Private Cloud ApplianceModular
Plug & Play Cloud
Services & Applications area
March 2014
Problems
● Public cloud:
○Issues with security and privacy of business strategic information
○More expensive in the long term
○Vendor lock-in
●Private cloud:
○Complex deployment and management of open source private clouds
○Expensive pricing and licensing in virtualization software manufacturers
NSA
Virtual Appliance Market
●Appliances for Modular Plug & Play Private Cloud○Connect the appliances to the network and increase computational resources automatically.
○Easy management, monitoring and backup of the Private Cloud Infrastructure and services.
○Virtual appliances market with ready-to-use applications for easy deployment of services.
Solution
Computational Resources
Private Cloud
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Virtual Appliances Purchased
Virtual Appliances Customized
Virtual Appliances Deployed
Private Cloud Resources
Use Cases
●Cloud@home○Dropbox-like service under customer control.○Media streaming from customer home to everywhere○Easy recovery of data loss and personal computer crash
●Cloud@datacenter
○Cloud-like advanced features out-of-the box.
○Modular deployment for every need with privacy and security grants.
○Service farms management utilities.
●Cloud@office
○SMEs services ready to deploy easily.
○Automatic backup and monitoring.
○Money savings by using Desktop as a Service.
●Cloud@university○Highly scalable computation for Research support.○Easy plug & play configuration.
Main features
●Private Cloud Appliance○Plug & Play features
○Easy to use web control panel
○Hardware tested and optimized for private cloud requirements
○Connection of more appliances to automatically scale virtual resources and availability
○Available virtual appliances market that enables deployments with few clicks
○Advanced features like automatic scaling, monitoring and backup in service deployments
○Advanced distributed storage
○Resources accounting
○Migration tools
○Security and Privacy
Jose Otero Pena
Services & Applications area
March 2014