The future is Cloudy!
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The document discusses how cloud computing will become more prevalent in the future. It describes how the author's widget venture moved their operations and services to the cloud due to scaling issues they encountered. It also lists several current popular cloud-based apps and discusses the challenges companies may face when moving to cloud-based models and services.
The future is Cloudy!
- 1. The Future will be Cloudy 10/2009 Mehrdad Piroozram Founder iSteps Widget Ventures mehrdad@iSteps.de http://www.twitter.com/piroozram http://www.slideshare.net/mehrdadpiroozram 1
- 2. Who we are *Widget Production *Widget Reach/Property -Lead-Investor/ Co-Founder -Co-Investor / Widget Stamp *started Q4 2005 *Part of Top EU Widget Players *€3,5m - €6 m. syndicated 2
- 3. Portfolio 3
- 4. Mega Trends Total User involvement/UGC Coexistence/Competition of multiple ecosystems Devices get cross-connected Software is transforming to SaaS Global content-factories come up Micro services conquer the web Widgets syndicate/cross connect UGC/ microservices 4
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- 6. Why Widgets User Eco-Systemes Internet 6
- 7. How we got cloudy - imageloop - peak over 100% growth m. /m. - HW, DB, OP Vendor Poker - Ongoing BE Development - Down Times = Viral Breaks - Model about to fail 7
- 9. Current App shakers http://appdata.com FarmVille: http://appdata.com/facebook/apps/index/id/102452128776 Café World: http://appdata.com/facebook/apps/index/id/101539264719 9
- 10. Challenges 10
- 11. The Investor wants ,Scale or shut-down when fail‘ ,I like my start-ups failing cheap!‘ 11
- 12. Who is paying the check Enterprise IT investment PM $1 $3+1 $2 $1 HW SW Services OP $1 $3+1 $3-4 $1 12
- 13. Who is paying the check Enterprise IT aaS $? P HW SW Services Op M % 13
- 14. Mega Trends „The network is the Computer!“ 1998, Scott McNealy Sun „Every piece of software will have a client component, a server component, and service component from the cloud“ 2008, Steve Ballmer CEO Microsoft 14