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Technology Overview. Agenda. First, What the heck is Cloud Computing. First, what the heck is Cloud Computing? …in simple, plain English please!. Describe The Cloud To Me. The Cloud. 21 experts are defining cloud computing http://bit.ly/C6jIm.
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First, What the heck is Cloud Computing First, what the heck is Cloud Computing? …in simple, plain English please!
Describe The Cloud To Me The Cloud 21 experts are defining cloud computing http://bit.ly/C6jIm *Picture taken under Creative Common license
What they say: “Biggest Paradigm Shift in 20 years” “Game Changer” “Just On” “Pay As You Go” “Tremendous Cost Cutting”
Who Cares? What’s in it for me?
The Cloud • … is the next evolution in hosting • … is fully scalable • … gives you full access to your data • … is the future
Cloud Platform Partner • In Production • Same technology platform
Cloud Server Performance Cloud Spectator released “A Comparative Analysis of 5 Large Cloud IaaSProviders” Amazon EC2 Rackspace OpenStackCloud HP Cloud SoftLayerCloudLayerCompute Windows Azure Results = Windows Azure, is the highest-performing provider, scoring 3 times better than Amazon EC2, the lowest-performing provider, on average. “Microsoft claims Azure now used by half of the Fortune 500”
Azure Data Center Containers are delivered via 18 wheelers and set up in a matter of hours. Individual cooling systems keep temperature and humidity at optimal levels 1,800 to 2,500 servers per container
Azure – NG Services Windows Azure Platform Azure Hosted Services Microsoft SQL Azure
Disaster Recovery – Data Backups Disaster Recovery – Data Backups C B D A
Disaster Recovery – Secondary Host Switch North Central Data Center South Central Data Center Once you backup has been restored, the secondary URLs can be activated
Don’t Wash your IT with False Clouds • … On-Demand with Resource Pooling • … PaaS or IaaS • … Private Cloud, Community Cloud, Public Cloud or Hybrid Cloud
The Future • Extends NG without • needing a computer • Employee Optional • Centralized View of Access Location Access for Members Facility Access Locker Integration
“Gartner Research is reporting mobile CRM apps will grow 500 percent by 2014, another sign of a shifting market that has more to do with work getting done in the cloud more so than from a server behind the firewall.” - Techcrunch.com