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Understanding Cloud Computing: Do You Need an Umbrella?

Cloud computing offers dynamic, scalable resources as a service over the Internet, removing the need for extensive IT knowledge or infrastructure management. However, while cloud services promise advantages like low costs, accessibility, and reduced management, organizations must consider critical elements such as SLAs, legal issues, and data protection. This article explores whether the cloud is right for you and highlights the importance of having a safety net—a metaphorical umbrella—to protect against potential risks and ensure reliability in your cloud services.

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Understanding Cloud Computing: Do You Need an Umbrella?

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  1. Do you need an umbrella? Is the Cloud for you?

  2. Who am I? • Nick Smith • Webactive and OfficeAnyplace • nick@officeanyplace.com • 020 8253 7253 • www.officeanyplace.com

  3. What is the Cloud? • Cloud computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Internet. Users need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure in the "cloud" that supports them. (Wikipedia)

  4. What is the Cloud? • Taking away from your IT people and infrastructure the bits that can be done better or less expensively elsewhere

  5. What is the Cloud • Nothing New • Hype

  6. Advantages • It Just Works • No Capital Costs • No development time • Accessible anywhere • Accessible from any platform • Scalable • No management time spent on it • Low IT time spent on it • Low Cost

  7. You DO need an Umbrella • SLAs • Intellectual Property • Legal Issues (Data Protection) • Support • Compliance • Reliability • Track-Record • Performance

  8. SLAs • 98% performance • 2% downtime on a 40 hour week is~1 hour • BUT 2% downtime on a 24/7 service is… • 720 hours/month, so about 16-17 hours/month • That’s 2 working days…

  9. You do need an umbrella • SLAs • Intellectual Property • Legal Issues (Data Protection) • Support • Compliance • Reliability • Track-Record • Performance

  10. Whats out there • IT add-ons • IT replacements

  11. IT Helpers • www.mimecast.com - Antispam • www.mozy.com – Online Backup • www.hostedexchange.co.uk – Outlook hosting • www.zamzar.com - File Conversion • www.logmein.com – Remote Acces • www.mailbigfile.com – As it says • www.picnick.com – Picture Editing • www.clicktime.com – Timesheet reporting

  12. IT Replacement • www.google.com/apps • www.mac.com • Office 10 • www.officeanyplace.com

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