The document summarizes key points from the March 2013 Canadian Cloud Conference. It discusses how cloud computing is now mainstream for individuals and how business and government need to adapt by moving applications and processes to the cloud. Barriers to cloud adoption such as security, privacy and bandwidth costs can be overcome. The document concludes by advocating for Canada to develop a national cloud utility to drive economic and social transformation.

1. The Cloud
Lynn Sutherland
March 21, 2013

2. Presentation
• Conclusion
• Beginning
• Middle (Now)
• Conclusion Again
• Cloud Toolkit Demo & Discussion

3. Conclusion
At the March 2013 national Canadian Cloud Conference:
Do Something Now or Be Left Behind
The Cloud is Here
There are No Barriers Remaining
No More Excuses
Most individuals are already in the cloud. Business and government
need to catch up.

4. Beginning
• Presentation from 2009 – What is cloud?
• Presentation from 2010 – Why cloud?

5. Now - How to do cloud?
NOW
• Mobile + Social + Cloud
• Bring your own device
• Storage as a Service, Software as a Service
• Analytics, Advanced Software Tools, HPC available to everyone via services
BUT
• Business Processes and Culture have not yet adapted
• Now the real transformational work begins
From cCc March 2013 national conference

6. Sept 2011 - NIST Reference Architecture
From National Institute of Standards and Technology
Special Publication 500-292; September 2011

7. Gartner – 2012 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies

8. Gartner – 2012 Hype Cycle for Cloud Computing

9. Sept 2012 - Gartner Says Worldwide Cloud
Services Market to Surpass $109 Billion in 2012
• BPaaS represents largest market segment, while IaaS is the fastest-
growing area
• The public cloud services market is forecast to grow 19.6 percent in
2012 to total $109 billion worldwide, according to Gartner, Inc.
Business process services (also known as business process as a
service, or BPaaS) represent the largest segment, accounting for
about 77 percent of the total market, while infrastructure as a service
(IaaS) is the fastest-growing segment of the public cloud services
market and is expected to grow 45.4 percent in 2012.
From http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2163616

10. Cloud-First Policy
• US “Apps.gov is now Info.apps.gov” and FedRamp
http://info.apps.gov/ provides cloud-accreditation and case studies
• UK G-Cloud http://gcloud.civilservice.gov.uk/ has a process for
companies to get accredited to provide cloud services
• Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government
http://www.open.gc.ca/index-eng.asp
• Shared Services Canada Architecture Framework Advisory Committee
meets monthly

11. HOW TO DO CLOUD:
• Use standards
• Use open systems (data and APIs) where possible
• Evaluate your data and applications and prioritize which are best suited for the cloud
• Commit to moving at least one application to the cloud and then do another one
• Educate through use cases
• Start a cloud-first policy  there is very little need to build your own systems any more
• Break down fiefdoms
• Collaborate with your customers
• Simplify
• Re-engineer business processes to use cloud to be more nimble
• Stop living in fear
• Move fast
• Get off your IT assets! and build your core business
From cCc March 2013 national conference

12. THERE ARE NO BARRIERS THAT
CANNOT BE OVERCOME
• Security can be better in the cloud
• Privacy can be addressed with a little attention to it
• Bandwidth costs in Canada are too high, so we’ll have to find creative
solutions and continue to push for opening up our
telecommunications systems
From cCc March 2013 national conference

13. NEW NATIONAL DREAM?
• Canada should build a National Cloud Utility that will propel the country to the forefront
of international visionary economic and societal leaders
• It will support industrial and societal transformation in ways that have been successful in
the past in Canada through the building of fundamental utilities such as the National
Railroad, Water, Electricity, Telecommunications and Transportation networks
• It will united the country
• It will increase productivity and save energy
• It will lead to new ways of delivering cost savings in health and education
• It will enable Canada to be a global leader in building clouds and delivering cloud services
From cCc March 2013 national conference

14. Conclusions Again
At the March 2013 national Canadian Cloud Conference:
Do Something Now or Be Left Behind
The Cloud is Here
There are No Barriers Remaining
No More Excuses
Most individuals are already in the cloud. Business and government
need to catch up.

15. Thank You
Cloud Toolkit Demo &
Discussion
canadiancloudcouncil.ca
cloud-toolkit.ca
l.sutherland@canadiancloudcouncil.ca