Basic information on cloud computing.

1. Cloud Computing
What is it?
Albert J. Bischke April 2010

2. Answers to those questions that
keep you up at night!
 What is Cloud Computing?
 The simplicity and yet the complexity.
 Where to start? Where does it end?
 Support
 Pro’s and Con’s
Albert J. Bischke

3. Before the buzz word “Cloud
Computing”
• Web Mail
• On line shopping (eBay)
• Wikipedia
• Google, Amazon
• Face Book
• News
• You Tube
• Lime wire (file sharing)
Albert J. Bischke

4. What is Cloud Computing?
Simplified definition:
Cloud computing is a general term for
anything that involves delivering hosted
services over the internet.
Albert J. Bischke

5. What is Cloud Computing?
Four types of Cloud Computing:
Public, Community, Private, Hybrid
•SaaS (Software as a Service)
•Utility computing
•Web services
•Platform as a service
•Pay per use basis in real time over the internet
•Massively scalable
•Services always there when you need them : on-demand,
dynamic
•Only use what you need when you need it
•Transparent : Complexity concealed from users
•Service orientated
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6. The simplicity and yet the
complexity
•Utility computing : storage of data, virtual data centers, data disaster
recover, data backup,
•SaaS (software as a service) : Microsoft Office, Exchange Mail,
Web Server or any type of software application.
•MSP (managed service providers); applications that are run before
exposing to the local I.T. such as SPAM filter and virus scanning.
•Web services : service providers offer application programming
interface (API’s) to exploit functionality over the internet rather than
offering full blown applications. Such as Google Maps, ADP Payroll,
U.S. Postal Service
Albert J. Bischke

7. The simplicity and yet the
complexity
•Service commerce platforms; offers service hub that users interact
with as with travel orders or secretarial services.
•Platform as a service : User builds their own applications that run
on our infrastructure and are delivered to the end user by the
internet like salesforce.com, Coghead, Google, App Engine. An
example is Yahoo Pipes is a powerful composition tool to
aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web
to meet your needs.
•Internet integration; in the cloud integration such as b to b
integration to integrate trading partners (external company) into
your business. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Application
Statement 2 (AS2)
Albert J. Bischke

8. Where to start?
• Physical infrastructure
• Managed Hosting, Collocation, Internet Service Provider, Unmanaged hosting
• Two Cows, GoDaddy, RackSpace
• Virtual Infrastructure as a Service
• Virtual servers, Logical disks, VLAN networks, Systems Management
• Utility Based Cloud Hosting like Amazon EC2 or Mosso from Rackspace
• Software platform as a Service
• Development-platform-as-a-service, Database, Message Queue, App Servicer. Blob or object data stores
• Microsoft SQL Azure, Engine Yard
• App components as a Service
• APIs for specific service access for integration, Web-based software service than can combine to create new
services, as in a mashup
• Software as a Service
• Rich Internet application web sites, Application as Web Sites, Collaboration and email, Office Productivity, Client
apps that connect to services in the cloud
• Gmail, Myspace, Webex, Piccsa
Albert J. Bischke

9. Where does it end?
You would think with
the human
imagination?
THINK AGAIN we have
Artificial Intelligence!
Albert J. Bischke

10. Support
Is all dependant on how simple or
complex you want your cloud to
be.
• Customer Self Sufficient
• Instant Messaging
• Email
• Telephone
Albert J. Bischke

11. Pro’s & Con’s
Pro’s:
• No borders on the market!!
• Low investment
• Fast return on investment
• Flexible with changing technologies
• Ease of Scalability
• Pay as you go
• Access applications when and where you want
• Transparent
Con’s:
• Keeping up
• Space
• Security, Security, Security!
Albert J. Bischke

12. Questions?
 Thank you for your time.
Albert J. Bischke