GIS Cloud Computing Solutions

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1 GIS Cloud Computing Solutions

2 Who We Are IT and GIS professionals with lineage managed services for enterprise-class customers Cloud in 80+ data centers worldwide with access to thousands of servers Operators of Growing, strategically teamed up with

3 Who Is Using Skygone Cloud? Many Large Systems Integrators Many of the World s Leading GIS Software Vendors Depend Skygone As Their Sole Cloud Platform Skygone leads the industry in Open Source GIS on the Cloud

4 Who Is Using Skygone Cloud? We host mission-critical GIS applications for: U.S. Federal Government Local Governments Global Response Organizations Everyday GIS technology end-users Most popular end-users applications on Skygone include: 1. Esri ArcGIS Server 2. OpenGeo Suite 3. ERDAS APOLLO 4. GeoServer 5. GeoNode SDI

5 What does Skygone do Bridge the gap between infrastructure (Cloud) and GIS Cloud GIS Create a partnership with our customers to reduce their IT and GIS support/maintenance costs

6 Why is GIS on the Cloud different? Data-centric, workflow-driven processes Not purely a volume problem like some cloud apps GIS not like Netflix/E-Bay/Twitter, where every virtual machine can be same Almost every application is different in GIS, so there is no need for linear virtual machine scaling But, the State s will need to deliver, scale, and share entire solutions

7 Their Cloud Approach: All about virtual machines Delivering Platforms, Not About Delivering Solutions Virtual Machine Scale Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Single server instance templating and scaling

8 Our Cloud Approach: Stop thinking about virtual machines and start delivering applications! Scale Template Multi-tier, Complex Applications as a Single Package Scale and Deploy Entire Solutions

9 Service Deliver Platform (SDP)

10 Virtual Servers Template Everything True Turnkey Deployments States GIS Application Deployments Requires: Pre-networked and Secured Software Templated and Pre-installed Firewalls & Security Load Balancers Switches NAS devices Network Devices VPNs

11 Instantly and Repeatedly Deploy Using Best-Practices Every Time. Development and Test Environments Demo Environments Integration Environments Trials or Proof of Concepts

12 Hardware Independent Your Deployment Goes Anywhere! Choice of Deployment Strategies: Fully Managed in Skygone Data Centers Or, Inside State IT Facilities

13 How to achieve success Evaluate what the State GIOs do similarly with GIS. Develop a Cloud-based application catalog (App Store) of most popular State GIS applications Perform continuous improvement on these apps. Keep creating and improving gold images It s ok to have different versions for different States / Depts Perform a small, pilot projects in each department Start small. Be successful. Grow.

14 A Private App Store for the States Based on:

15 Make your Cloud provider do the heavylifting for you Skygone has already created hundreds of application templates for many leading GIS software products. More become available every week. Don t see what you need?... Just ask! Make your Cloud vendor work with the GIS software vendors to template their applications and provide an instantly deployable, turnkey package to the States. Require easy creation of new application templates with no programming, API calls, or scripting needed.

16 How Does This Help The States? Reduced workload on IT staff, Infrastructure and GIS. Supported at Infrastructure level and also GIS application level. You get a solution partner, not just Cloud platform Task Hardware installation, maintenance, upgrades Operating System installation, maintenance, upgrades GIS application installations GIS application operations & maintenance (using the app) Skygone Performs States Performs GIS application upgrades (new version released, etc.)

17 How Can We Offer This Level Of Support? We already do it and we have common interests Already provide IT, Cloud, GIS application templates, and GIS architecture support to 6 continents. We want States GIS staffs to be able to perform their geo-jobs, not have to act as IT administrators Why? The more geo-centric your staff is the better the States will operate benefits all of us

18 Templated GIS deployments Many ways to find exactly the GIS application you need Sort By: State Cost Function Department Type Software Vendor And More

19 Scenario 1 Sort by State, then Function

20 What Kind of GIS Application Do You Need? Mont Utilities - Water, Agricultur e, NDVI, Police, Fire, & Auditor Parcel Tax

21 What Kind of GIS Application Do You Need? Monta Water/ Wastewate Telecomm unications Power, Utility Poll, Gas Metering

22 What Kind of GIS Application Do You Need? Monta Nobel Systems ESRI ArcGIS State of Montana State of Colorado

23 ESRI ArcGIS Flex Template for Water Management Overview Details Configuration Options

24 Configuration Options Approx Number Supported Users ArcGIS Server Configuration View /Deploy Montana Function Utilities Water Config: 20 1 Tier IIS, Windows MS SQL 20 1 Tier IIS Windows PostGIS 50 2 Tier IIS Windows MS SQL Tier IIS Windows MS SQL Tier 4x Scalable IIS Win SQL Tier 8x Scalable IIS Win SQL

25 Configuration Options Montana Function Utilities Water Config: Deploy

26 Other Benefits to Using the Cloud for GIS

27 Using the Cloud to Optimize GIS Licensing Costs Skygone is GIS software vendor-neutral We enable and encourage our customers to explore, deploy and try all options available The States can use this theory to optimize their GIS operating costs over a period of time. No need for radical migrations

28 The True Power of Cloud An Application Deployment Engine Store your data in one repository Deploy and try different applications, from many different vendors. All about choice and optimizing costs. Save on software licensing, more cash elsewhere for projects, data, etc.

29 Won t Need As Much Cloud As You Think Not a 1 to 1 relationship with current hardware infrastructure. You ll get more done with less why? If implemented properly the cloud will improve current: GIS Data Workflows Governance, QA, and Approvals Data and Application Dissemination and Sharing

30 Aggregate Pricing Yes, but Don t play the pricing break game. Flat, competitive pricing removes complexity. Consider structuring the contract like an Esri ELA, where you have a set fee for a quota of usage That quota is monitored and re-evaluated every 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, etc. New volume pricing is set based on that new usage. Allows direct billing to each State, Department, Organization, Etc.

31 Another Pricing Option Section off State-level Cloud Grids Then have a Shared-cost Cloud Grid Allows States to bucket money while staying flexible State-level Grids Shared Cost Grid Montana Utah $ $$ States Shared Apps & Data $$$$ Colorado $$$

32 Improved Project Deployment Life Cycle 1. Create application template in App Catalog 2. Deploy to developers, partners, consultants 3. Push to Testing Phase, Annotate changes, recycle through development 4. Migrate the App to Production Asalfjlfd Adfafdad adfadfaf Project A Project B Asalfjlfd Adfafdad adfadfaf Asalfjlfd Adfafdad adfadfaf Project C Development Cloud Testing Cloud Production Cloud Private App Catalog (High-Availability)

33 Packaged Full Solution Pricing Live Example: ERDAS APOLLO on the Cloud Fastest Image Server on the market. What s Included in the Solution Package? Pre-installed and Licensed ERDAS APOLLO Professional 4-core CPU Windows 2003 R2, 64-bit Data Center edition operating system 16GB RAM PostgreSQL 8.3 database 1 TB of storage ($200 per additional TB) 1 TB Transfer (bandwidth) included each month ($150 per additional TB) Free data upload service from data drive (up to 4 times per year) Infrastructure and Software technical support and maintenance No additional fees $1,995 per month

34 How I Would Achieve Success WWRD portion Choose a Cloud vendor that understands GIS and the need to share, yet still secure information Choose a Cloud vendor that helps you achieve a solution; not just offers a platform Realize it takes time to perfect Strive for continuous improvement, not instant success Must identify internal cloud evangelist/expert ; at least one per State GIO And last, but certainly not least Call me anytime! We do this everyday, it s our life and we love it! Direct line: 1(888) SKY-GIS1 Ext Ryan.Hughes@Skygoneinc.com