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Cloud ComputingBarriers and Benefits

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About Brent Nearly 20 Years of IT Experience Mainframe to Mobile

ManufacturingFraud PreventionFinancial ServicesPublic Sector

10 years on Internet Solutions

[email protected]: @BrentCodeMonkeyWeb: brentdacodemonkey.wordpress.com/ blogs.us.sogeti.com/ccdigest/

Microsoft MVP for the

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Today’s agenda

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Benefits1

Challenges2

Opportunities3

Sample Use Cases4

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Benefits

The Good

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Benefits - Cost

• Convert CapEx into OpEx• Consumption based, pay for what you use• Adjust capacity to meet demand• Decrease TCO - economies of scale• Increased ROI – reduced overhead costs

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Benefits - Capacity

• Not limited by current datacenter constraints• Feasibly infinite capacity• Resources available “on demand”• Host/Deliver from almost anywhere• Almost immediate availability

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Benefits - Strategic

• Resources available in hours, not days/weeks• Adjust to demands quickly• Fulfill temporary needs• Flexible implementation, mix & match resources• Free key resources from mundane tasks• Easily combine multiple resources

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Benefits1

Challenges2

Opportunities3

Sample Use Cases4

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Challenges

The Bad & Ugly

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Challenges - Confusion

• Everyone has a “cloud” solution• Too many abbreviations... PaaS, SaaS, • To many clouds: public, private, hybrid• Vendor lock in• Learning curve• Pricing – too many meters

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Challenges – Perceptions

• Less Secure• Not yet proven• Just another fad• Don’t want to be the first• Should work like on-premises

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Challenges – Latency & Stability

• Not as fast as on-premise• How to move massive amounts of data• Scaling up for performance• Coding for Failure• What if my provider goes away?

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Challenges – Costs

• Consumption model holds less predictability• What happens too existing asset investments• Properly projecting costs• Economic Denial of Service• Dependencies on CapEx

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Challenges – Compliance

• PCI, HIPPA, SOX, etc…• Health & Activity Monitoring• Integration with existing ALM practices• Holding your provider accountable• Vendor Transparency

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Benefits1

Challenges2

Opportunities3

Sample Use Cases4

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Opportunities

So why bother?

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Opportunities – Non-Critical Systems

• Development Environments• Testing Environments• Shadow IT projects• Back-ups• Disaster Recovery

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Opportunities – Cyclical/Burst Demands• Seasonal needs (month end? Open enrollment?)• Promotions, product launches• “the Oprah affect”• Onboarding activities

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Opportunities – New Projects

• Prototyping, proof of concepts• Start in cloud, move to on-premises when ready• If it fails, not left with excess capacity• Speed to market rapidly increased

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Opportunities – Multitenant Solutions

• No costly re-architecting• Rapidly scale out with multiple silos• Isolate costs for each tenant• Geo-locate solution close to client

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Challenges2

Opportunities3

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Sample Use Cases

Based on Google Groups – Cloud Computing

Where/When?

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Use Case – End User to Cloud

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Use Case – Enterprise to End User

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Use Case – Enterprise to Cloud

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Use Case – Enterprise to Enterprise

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Use Case – Hybrid Cloud

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Contact [email protected]: @BrentCodeMonkeyWeb: brentdacodemonkey.wordpress.com/ blogs.us.sogeti.com/ccdigest/

Microsoft MVP for the

Windows Azure Platform