2. 2 “The Cloud” A style of computing where massively scalable (and elastic) IT-related capabilities are provided “as a service” to external customers using Internet technologies. What’s new? Acquisition Model: Based on purchasing of services Business Model: Based on pay for use Access Model: Over the Internet to ANY device Technical Model: Scalable, elastic, dynamic, multi-tenant, & sharable
4. Components of Cloud Services Software as a Service (SaaS)Applications like CRM, Email etc are offered as a “service” Platform as a Service (PaaS)application development environments offered as a “service” Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)entire computing infrastructure is provided as a “service” by the cloud vendor.
5. Some ways in which cloud computing will transform the business landscape
13. Customers--Eli Lilly,NewYork TimesWindows Azure Platform(2009) Application Platform as a Service .NET,SQL based application on Azure OS RiskMetrics Group, AerLingus,Wipro Google App Engine Application Platform as a Service Phython,Java based applications
14. Challenges Data Governance—ensuring data safety and restricted access Monitoring for performance and latency Reliability—loss due to N/W downtime,lack of SLA Virtualization security
15. Way Forward NIST,US—initiated to promote standards Apps.gov –US Govt’s first cloud computing project on Sep 2009 IBM and European Union launched joint research Oct 2009 Jan 2010 HP and Microsoft announced an aggrement to invest 250 million US dollars Investment set to surpass $ 13 bn by 2014.