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2011 Innovative Professor Conference
Thomas Danford
@tdanford | #ipc11
November 7, 2011
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Clouducation 101
Discussion Items
• An Historical Precedent?
• The Quantitative and Qualitative Benefits of Cloud Computing
• Arguments Against & Challenges to Cloud Computing?
• A New Paradigm for IT
• Benefits of a Cloud Strategy to Higher Education
• Closing Observations
• Questions & Discussion
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A precedent fromthe past?
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My lights don’t work!
Is there electrical equipment I could
use to project equations?
Did you turn them off and then back
on again?We’re not funded
for that.
I can’t get heat in my classroom.
There is a denial of service as the coal barge is blocked by ice on the
river network.
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It’s too expensive!It’s unsecure!
It’s not ready for production!
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The Quantitative and Qualitative Benefits of Cloud Computing
• Commoditization of Hardware
• Virtualization & Clustering• Speed & Agility to
Provision• Redundancy & Uptime• Security & Data Integrity• Specialization
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Arguments Against & Challenges to Cloud Computing?• Data in the cloud is vulnerable to hacker attacks
and other security issues• Meeting service level agreements (SLAs)• On-premises systems are less expensive• On-premises systems are still in good shape and
the ROI is yet to be achieved.• The IT Department
• Fear of loss of control, power, and personnel• Changing job responsibilities from “heads down” to
“heads up” end user support• Moving from a purveying mindset to one that also
encompasses sourcing/leveraging
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”Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A New Paradigm for IT
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Administrivia or Academics?
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Benefits of a Cloud Strategy to Higher Education
• Portable, personalized, participatory• Nearness education vs. distance education• Cronospatial vs. geospatial• High tech but also high touch
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Closing Observations
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Questions & Discussion
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