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Moving to the Cloud Ruth Morton, Technology Advisor, Microsoft Live Meetings for Managers – February 16, 2011. Your world is changing. Changing Expectations. IT as a business and productivity enabler. IT as a partner to drive revenue. IT as a designer of new solutions.
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Moving to the CloudRuth Morton, Technology Advisor, Microsoft Live Meetings for Managers – February 16, 2011
Changing Expectations • IT as a business and productivity enabler • IT as a partner to drive revenue • IT as a designer of new solutions • IT as a proactive business asset • IT as focused on best practices
Fifth Generation of Computing 2010+ Cloud 2000s SOA 1990s Web 1980s Client-Server 1970s Mainframe
What is the cloud? An approach to computing that’s about internetscale and connecting to a variety of devices and endpoints
Cloud Computing Characteristics Ref: The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/cloud-def-v15.doc On-demand self-service Location transparent resource pooling Rapid elasticity Measured service with pay per use Ubiquitous network access
On Premises Off Premises Location Heterogeneous Homogeneous Infrastructure CapEx OpEx Business model Choices Choices Own Lease/Rent Ownership Self Third Party Management IT Pro Management Tools Application Programming Scale Out Automated ServiceManagement High Availability Multi-Tenancy Fundamentals Fundamentals
IT as a Service “SaaS” “PaaS” “IaaS” infrastructure as a service platform as a service software as a service consume it build on it migrate to it
Separation of Responsibilities On-Premises Infrastructure (as a Service) Software (as a Service) Platform (as a Service) You Manage Applications Applications Applications Applications You Manage Data Data Data Data You Manage Runtime Runtime Runtime Runtime Someone Else Manages Middleware Middleware Middleware Middleware Someone Else Manages O/S O/S O/S O/S Someone Else Manages Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Servers Servers Servers Servers Storage Storage Storage Storage Networking Networking Networking Networking
SERVICE PROVIDERS GLOBAL PROVIDERS CUSTOMER SAAS PAAS IT as a SERVICE IAAS
GLOBAL PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVIDERS CUSTOMER SAAS PAAS IAAS
Microsoft Office 365 Value BEST PRODUCTIVITY EXPERIENCE Work together, smarter ACCESS ANYWHERE* Solve problemsfrom more places WORKS WITH WHAT YOU KNOW Familiar tools ROBUST SECURITY AND RELIABILITY 99.9% uptime. Guaranteed. IT CONTROL AND EFFICIENCY Keeps you in control • * Access from mobile devices depends on carrier network quality and availability • ** “Connect Securely” is not a guarantee of 100% connection security.”
Customer Examples • Ability to access data and information from any device • Improved communication and collaboration • Strategic transformation of IT • Provide productivity tools to the larger employee base • Keep costs under control • Focus on customer needs Purely Online Hybrid
Call to Action Learn more at: • Microsoft Office 365 - http://office365.microsoft.com/ • Microsoft Online Services - http://microsoft.com/online • Microsoft Cloud Computing - http://microsoft.com/cloud • Microsoft Private Cloud - http://microsoft.com/privatecloud • Microsoft Training and Certification - http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-cloud.aspx