The Cloud Is Rockin’ & Rollin’ In

Krishnan SubramanianAnalyst & Editor, CloudAve

It is cloud computing to most of us

Cloud Computing – What, Why, How and Who?

Potential Concerns & Best Practices Predictions & Conclusion

Plan of my talk

Computing Evolution

Cloud Computing - Definition

On-demand self-service internet infrastructure where you pay as you go and use only what you need, all managed by a browser, application or API

Clouds will be the next transformation over the next several years, building off of the software models that virtualization enabled

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NIST Definition of Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is a model for enabling 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.

Essential Characteristics

On-Demand Self Service

Location and Device independence Multi-tenancy

Rapid Elasticity Pay as you go model

On Demand

Self Service

Location & Device Independence

Multi-tenant

Rapid Elasticity

Pay Per Use

Cloud Delivery Models

Applications Middleware* Servers**

Cloud Deployment Models

NIST Cloud Model

Prominent Cloud Providers

Amazon Web Services

Compute – EC2, MapReduce, Autoscaling Storage – S3, EBS Networking – Route 53, VPC, ELB Database – SimpleDB, RDS Deployment – Elastic Beanstalk,

Cloudformation Messaging – SQS, SNS, SES Monitoring – CloudwatchAnd more

Amazon is a pioneer in cloud computing with rapid innovation

Rackspace Cloud

Cloud Servers Cloud Sites Cloud Files OpenStack Cloud Builders

GoGrid

Cloud Servers Cloud Storage Load Balancing Hybrid Hostingand more

Azure & App Engine

They are in the PaaS space

Targeted at developers

Azure supports .NET, Java, Ruby, etc

GAE supports Python and Java

Business Advantages

Cost Savings – No Capex and Lower Opex Agility – Faster Business Response To

Changing Conditions Focus on Core Business

How Big Will Be The Cloud Market?

Analyst Predictions

1) The industry is poised for strong growth through 2014, when worldwide cloud services revenue is projected to reach $148.8 billion – Gartner, June 2010

2) Public IT cloud will be over 25% of the net-new growth in traditional IT products between now and 2014 – IDC, June 2010

3) The global market for enterprise cloud-based services will grow from $12.1 billion in 2010 to $35.6 billion in 2015 – Analysys Mason, 2010

4) IaaS, PaaS and SaaS software and services sales globally accounted for $20.3 billion in 2009, predicting a market size of $100.4 billion by 2016 – Wintergreen Research

Is Cloud A Cure For IT Headaches?

Yes

But

Business Concerns Availability Concerns Security Concerns Privacy Concerns

But?

I Told Ya. Cloud Is Not Secure

Security & Privacy Concerns

Cloud Provider’s Security Practices

Regulatory Needs Data Ownership Data Privacy

Mental Shift

Losing ControlTrust

In Reality

Cloud is neither more nor less secure than the traditional IT

With the loss of control, different kind of risks comes into focus

Industry best practices can help mitigate these risks. Check out Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)

Bottom Line is balancing the risks to take advantage of the clouds

Vendor Responsibility

Future Of Cloud Computing

Cloud adoption will be rapid. Security concerns will fade away with better education on the side of the users and more transparency on the side of the providers

A federated cloud ecosystem will ensure competition empowering the users

PaaS is the future of cloud services – empowering the developers

Conclusion

Cloud is real and maturing fast. Businesses of all sizes and shapes are going to adopt it much sooner than many expect

Using Cloud Computing becomes a competitive advantage

A big part of the security concerns are due to FUD but it is also critical to understand the risks and take steps to mitigate them, to take the full advantage of clouds

Leverage the cloud but control your destiny