An Introduction to Cloud Computing

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Cloud Computing

• What is it ?
• Why use it ?
• Enablers
• Pros and Cons
• Architecture

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Cloud Computing What is it ?

• Remote service provision at various levels
• Software, Platform, Network, Infrastructure
• Distributed Computing
• Sharing of resources
• Dynamic demand management
• Freeing companies from infrastructure

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Cloud Computing Why use it ?

• Lower running costs
• No large scale infrastructure investment
• Better agility
• Better scalability
• Ability to focus on core business
• Better peak demand management / utilization

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Cloud Computing Enablers

• High capacity networks
• Computers getting cheaper
• Storage becoming cheaper
• Hardware virtualisation
• Move to SOE
• service
• oriented
• architecture

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Cloud Computing Pros and Cons
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Cloud Computing Architecture
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Cloud Computing Architecture

• Saas Software As A Service
• Google Apps , MS Office 365
• Paas Platform As A Service
• Google App Engine, AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Naas Network As A Service
• Virtual Private Networks (VPN),
• Bandwidth on demand (BoD)?
• Iaas Infrastructure As A Service
• HP Cloud, Google Compute Engine

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