Cloud Computing for Small Businesses

1. Cloud Computingfor Small Businesses Christopher UrbanSUNYITDepartment of Computer and Information Sciences

2. Agenda • A little history • PCs, cell phones, e-commerce, cloud computing • Cloud computing • Driving forces • 5 myths • Some definitions and concepts • Providers of cloud services

3. A Little History • John Atanasoff (born in Hamilton, NY) inventedthe first digital computer (late ’30s) • Thomas Watson, President, IBM, 1943: “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” • In the mid-1950s, businesses began to see computing technology as a means to increase efficiency

4. A Little History • In the 1970s business began to see computing technology as a means to increase effectiveness • Personal computer sales began in 1970s • Just over 1M sold by 1981 • IBM: Releases the PC in August, 1981 • Over 5M personal computers sold 1981-84

5. A Little History • By 1990 over 20M personal computers sold • Windows 3.0 released in 1990 • WWW publicly available in August 1991 • Mosaic introduced in in 1993 • By 2000 over 140M personal computers sold • By 2008 over 1B personal computers sold • By 2014 over 2B personal computers sold

6. A Little History • Today there are over 6B cell phone subscribers • 75% of the world’s population has access to a cell phone • Metcalfe’s Law: the value of a tele-communications network is proportional to the square of the connected users of the system. • Tom Freidman: the world is flat

7. E-Commerce • 1994 • Yahoo • Amazon • 1995 • E-Bay • Google

8. E-Commerce • 1997 • Virtually every major company, organization, government, and media outlet had a Web presence

9. Cloud Computing • 1997 • Ramnath Chellapa: “computing paradigm where the boundaries of computing will be determined by economic rationale rather than technical limits alone.” • 1999 • Salesforce.com

10. Cloud Computing • 2002 • Amazon develops a business model to allow other organizations to make use of Amazon's necessary excess capacity • 2002 to today • Explosive growth in Cloud Computing • Services provided to anyone, anytime, anywhere

11. Driving Forces of Cloud Computing • Pervasive and mobile computing • Squanderably abundant bandwidth • Proliferation of Internet services • Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc…

12. Cloud Computing Myths & Truths • 5 Cloud Computing Myths and Truths forSmall Businesses

13. The Cloud: A Layered Approach • Ready-to-Use and/or Tailorable Applications • Development / Testing / Quality Assurance • Operating Systems / Virtualization • Servers / Storage / Cabling / Power / Cooling

14. The Cloud: A Layered Approach Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) : • Amazon EC2, Rackspace, Google Compute Engine • Ready-to-Use and/or Tailorable Applications • Development / Testing / Quality Assurance • Operating Systems / Virtualization • Servers / Storage / Networking / Power / Cooling

15. The Cloud: A Layered Approach Platform as a Service (PaaS) • Windows Azure, Google App Engine • Ready-to-Use and/or Tailorable Applications • Development / Testing / Quality Assurance • Operating Systems / Virtualization • Servers / Storage / Networking / Power / Cooling

16. The Cloud: A Layered Approach Software as a Service (SaaS) • Dropbox, Salesforce, Quickbooks, OfficeTime • Ready-to-Use and/or Tailorable Applications • Development / Testing / Quality Assurance • Operating Systems / Virtualization • Servers / Storage / Networking / Power / Cooling

17. A Natural Starting Point For Small Businesses • Software as a Service (SaaS) • Why build something that you can buy if • The cost is at or below the price of building it • The quality meets your expectations • The delivery time is certain to be well ahead of your build delivery time

18. The Cloud: Enabling Software This software allows: • On-demand access and service • Self-provisioning • Metering • Elasticity • Multi-Tenancy

19. The Cloud: Public, Private, Hybrid • Public: outside an organization’s firewall • Private: inside an organization’s firewall • Hybrid: part public and part private

20. Providers of Cloud Servicesfor Small Businesses • Office Time • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405820,00.asp • Sage One • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405001,00.asp • Adobe FormsCentral • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405001,00.asp

21. Providers of Cloud Servicesfor Small Businesses • DocuSign Pro • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2393565,00.asp • Office 365 • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383731,00.asp • Adobe Connect • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387818,00.asp

22. Providers of Cloud Servicesfor Small Businesses • Gliffy • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403220,00.asp • Mindomo • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2381226,00.asp • Salesforce • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2364726,00.asp

23. Providers of Cloud Servicesfor Small Businesses • Quickbase • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2338771,00.asp • Box • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410914,00.asp • Freshbooks • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411886,00.asp

24. Providers of Cloud Servicesfor Small Businesses • Intuit Online Payroll Plus • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2406340,00.asp • Abukai Expenses • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395848,00.asp • Microsoft Skydrive • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409569,00.asp

25. Providers of Cloud Servicesfor Small Businesses • Google Drive • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403546,00.asp • Rebit Pro • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411940,00.asp • PureCloud • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412584,00.asp

26. Providers of Cloud Servicesfor Small Businesses • Lynda • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385781,00.asp

27. Who Should Be Driving the Cloud Train? • The IT folks? • The CEO? • Both because cloud computing is not just about technology, it is also about business models

28. Cloud Computing is Not a Panacea • As with any major move, you need to do your "due diligence" • Basic Checklist for Cloud Computing Customers

29. Questions? • Ask anything…