An Introduction to Cloud Computing -Part 1 – What is Cloud Computing?
Mark Morley, Industry Marketing Director
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B2B Outlook – Getting Very Cloudy
The Cloud is not hype, it is real and here today!
Productivity gains lie outside the enterprise
B2B challenges and the hunt for ROISlide 2 | © 2013 GXS, Inc.
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CIOs are Embracing Cloud Computing
• Following divestiture from Ford, JLR
had 18Tb of emails to extract from
Ford’s Microsoft Exchange Server
• JLR’s CIO saw this as an opportunity
to do things differently
• Adoption of cloud based applications
has helped to simplify their ICT/B2B
infrastructure
"The strategy will be one of
simplification, standardisation
and modernisation. Where I can
deem services and technology
as being commodity I will seek
to externalise, outsource or
place them in the cloud."
Jeremy Vincent, CIO JLR
Link to Article
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Significant Investment in Cloud Infrastructures
Google invests $850M in its data centre infrastructure in Q111
Apple invests $1Billion in North Carolina data centre
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Microsoft invests $500M in Dublin based data centre
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Cloud ComputingSaaSASPMainframe
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Enterprise Application integration
Cross-Enterprise Integration
Evolution of Business Integration
1995
Customer Centric
Strategic/Competitive
2000
Organisation Critical
Department Specific
201520102005
Supply ChainVisibility
Web-Based Portals
UnisysIntegration
BusinessIntelligence
Secure WebServices
RFID and EPC
Sales Force Automation
Enterprise Resource Planning
Business Process Mgmt
Customer DataIntegration
Enterprise Community
Management
Business Activity
Monitoring
Sense and Respond
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What is a Cloud?
Software-as-a-Service
SaaS
Integration-as-a-Service
IaaSData-as-a-Service
DaaS
Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Everything-as-a-Service
Computing-as-a-Service
Security-as-a-Service
Hardware-as-a-Service
Database-as-a-Service
Anything-as-a-Service
Platform-as-a-ServiceVoice-as-a-Service
HaaS
XaaS
Ruby Cloud Platform-as-a-Service
Managed Video-as-a-Service
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Definition of Cloud Computing
A standardised IT capability (services, software or infrastructure) delivered via internet technologies in a pay-per-use, self-service way
A style of computing where massively scalable IT-related capabilities are provided “as a service” using internet technologies to multiple external customers
Cloud services are shared services, under virtualised management, accessible over the internet
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Characteristics of a Cloud Environment
• Dynamic- One of the keys to
cloud computing is on-demand
provisioning
• Massively scalable- The service
must react immediately to your
needs
• Multi-tenant- Cloud computing,
by its nature, delivers shared
services
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Characteristics of a Cloud Environment
• Self-service - As a user, you can
use the service as you require
• Per-usage based pricing model -
You should only ever pay for the
amount of service you consume
• IP-based architecture - Cloud
architectures are based on
virtualised, internet based
technologies
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Types of Cloud
• Public Cloud – Available to the general
public or large industry group and is owned
by an organisation selling cloud services
• Community Cloud – Shared by several
organisations and supports a specific
community that has shared concerns
• Private Cloud – Operated solely for an
organisation or company
• Hybrid Cloud – Combination of two of the
above, they remain unique entities but are
bound together by standardised
technologies
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Migrating Your Business to the Cloud
By GeographyBy Application
HR CRM
ERPSCM
By Process
Strategy
Planning
Testing
Implementation
Maintenance
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