cloud computing 2013: status and trends
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Cloud Weekend '13 ITI Smart Village, Giza, Egypt 11 May 2013TRANSCRIPT
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Cloud Computing 2013Status and Trends
John Rhoton
Cloud Weekend, Giza, Egypt11-12 May 2013
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Agenda
• Status• Current adoption areas• Deployment challenges• Hybrid cloud evolution• Trends
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Cloud Essence
• NIST Definition generally accepted• Common theme: “resource pooling”• Attributes– Virtualization, Multi-tenancy, Automation, Self-service,
Internet Delivery, Elasticity, On-demand provisioning, Utility Pricing, Service Orientation, Outsourcing…
• Benefits– Cost Reduction– Increased Revenue (Agility)– Faster Growth (Focus)
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Adoption Highlights
• SaaS– Collaboration (Google Apps, Office365)– CRM (Salesforce)– HCM (Workday)
• PaaS– Custom Applications
• IaaS– Web Sites– Development & Test– Disaster Recovery
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Niche Successes
• Security as a Service– SPAM/Malware protection– Policy Enforcement
• Availability– Archiving and Backup
• Service Management– Service Desk
• Development Support– Testing– Code Management
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Emerging Opportunities
• Enterprise Resource Planning• Vertical Applications• Line-of-Business Applications
Require Flexibility, Control, Security
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Challenges
• Business/Financial– Capex/Opex, Cash flow, ROI
• Risk & Security– Compliance, Governance, Privacy
• Technical– Technologies, Integration, Automation
• Process– Culture, Procedure, Project Management
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Startups
• Ideal Candidates– Small
• No internal economy of scale
– No legacy• Less integration effort
– Unpredictable growth• Flexibility required
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Enterprise
• More Challenging Business case– Large– Significant legacy– More predictable future
• Opportunities– Short term: Dev/test, Collaboration,
Security, New outbound services– Long term: Private-> Hybrid -> Public
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Private Cloud Optimization
• Resource Efficiencies– Virtualization
• Operational Efficiencies– Automation, Chargeback
• Sourcing Efficiencies– Service Orientation, Modularization,
Granular Security
Virtualization is only the beginning
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Private Cloud Flexibility
Customers
Business Units
CloudProvider
CloudProvider
IT
IT
CloudProvider
CloudProvider
Customers
Look for revenue potential
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Hybrid Cloud Convergence
Silo Integrated Dynamic
Leverage the benefits of each cloud
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Business Continuity
• Cold Site• Warm Site• Hot Site• Double-Active
Multi-dimensional redundancy is critical
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Cloudbursting
• Network Connectivity• Compute Failover– Replicated Infrastructure
• Storage Accessibility– Latency– Security
Data locality is pivotal
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Stack Convergence
Proprietary Hardware
Proprietary Software
OpenSource
ConsortiumDriven
Balance ease with flexibility
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Cloud Trends
IaaS
PaaS
SaaS
Flexib
ilityEffi
cien
cy
Legacy Applications and Infrastructure
New Commodity Applications
New Custom and Internal Applications
Aim for the top of the stack
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Complementary Trends
Mobile
Social
Analytics
Cloud
Cloud
Leverage cloud to enable other trends
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Summary
• Cloud adoption is replacing hype• Private cloud is the starting point• Public cloud is the final destination• Multiple stages of hybrid cloud in between• The cloud stacks are converging• Services maximize efficiency up the stack• Cloud is linked to mobility, social and big
data
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