Cloud Computing

A Disruptive Opportunity for

APAC

Ben Kepes
Diversity Limited
KANZ Summit
April 2011

Photo credit - svanes

 Agenda Who am I?
Understanding Cloud Computing
SaaS
PaaS
IaaS
Impacts
Challenges
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 Ben Kepes
Cloud Educator – CloudU, CloudCamp

Cloud commentator
Advisor
Evangelist
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 So What is Cloud Computing?
“Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-
demand network access to a shared pool of configurable
computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage,
applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned
and released with minimal management effort or service
provider interaction.”

Nist definition [http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/cloud-def-v15.doc

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 So What is Cloud Computing?
OSSM – Dave Nielsen
• On-Demand
• Self-service
• Scalable
• Measured

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 Understanding Cloud Computing

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 Understanding Cloud Computing
Scalability
Instantaneousness
Pay according to use
Focus on core business
Reliable/Stable/Ease of use

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“ …everyone on the planet deserves to have their

own virtual data center in the cloud ”

- Lew Tucker, CTO of SUN cloud group

“ …we are able to reduce our IT operational costs by
roughly 30% of what we’re spending now ”

- Ingo Elfering, Vice President of Information Technology Strategy,

GlaxoSmithKline
“ The deployment time is really what impressed us, it's just
shy of instantaneous ”

- Dave Powers Associate Information Consultant, Eli Lilly

 Understanding Cloud Computing

Source – Fronde Blog

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 Understanding SaaS

Modern version of application service providers (ASPs)

but,
Custom created for web based delivery
Single instance, multi-tenant architecture
Provider patch and upgrade management
May include application programming interfaces (APIs)
Generally subscription basis – per seat, user, instance

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 Understanding PaaS
Services to develop, test, deploy, host
Web based user interface
Multi-tenant architecture
Integration with web services and databases
Support for development team collaboration
Utility-grade instrumentation

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 Understanding IaaS
Resources delivered as a service

Dynamic scaling of infrastructure

Variable cost service

Multiple tenants on the same infrastructure resources

Enterprise grade infrastructure

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 Case Study – eq.org.nz
Leveraged OpenSource crisis relief app Ushahidi

Google People Finder

Cloud mapping and geo-location

Utilized SMS, email, web forms

Two hours to execution – auto scale and integration

Volunteers nationally and globally

Better, faster, more complete than official channels

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 How will the cloud affect the organisation?

IT governance implications

Security needs

Service level agreements (SLAs)

Migration strategies

In-house integration

Regulatory impacts

IT Role impacts
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“Services designed to scale to tens or
hundreds or millions of users will
dramatically change the nature and cost
of solutions deliverable to enterprise..”

- Bill Gates
Microsoft Internal memo
“I believe, over time, more and more
software will be delivered as a service.
I totally believe that... We have to be
good at this, or we have a problem”

- Larry Ellison CEO Oracle

 Impacts on APAC

Potential for companies here to play on global stage

Connectivity/Latency an issue
Democratization of markets
Localization/Regionalization opportunities

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 Challenges?
Regulation – privacy, jurisdiction

International bandwidth

Access and retention of smart technologists

Velocity of change

Local infrastructure
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