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Cloud Computing 2013Status and Trends

John Rhoton

Cloud Weekend, Giza, Egypt11-12 May 2013

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Agenda

• Status• Current adoption areas• Deployment challenges• Hybrid cloud evolution• Trends

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Cloud Essence

• NIST Definition generally accepted• Common theme: “resource pooling”• Attributes– Virtualization, Multi-tenancy, Automation, Self-service,

Internet Delivery, Elasticity, On-demand provisioning, Utility Pricing, Service Orientation, Outsourcing…

• Benefits– Cost Reduction– Increased Revenue (Agility)– Faster Growth (Focus)

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Adoption Highlights

• SaaS– Collaboration (Google Apps, Office365)– CRM (Salesforce)– HCM (Workday)

• PaaS– Custom Applications

• IaaS– Web Sites– Development & Test– Disaster Recovery

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Niche Successes

• Security as a Service– SPAM/Malware protection– Policy Enforcement

• Availability– Archiving and Backup

• Service Management– Service Desk

• Development Support– Testing– Code Management

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Emerging Opportunities

• Enterprise Resource Planning• Vertical Applications• Line-of-Business Applications

Require Flexibility, Control, Security

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Challenges

• Business/Financial– Capex/Opex, Cash flow, ROI

• Risk & Security– Compliance, Governance, Privacy

• Technical– Technologies, Integration, Automation

• Process– Culture, Procedure, Project Management

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Startups

• Ideal Candidates– Small

• No internal economy of scale

– No legacy• Less integration effort

– Unpredictable growth• Flexibility required

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Enterprise

• More Challenging Business case– Large– Significant legacy– More predictable future

• Opportunities– Short term: Dev/test, Collaboration,

Security, New outbound services– Long term: Private-> Hybrid -> Public

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Private Cloud Optimization

• Resource Efficiencies– Virtualization

• Operational Efficiencies– Automation, Chargeback

• Sourcing Efficiencies– Service Orientation, Modularization,

Granular Security

Virtualization is only the beginning

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Private Cloud Flexibility

Customers

Business Units

CloudProvider

CloudProvider

IT

IT

CloudProvider

CloudProvider

Customers

Look for revenue potential

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Hybrid Cloud Convergence

Silo Integrated Dynamic

Leverage the benefits of each cloud

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Business Continuity

• Cold Site• Warm Site• Hot Site• Double-Active

Multi-dimensional redundancy is critical

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Cloudbursting

• Network Connectivity• Compute Failover– Replicated Infrastructure

• Storage Accessibility– Latency– Security

Data locality is pivotal

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Stack Convergence

Proprietary Hardware

Proprietary Software

OpenSource

ConsortiumDriven

Balance ease with flexibility

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Cloud Trends

IaaS

PaaS

SaaS

Flexib

ilityEffi

cien

cy

Legacy Applications and Infrastructure

New Commodity Applications

New Custom and Internal Applications

Aim for the top of the stack

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Complementary Trends

Mobile

Social

Analytics

Cloud

Cloud

Leverage cloud to enable other trends

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Summary

• Cloud adoption is replacing hype• Private cloud is the starting point• Public cloud is the final destination• Multiple stages of hybrid cloud in between• The cloud stacks are converging• Services maximize efficiency up the stack• Cloud is linked to mobility, social and big

data

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