Weather Forecast for IT Futures

1/8/09 1Bill Clebsch

CSG: Boulder, Colorado

"a style of computing where massively scalable IT-enabled capabilities are delivered 'as a service' to external customers using Internet technologies.”

(Gartner Definition with probability of 0.8)

1/8/09 2Bill Clebsch

CSG: Boulder, Colorado

First and foremost is the concept of delivering services: that is, results as opposed to components. (e.g. Email, Apps, etc.)

The second concept is that of massive scalability. Economies of scale reduce the cost of the service. (e.g. Compute Cycles & Storage)

1/8/09 3Bill Clebsch

CSG: Boulder, Colorado

Third, delivery using Internet technologies implies that specific standards that are pervasive, accessible and visible in a global sense are used. (e.g. Disaster Recovery)

Finally, these services are provided to multiple external customers, leveraging shared resources to increase the economies of scale. (e.g. Above the Campus)

1/8/09 4Bill Clebsch

CSG: Boulder, Colorado

Startup packages for new faculty including Amazon compute cycles (Cycles)

Problems with extremely large data sets (time to market)

Plans to move student email to Google (App)

1/8/09 5Bill Clebsch

CSG: Boulder, Colorado