Arshad Siddiqi
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Implementation Challenges
of Cloud Computing
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INTRODUCING MY SELF
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No need to buy licenses for software, which often add to per capita
cost as number of users increase.
Enjoy scalability that expands automatically as visitors to your website
increase.
The cloud service provider offers support services to clients in
managing, maintaining and upgrading their cloud capacity
permitting you to lower the costs of maintaining in-house IT
department and hardware.
Transit your capital cost into operative cost and enjoy an equal
opportunistic environment as your competitors.
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1 . Selecting Cloud set-up
There are three types of clouds available private, public
and hybrid.
The secret of successful cloud implementation lies in
choosing the most appropriate cloud set-up.
Bigger companies feel safer with their vast data in private
cloud environment; small enterprises may benefit
economically by hosting their services in public cloud.
Some companies are also preferring the middle way i.e.
hybrid cloud as a balanced approach.
Availability of cloud services in forms of as-a-service (aaS)
namely infrastructure as a service (IaaS), software-as-aservice (SaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) has further
complicated the decision making process for the CIOs.
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2. Meeting Governmental Security Requirements
Cloud vendors may not be familiar with security requirements
that are unique to government agencies, such as continuous
monitoring and maintaining an inventory of systems.
For example some government agencies like NADRA needs to
monitor their systems in real time, which the cloud service
providers may be unable to match.
Banks also need their systems in real time.
FDR might also want to have real time monitoring which
might be challenging in a cloud environment because the
agency might not have insight into the provider's
infrastructure and assets.
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3. Facing the Objections
cost cutting,
elasticity,
scalability,
expandability,
data security,
damage recovery
etc.
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4. Fear of the Unknown
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5. Overcoming Cultural Barriers
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6. Receiving Guidance
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7. Acquiring Knowledge and Expertise
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8. Procuring Services on a Consumption (on-demand)
Basis
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9. Dealing with vendors
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10. Mitigating the threats and Security Risks
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11. Certifying and Accrediting Vendors
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12. Data security
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13. Safeguarding Data Security
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14. Brand Hacking
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15. Mitigation of Risks
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16. Disaster Recovery
A cloud provider must have a resilient infrastructure to deal
with server breakdown and outage.
A proper data backup policy should have been in place to
deal with it.
Quite naturally most cloud computing service providers prefer
to set up their servers at politically and economically stable
locations to avoid data loss issues due to unrests.
They must also have adequate means of backing up all data
at least two separate locations. In idea situation they should
have a hot backup site and a cold backup site.
The organization should also keep a backup copy in their
custody.
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17. Data Portability
Even when you are in cloud you would still like to have control
over your data and hence, ensuring data portability is
essential.
Often clients complain about being locked in with service
providers and not being able to switch freely.
Issues regarding data portability can seriously jeopardize your
smooth transition to cloud.
Thus the clients must have an agreement of data portability
with the provider and must have an updated copy of the data
to be able to switch service provider, should there be such a
need.
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18. Ensuring Data Portability and Interoperability
To preserve their ability to change vendors in the future,
organizations may attempt to avoid platforms or technologies
that "lock" customers into a particular product.
For example, it is challenging to separate from a vendor, in
part due to a lack of visibility into the vendor's infrastructure
and data storage schema.
Thus these nuances must be taken care of in the contract to
avoid future heart burn.
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19. Transition from On-Premises set-up to the Virtual
One
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20. Popularization of Cloud Computing:
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21. Managing the Cloud
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21.a. First Challenge
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21.b. Second Challenge
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22.Dealing with Lock-ins
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22. Dealing with Lock-ins (continued)
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22. Dealing with Lock-ins (continued)
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23. Resolving the Tension
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24. Conclusion
Thus in conclusion;
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24. Conclusion (continued)
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25. At the end of the presentation:
Pakistan Zindabad!
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