2 Cloud or not 2 Cloud: what are the questions? April 3, 2014 Institute of Directors
My Stuff What is it all about & what is so special? Why bother me with it now? 3-Minute PhD, Cloud Computing Benefits Obstacles The real threats OK: So now you know
What s it all about? "cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction." National Institute For Standards & Technology
What s so different? Nothing Everything
Benefits Flexibility High volatility High scale growth Agility Speed to deploy/provision Change Turn on/off Cost Low cost of adoption Low lifetime cost http://www.cloudindustryforum.org/ Sweethearts: Web services Hosting ecommerce Online Marketing Portals Mobile Anywhere Anything Collaboration Internal Customer Supply chain
An important note Cloud Computing isn t like the measles It s not you ve got it or you haven t It s something you can adopt gradually, integrate and take advantage of
Why bother myself now? For Some Some completely new business models Early mover advantages Immediate benefits Change is Irresistible Winners & Losers Being a winner is not compulsory For All Need a Plan Apologies: W. Edwards Deming Deliberate action to retain control Opportunities to change the way you do business Identify and secure benefits Mitigate & avoid risks Integrate a path of Cloud adoption Optimise ROI from legacy investment
3-minute PhD, Cloud Computing Virtualisation Multitenancy IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
Iaas, PaaS, SaaS As Mamma Makes Kitchen Table Beer Gas Oven Pizza Pan Pizza Dough Tomato Sauce Toppings Cheese You Manage Vendor Manages Acknowledgements: Avkash Chauhan
Iaas, PaaS, SaaS As Mamma Makes Ready-Made Kitchen Table Beer Gas Oven Pizza Pan Pizza Dough Tomato Sauce Toppings Cheese Kitchen Table Beer Gas Oven Pizza Pan Pizza Dough Tomato Sauce Toppings Cheese You Manage Vendor Manages Acknowledgements: Avkash Chauhan
Iaas, PaaS, SaaS As Mamma Makes Ready-Made Home Delivery Kitchen Table Beer Gas Oven Pizza Pan Pizza Dough Tomato Sauce Toppings Cheese Kitchen Table Beer Gas Oven Pizza Pan Pizza Dough Tomato Sauce Toppings Cheese Kitchen Table Beer Gas Oven Pizza Pan Pizza Dough Tomato Sauce Toppings Cheese You Manage Vendor Manages Acknowledgements: Avkash Chauhan
Iaas, PaaS, SaaS As Mamma Makes Ready-Made Home Delivery Restaurant Kitchen Table Kitchen Table Kitchen Table Kitchen Table Beer Beer Beer Beer Gas Gas Gas Gas Oven Oven Oven Oven Pizza Pan Pizza Pan Pizza Pan Pizza Pan Pizza Dough Pizza Dough Pizza Dough Pizza Dough Tomato Sauce Tomato Sauce Tomato Sauce Tomato Sauce Toppings Toppings Toppings Toppings Cheese Cheese Cheese Cheese You Manage Vendor Manages Acknowledgements: Avkash Chauhan
Iaas, PaaS, SaaS On Premise Application Data Runtime Middleware OS Virtualization Servers Storage Network You Manage Vendor Manages Acknowledgements: Avkash Chauhan
Iaas, PaaS, SaaS On Premise Application Data Runtime Middleware OS Virtualization Servers Storage Network IaaS Infrastructure Application Data Runtime Middleware OS Virtualization Servers Storage Network You Manage Vendor Manages Acknowledgements: Avkash Chauhan
Iaas, PaaS, SaaS On Premise IaaS PaaS Infrastructure Platform Application Data Runtime Middleware OS Virtualization Servers Storage Network Application Data Runtime Middleware OS Virtualization Servers Storage Network Application Data Runtime Middleware OS Virtualization Servers Storage Network You Manage Vendor Manages Acknowledgements: Avkash Chauhan
Iaas, PaaS, SaaS On Premise IaaS PaaS SaaS Infrastructure Platform Software Application Application Application Application Data Data Data Data Runtime Runtime Runtime Runtime Middleware Middleware Middleware Middleware OS OS OS OS Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Servers Servers Servers Servers Storage Storage Storage Storage Network Network Network Network You Manage Vendor Manages Acknowledgements: Avkash Chauhan
Mobile, Social coincidence? No
Benefits Flexibility High volatility High scale growth Agility Speed to deploy/provision Change Turn on/off Cost Low cost of adoption Low lifetime cost http://www.cloudindustryforum.org/ Sweethearts: Web services Hosting ecommerce Online Marketing Portals Mobile Anywhere Anything Collaboration Internal Customer Supply chain
Nuances Uniqueness Regulation Complexity Integration Predictability Time-to-market Capital availability
Threats? The Suspects Data security Data privacy Reliability of internet access Reliability of vendors Lock-in Liabilities which aren t passed-back Cost of change http://www.cloudindustryforum.org/
Threats? The Usual Suspects Data security Data privacy Reliability of internet access Reliability of vendors Lock-in Liabilities which aren t passed-back Cost of change I d rather you worried about: Department IT Anarchy Selecting trusted partners Plan legacy/cloud integration Solutions abound And these you know how to handle
OK: So now you know It s here now It s not hard The business issues are really familiar Act now to take control Find a partner Get on with it
Thank You for listening Are there any questions? Lindsay Smith FCA Secretary General Lindsay.Smith@EuroCloud.Org.UK http://twitter.com/euroclouduk http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/lindsay-smith/1/14/129 t: 01234 345 049