For more information on Network Management, visit: http://www.solarwinds.com/network-management-software.aspx Watch this webcast: http://www.solarwinds.com/resources/webcasts/cloud-computing-101-the-need-to-know-basics.html Thinking about cloud computing? It's pretty hard to be in IT today and not be inundated with messaging about "The Cloud". It’s in all of the trade magazines, all over Twitter, and the most popular theme at this year’s trade shows. Chances are, your CIO is wondering if your organization should be leveraging cloud services and thoughts like that have a way of rolling their way downhill toward you! During this webcast, we focus on what you, as a network engineer or system administrator, need to know about cloud. Some of what we discuss includes: key differences between virtualization, SaaS, PaaS, and cloud; public vs. private cloud; network based cloud services like QoS, VoIP, and security services; and cloud access technologies and concerns. During this webcast we’re going to focus on what you, as a network engineer or system administrator, need to know about cloud. Some of what we’ll discuss will include: • Key differences between virtualization, SaaS, PaaS, and cloud • Public vs. private cloud • Network based cloud services like QoS, VoIP, and security services • Cloud access technologies and concerns

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6. Joel Dolisy – Chief Architect, VP software architecture

8. Who are our customers?

9. The SolarWinds community…Introduction

11. What is “cloud”?

12. Why are we talking about it?

13. Public vs. Private and Hybrid Cloud

14. Network-based Cloud Services like QoS, VoIP, and Security Services

15. Cloud Access Technologies and Concerns

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18. How do you ask questions?

20. Cloud Defined A style of computing where scalable and elastic IT-related capabilities are provided “as a service” to [internal/external] customers using Internet technologies. Cloud Characteristics Broad network access Rapid elasticity Measured service On-demand self-service Shared Services Resource pooling Location independence

21. Cloud Enabling Technologies Virtualization High-capacity computing resources High-speed, readily available internet connections Availability of automation platforms and tools ($$$$)

22. Why are we talking about cloud? Geek & Poke, 3/23/2009, http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2009/03/let-the-clouds-make-your-life-easier.html

23. Hype is High SOLARWINDS CONFIDENTIAL Tseronis reminded the audience that, under the new administration, the onus will be on providing justification for building a new data center rather than using a cloud service, rather than vise versa. "If you don't build out that business case ... and it hits the [Office of Management and Budget] examiners, and they are looking to see the justification for the money to do this, [they will ask] why aren't they buying cloud services?" Peter Tseronis, Deputy Associate Chief Information Officer at the U.S. Department of Energy and member of the Government Information Technology Executive Council FY2010 President’s Budget Submission

25. User Level Cost Value Flavors of “as a Service” or *aaS SaaS Applications delivered via the Cloud (All infrastructure abstracted) Salesforce, NetSuite, Gmail, Microsoft BPOS, … Developer Level PaaS Application development platform/stack & runtime delivered via the Cloud (O/S, Server, Storage, Network, Hypervisor abstracted) Google AppEngine, Azure, Force.com, … IT Level IaaS Compute infrastructure (inc Storage) delivered via the Cloud (Server, Storage, Network, Hypervisor abstracted) Amazon AWS, Terremark, Rackspace, Azure…

26. Adoption Barriers

27. Network Based Cloud Services Carrier provided network services are yet another type of cloud (usually delivered through their MPLS clouds)… QoS VoIP Security

28. How cloud affects your mgmt strategy Where’s the cloud in comparison to your users? How much oversubscribed are your internet connections today? How much capacity do you have on your datacenter resources? How do you guarantee service/performance over public networks? What SLAs will you need in place?

29. Smart Steps Toward Cloud Establish baselines first Get some experience with the technology Understand the issues that it will accelerate Realize that the network just got a whole lot more important (yet again)… Shore up your network management strategy

30. Demonstration of Orion from SolarWinds J0sher2014

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