IBM Academic Initiative Skills for a Smarter Planet Cloud Computing

1. IBM Academic Initiative Skills for a Smarter Planet Cloud Computing John Schilt Lead, IBM Academic Initiative Australia / New Zealand schiltj@au1.ibm.com UTS May 22, 2013 Charts and other reference material : bit.ly/ANZAI

3. The IBM Business • IBM Products • IBM Global Technology Services • IBM Global Business Services • IBM Research

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5. The world is connectedECONOMICALLY. SOCIALLY. TECHNICALLY. We are experiencing the reality of global integration. A series of shocks: Plus rapidly evolving and ongoing significant trends:

6. …because intelligence is being infused into the way the world works. Our world is becoming INSTRUMENTED. Our world is becoming INTERCONNECTED. Virtually all things, processes and ways of working are becoming INTELLIGENT.

7. + + = An opportunity to think and act in new ways.

8. Government Services Smarter cities are working to infuse intelligence into each of their core systems. Transportation Public Safety Education Energy and Utilities Healthcare Telecommunications

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10. Skills for a Smarter Planet • T – shaped skills • Soft Skills • Technical Skills

11. What are T – Shaped skills ? • Complimentary skills • Project Management • Business / Management • Accounting / Finance • Politics • Selling • Legal • Specific Skills • Deep • Technical • Specific to trade or profession • Certification • Professional recognition What shape are you ?

12. Soft Skills It’s about Aptitude As well as Attitude • Communication • Presentation • Leadership / Teaming • Persistence • Passion • Longing for learning • Confidence (*) • Listening • Ability to accept feedback • Organisation • Selling / Negotiation “Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion” Hegel, 1770 - 1831 (the what and the how)

13. Key Skill Areas • Analytics / Big Data • Business Process Management • Cloud Computing • Social Business • Software Development Life Cycle

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15. Cloud is a shift in the consumption and delivery of IT with the goal of simplifying to manage complexity more effectively. The Cloud ‘Era’ • Cloud is: • A new consumption and delivery model for IT Services • Cloud addresses: • Cost reduction • Scale • Utilization • Self-service • IT agility, flexibility and delivery of value • Cloud represents: • The industrialization of delivery for IT supported services • Cloud includes: • Deployment models: public, private, hybrid • Delivery models: • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), • Platform as a Service (PaaS), • Software as a Service (SaaS) and • Business Process as a Service

16. IBM Cloud • Consulting and Implementation Services • Leading Hardware, Software and Research • Managed Services across workloads • Leading industry and process expertise IBM

17. The IBM Cloud Computing Reference Architecture

18. Expanding the Cloud Computer Management Platform

19. Software as a Service From a developer’s perspective From a consumer’s perspective • Approach : VM vsmutlitenancy • Security • Performance over time / growth • Services (to consumers) • Allow for flexibility for each user • Change mgt – core application • Data in – Data out (ETL, new old) • Application Integration • Pricing Strategy • Governance – where is data stored ? • Keeping up with new technologies ? • Architecture / scalability • Client technologies (ie, browser vs RC) • Why go into the cloud ? TCO ? • Features / functionality / fit • Cost of exit plan / is there one ? • DRP ? • Integration of current apps • Data in – Data out (ETL) • Performance / growth plan ? • Is my data secure ? • Is the service reliable ? • Learning curve / education • Risks / benefits analysis ?

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