Slides I presented at the 2/25/2014 Enterprise Mobility Boston meetup. There are several animated slides that don't make a lot of sense when viewed statically. Contact me on LinkedIn if you would like me to run through it.
2. This is ME
• Cloud and mobile strategist
• Developer by background
• Spent 17 years in semiconductor sales most notably
with Intel
• Joined Microsoft in 2006
• Founding member of the US Windows Azure sales team in 2009
• Joined a boutique consulting firm in NYC in 2012
• Plan was to transform the firm in to a cloud and mobile specialist
• Currently in search of my next gig
• LinkedIn.com/in/mheisenberg & @AzureBizAndTech
3. • Definition - a statement of the exact meaning of a word, especially
in a dictionary
• Everyone - every person
• Semantics - the meaning of a word, phrase, or text
4. Some Context
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Was the PC about IT?
Was the Web?
Why do we think cloud is?
Cloud is about enabling smart people to do big
things economically
It’s about solving problems in a better way
Oh by the way…
IT can get value from cloud
Just not using the old ways
23. “software as a service”
“platform as a service”
“infrastructure as a service”
Lease rather than buy
Building blocks for cloud apps.
Contrary to hype there is no
difference in how they are used.
34. The Questions to Ask
• Do we have a problem that involves scale?
• Capacity
• Geography
• Data
• Do we have a culture that allows us to change
how we solve problems?
• Are we early adopters?
Slide Objectives:Understand that Windows Azure allows capacity to be turned on and off easilyCapacity can be brought on stream very quickly (no need to order servers in advance)Speaking Points:Lowers capex through not having to pay for hardwareReduces waste of ovefr capacityEnsures we can always provision enough capacity for peak periodsCan reduce capacity if demand subsides[Leading to the next slide] So what we would like to have is….