A gentle introduction to cloud computing

1. http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-11-19/ Nothing, not even security, can stop an idea whose time has come – Victor Hugo* Cloud Computing Raghavan Subramanian AVP and head of Cloud CoE Infosys Technologies Limited

2. Cloud Computing Defined Cloud Computing is a model of computing, which exhibits elasticity in providingon-demand capabilities in resources as a service and being provided over the internet. Forrester. ‘Is Enterprise Ready for Cloud’. Feb 2008

4. Departmental Computing

5. Personal Computing

6. Distributed (LAN) Computing

7. Internet Computing

8. Mobile Computing

9. Cloud Computing

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12. Yes, if cloud-computing can enable ubiquitous and innovative application of IT, the way electricity did. $ threshold Traditional IT threshold New IT threshold Problems with IT application potential Decision Support Systems (On cloud)

13. Cloud computing has the potential to take-off - 2 Explosive growth of Mobile and Pervasive Computing

14. ISVs and start-ups are the early adopters Changed selling model from on-premise to a SaaS model to tap into the SME market Unpredictable demand leading to frequent scaling up and scaling down of infrastructure http://www.cloudave.com/link/moving-from-on-premises-to-saas-thoughts-on-revenue-corrosion http://blog.animoto.com/2008/04/21/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-on-animoto/

16. Telecom industry has adopted this widelyhttp://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/10/app-store-launches-upgrade-itunes-now/

17. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Burden_Wheel.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pylon_ds.jpg Thus enabling emerging economies and enterprises to leapfrog by focusing on their core needs business Emerging economies, free from legacy issues, can take a green-field approach to solving problems in innovative ways using the latest technologies

19. Machine template

20. PaaS API standards

21. Data security and location

22. Regulatory requirements

24. Thanks Email : sraghav@infosys.com