the big switch presentation by gracey newman and bill dillon
DESCRIPTION
Presentation summary on the book: The Big Switch by Nicholas Carr. Summary goes through the history of electricity and technology. Cloud Computing is discussed in relevance to how it would affect IT and business and specially how it would affect PPR Healthcare Staffing.TRANSCRIPT
THE AUTHOR
The IT Industry is now in a huge paradigm shift where companies will move from expensive IT professional staff and infrastructure, to smaller IT staffs and getting their services across the Internet from large providers like Google, Microsoft, etc. This is called “cloud computing.
THE PREMISE
• How did we get here?• How would this work?• What does this mean for IT?• What would it mean for PPR?
Discussion Points
ENERGY
ENERGY
ENERGY
HOW WILL THIS WORK?
• Simplified workstations• Less Hardware• Less Software• Internet will host programs• Can lease hardware• Less In-House IT
COMPUTERS
COMPUTERS
COMPUTERS
NOW
NO BOTTLENECKS
“When the network becomes as fast as the processor, the computer hollows out and spreads across the network.”-Eric Schmidt, 1993
INTERNET DEPENDANT
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GOOGLE COMPOUND
ONLINE SERVICES
ONLINE SERVICES
SELF CHECKOUT
• Cost• Number of Users• Length of Time
CONSIDERATIONS
• Low cost-of-ownership and cost predictability • Immediate deployment • Scale up or down as needed, with no risk • Anytime, anywhere access to information • Business-class messaging and collaboration • Secure and reliable performance for the highest
productivity• Keep up with technology with no change in price• They perform the backups and restores• Less energy consumption
PROS
• Lack of control• Rely on others• Rely on bandwidth• Lack of flexibility• Response time for issues
CONS
3-YEAR COST COMPARISON
Traditional (our data)Exchange 2007 $3,880
110 Client Licenses @ $62/each $ 6,820
Dell PowerEdge 2950 Servers $ 8,000
Dell Maintenance contracts $ 960
Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition $ 1,450
Standard Double-Take $ 4,800
Double-Take Maintenance $ 1,300
Barracuda Spam Filter $ 3,000
Total $32,810
Software for ServiceExchange Accounts hosted on Internet $31,640
3-Year Cost Cost Per User
ServicePPR
3-YEAR COST COMPARISON
$32,810 $31,573 $8.28$7.99
8-YEAR COST COMPARISON
Traditional (our data)Initial 3 year total $32,810
Dell Maintenance Contracts $ 4,800
Double-Take Maintenance Contracts $ 6,500
Barracuda Spam Filter $ 1,978
Total $46,088
Software for ServiceExchange Accounts hosted on Internet $84,374
$46,088
$57,528
8-Year Cost Cost Per User
ServicePPR
8-YEAR COST COMPARISON
$4.36
$7.99
• More vehicles on road• More gas• More pollution• More mechanics• Good for auto industry• IT Training/Roles• More customer service and remote technicians
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
By 2020, no more keyboards or mice??
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
• GOOGLE, YAHOO, BING (MSN/Microsoft)
• The one with the most Data Centers, Web Services and Servers will win.
ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE
SUMMARY
• History of electricity and technology• How Cloud Computing would effect business and IT• How it would effect PPR
QUESTIONS
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