Cloud computing and as a service

Cloud Computing & “as a Service”

But First…A message from Charles Barkley, IT guy

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Case Study #1 IaaS:Indiana University’s “Intelligent Infrastructure”

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Infrastructure as a ServiceIndiana University’s “Intelligent Infrastructure”

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Infrastructure as a ServiceIndiana University’s “Intelligent Infrastructure”

• Approach• Started by consolidating several hundred servers down to

approximately twenty through the use of virtualization• Had such great success that they decided to employ the same

strategy to storage• Offered private cloud to university departments, schools, and regional

campuses

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Infrastructure as a ServiceIndiana University’s “Intelligent Infrastructure”

• Major Strategic Benefits• Disaster Recovery

• Servers were jeopardized during flooding at one regional campus; by

using a main campus private cloud service, data would be safe

• Scalability• Scales horizontally; as more departments, schools, and campuses

are added, central campus IT resources are not overloaded

• Savings• Less servers to maintain and replace; staff can focus on teaching and

research rather that worrying about managing servers

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Infrastructure as a ServiceIndiana University’s “Intelligent Infrastructure”

• Business Outcomes• Cost savings of up to 87% in application-specific infrastructure

costs• Energy savings of 80-85%• Space savings of 90%• More outreach to regional campuses

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CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS:

1. Lowers the asset investment threshold

2. Lowers switching costs via self-service

3. Lowers access to service barriers

4. Removes intermediates

5. Lowers the innovation access barrier

6. Increase growth potential

7. Increase speed and transformation rate of change

1. Speed and rate of change

2. Total cost of ownership optimization

3. Rapid provisioning and de-provisioning

4. Increased margin and cost control

5. Dynamic usage

6. Risk and compliance improvement

7. Enhanced capacity utilization

8. Access to business skills and capability improvement

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Article DiscussionHow is Cloud Computing Transforming Competitive Advantage?

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Market Analysis:Vendors and Market Positioning

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Market AnalysisMarket Projections

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Market AnalysisMarket Strategies

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Market AnalysisHardware Providers

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Market AnalysisSoftware Providers

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