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Jonathan SpectorClearway Technologies

Intraview Verification Solutions

2011 Annual Conference March 20-22, 2011

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Cloud Computing: The Good Old Days


Nerd Humor!


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What is “The Cloud?”


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What is “The Cloud?”


What is “Cloud Computing?”



Traveling to the NAPBS Conference

How did folks travel (plane, train, bus, car, bike)?

Of those that flew:

How many flew in a privately owned jet?

How many flew in a chartered jet?

How many flew on a commercial airline?

WHY?


Commercial vs. Private Flight

• Affordable

• No staff to manage

• No regulations to worry about

• Nothing to maintain

• May be inconvenient at times

• Cost can be prohibitive

• Must maintain plane, insurance, etc

• Staff to manage

• Must keep up with regulations

• Ultimate convenience and comfort

• Generally more secure


Benefits of Cloud Computing

• Reduced Cost

• Access to Greater IT Resources

• Greater Automation

• Greater Flexibility

• Remote Access

• Ability to Shift IT Resources


Software as a Service (SaaS)

SaaS applications live in ‘The Cloud’ and are accessed

through a web browser.


Software as a Service (SaaS)

“Software as a service, sometimes referred to as "software on demand," is software that is deployed over the internet and/or is deployed to run behind a firewall on a local area network or personal computer.

“With SaaS, a provider licenses an application to customers as a service on demand, through a subscription, in a "pay-as-you-go" model.”


SaaS Advantages• Accessible from anywhere with an internet

connection

• No local server installation

• Pay per use or subscription based payment methods

• Rapid scalability

• System maintenance (backup, updates, security, etc) often included in service

• Possible security improvements, although users with high security requirements (e.g., large corporations) may find SaaS a security concern

• Reliability

• Reduced time to market


• Where is the data actually residing?

• Who has access to it?

• How secure is the data? Over time?

• Internet and/or network slow-downs impact performance

• Servers in the cloud can crash, too

• Is it even useful for my business?

SaaS Drawbacks


SaaS – Not for Everyone or Everything


SaaS – Email Services


SaaS – CRM“Customer relationship management (CRM) … involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes - principally sales activities, but also those for marketing, customer service, and technical support.

“The overall goals are to find, attract, and win new clients, nurture and retain those the company already has, entice former clients back into the fold, and reduce the costs of marketing and client service.”

- Gartner, Inc. (6 June 2009)


SaaS - Document Management• Access and work on documents from anywhere, including mobile

devices

• Share and collaborate remotely, integrate with MS Office and Outlook

• Maintain document revisions automatically, restore an old version any time

• Automate workflows, route documents, enhance business processes


SaaS – Payment Gateways


SaaS – Human Resources Systems


SaaS – Social Networking


Silos – Not Just for Food and Missiles


Data Silos

ScreeningPlatform

CustomerRelationship

Manager

Accounting

DocumentManagement

PaymentGateway

HRIS/ATS

PC


APIs to the Rescue

“An application programming interface (API) serves as an interface between different software programs and facilitates their interaction, similar to the way the user interface facilitates interaction between humans and computers.”

ScreeningPlatform


Manager

Accounting

API

API

API

Client Portal


Putting it all Together: An Example

PC

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OfficeServer

FireWall

VPN

PC

OfficeNetwork

ScreeningPlatform

API API


Manager

API

Accounting

DocumentManagement

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PaymentGateway

DedicatedServer

API

HRIS/ATS

FW



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FireWall

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ScreeningPlatform

API API


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Accounting

DocumentManagement

APIAPI

PaymentGateway

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HRIS/ATS


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My Day in the Cloud


Gartner expects the enterprise SaaS market will total $10.7 billion in 2011, a 16.2% increase from 2010.

(Source: Gartner, Inc. December 2010)

Cloud Computing Forecast: Sunny

In a survey of 1,000 businesses, 44% of companies claim to have at least one business application on the cloud, and more than 70% indicate they will move more applications over in the next 12 months. (Source: MarketBridge, January 2011)


“Cloud computing transforms the economics and nature of IT from a cost of doing business into an on-demand service that can respond to changing business needs.” - Citrix

“Cloud computing helps enterprises transform business and technology.” – IBM

“You have the power to steer your company in new directions, unencumbered by old constraints. With cloud computing, a new world of computing power is within your reach.” – Microsoft

“Cloud computing enables your IT organization to respond faster to the needs of your business, while driving greater operational efficiencies.” – Dell

“Cloud computing is profoundly transforming the way information and services are consumed and provided. With this new paradigm shift comes the opportunity to dynamically scale IT resources and make applications and services easier than ever to access.” – Cisco

Cloud Computing Forecast: Sunny


Wrapping it Up

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