Cloud Computing

1. Cloud Computing Adam Leidigh Brandon Pyle Bernardo Ruiz Daniel Nakamura Arianna Campos

2. An Overview

3. Cloud Computing • Up-and-coming computing technology that uses the internet (the “cloud”) and central remote servers to maintain information and applications. • Allows consumers and businesses to use applications without installation and access their personal files at any computer with internet access. • More efficient computing by centralizing storage, memory, processing and bandwidth. • Three segments: • Applications • Platforms • Infrastructure

4. Layers of the Cloud

5. Layers of the Cloud • 4 Layers • Clients – the computer hardware or software that relies on the cloud service • Mobile, Thin Client, Thick Client • Application – the program the cloud computing company offers (replaces software) • Many different applications • Platform – packages, services, or infrastructure offered from the company that runs the application • Services, Solutions, Storage • Infrastructure – mode of delivery, typically through virtualization • Servers – the computer hardware or software products created to deliver the cloud services • Maintained by service company

6. Types • Private Cloud • Also called an internal cloud, is a cloud that operates on private networks • Offer higher security and better reliability but cost more • Hybrid Cloud • Mix of private and public cloud offerings • Public Cloud • Mainly web applications and services • More common than others Hybrid

7. Back to the Beginning of Time • Al Gore gave us the Internet • Broadband got cheap • Not everyone had to build in house data centers • The computer running the application could be far from the person using it • Only a fast connection was needed which led to SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SaaS)

8. The Bad Part • Large enterprises had complex requirements • Data outside firewall • Cost vs. usage

9. Runs on the Cloud • With VIRTUALIZATION : • Applications and infrastructure are independent and allowing servers to be shared by applications. • Runs everywhere • Doesn’t have to run in you data center or in your applications providers center. • Computing Service that charges based on the computing resources you use aka Pay As You Go • Open source software must be utilized in order for cloud to “grow”

10. Cloud Computing & Business • Lack of confidence by business leaders in cloud computing • Possible solution • Introduce them to internal clouds first, eventually incorporating a system that keeps some information in house and some information public.

11. Business Solutions • Helps global corporations work effectively from locations around the world. • Cost Savings. $50.00 per user of Google App Enterprise version vs. Microsoft Office Pro $499.99. • Saves time, provides real time updates. • Installing and configuring the OS, running multiple applications, and providing database connections

12. Business Solutions • Using IBM Blue Cloud software and services to turn existing corporate data centers into its own private cloud protected by a firewall.

13. Business Drawbacks • By law corporations must know where physical copies of their documents are at all times. • Complying with Sarbanes -Oxley on corporate financial reporting. • Complying with Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPPA), which sets rules for security and privacy of medical records.

14. Which companies are at the forefront of cloud computing? • Google’s search engine and applications are some of the early products of efforts. • Microsoft released online software called Windows Live for photo-sharing, file storage and other applications served from new data centers. • Yahoo has taken the same steps. • IBM has devoted 200 researchers to this project. • Amazon.com just broadened access for software developers to its “Elastic Compute Cloud” • Lets small software companies pay for processing power streamed from Amazon’s data centers.

15. What's the market opportunity for this technology? • Potential uses are widespread. • According Business Week, “Google, Microsoft, and others are also building online services designed to give consumers greater access to information to help manage their health care.”

16. What are the biggest challenges these companies face? • Technical standards for connecting various computer systems and pieces of software could slow the progress on new products. • U.S. broadband penetrations lags in Europe and Asia. • Without high-speed connections, especially wireless ones, services wont be widely accessible. • Privacy protection.

17. What The Enterprises Wanted • Convenience and Simplicity • Flexibility • Hybrid that allowed any software to be easily ran as a service in a data center that someone owns and manages that led to VIRTUALIZATION.

18. Benefits for Enterprises • Reduce IT Infrastructure costs • Business benefits from the ability to efficiently ramp up & power down • Introduce New IT services • Financial Savings • Streamline processes and Increased Innovation • Assist with Cost savings in terms of Wasted Resources • Utilize Service in a Single Day

19. Consumer Questions • 1) Where is my data stored? • Can be found in many different places • 2) What do I do when I can't access my data? • Reset computer router, Reload program • 3) What can't I do? • Limited power • 4) Is it safe? • Off sourced material

20. Consumer Questions continued • 5) Do I need to keep copies of my data at home? • YES! • 6) Are my files too big? • Size only matters in the actual storage • 7) What happens if you go out of business? • Occupied storage space would be liqudated • 8) What happens if I forget to pay for a month?