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Cloud Computing Barriers and Benefits. About Brent. Nearly 20 Years of IT Experience Mainframe to Mobile Manufacturing Fraud Prevention Financial Services Public Sector 10 years on Internet Solutions Brent.Stineman@us.sogeti.com Twitter: @ BrentCodeMonkey
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About Brent • Nearly 20 Years of IT Experience • Mainframe to Mobile • Manufacturing • Fraud Prevention • Financial Services • Public Sector • 10 years on Internet Solutions Brent.Stineman@us.sogeti.com Twitter: @BrentCodeMonkey Web: brentdacodemonkey.wordpress.com/ blogs.us.sogeti.com/ccdigest/ Microsoft MVP for the Windows Azure Platform
Today’s agenda 1 Benefits 2 Challenges 3 4 Opportunities Sample Use Cases
Benefits The Good
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
Benefits - Capacity • Not limited by current datacenter constraints • Feasibly infinite capacity • Resources available “on demand” • Host/Deliver from almost anywhere • Almost immediate availability
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
Today’s agenda 1 Benefits 2 Challenges 3 4 Opportunities Sample Use Cases
Challenges The Bad & Ugly
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
Challenges – Perceptions • Less Secure • Not yet proven • Just another fad • Don’t want to be the first • Should work like on-premises
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?
Challenges – Costs • Consumption model holds less predictability • What happens too existing asset investments • Properly projecting costs • Economic Denial of Service • Dependencies on CapEx
Challenges – Compliance • PCI, HIPPA, SOX, etc… • Health & Activity Monitoring • Integration with existing ALM practices • Holding your provider accountable • Vendor Transparency
Today’s agenda 1 Benefits 2 Challenges 3 4 Opportunities Sample Use Cases
Opportunities So why bother?
Opportunities – Non-Critical Systems • Development Environments • Testing Environments • Shadow IT projects • Back-ups • Disaster Recovery
Opportunities – Cyclical/Burst Demands • Seasonal needs (month end? Open enrollment?) • Promotions, product launches • “the Oprah affect” • Onboarding activities
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
Opportunities – Multitenant Solutions • No costly re-architecting • Rapidly scale out with multiple silos • Isolate costs for each tenant • Geo-locate solution close to client
Today’s agenda 1 Benefits 2 Challenges 3 4 Opportunities Sample Use Cases
Sample Use Cases Based on Google Groups – Cloud Computing Where/When?
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Contact Info Brent.Stineman@us.sogeti.com Twitter: @BrentCodeMonkey Web: brentdacodemonkey.wordpress.com/ blogs.us.sogeti.com/ccdigest/ Microsoft MVP for the Windows Azure Platform