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    Cloud Computing

    Introduction and
    Awareness

    Walt Lammert
    Agenda
    • Why Cloud Computing?
    • What do Cloud Architectures and Delivery Models look
    like?
    • What are the benefits and challenges of Cloud
    Computing?
    • What are key takeaways?

    2
    Cloud Services

    • Due to technology advances, cloud services are a


    recent alternative to providing providing IT services
    • Cloud services are characterized by
    − Inherent elasticity and scalability
    − Self-service capabilities
    − Consumption based pricing model
    − Shared infrastructure
    − Virtualized environment

    3
    Cloud Computing Characteristics
    • Elastic and scalable:
    – Quickly provision and de-provision IT services; cloud service appears
    infinitely scalable.
    • Self-service:
    – Ability to use cloud services as the need arises; self-service increases
    IT agility to match the pace of business.
    • Consumption-based pricing model:
    – Providers charge customers based on amount of the service
    consumed. Customers pay for only the IT services they use, thereby
    increasing IT ROI.
    • Shared infrastructure/software:
    – Providers leverage the infrastructure or application software to service
    multiple consumers; multi-tenancy is vital to driving down infrastructure
    and application software costs.
    • Virtualized and dynamic:
    – Virtualization creates a dynamic environment for quick resource
    provisioning and better resource management

    4
    Why Cloud? What’s the Value to the Enterprise?

    Source: CA
    5
    Real World Examples of Cloud Value

    11 million articles
    4 TB data
    100 virtual servers
    24 hours
    6 Source: Animoto Source: New York Times
    Agenda
    • Why Cloud Computing?
    • What do Cloud Architectures and Delivery Models look
    like?
    • What are the benefits and challenges of Cloud
    Computing?
    • What are key takeaways?

    7
    Cloud Computing’s Distinguishing Attributes

    8
    Cloud Architecture Fundamentals
    Self-service portal
    development framework (PaaS)

    Source: Forrester
    9
    Cloud Tiers
    Software
    as a Service
    (SaaS)

    Platform as a
    Service (PaaS)

    Infrastructure
    as a Service (IaaS)

    10 Source: Cloud Security Alliance


    Infrastructure as a Service Infrastructure
    as a Service (IaaS)

    Virtual or physical hardware resource offered as a service

    • Many different and growing implementations, but most utilize server


    virtualization as an underlying technology
    • Enablers are software vendors who develop virtualization software that is
    used to create hardware infrastructure services (VMware, Citrix, 3Tera,
    etc.)
    • Providers are vendors who utilize an enabling vendor’s technology to
    create IaaS (Amazon, Rackspace, Verizon, AT&T, GoGrid, etc.)
    • Two categories of providers are evolving
    – service infrastructure (e.g. Amazon)
    – cloud centers (e.g. GoGrid, Rackspace)

    11
    Platform as a Service Platform as a
    Service (PaaS)

    Externally managed application platform for building and


    operating applications and services

    • PaaS environment supplies:


    – Runtime and/or development frameworks
    – Supporting infrastructure capabilities (authentication, authorization,
    session management, transaction integrity, reliability, etc)
    – Development tools for working with the supplied frameworks
    • PaaS vendor categories:
    – Microsoft .NET (Azure)
    – Open Source (Force.com, Google App Engine, Longjump, Bungee
    Connect, etc.)

    12
    Software as a Service Software
    as a Service
    (SaaS)
    A pre-built application in the cloud

    • This category is similar to the the services offered by Application


    Service Providers in the late 90s.
    • As technology matured during the early 2000s, non critical and
    consumer applications became prevalent including web
    conferencing, e-mail, collaboration, and productivity suites
    • Currently there are enterprise level applications being offered
    including ERP, marketing and sales
    • The use of multi-tenancy, the pay-as-you-go model and the ability to
    provision on demand differentiates SaaS from the early ASPs
    • Current examples – Salesforce.com, Netsuite, Google Apps,
    Success Factors, Workday, etc.

    13
    Who Controls the Compute Environment?

    14
    Source: Burton Group
    Cloud Computing Models

    Private (internal) cloud


    Source: Burton Group
    •
    – Cloud infrastructure inside the enterprise
    – Full organizational control
    – Low risk
    • Public cloud
    – Cloud infrastructure outside the organization
    – Limited organizational control
    – Higher risk
    • Hybrid
    15 – Combination of public and private (internal) cloud models
    Agenda
    • Why Cloud Computing?
    • What do Cloud Architectures and Delivery Models look
    like?
    • What are the benefits and challenges of Cloud
    Computing?
    • What are recommendations for next steps?

    16
    Cloud Benefits
    • Increased IT agility with on-demand, self-service business models
    – Using the cloud, IT organizations can quickly provision IT resources
    whenever business demands, especially for short-term IT resource
    needs
    • Faster ROI through better resource management
    – Pay as you go: IT organizations pay for only the IT services they use,
    enabling better resource tracking, budget forecasting, and faster
    return on IT investments
    • Offers additional expert IT staff
    – Cloud computing business models require providers to hire, train,
    and retain highly skilled employees to ensure service quality

    17
    Cloud Benefits (cont’d)
    •Improves business continuity by providing inexpensive
    disaster recovery
    – Rather than using a co-location facility or a new data center, IT
    organizations will backup data to the cloud.
    •Increases mobile workforce access to IT services
    – Internet-based clouds (public and private) provide greater IT
    service access to mobile workforce than internally hosted IT
    services accessed via VPN
    • Open source software
    – The ability to add large number of instances without licensing cost is
    one of the great enablers of cloud computing

    18
    Cloud Drawbacks and Concerns
    • SLAs – Currently there are poor or non-existent service-
    level agreements (SLAs)
    • Security and risk – control of critical corporate data in
    the cloud as well as privacy issues are a concern
    • Vendor lock-in - lack of cloud interoperability,
    proprietary data models, and poor application
    portability can make cloud migration difficult
    • Market immaturity - vendor flux and poor service
    implementations creates uncertainty
    • Application/workload suitability – most applications
    have not been architected for clouds

    19
    Characteristics of Cloud Suitable Applications
    • Service oriented/service abstraction
    • Loose coupling
    • Non latency sensitive
    • Horizontal scalability
    • Standard web protocols and interfaces

    20
    Cloud application maturity
    Examples of applications that could be hosted in the cloud today:
    – Sharepoint blog and wiki
    – Exchange e-mail
    – The landing page for marketing's latest mega-promotion
    – The company external Web site
    – Test/development servers
    – Data storage for e-mail archives, backups, log retention
    – A minimal remote disaster-recovery capability
    Applications that probably need dedicated infrastructure:
    – The corporate ERP system
    – Enterprise data warehouse
    – Credit card processing services
    – Designs of latest secret R&D project
    – Applications that require specialized hardware or operating systems
    not available in the cloud

    21
    A Mixed Computing Environment will continue to exist
    for most Enterprises, but…

    Source: Microsoft
    22
    …the impact of Cloud Computing will be as dramatic
    as E-Business was a decade ago

    IaaS

    23 Source: OpenCrowd PaaS SaaS


    Cloud Computing woke the sleeping giant again!

    Source: Microsoft

    24
    Cloud Commercial Considerations

    25 Source: Information Week


    Agenda
    • Why Cloud Computing?
    • What do Cloud Architectures and Delivery Models look
    like?
    • What are the benefits and challenges of Cloud
    Computing?
    • What are key takeaways?

    26
    Key Takeaways 27

    • Develop a cloud strategy now


    – Build a target cloud architecture (internal/external/hybrid) that
    aligns with the strategy
    – Consider the need for service oriented architectures
    – Consider security and regulatory compliance in all cloud
    architectures
    – Support industry standards to enhance interoperability
    • Evaluate your organization’s ability to consume the cloud
    – Determine processes, applications and infrastructure that can be
    moved to the cloud and those that cannot
    – Cloud will likely change business processes - IT cannot change
    those processes alone and will require support from business
    process owners, partners, and suppliers
    • Match cloud vendor offerings with application needs
    – Use a tool such as the Cloud Advisory Tool and a business impact
    analysis

    27
    Key Takeaways (cont’d) 28

    • Calculate cloud costs vs. internal costs


    – Compare cloud costs to hosting the same service internally
    including operational costs (e.g. energy or personnel) and capital
    costs (e.g. servers, storage, and software)
    – Monitor cloud costs closely and watch for hidden charges
    – Consider the need to manage multiple cloud vendor relationships
    • Comprehend vendor lock-in consequences before adoption
    – Have an exit strategy
    – Be wary of cloud providers with proprietary development
    interfaces
    • Take initial steps
    – Take initial steps towards public cloud with low risk applications
    – Use the cloud to offload applications and infrastructure that are
    not core.
    • Safeguard your data
    – Data is a primary business asset. Before putting data into the
    28 cloud, clearly identify any potential risks to data

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