skills, disruptive innovation, cloud governance and a DevOps culture. Finally, it discusses concepts like T-shaped people, complexity, antifragility and having the right people, processes and technologies.

1. Steps Towards Cloud Computing
Lothar Wieske
9. April 2013
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2. Big Data
Cloud Computing
Mobile Computing
Social Computing
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3. … Why Software Is Eating The World …
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4. Workloads
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5. Systems of Record
Systems of Engagement
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6. Disruptive Innovation
Performance
Time
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9. Commodity Composable Horizontal
Cloud Platform Apps
Enterprise Contextual Vertical
Cloud Platform Apps
Infrastructure Platform Software
as-a as-a as-a
Service Service Service
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10. IaaS Commodity Cloud - OpenStack
Executive Leadership
People
Cross-Functional Skills
Disruptive Innovation
Cloud Governance
Process
Resiliency Engineering
DevOps Culture
Chef / Puppet Elastic Applications
Consumer
GitHub Polyglot Persistence
Technology
Hystrix Continuous Delivery
Ceph Open Compute
Provider
Quantum OpenStack
Vagrant Cassandra
Quick Wins Lighthouses
~ 3 months ~ 9 months
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11. T-Shaped People
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12. Complexity
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13. Antifragility
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15. People
Process
Technology
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