Cloud Talk

Demystifying Clouds

Johnmwillis.com
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Zabovo.com
Opensourceinthehood.com

Johnmwillis.com
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 The Myths
(The Big Switch Syndrome)

 Cloud computing will eliminate the need for IT

personnel.
 There will only be one super computer in the future.
 Watch out for cloud pretenders.
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 The Facts

 Cloud technology is real

 This technology should not be ignored
 This presentation will try to separate the hype
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 The Advantages

 Economies of scale 10’s->100’s->1000’s

 Common cloneable infrastructures
 Dynamic and Autonomic
 The possibly of green computing
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 Cloud Definitions

 Cloud Desktops
 Cloud Databases
 Cloud Servers
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 Cloud Desktops

 Google Applications
 Microsoft “Cloud OS”
 Adobe Air
 iCloud
 SaaS
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 Cloud Databases

 SimpleDB (Amazon)
 CouchDB (Apache … IBM is involved)
 SolidDB (IBM)
 SSDS (Microsoft)
 Hadoop (Apache Lucene)
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 Do you Hadoop?

 Google does…
 Yahoo does..
 IBM does…
 Facbook does…
 The New York Times does …
 Rackspace/Mailtrust does …
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 Cloud Servers - (Staking a claim)

 Utility Computing
 Cloud Utility Computing
 Blue Cloud
 Grid Computing
 Virtual Hosting
 Content Delivery Networks
 Provisioning
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 Do you know me?

 Your next competitor

may not be born yet
 The Mad Money Guy
Theory
 Business vs. IT
Conundrum
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 What is a Cloud

 Abstraction of the hardware from the service.

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 What is the “Holy-Grail” Cloud

 Abstraction of the hardware from the service.

 Abstraction of the software from the service.
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 Cloud stuff

 Pay as you go  Windows Servers

  Live Image Migration
No lock in
 Snapshot Image
 Dynamic provisioning
 Customizable Images
 Load Balancing and
 Automated Backup
Clustering
 Table Level Backup
 Firewall Support
 24 Hour Support
 Autonomics
 Consulting Services
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 Level 1 – Cloud Guests
 Niche Players
 RightScale
 MorphExchange - Ruby-on-Rails Clouds
 MySql Clouds (Sun)
 EnterpriseDB (PostgreSql)
 Layered Technology
 WordPress (maybe)
 Elastra (postgresql mysql)
 Services
 ENKI and Enomoly
 Pure Plays
 Box-Net
 EMC Mozy
 JungleDisk
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 Level 2 Cloud Hosts

 Backbone Providers

 Amazon EC2/S3
 Mosso
 Flexiscale
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 Cloud Disruptors

 Level 3 – Disruptors

 3Tera
 RightScale (Maybe)
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 Cloud Server - Demographics

 Small to Meduim ($80 to $150 per moth)

 Amazon EC2/S3
 Mosso
 Flexiscale
 Layered Technology
 Enterprise Entry ($500 per month)
 3Tera
 Layered Technology (3Tera provider)
 RightScale
 Enterprise Large ($1500 per month)
 3Tera
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 Cloud Server – Big Guys

 IBM – Blue Cloud

 Dell – Dell Cloud Computing Solutions
 Microsoft
 Sun
 Google – Not likely
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 Changing the game

 Amazon EC2
 Flexiscale
 Mosso
 Elastra
 RightScale
 3Tera
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