The Business of Cloud Computing
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This document discusses cloud computing and different cloud models. It describes: - Software as a Service (SaaS) where customers use cloud applications provided by vendors and pay for what they use, such as email and CRM services. - Platform as a Service (PaaS) where customers build and host applications on a vendor's infrastructure and pay based on usage, such as for online ticketing or technical computing. - Different types of workloads that are well-suited for the cloud, including those with unpredictable bursting loads or predictable seasonality peaks. - Issues traditional IT faces with overprovisioning for peak loads versus not having enough capacity. The cloud addresses this through elastic, on-
The Business of Cloud Computing
- 1. The Business Of The CloudChris JT AuldRyan CrawCour1 March 2010
- 2. Allocated IT-capacitiesLoad ForecastNot Enough Power= Grumpy Customers& Grumpy CEOToo Much Power=Grumpy CFOIT CAPACITYActualLoadTIME
- 3. A Big Yellow Knob!
- 4. Load ForecastNo screaming customers=Quiet CEO Golf DaysCapacity on DemandIT CAPACITYNo capital laying idle=Happy CFOKnob goes up...And...downLower CapexActualLoadTime
- 5. vs
- 6. Two Types of Cloud StuffCloud ApplicationsCloud PlatformsSoftware as a ServiceSomeone else builds itYou rock up with your credit cardSet the knob to how much you wantUse the service, paying for what you useE.g. Email/BPOS, CRM Online, Online Payroll, What Xero sells youPlatform as a ServiceYou build an appYou stick it in someone’s giant data centreThey feed and water itSet the knob to how much power you needE.g. Online ticketing, Technical computing/analysis, modellingWhat Xero would buy themselves
- 7. “Growing Fast“ “On and Off “ InactivityPeriod Compute Compute Average UsageUsageAverageTime Time On and off workloads (e.g. batch job)Over provisioned capacity is wasted Time to market can be cumbersomeE.g. Financial batch processing Successful services needs to grow/scale Keeping up w/growth is big IT challenge Complex lead time for deploymentE.g. Scale fast or Fail fast startups“Unpredictable Bursting“ “Predictable Bursting“ Compute Compute Average Usage Average Usage Time Time Unexpected/unplanned peak in demand Sudden spike impacts performance Can’t over provision for extreme casesE.g. Sudden news events Services with micro seasonality trends Peaks due to periodic increased demandIT complexity and wasted capacity E.g. Online ticketing
- 9. Dark Clouds
- 11. How Secure Is Your Data Centre?++
- 12. Data Sovereignty
- 13. Dynamics In The Cloud
- 14. 2 column comparison listCRM OnlineSaaS Based OfferingLimited Availability Outside USACannot run custom codeCRM “5” OnlineBig focus on the CloudCan’t say much more yet…..
- 16. Office Communications OnlineEmail?Worried about email. Use BPOS.Dynamics CRM OnlineTalk to us in 60 DaysIdentify peaking workloads. Does is justify migration cost?Trial the Cloud during short run campaigns
- 17. Questions
- 18. Thank you
Editor's Notes
- #12: Chris