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Implications of the
Cloud
Matt Deacon
Chief Architectural Advisor, Emerging
Technologies, Microsoft UK
mattd@microsoft.com
blogs.msdn.com/matt_deacon
www.twitter.com/mattdeacon
Implications of the cloud
WHAT’S CLOUD COMPUTING?
Software as a Service
• Complete full function solutions
• Salesforce.com, Microsoft Online (Hosted Exchange etc.)




Platform as a Service
• Development
  Environment, Storage, Management
• Windows Azure, Google AppEngine, Force.com


Infrastructure as a Service
• Compute & virtualisation platform
• Amazon EC2, VMWare vSphere
Implications of the cloud
WHAT’S THE INDUSTRY
TREND, PROJECTIONS, OPPORTUNITY
AND CLIENT VALUE?
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Implications of the cloud
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR
ORGANISATIONS AND HOW ARE WE
EXPECTING THEM TO CHANGE?
Convergence or Collision?

                    Physics
    Dynamic IT                           Internet




                              Boundary
                               Erosion
           nomics
            Eco-




                    isation
     SOA
                    Global-        Sourcing



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Business Stakeholder Group
- Board-level responsibility/ownership
- Capability Owners/sponsors
- Customers


    Commercial IP                  Architecture &           Service & Change
     Department                       Design                  Management
                                                           - Monitoring
- IP & Data Protection          - Portfolio Management     - Integration
- SLA/KPIs                      - Standards & Governance   - Service Reporting
- Penalties                     - Roadmap                  - Scheduling
- Prime/ Sub Contracts          - Design Authority         - Service desk


                               Capability Delivery Team
- Supplier/Service Selection
- Due diligence
1. IT will physically        2. ITs boundaries
                             contract                     will expand         8. Architecture
4. Commercials and                                                            and Design will
Service management will                                                       be the key
be major IT functions                                                         technology
                                                                              related roles
     5. But these can
     be sourced
     externally too.
                                                                              3. Services
                                                                              provided to the
                                                                              organisation will
                                                     IT
                                                     IT                       be at finer levels
6. Data is the key                                                            of specialisation
asset to be                                                                   BUT external
protected over                                                                broker providers
process                                                                       will hide much of
                                                                              this

     7. But this too could
     be hosted externally
Implications of the cloud
WHAT’S MICROSOFT DOING TO
DEFINE, CAPTURE OR RIDE THIS
TREND?
© Quocirca 2008
Attached
   Services



  On-Premise


Finished Service


    Hosted




 Multi-headed
    Client
Desktop   Web          Mobile          Voice




            Finished            Attached
            Services            Services
Enterprise class software delivered via
subscription services hosted by Microsoft and
              sold with partners
Starting with…


             Business Productivity Online Suite
Desktop   Web          Mobile          Voice   Embedded




                                               Building
                                                Block
            Finished            Attached       Services
            Services            Services
Desktop   Web          Mobile          Voice   Embedded




                                               Building
                                                Block
            Finished            Attached       Services
            Services            Services
Implications of the cloud
WHAT’S THE NEXT BIG
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY?
© 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The
  information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market
  conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT
  MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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Implications Of The Cloud

  • 1. Implications of the Cloud Matt Deacon Chief Architectural Advisor, Emerging Technologies, Microsoft UK mattd@microsoft.com blogs.msdn.com/matt_deacon www.twitter.com/mattdeacon
  • 2.
  • 3. Implications of the cloud WHAT’S CLOUD COMPUTING?
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7.
  • 8. Software as a Service • Complete full function solutions • Salesforce.com, Microsoft Online (Hosted Exchange etc.) Platform as a Service • Development Environment, Storage, Management • Windows Azure, Google AppEngine, Force.com Infrastructure as a Service • Compute & virtualisation platform • Amazon EC2, VMWare vSphere
  • 9. Implications of the cloud WHAT’S THE INDUSTRY TREND, PROJECTIONS, OPPORTUNITY AND CLIENT VALUE?
  • 10. UK Architect Council www.itasaservice.com
  • 11. UK Architect Council www.itasaservice.com
  • 12. UK Architect Council www.itasaservice.com
  • 13. UK Architect Council www.itasaservice.com
  • 14. UK Architect Council www.itasaservice.com
  • 15.       UK Architect Council www.itasaservice.com
  • 16. Implications of the cloud WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ORGANISATIONS AND HOW ARE WE EXPECTING THEM TO CHANGE?
  • 17. Convergence or Collision? Physics Dynamic IT Internet Boundary Erosion nomics Eco- isation SOA Global- Sourcing www.itasaservice.com
  • 18. Business Stakeholder Group - Board-level responsibility/ownership - Capability Owners/sponsors - Customers Commercial IP Architecture & Service & Change Department Design Management - Monitoring - IP & Data Protection - Portfolio Management - Integration - SLA/KPIs - Standards & Governance - Service Reporting - Penalties - Roadmap - Scheduling - Prime/ Sub Contracts - Design Authority - Service desk Capability Delivery Team - Supplier/Service Selection - Due diligence
  • 19. 1. IT will physically 2. ITs boundaries contract will expand 8. Architecture 4. Commercials and and Design will Service management will be the key be major IT functions technology related roles 5. But these can be sourced externally too. 3. Services provided to the organisation will IT IT be at finer levels 6. Data is the key of specialisation asset to be BUT external protected over broker providers process will hide much of this 7. But this too could be hosted externally
  • 20. Implications of the cloud WHAT’S MICROSOFT DOING TO DEFINE, CAPTURE OR RIDE THIS TREND?
  • 21.
  • 22.
  • 23.
  • 25. Attached Services On-Premise Finished Service Hosted Multi-headed Client
  • 26. Desktop Web Mobile Voice Finished Attached Services Services
  • 27. Enterprise class software delivered via subscription services hosted by Microsoft and sold with partners Starting with… Business Productivity Online Suite
  • 28.
  • 29. Desktop Web Mobile Voice Embedded Building Block Finished Attached Services Services Services
  • 30. Desktop Web Mobile Voice Embedded Building Block Finished Attached Services Services Services
  • 31.
  • 32.
  • 33. Implications of the cloud WHAT’S THE NEXT BIG DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY?
  • 34.
  • 35.
  • 36. © 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Editor's Notes

  1. As a starting point, let’s think about how IT has evolved over the past few decades. Behind the ‘waves’ of progress – client-server, the Internet and so on, IT has been evolving along a number of parallel tracks. Not least we have:Dynamic IT, or the ability to flex IT service delivery based on end-user demand. This has existed in a number of guises, most recently encapsulated by terms such as ‘on-demand’ or ‘adaptive’ IT. However such capabilities were envisaged back in the hey day of the mainframe, and remain relevant now. The latest catalyst towards dynamic IT has to be virtualisation, though it is early days yet.The Internet. Again long in gestation, we now have a situation where every compute device on the planet has the ability to connect to every other using a standards-based backbone. There are still some things to be ironed out, notably bandwidth in general, and mobile access in particular. But few would disagree today with its importance.SOA. Three decades have passed since software luminaries first postulated the principles of modular design, which was taken forward through object orientation to yield the standards-based architectures we recognise today as being ‘service-oriented’. SOA is a work in progress, not least because it is difficult to get right, but it is part and parcel of how applications are written today.Sourcing. From the computer bureaux of the Seventies, through the outsourcing wave of the Nineties to the ideas behind Software as a Service we see today, IT procurement has been a balancing act between doing something in-house, or sourcing skills, services or MIPs externally. To paraphrase an analyst colleague, what we are seeing today is not so much about the convergence of these four tracks, but more their collision. There is a number of reasons – the laws of physics yield new innovations which drive the industry forward; the economics of both IT and business cause a focus on both efficiency and effectiveness; both businesses and purveyors of services are being drawn form a now-global pool; and the boundaries between organisations, their suppliers, subcontractors and customers are becoming increasingly blurred. All of these factors conspire to give us a vision of the inevitable – that organisations large and small will indeed have the wherewithal to source an increasing variety of services from third parties, using the Internet as a backbone. Less inevitable is that teh vision will be achieved quickly, or without pain as both providers and consumers learn the most workable approaches.