In Jisc's future of cloud computing horizon scan report, we identified three strategic areas where Jisc could support universities and colleges in moving to the cloud – cloud as a utility, app as a service, and working to build capability in cloud technologies. Come along to this session to hear more about this work from Jisc futurist Martin Hamilton, and find out how you can get involved.

1. The future of cloud computing
Martin Hamilton, Jisc
Brendan Bouffler, AmazonWeb Services

2. The future of cloud computing
1. Jisc and the cloud – recap
2. Three big ideas for the future of cloud
3. A personal perspective from
Brendan Bouffler,AmazonWeb Services
Structure of this session
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3. 1. Jisc and the cloud - recap

4. 1. Jisc and the cloud - recap
Photo CC-BY Jisc, from an original by Phil Wolff
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5. 1. Jisc and the cloud - recap
The Janet network
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[Image credit: Dan Perry]

6. 1. Jisc and the cloud - recap
The Janet network
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[Image credit: Dan Perry]

7. 1. Jisc and the cloud - recap
Total external connectivity ~ 1Tbit/s
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BBC (Pacific Quay)
HEAnet
SWAN
(Glas)
SWAN
(Edin)
Glasgow
and
Edinburgh
IXLeeds
Leeds
One
Connect
HEAnet
Google
Akamai
VM for LGfL
Gamma
NHS N3
Synetrix
Exa Networks
InTechnology
IXManchester
Manchester
Global Transit Level3
Google
Netflix
BBC
Init7
Microsoft EU (via TN)
VM for LGfL
Limelight
BBC (HD 4K pilots)
RM for Schools
Microsoft EU (via TN)
Google
VM for LGfL
RM for Schools
Akamai
Globelynx
InTechnology
Simplecall
Updata
Logicalis UK
Pipex / GXN
INUK
Voicenet
Virgin Radio
LINX multicast
GÉANT+
Gamma
Redstone
Voicenet
Telekom MalaysiaSimplecall Amazon Limelight Datahop NHS N3
Akamai BTnet AQL Bogons
Global Transit Tata
Global Transit Level 3
GÉANT
Telehouse North and West
Telecity Harbour Exch.
LINX
100Gbit/s
10Gbit/s
1Gbit/s

8. 1. Jisc and the cloud - recap
»We moved our own
core infrastructure
to AWS
»Estimate that this
saved over £100K p.a.
»Cloud first / mobile
first for new stuff
Dogfooding
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[Image credit: Mike Jones]

9. 2. Our three big ideas

10. 2. Our three big ideas
»Three big ideas in our future of cloud report:
»Cloud as a utility
»App as a service
»Building capability
»Read the report: http://bit.ly/jisccloudfutures

11. 2. Our three big ideas
“Our key recommendation is that
Jisc should work with the sector
and public cloud providers to make
it easier for institutions to switch
between cloud providers and to
migrate workloads between the
public and private clouds –
leveraging public investment in the
Janet network.”
Cloud as a utility
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12. 2. Our three big ideas
“Smartphones and tablets have
established a culture of ‘package
once, install a billion times’, but our
colleges and universities still
commonly package common
applications separately and
independently for distribution to
users.This is inefficient and it diverts
highly skilled IT staff from activities
that could genuinely add value.”
App as a service
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See blog.martinh.net/2011/11/post-pc-manifesto.html

13. 2. Our three big ideas
“It is clear from the results of the Jisc
cloud survey http://bit.ly/jisc-
cloudsurvey that practice with
established cloud technologies is still
quite variable. We believe that there
is a need to come together to share
our experiences of what works,
building capability at institutions
and identifying areas where further
intervention would be helpful.”
Building capability
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http://bit.ly/Jisc_CERN_openstack

14. 2. Our three big ideas
“Our key recommendation is that
Jisc should work with the sector
and public cloud providers to make
it easier for institutions to switch
between cloud providers and to
migrate workloads between the
public and private clouds –
leveraging public investment in the
Janet network.”
Cloud as a utility
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15. 2. Our three big ideas

16. 2. Our three big ideas
From jasmin.ac.uk
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17. 2. Our three big ideas
http://bit.ly/Jisc_Magellanreport
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18. 2. Our three big ideas
http://bit.ly/Jisc_Magellanreport
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19. 2. Our three big ideas
“Smartphones and tablets have
established a culture of ‘package
once, install a billion times’, but our
colleges and universities still
commonly package common
applications separately and
independently for distribution to
users.This is inefficient and it diverts
highly skilled IT staff from activities
that could genuinely add value.”
App as a service
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See blog.martinh.net/2011/11/post-pc-manifesto.html

20. 2. Our three big ideas

21. 2. Our three big ideas
Containers vs.VMs
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docker.io
Containers are isolated,
But share OS and, where
appropriate, bins/libraries
Hypervisor (Type 2)
Host OS
Server
App A
Bins/
Libs
Guest
OS
App A’
Bins/
Libs
Guest
OS
App B
Bins/
Libs
Guest
OS
VM
Host OS
Server
AppA
AppA’
AppB
AppB’
AppB’
AppB’
Docker
Bins/ LibsBins/ Libs
Container

22. 2. Our three big ideas
wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Docker
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23. 2. Our three big ideas
Performance of NPB on containers andVMs relative BMs
http://bit.ly/Jisc_highperformancecomputing

24. 2. Our three big ideas
opencontainers.org
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25. 2. Our three big ideas
“It is clear from the results of the Jisc
cloud survey http://bit.ly/jisc-
cloudsurvey that practice with
established cloud technologies is still
quite variable. We believe that there
is a need to come together to share
our experiences of what works,
building capability at institutions
and identifying areas where further
intervention would be helpful.”
Building capability
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http://bit.ly/Jisc_CERN_openstack

26. 2. Our three big ideas
Image credit: Redhat
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27. 3. A personal perspective:
Brendan Bouffler, AmazonWeb Services

28. jisc.ac.uk
Continue the conversation…
The future of cloud computing
Martin Hamilton
Futurist, Jisc
martin.hamilton@jisc.ac.uk
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