smart computing : cloud + mobile + social

Romin Irani | March 31, 2012MIND STORM SOFTWARE PVT. LTD

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Smart Computing 1

Cloud + Mobile + Social

Smart Computing - My Definition Disruptive Nature Cloud + Mobile + Social Example : Retail Sector Opportunities & Challenges

Agenda2

Smart Computing ? What is that ?

Traditional View -> Smart Hardware Devices

Pragmatic Definition Hardware (Computing Systems, Mobiles) Software People & Processes

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Disruptive Nature

Upsets the existing order of things Consumers are driving change Explosion of Devices + Data are giving

rise to new challenges Constant Technology Changes Innovators Dilemma

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Smart Computing - Drivers

Cloud

Mobile

Social

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Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is a pay-per-use model for enabling available, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.

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The 5-3-4 formula

Cloud Computing comprises of

5 key characteristics 3 delivery models 4 deployment models.

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5 Key Characteristics

On Demand Self Service

Ubiquitous network access

Location independent Resource Pooling

Rapid Elasticity

Pay Per Use

3 Delivery Models

Software as a Service (SaaS) Gmail, SalesForce

Platform as a Service (PaaS) Google App Engine Windows Azure Heroku & CloudFoundry

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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4 Deployment Models10

Mobile

Explosion of Mobile Devices Mobile Device = Phones , Tablets ,

Laptops, Sensor Devices The number is only going to increase Massive Amounts of Data being

consumed and generated Businesses need to harness this medium

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Android – Device Activations

More than 7,00,000+ devices per day

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Android – Apps Downloaded

Users downloaded more than 2.4 billion apps from the Android Marketplace in Q3 2011 itself.

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The Social Side of Things

Explosion of Social Networks Large Amounts of Data being consumed

and generated Sharing (Advocacy) Reviews Likes Comments Advertising

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To Survive….

Businesses will need to adopt

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Cloud

Mobile

Social

Example : ‘Smart’ Retail Sector

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Social

Security

Offers

Loyalty

Data Analyti

cs

Location

Context

Store Integrati

on

Multi - Chann

el

Alternate

Uses

Systems

Upgrade

Consumerization

Opportunities for Developers

Huge Demand for right skillsets

Learn Unlearn

Relearn

Success Formula : An Idea + Father’s Credit Card Great Time to be a Developer Mobile App Stores a great medium to reach

millions Big Data Analytics

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The Challenges ahead…

Bandwid

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Privacy &Security

Interoperability Wor

kforce

Challenges

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Quiz Time

How many Android devices are getting activated per day?

Cloud & Social are 2 factors that are changing the face of computing. Which is the 3rd one?

Give an example of PaaS (Platform As A Service)?

Explain how a Retail Store can make use of a GPS in their Retail Mobile Application?

Is Bandwidth going to be one of our main challenges in our move towards Smart computing? If Yes .. Why?