Parting the Cloud:Some Blue Sky Thinking :-)

Martin Hamilton@martin_hamiltonhttp://martinh.net

These slides: http://goo.gl/TFYTB

Cloud = Internet

What's in a name?

Augmenting the power of your laptop, phone, tablet, ...

...and thereby extending your reach as an individual

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Diagram credit: Andy Powell et al

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Google Apps in UK HE

What's in The Box?

Gmail  Huge inbox with search: keep and find everything.

Talk  Business class IM and VC as easy as email.

Groups  Let users easily create and work in teams.

Calendar  Make sharing calendars and schedules easy.

Docs  Makes collaborating as easy as creating

Sites  Allow users to manage their own sites.

Video  Unlock the power of video within your business.

Postini  Security and compliance solutions.

Marketplace  Extend the functionality of Google Apps

Slide credit: Ross Mahon, Google

Google's Enterprise Vision

Slide credit: Ross Mahon, Google

Extending Google Apps

Google Confidential and ProprietarySlide credit: Ross Mahon, Google

Continuous Innovation

2010 2011

Priority Inbox

218 feature releases 95 so far…

60+ new Apps  

Docs Mobile Editing

Chrome forBusiness 

Cloud Connect 4

Office

Chromebooks

Discussionsin Docs

Apps for  Apps

Chrome Browser

Slide credit: Ross Mahon, Google

Going Google at Loughborough: 

Hassle free transition with only around 100 Service Desk cases for 17,000 users

£250K saving on hardware/cooling/powerEnabling new services - 95% uptake of Google

Calendar and 70% uptake of Google DocsRetention of the student's digital identity on graduation (used by over 5,000 students)

Stats: App Takeup

Stats: Document Types

Stats: Docs Takeup

Stats: Student Collaboration

Stats: Staff Collaboration

Where's The Value Add?

A Contrary Viewpoint"If you use a proprietary program orsomebody else's web server, you'redefenceless. You're putty in the hands ofwhoever developed that software."

 

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But wait, there's more...

Photo by Noah Sussman

Post-PC era is here?

Parting the Cloud:Some Blue Sky Thinking :-)

Martin Hamilton@martin_hamiltonhttp://martinh.net

These slides: http://goo.gl/TFYTB