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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
AT UTICA/ROME
Cloud Computingfor Small Businesses
Christopher UrbanSUNYIT
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
AT UTICA/ROME
Agenda
• A little history– PCs, cell phones, e-commerce, cloud computing
• Cloud computing– Driving forces– 5 myths– Some definitions and concepts– Providers of cloud services
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
AT UTICA/ROME
A Little History
• John Atanasoff (born in Hamilton, NY) inventedthe first digital computer (late ’30s)
• Thomas Watson, President, IBM, 1943: “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
• In the mid-1950s, businesses began to see computing technology as a means to increase efficiency
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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A Little History
• In the 1970s business began to see computing technology as a means to increase effectiveness
• Personal computer sales began in 1970s• Just over 1M sold by 1981• IBM: Releases the PC in August, 1981• Over 5M personal computers sold 1981-84
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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A Little History
• By 1990 over 20M personal computers sold• Windows 3.0 released in 1990• WWW publicly available in August 1991• Mosaic introduced in in 1993• By 2000 over 140M personal computers sold• By 2008 over 1B personal computers sold• By 2014 over 2B personal computers sold
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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A Little History
• Today there are over 6B cell phone subscribers • 75% of the world’s population has access to a
cell phone• Metcalfe’s Law: the value of a tele-communications
network is proportional to the square of the connected users of the system.
• Tom Freidman: the world is flat
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
AT UTICA/ROME
E-Commerce
• 1994– Yahoo– Amazon
• 1995– E-Bay– Google
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
AT UTICA/ROME
E-Commerce
• 1997– Virtually every major company,
organization, government, and media outlet had a Web presence
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Cloud Computing
• 1997– Ramnath Chellapa: “computing paradigm where the boundaries
of computing will be determined by economic rationale rather than technical limits alone.”
• 1999– Salesforce.com
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Cloud Computing
• 2002– Amazon develops a business model to allow
other organizations to make use of Amazon's necessary excess capacity
• 2002 to today– Explosive growth in Cloud Computing– Services provided to anyone, anytime,
anywhere
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Driving Forces of Cloud Computing
• Pervasive and mobile computing• Squanderably abundant bandwidth• Proliferation of Internet services
– Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc…
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
AT UTICA/ROME
Cloud Computing Myths & Truths
• 5 Cloud Computing Myths and Truths forSmall Businesses
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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The Cloud: A Layered Approach
• Ready-to-Use and/or Tailorable Applications• Development / Testing / Quality Assurance• Operating Systems / Virtualization• Servers / Storage / Cabling / Power / Cooling
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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The Cloud: A Layered Approach
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) :
– Amazon EC2, Rackspace, Google Compute Engine
•Ready-to-Use and/or Tailorable Applications
•Development / Testing / Quality Assurance
•Operating Systems / Virtualization
•Servers / Storage / Networking / Power / Cooling
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
AT UTICA/ROME
The Cloud: A Layered Approach
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
– Windows Azure, Google App Engine
•Ready-to-Use and/or Tailorable Applications
•Development / Testing / Quality Assurance
•Operating Systems / Virtualization
•Servers / Storage / Networking / Power / Cooling
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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The Cloud: A Layered Approach
Software as a Service (SaaS)
– Dropbox, Salesforce, Quickbooks, OfficeTime
•Ready-to-Use and/or Tailorable Applications
•Development / Testing / Quality Assurance
•Operating Systems / Virtualization
•Servers / Storage / Networking / Power / Cooling
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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A Natural Starting Point For Small Businesses
• Software as a Service (SaaS)– Why build something that you can buy if
• The cost is at or below the price of building it• The quality meets your expectations• The delivery time is certain to be well ahead of
your build delivery time
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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The Cloud: Enabling Software
This software allows:•On-demand access and service•Self-provisioning•Metering•Elasticity•Multi-Tenancy
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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The Cloud: Public, Private, Hybrid
• Public: outside an organization’s firewall• Private: inside an organization’s firewall• Hybrid: part public and part private
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Providers of Cloud Servicesfor Small Businesses
• Office Time– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405820,00.asp
• Sage One– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405001,00.asp
• Adobe FormsCentral– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405001,00.asp
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Providers of Cloud Servicesfor Small Businesses
• DocuSign Pro– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2393565,00.asp
• Office 365– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383731,00.asp
• Adobe Connect– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387818,00.asp
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Providers of Cloud Servicesfor Small Businesses
• Gliffy– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403220,00.asp
• Mindomo– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2381226,00.asp
• Salesforce– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2364726,00.asp
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Providers of Cloud Servicesfor Small Businesses
• Quickbase– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2338771,00.asp
• Box– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410914,00.asp
• Freshbooks– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411886,00.asp
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Providers of Cloud Servicesfor Small Businesses
• Intuit Online Payroll Plus– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2406340,00.asp
• Abukai Expenses– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395848,00.asp
• Microsoft Skydrive– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409569,00.asp
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Providers of Cloud Servicesfor Small Businesses
• Google Drive– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403546,00.asp
• Rebit Pro– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411940,00.asp
• PureCloud– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412584,00.asp
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Providers of Cloud Servicesfor Small Businesses
• Lynda– http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385781,00.asp
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Who Should Be Driving the Cloud Train?
• The IT folks?• The CEO?• Both because cloud computing is not just about
technology, it is also about business models
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
AT UTICA/ROME
Cloud Computing is Not a Panacea
• As with any major move, you need to do your "due diligence"
• Basic Checklist for Cloud Computing Customers
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Questions?
• Ask anything…