Cloud Computing Is Changing Communication

Cloud Computing Is ChangingHow We Communicate

Rich MaggianiSolari Communication

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Some ways are new, some ways you already know

Metaphor

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What is cloud computing

Cloud services

Cloud-based applications

Benefits and issues

A possible future

The Trail Ahead––––––>



Cloud services


Benefits and issues

A possible future

The Trail Ahead


A metaphor for the Internet.


A complex infrastructure of software,hardware, processing, and storage

available as a service.


Software you don’t own andprobably never would.


World’s most sophisticatedsupercomputers.


Interconnected.


And their processing power.


Tens of trillions of computationsper second.


Available through asimple Internet connection.


Who is involved?


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What is cloud computingCloud services


Benefits and issues

A possible future

The Trail Ahead


Software as a Service (SaaS)

Storage

Processing


Storage


Enormous amount.


Owned and maintained by others.


Savings in your time, maintenance, spacerequirements, and direct costs.


Processing


Supercomputers.


World’s fastest processors.


Handle enormous storage requirements.


Power few companies can afford to own.


Software as a Service (SaaS)


Exactly that.Software you pay to usebut don’t have installed.


Access to software you would never own.


Alters the basic premise.


Not delivered as one huge chunk of code.


Delivered as a set of individual services.


Use—and learn about—onlythe features you need.


Example:Google Maps



Cloud servicesCloud-based applications

Benefits and issues

A possible future

The Trail Ahead


Some you already use



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Your text and photo are storedin the cloud.



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Your messages and photos are storedin the cloud.



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Your videos are storedin the cloud.



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Your photos and captions are storedin the cloud.


Some you will probably use


Adobe AcrobatGoogle AppsLotus Notes

Apple Mobile Me


















Mail, Contacts, and Calendar


Gallery


iDisk


Me.com



Cloud services

Cloud-based applicationsBenefits and issues

A possible future

The Trail Ahead


Benefits


Access to loads of software applications.


No comparison shopping or purchasingyour own software.


No installing or upgradingyour own software.


Smaller, and fewer, hard drives.


Cloud computing offers lower costs;


Better and faster performance;


Ability to better match softwarewith need.


Issues


Privacy.


Security.


Reliability.


Access.


Vendor choice.


Portability.



Cloud services


Benefits and issuesA possible future

The Trail Ahead


What it looks like


A return to dumb terminals connected toa central server.


Without that direct connection.


While retaining some local control.


Loss of control


Where in the world is my data?


Always need a connection to do work.


‘Anointed’ services insteadof ‘anointed’ applications.


Forced use of open-source(read: untested) code


Transmission security.


Operator integrity.


Overloaded connections.


Why you should care


Mainly an IT issue;not communication.


Need to understand what’s happeningunder the covers.


Enticingly offers new methods forcommunication:


More flexibility in creation,collaboration, and portability.


Great promise.


Will it come true?


Thank you.


Rich MaggianiCommunication ConsultantSTC Fellow

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