Cloud Computing Status, Trends and Challenges Beamap Petit Déjeuner

1. Cloud Computing
Status, Trends and Challenges
John Rhoton
Beamap Petit Déjeuner
24 January 2013
rhoton@gmail.com
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2. Agenda
• Status
• Hybrid Cloud
• Adoption Barriers
• Trends
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3. Cloud Essence
• Simple definition: “resource pooling”
• Attributes
– Virtualization, Multi-tenancy, Automation, Self-service,
Internet Delivery, Elasticity, On-demand provisioning,
Utility Pricing, Service Orientation, Outsourcing…
• Benefits
– Cost Reduction
– Increased Revenue (Agility)
– Faster Growth (Focus)
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4. Emotional vs Factual
• Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
• Increased Effort
– Evaluation
– Negotiation
– Integration
– Implementation
• Reduce CAPEX benefits
Plan early, think objectively
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5. Status
• Startups start with cloud
– Small, no legacy, unpredictable growth
• Enterprise
– Short term: Dev/test, Collaboration, Security,
New outbound services
– Long term: Private-> Hybrid -> Public
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6. Private Cloud Optimization
• Resource Efficiencies
– Virtualization
• Operational Efficiencies
– Automation, Chargeback
• Sourcing Efficiencies
– Service Orientation, Modularization, Granular
Security
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7. Private Cloud Flexibility
Cloud
Provider
Customers
Business Units IT
Customers
Cloud
Provider
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8. Hybrid Cloud Convergence
Silo Integrated Dynamic
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9. Barriers
• Data leakage
• Data loss
• Vendor lock-in
• Service loss
• Compliance
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10. Risk Treatment
High
Probability
Eliminate
Resilience
Business
Continuity
Low Probability
Low Impact High Impact
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11. Risk Mitigation Options
Data Leakage Provider Assessment
Data Loss Contract Negotiation
Service Loss Encryption
Service Impairment Additional Backup
Lock-In Standardization
Damaged Reputation Multi-sourcing
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12. Shifting Trust
Employees
Contractors
• Personal observation
Segmenta(on
• Personal experience
• Insight Access
controls
Partners
Suppliers
Auditors
• Public verification
• Contracts Public
Scru:ny
Encryp(on
• Compensation Access
controls
Experts
Legal
Counsel
Adapt Corporate Culture
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13. Threat Vectors
1
Host Host
3
Guest Guest Guest
6
Guest Guest Guest 2
4 5
Increase Monitoring Scope and Depth
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14. Compliance
Global Internet versus National Laws
Enforce Logical Barriers
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15. Identity Federation
Identity challenges
• Password
proliferation
• Weak
authentication
• Support costs
• User
productivity
Implement Identity Standards (SAML, SCIM)
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16. Confidentiality
• Data Governance
– Data loss prevention
• Compartmentalization
• Encryption
Classify data, Select and Combine Options
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17. Redundancy
• Dimensions
– Physical
– Geographical
– Technological
– Organizational
• Horizontal Scalability
• ACID (Atomic Consistent Isolated Durable)
=> BASE (Basic Availability, Soft-state, Eventual consistency)
Architect for scale
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18. Business Continuity
• Cold Site
• Warm Site
• Hot Site
• Double-Active
Multi-dimensional redundancy is critical
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19. Lock-in vs. Cloud Stacks
Proprietary Proprietary Open Consortium
Hardware Software Source Driven
Balance ease with flexibility
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20. Summary
• Private cloud is the starting point
• Public cloud is the final destination
• Multiple stages of hybrid cloud in between
• Security challenges real but addressable
• Redundancy is critical for availability
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21. Contact Details
Feel free to reach out to me at: Contact Beamap:
rhoton@gmail.com Patrick Joubert
+43 699 18662050 Directeur Associé
linkedin/in/rhoton patrick.joubert@beamap.fr
+33 6 64 16 75 20
or look me up at:
amazon.com/author/rhoton
slideshare.net/rhoton
www.beamap.fr
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