cloud management - crm ireland talk nov3-11
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A presentation about the trends in IT 1.0 over the last 20 years and the drivers of IT now towards Cloud Computing, with an explanation of the current landscape (industry players), and some pros & cons.TRANSCRIPT
Enterprise Cloud Computing
Ed Byrne
3rd November 2011
Ed ByrneCEO & Founder of Digital Mines Cloud Platform for IT Companies and Telcos providing Cloud Computing services
CEO & Founder of Cloud Vertical Dashboards and Analytics for Cloud Users
General Manager - Hosting365 (now SunGard)Data Centre and Cloud Infrastructure Business
General Manager - Register365 (now Namesco)Web Hosting, Email and Domain Names
Today
Define Cloud Computing
Trends in IT towards Cloud Computing
Benefits and Challenges
Cloud Stack
Use Cases
What is Cloud Computing
IT Resources On-Demand
Scalable (Up & Down) in real-time
User Manageable through a Web Interface
Utility Metering / Billing
Broken into 3 areas: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
IaaS: Infrastructure as a Service
Private Cloud, Public Cloud, Hybrid Cloud
IT Department or Service Provider is the central point of control
Capital Intensive (hardware/software)
High ongoing maintenance (time/cost)
Purchased for theoretical peak usage, realistic average usage <15%
Upgraded in 3-5 year cycles
Everything inside the corporate firewall
The Last 20+ Years of IT Service DeliveryIT 1.0
Trends towards CloudConsumerisation of IT
DIY IT - Dropbox, Gmail, Salesforce
Users can do it FASTER, CHEAPER, BETTER than their IT dept
Disintermediation of IT Managers SaaS apps getting used without IT department control or permission, or knowledge.
Top-Down Push for New Technologies CEO says “why doesn‘t this work on my iPad”
All Users are Mobile : Data Availability EXPECTED
IT 2.0 = SaaS not Software Licenses IaaS not Hardware Purchase Orders User Driven - supported by IT Department
State of the Cloud
Awareness & Appetite for Cloud is HIGH
Expertise is LOW
Trust and Security are BARRIERS
No one really understands the implications as there is a lot of hype and specific industry agendas being pushed
Benefits NO MORE HARDWARE
No Capital Spend
Reduce Inefficient IT Utilisation
Users empowered to do more, faster.
IT staff can manage more resources and focus on core business
Scale Services UP and DOWN in line with Business Requirements
Growth
Seasonality
Development or Project
Inherent Resiliency of Cloud Services
Automatic Upgrades and Bug Fixes
Instead of Maintenance -- SLA Management
Economies of Scale BUILT IN (level playing field for SMEs)
ChallengesSimilar to any outsourcing agreement, although less negotiation and customisation power at presentChange in how DATA and USERS are controlled Lack of Expertise in the market currentlyNew set of management challenges
Technology & Operational challengesEg: Backup, Security, Access Control
Reporting & Business challenges Eg: Budgeting, Monitoring
Use CasesStartups: No need to spend cash purchasing infrastructure or worry about capacity planning - scale on demand
Software Companies: Manage Test & Dev inexpensively, deploy customer projects quickly and easily, reduce overhead and operations on infrastructure setup and purchase
New Projects: Quickly, flexibly deploy new infrastructure and scale up and down as needed for the project
Temporary or Seasonal Businesses: Scale infrastructure in line with demand
Traditional Business IT Department: Manage Resources, Costs and Capacity Planning at a fine-grain level and allow for greater flexibility
All Businesses: Reduce the cost of Backup/DR; Outsource IT infrastructure operations and CapEx spending
Cloud Landscape
Ideal Solution
Thank You
cloudvertical.com digitalmines.com