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Demystifying the Cloud

Demystifying the Cloud. Demystifying the Cloud. Patrick Kirk Education Business Consultant Synetrix Limited. NAACE 2010. Cloud Computing Defined:.

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Demystifying the Cloud

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  1. Demystifying the Cloud Demystifying the Cloud Patrick Kirk Education Business Consultant Synetrix Limited NAACE 2010

  2. Cloud Computing Defined: • Cloud computing is Internet ("cloud") based development and use of computer technology ("computing"). It is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualised resources are provided as a service over the Internet. Users need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure "in the cloud" that supports them • Courtesy of Wikipedia • A style of computing in which massively scalable IT-related capabilities are provided "as a service" using Internet technologies to multiple external customers. • Courtesy of Gartner • “..the Enterprise Cloud offers our customers more flexibility and agility over the traditional server based model, allowing for a precise and dynamic allocation of computing resources as needed.” Demystifying the Cloud

  3. Is cloud computing really new? Yes & No • Cloud computing is a new consumption and delivery model inspired by consumer Internet services. Cloud computing exhibits the following 5 key characteristics: • On-demand self-service • Ubiquitous network access • Location independent resource pooling • Rapid elasticity • Pay per use • While the technology is not new, the end user focus of self-service, self-management leveraging these technologies is new. Demystifying the Cloud Usage Tracking Web 2.0 Business Services IT Services End User Focused Service Automation & SOA Virtualization

  4. Cloud Computing is the Next Stage in IT

  5. 3 primary delivery models Enterprise Public Clouds Traditional Enterprise IT Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud Hybrid Cloud Internal and external service delivery methods are integrated, with activities/functions allocated to based on security requirements, criticality, architecture and other established policies. Public Cloud IT activities/functions are provided “as a service,” over the Internet • Key features: • Scalability • Automatic/rapid provisioning • Standardized offerings • Consumption-based pricing. • Multi-tenancy Private Cloud IT activities/functions are provided “as a service,” over an intranet, within the enterprise and behind the firewall • Key features include: • Scalability • Automatic/rapid provisioning • Chargeback ability • Widespread virtualization Source: IBM Market Insights, Cloud Computing Research, July 2009.

  6. Q. Why use the cloud? • Flexible IT – from test and dev through to full product • Dynamic requirements – seasonal and ‘peaky’ demand • Take advantage of service providers economies of scale • Best technologies at affordable price • No access to capital – pay as you go/grow • Can’t do it internally – no skills or no spare resource • Software + Services

  7. A. Lots of reasons…... To what degree would each of these factors induce you to acquire public cloud services? • Why use the cloud Pay only for what we use Hardware savings Reduce costs 77% Software licenses savings Lower labor and IT support costs Lower outside maintenance costs Take advantage of latest functionality Faster time to value 72% Speed deployment Simplify updating/upgrading Scale IT resources to meet needs Improve system reliabililty Improve reliability 50% Improve system availability Reduce power consumption, and all other associated costs 100% Go Green

  8. What will cloud services look like? Software as a Service Platform as a Service Infrastructure as a Service

  9. Analytics Infrastructure Desktop and Devices BusinessServices Development and Test Collaboration Use cases — public or private Cloud, present or future • Development and test • Development environment • Test environment • Infrastructure • Application servers • Application streaming • Business continuity/disaster recovery • Data archiving • Data backup • Data center network capacity • Security • Servers • Storage • Training infrastructure • WAN capacity • Analytics • Data mining, text mining, or other analytics • Data warehouses or data marts • Transactional databases • Business Services • CRM or Sales Force Automation • e-mail • ERP applications • Industry-specific applications • Collaboration • Audio/video/web conferencing • Unified communications • VoIP infrastructure • Desktop and devices • Desktop • Service/help desk Source: IBM Market Insights, Cloud Computing Research, July 2009.

  10. Cloud Apps: Web 2.0, SaaS, Remote apps • Remote desktop applications • Run on top of underlying cloud infrastructure platforms • SaaS providers • Run on top of underlying cloud infrastructure platforms • CRM, ERP, VoIP, BI, supply chain • Web 2.0 • interconnectivity and interactivity of web-delivered content • New Services exploiting underlying platforms

  11. Challenging trends Achievable within our educational context? Yes, But….

  12. An example... OPENHIVE A next generation learning platform in the cloud....

  13. Identity Management in the cloud

  14. IDM is at the heart of everything

  15. MIS Integration – Collect Once, Use Many • SSO • e-Mail • Portal • VLE • Reporting • Live! • Internet • Comms How do we use MIS data? Identity Parent School Diary Timetable Attendance Assessment Behaviour Achievement

  16. ‘Log in once and be automatically signed in to all your applications whether on the school network, on the hosted platform or somewhere on the web.’ VLE Portal E-mail live@edu Shibboleth OCS Content Online Reporting Desktop Multiple Services One Login One Identity

  17. Established Names • Incumbent telcos • Pure play service providers/hosters • Vendors • Systems Integrators / System outsourcers • Software vendors • Established technology • Same platform/infrastructure that I use internally • Open standards User Experience

  18. What Does Cloud Mean for Users? Access IT as a Service SimplicityEasy, self-service access AffordablePay for what you use, without upfront investments AgilityFaster time-to-market without long approval cycles User-centricA feeling of being in control of their business

  19. What Does Cloud Mean for IT? • Transformation from Cost Center to Service Provider EfficientGreater automation with lower admin:server ratios ElasticFlexibility to acquire or release capacity on demand ResponsiveGreater visibility into costs and control over service levels ControlMaintain control of IT environment

  20. What’s next? 1. Realisethat it’s more than server consolidation 2. Know where you are on the journey 3Think different!

  21. Thank you Questions?

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