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Slide 1: Cloud Clarity j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 2: CxOs are now Clamoring for the Cloud j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 3: Virtual stuff Your Boss Reed, Jason Virtual stuff Jason: Do we have any of those virtual desktops or servers on the Internet that I keep reading about? If not, lets get some. Let me know when it’s done. Thanks, CEO j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 4: When are we going to see energy, rent, HW, & staff savings in the cloud? Call me CFO j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
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Slide 6: Txt from Timmy the Temp. boss, yt? wanna buy my A-Rod souvenirs? go to my cloud store - built it using saas y cant u do it @ ACME Corp.? j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
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Slide 8: Where do we start? j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 9: XaaS Process Business Database Storage j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 10: Who do we believe? j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 11: The Evangelist j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 12: "These are crazy times, these are wacky times, but there has never been a better time for Cloud Computing” Marc Benioff Chairman & CEO j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
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Slide 14: Low CAPEX & TCO, Predictable cloud Pay as you go usage models Time to value in weeks Rapid prototyping Flexibility gains Central security & compliance Automatic upgrades & updates Easy to customize & use No infrastructure Virtualized & abstracted Federated, interoperable Low risk, simple implementation No physical or geographic limits service oriented Low maintenance short learning curve, Increased, scalability increased, self- service j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
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Slide 16: The Pessimist j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 17: Cloud computing is "worse than stupidity." Richard stallman Founder j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
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Slide 19: Traditional IT resistance Encourages business to operate as lone ranger Data portability & interoperability Provider trust & security Network latency & availability IT, cloudy day transparency Disaster recovery tbd questions Data security & privacy concerns Questionable regulatory control Lack of audit, governance & security accountability Questionable reliability & performance Lack of management tools Lack of integration with internal infrastructure cloud, hypervisor failure j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 20: Seem familiar? j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 21: 1970s j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 22: 1980s j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 23: 1990s j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 24: j Crisis www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 25: Part of the Solution Offshore j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 26: But it took a decade to master and created . . . j alpha
Slide 27: Culture Challenges Dilbert by Scott Adams j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 28: and j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 29: Communication Challenges 011100101101010111100001010101101 j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 30: Today, we are here j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 31: Heterogeneous Clouds www.es.lancs.ac.uk/hazelrigg/amy/Images/cloudchart.gif j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 32: and here j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 33: Cloud Conjecture Gartner Hype Cycle j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 34: But, we want to be here j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 35: xCloud InterOperability Gartner Hype Cycle j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 36: Like Y2K, we confront j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
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Slide 38: which is a considerable opportunity to make the Cloud Case. j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 39: 8 weeks?! LEGAL PURCHASING j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed VENDOR $1,000/mo. alpha
Slide 40: 8 weeks?! LEGAL PURCHASING j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed VENDOR $1,000/mo. alpha
Slide 41: $100/mo. 8 minutes! 8 weeks?! LEGAL PURCHASING j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed VENDOR $1,000/mo. alpha
Slide 42: 8 weeks @ $1000/mo. or 8 minutes @ $100/mo. j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 43: Cloud is j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 44: Like Y2K, we confront j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 45: Culture Challenges Cloud upstart j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 46: and j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 47: Communication Challenges j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 48: Can we apply Y2K solutions to the Cloud? j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
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Slide 50: Is the Cloud? j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 51: Offshore j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 52: Offshore Near shore j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 53: Any shore Offshore Near shore But, it took a decade to master. j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 54: Public j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 55: Public Private j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 56: Public Private Hybrid xCloud Interoperability cannot take a decade to master. j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 57: What can we do? j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 58: Challenge Vendors • Are they stable? How would we know? • Who’s backing them financially? • SAS70 certified? • How is overall QoS measured? • How will we communicate and escalate? • Do SLAs really matter after our reputation is shot and our customers have moved to the competition? j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 59: Don’t be, or buy from a j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
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Slide 61: and if it looks like . . . j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 62: or then keep looking. j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 63: Demand xCloud InterOperability j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 64: Demand xCloud InterOperability j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 65: Demand xCloud InterOperability standards j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 66: Demand xCloud InterOperability j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 67: Demand xCloud InterOperability j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 68: Demand xCloud InterOperability Maybe. j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 69: Petition for Portability j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 70: Measure Performance "100ms in latency resulted in (1%) sales“ "500ms delay resulted in (20%) traffic.” j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 71: Insist on Availability j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 72: Scrutinize Security OpenID OAuth j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 73: Yes, On Demand is Demanding j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 74: But, the Cloud Case is Compelling in response to Crisis and despite Communication & Culture Challenges, so . . . j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 75: Commence Cloud Construction j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 76: But keep in mind . . . j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 77: 1. There’s a lot of hype; the cloud is not a panacea 2. XaaS is valuable, but not the only solution 3. There’s no need for radical change 4. Leverage Lessons Learned a. Crisis presents opportunity b. Culture is critical c. Don’t underestimate Communication 5. Using Internet services in your architecture is wise 6. Heterogeneous environments are OK, common, & mitigate risk 7. You’ll likely end up with a hybrid cloud anyway 8. Insist on transparency 9. Governance & security strategies really do matter 10. Assess your business processes, culture, value of the cloud j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 78: The Cloud Reed, Jason CEO, CFO, Head of Development, Timmy the Temp. The Cloud CEO, CFO, CTO, and Timmy: In the words of Elton John, “The walls get higher every day The barriers get in the way But I see hope in every cloud” More to come, when I pull my head out of the clouds . . . Jason j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 79: Cloud Complete j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
Slide 80: Comments: jasonwreed@gmail.com j www.linkedin.com/in/jreed alpha
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