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CLOUD COMPUTING For Beginners

CLOUD COMPUTING For Beginners. Widely Misunderstood. June 2009 study 41% of Senior IT Professionals don’t know what cloud computing is! 2/3 of senior finance professionals are confused by the concept!. CIO Priority. Definition.

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CLOUD COMPUTING For Beginners

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  1. CLOUD COMPUTING For Beginners

  2. Widely Misunderstood • June 2009 study • 41% of Senior IT Professionals don’t know what cloud computing is! • 2/3 of senior finance professionals are confused by the concept!

  3. CIO Priority

  4. Definition Cloud Computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. Cloud Computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand, like a public utility.

  5. Same old thing…new name? • ASP > SaaS > Cloud Computing • Some new technologies • Platforms • Infrastructure • Management and Deployment • New delivery and sales models • Subscription

  6. 3 Categories • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) • Provider provide servers, storage, management • Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) • Set of software & development tools • Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) • Access to software via front-end portal

  7. Types of Clouds • Public Cloud • Services sold to anyone on the network • Private Cloud • Proprietary network and data centre • Services limited number of organizations

  8. Why Use the Cloud? • Cost Savings • Reduction in IT Staff • Increased availability • Device & Location Independence • Moves capital expense to operating expense • Scalable and On-Demand • Low Entry Point

  9. Why Move to Cloud? StandaloneFunctions.Highly scalable Cloud Cloud basedserviceSAAS Highly Integrated, Secure Apps DataCenter Consulting help needed Traditional IT (DataCenter)

  10. IT is Complex

  11. Internet Domain SalesForce Open Source Waves of Innovation in IT Enterprises eBay Google Amazon Yahoo Java Web 2.0 Developers Consumers Web Developers Internet IT + Developers Microsoft IT Domain IT IBM The browser Internet PC Client Server WebServices SOA Mainframe Cloud Computing

  12. Challenges with the Cloud • Security • Privacy • Location of Data • Legality & Liability • Disaster Recovery • Service Level Agreement (SLA) • Ability to customize • Back to Premise and Provider Change

  13. Examples • Hosted Microsoft Exchange • Google Apps • Salesforce.com • Managed VoIP • Remote Backup • Snapfish • Magcloud.com • Force.com

  14. Pricing • Subscription License – typically named user • Charges for storage and bandwidth • Setup charges • Data Migration • Copy of Backup • Training

  15. David ReidCEOd.reid@epic.ca(204) 975-7101 YOUR PARTNERSHIP IS APPRECIATED

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