Harnessing the Cloud

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Harnessing the Cloud

• Derrin Kent - mail_at_derr.in
• Richard Hand - richard_at_tdm.info
• 01299 405719
• 07792 569415
• http//tdm.info

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TDM are....

• Happy Penguins...
• ....because we believe there is
• An ethical case
• A technological case and
• A rock solid business case
• ...for Open Source software.

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TDM are not...

• Angry Penguins...
• ...because we believe that
• We should seek to use good software wherever it
  helps
• Proprietary software can serve as the Ying to
  Open Source's Yang

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http//tdm.info
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We are going to...

• ...talk about when / why to choose cloud
  computing
• ...get you talking about when you personally
  might choose cloud computing
• ...show you some ways in which we are using cloud
  computing ourselves
• ...so let's get started.

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How many people here use Linux on a daily basis?
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How many people here use the internet on a daily
basis?
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Five different ways we can compute

• Corporate Cloud eg Windows Azure, Google Apps,
  Amazon EC2
• Single SaaS (Software as a Service) eg
  SalesForce.com, Facebook. Twitter
• Open Cloud eg TDM, ULCC
• Local Server eg Dell or IBM running Windows or
  Linux
• Local Device eg Desktop, Laptop, Netbook, PDA,
  Games Console, Watch (??) Fridge (??)
• Choice with Trade-Offs

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Cloud Computingis like Teenage Sex....

• Everyone is talks about it...
• Few actually do it....
• ...and practically no-one is doing it right.

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Your own Local Device

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• You can work on the train! (No Broadband
  Required)
• High Performance
• Tailorability
• Very private, locally stored data
• Mobile augmented reality

• --s
• Poor for Community Interaction / Collaboration
• Disincentive for corporate interoperability

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Local Servers Managed by IT Dept.

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• Some Privacy but more interactivity
• Easy to monitor security performance
• Easy to monitor user activity (re Data
  Protection e-Safety)
• Very private, locally stored data
• Mobile augmented reality

• --s
• Not very eco-friendly
• Core versus fringe activity Would an FE College
  employ a construction department with architect,
  civil engineer, construction workers, etc???

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What is this?
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Local Electricity Generators were made
redundantby the National Grid...
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Open Cloud Shared Services / Open Source
Software /Elastic Computing

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• Eco-Friendly Effectively managed server space
  in datacentres (VMs?)
• Still get local access to expertise / support
• Outsource supplier will offer training /
  configuration services in addition to managed
  hosting
• Rapid Deployment / ease of scaling

• --s
• Trust Perhaps easier to trust Microsoft?
• Price More expensive than international
  datacenter hosting?

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(Single) SaaSTwitter v's identi.ca / FaceBook
versus Mahoodle (Creepy Treehouse)

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• Big communities can boom better than (eg TDM
  Network Hubs)
• Marketing You go out to the people (they don't
  come to you).
• Very private, locally stored data
• Mobile augmented reality

• --s
• Privacy? Ownership of Data (eg Facebook)
• Exportability? If the service goes down, you
  lose everything (eg Pod-O-Matic)
• Misuse? Creepy Treehouse - Ref e-Learning?

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Open Cloud

• Hosted Services eg VMs, Dedicated servers (eg
  Rackspace), Co-Located Servers
• Managed Services eg TDM, Rackspace

Corporate Cloud

• Hosted Services eg Old-Style Webhosting (on
  templates and cPanels) or Amazon EC2
• Managed Services eg Windows Azure, Google Apps,
  Sales Force.com

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International Datacenters The Corporate Cloud
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International Datacenters (Closed Cloud)

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• Green and Eco-Friendly
• Rapid Deployment
• Easy Scalability
• Professional Support

• --s
• Trust?
• Privacy Policy?
• Exportability of your Data?
• Openness of APIs? Software Integration?
• Control over future costs?
• Configurability of platform?

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5. International datacentres- Amazon EC2 S3,
Microsoft Azure, Google AppssGreen and
friendlyQuickly and easily scalable-sTrust?Ho
w private is your data? How exportable is your
data?
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This is an age ofTechnopreneurship, Choices
and Trade-Offs
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