Cloud Examples

Larry PiperFeb 22, 2012

What is the cloud?

The Cloud has been:

Punched Cards Floppy Disc Offsite Storage of Tapes CDs, DVDs & Flash Drives Receptionist takes HD home Extra HDs: NAS or attached Internet Connection

YouTube Example

Google Apps Express James Beswick “Google Apps Express” Barrie Sosinsky “Cloud Computing Bible”

Main Frame Computers IBM Amdahl CDC Univac Sperry-Rand

Time Sharing Dumb Terminals Hard Wired Security was physical (fire suppression) Used Punched Cards The Cloud was the ‘Owner’ of the computer data

Mini Computers PDP, VAX, SyFA Hard Wired Local Control Proprietary Terminals Telephone Connections

Storage & Back-Up Physically Move Tapes No way to (easily) transfer data Used 8” Floppies

Emergence of Personal Computers

‘Kits’ (Altair 8800, 1975) Commodore, TI, Radio Shack DOS versions Apple 1977 IBM compatible 1981 PC ‘Man of the Year’ 1983 Cloud was a floppy: 5.25” & 3.5” (sneaker net) Cloud was file transfer (300, 600 & 1,200 bps)

PCs became ‘smart terminals’ Still hard wired Now had viruses on floppies

Software was ‘proprietary’ Exchange of data almost impossible Each PC had its own printer/plotter Fonts were not interchangeable Crude networks possible

Email, Bulletin Boards & Newsgroups emerge Transfer rates 600, 1200, 2400, 9600 bps Protocols: Gopher, Archie, Veronica, Jughead Emails: Delphi, AOL, CompuServe, Prodigy

(incompatible) Viruses more prevalent

PDF Created to Transfer Documents

Guarantee that documents ‘look’ similar Desktop Publishing flourished Multiple font types prevailed

A Brief History of the Internet ( http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html) 1969 ARPANET 1972 Telenet 1983 TCP/IP 1989 Tim Berners-Lee describes WWW 1993 Mosaic graphical browser 1998 Windows 98 solidified Microsoft’s

dominance

The Original Prevalence of ‘free’ software Linux Open Source Netscape browser

Data Storage & Back-ups Floppies, CDs, DVDs & external hard drives File transfer to a third party Security, Viability & Reliability issues All transfers were user initiated

Emergence of a Second Computer Laptop, either personal or work Need to access ‘main’ computer Remote login software solutions (phone) Security: keep out the bad guys

Emergence of ‘WIRELESS’

Emergence of Mobile Computing PDAs & Blackberrys iPhones & Smart Phones Internet kiosks & cafes Wi-Fi hotspots Always connected devices

New Software Models Buy software – seem to own in Buy software, but EULA says no Constantly pay for upgrades Software rental – didn’t fly Return of alternative, ‘free’ apps Google Apps Rise of browser (Chrome) to run apps Rise of Android OS

Cloud Computing: Next 10 Years Apps in the cloud will replace local apps Information will become cheaper, more

ubiquitous and easier to find Will enable new social services by connecting

users to social networks New apps will be easier to create Lessen the role of proprietary software You will be connected wherever you are and at

all times

Cloud Maxims It doesn’t matter which OS you use Is a paradigm shift Resources are virtual and limitless Details are transparent to the user Pay-As-You-Go Infinitely scalable Universally available

Other Cloud Attributes Apps run on unspecified physical equipment Data is store in unknown locations Administration is outsourced to others Access is ubiquitous

What about security ???

Cloud Attributes Free or Paid General Backup Run apps or store purchases Music Pictures Domains (web hosts)

Music: Who Are The Players iTunes Google Amazon Microsoft

iTunes Need an account (can bypass credit card) Account: email + Passwo87 iTunes is 66M download iCloud is 41M download (same ID); not on Win XP Installs take ‘a long time’ 5G free, 10G=$20/yr (purchased don’t count) Needs Outlook, IE or Safari to communicate iTunes is a good music player

Skydrive

Google Docs ID is a gmail account Only files, not folders Works with: gmail, Picasa, Google Docs 5G ? Free; 20G=$5/yr, 80G=$20/yr, 200G=$50/yr Create, Edit & Share files in the Cloud docs.google.com/#home

Skydrive explore.live.com/skydrive Synced storage of 5G, 25G free Uses a hotmail email as ID Will handle files >50M Cannot view or edit Office Docs here Has gone by other names (Win Live ID) I set up account on 2-15-11: folders: thebook Can have multiple accounts? Win 8 & Skydrive

Microsoft Office 365 Big Three: Microsoft, Google & Zoho Docs Online Office Suite $6/user/month Mail and calendar IM and Video conferencing

What about Amazon

Pictures: Who Are The Players Flickr Picasa organize & integrate Kodak Gallery upload/share/buy Photobuckets Webshots pBase Imagebam 10M for free Ziddu

Who Are The Paid Services Carbonite $59/mo/PC; auto backup; 15d free Mozy Home/Stash Livedrive $8-16-25/mo plans for 1 to 5 PCs Backblaze CrashPlan Microsoft Office 365 Rackspace Norton Ghost

Carbonite Most popular (Kim Komando ads) $59/yr, 1 PC, unlimited 15d free trial No synching ?? Best pricing for small businesses $99/yr for image & external HDs $149/yr for courier service !

TeamDrive

TeamDrive

Mozy Home File encryption & synching Scheduled backups Win XP, Vista, 7 support + MAC Free = 2G\ 50G = $72/year; 125G = $120/year Mozy Stash !

TeamDrive

LiveDrive Commercial Grade $80/yr backup 1 PC, unlimited $160/yr sync 1 PC, unlimited $250/yr sync 5 PCs, unlimited Has free trials

Backblaze $50/yr, unlimited, 1 PC Online, continuous backups Extra PCs or external HD: $5/mo/unit Free trial Encryption No synching 11 languages

TeamDrive

CrashPlan www.crashplan.com Auto backup, encryption, no file size limit Crashplan (basic): free, ? space Crashplan+: 1 PC, 10G, $18/yr CrashplanPro: 1 PC, unlimited, $36/yr CrpasplanProE: 2-10 PCs, unlimited, $72/yr

Syncplicity

Who Are The Free Services

Dropbox see more SugarSync see more CX.COM see more Box.com see more TeamDrive see more Syncplicity iDrive 2G free, 150G $5/mo Windows Skydrive Insync sync Google Docs (Dropbox killer) Kumosync sync Google Docs 4Sync 10G free, share w/friends, confusing Charter Cloud

Dropbox 2G free Sync as many PCs & Tablets as you want Easy to use Upgrades: 50G = $10/mo, 100G = $20/mo May affect performance after startup

SugarSync Good alternative to Dropbox 5G free, 30G for $50/yr Won’t handle external, USB drives Supports many mobile devices Sync files across multiple computers; sports symbol No mention of encryption

What is the Cloud?

Box www.box.com Works with tablets & Android 4.0 5G free; seems to only allow 2G Share files & folders Create simple files, share & collaborate Must logon box.com website to use 15 d free trial

What is the Cloud?

CX.COM 10 G free, 2 groups, 2 users/group Wants you to share files with ‘friends’ Wants you to create ‘groups’ Will sync files to multiple PCs Not as intuitive to use as Dropbox Upgrades: 25G = $ 5/mo & 10 users/group Upgrades: 50G = $10/mo & 15 users/group Upgrades: 175G = $25/mo & 50 users/group

TeamDrive Dropbox with encryption & synchronization Windows, MAC, Linux, portable 2G free; $25/yr unlimited Good manual(s) Load software on each PC Can run your own server (10G)

Syncplicity I have it on 3 PCs 2G free https://my.syncplicity.com/Files/

iDrive www.idrive.com Compatible: Win 95/98/XP/Vista/7 5G free 150G = $60/yr, 500G = $180/yr Auto backups Intuitive Encryption

iDrive

Insync Newly revised; alternative to Dropbox Designed to be used with Google Docs Sign in with Google account 20G = $5/yr, 80G=$20/yr My account

Kumosync

Charter http://charter.com/clouddrive?cmp=eml_Cloud_Hol

iday_122411 Unlimited ? Auto Backup Online (files only) Lighbox: to share files & media with friends

Domains (web hosts) powweb.com godaddy.com ipage.com justhost.com fatcow.com webhostinghub.com

Things To Be Backed Up My Documents My Pictures My Videos eMail Bookmarks/Favorites Users Programs Program Data Image Backups & External Hard Drives Downloads Books & Tutorials

Size Files to Backup, G

Users MyDoc Music Pics Video Down

• Larry1 18.4 17.8 8.2 18.6 0.2 131• Larry2 28 8.7 2.1 0.8 0.1 10.2• Judy 9.3 3.4 20 0.1 - 0.1• “ Int-7.2 Qu-1 6.2 32.6 • HP Lap 5.8 0.04 - .01 - 1.3

• Acer L* 14.6 7.0 0.1 0.6 - 3.5• Test 3.5 2.4 - - - 0.4 * Vista

Other Considerations Duplicate accounts

◦ Google – no problem◦ Skydrive OK◦ Dropbox – storage location◦ Flickr & Kodak – emails

Use of CDs Read the EULAs

How I Use The Cloud Domain for Websites Dropbox for Home Skydrive for general backup Kodak Gallery for current pictures Offsite Passwords

Offsite physical storage: CDs, DVDs, flash drives Routine backups to Cloud Probably NOT Google Apps

References

How The Google Cloud Works What is Cloud Computing - PCMag What is Cloud Computing – YouTube (good) TeamDrive Review 10 Must Have Tools cx.com Review Win 8 & Skydrive Kindle Cloud Reader Amazon storage costs Optimize dropbox Kim Komando – Music in Cloud

What is the Cloud?

What is the Cloud?

JumboFiles 500 G free ? Select only 1 file at a time Upload only 10 files at a time Image files to ImageYum.com Music files to ShareBeats.com 1 G maximum file size Uploads VERY slow VERY complicated and convoluted links

What is the Cloud?

What is the Cloud?