These are the slides for my 'Patterns-based approach to the cloud' lightning talk at CloudCamp San Francisco.

1. A patterns-based
approach to the cloud
Dustin Amrhein
damrhei@us.ibm.com
@damrhein

2. We need a better way manage application
environments
 Setting up meaningful application
environments takes too long
 Recreating or migrating application
environments is too hard
 Sharing infrastructure resources limited by
the first two problems

3. Virtualization can help
 Virtualization eliminates manual
installation steps
 Advanced virtualization eliminates some of
the configuration/integration steps
 OVF plays a role here by providing standards-
based mechanisms for passing in activation
information

4. Enhancing virtualization
User customizations
Middleware software
Operating System
Activation
Engine
Transforms
environment’s
personality based on
user/system input

5. But virtualization is not enough
 Middleware application environments often
require more than a single VM
 In this case, getting a VM fast only gets
you so far
 You still retain responsibility for
orchestration of inter-VM configuration

6. Patterns bridge the gap

7. Patterns bring value
 Patterns (templates, assemblies, etc.) build
on virtual images to provide a complete
representation of your environment
 Patterns are deployable units
 Patterns encapsulate and automate
installation, configuration, and integration

8. Resources
 Check out IBM cloud resources:
http://bit.ly/ibmDWCloud
 Contact me via email:damrhei@us.ibm.com
 Or on Twitter: @damrhein
 Or on my blog: http://bit.ly/dustinBlog