Mobile Applications & Cloud Computing : Leapfrog Strategy for Thai IT Industry
1. Mobile Applications & Cloud
Computing : Leapfrog Strategy
for Thai IT Industry
Assoc.Prof. Dr. Thanachart Numnonda
Director
Software Park Thailand
27 January 2011
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2. Software Park Thailand
May 1997 : Approved by the
cabinet
November 1999 : Established
and moved to the current
building
April 2001: Grand opened by
HRH Princess Maha Chakri
Sirindhorn.
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3. Software : Social Infrastructure
National High Performance Economy
Wealth
Growth Industry
Public &
Engine Education Etc.
Health Business
Information Technology
Enablers
Software Industry
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5. Technology & Social Shift
New Business Rules
Communication Shift
Social Networks
Socializing & Sharing
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6. Impacts
The Future is social.
Everything is everywhere.
Everything is changing fast.
Everything is mobile.
Everything is fast.
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7. The enterprise world we live in
2010 and beyond
Global Direct, Open Customers
(Customers, Resources, IPs are acquired everywhere) Communication
(e.g. Social Media)
Digital Life Convergence
(Work and Personal lines are blurring)
Work Remotely
(Mobility Trend)
Transparency
(Blogs, Social Computing) Brief Collaboration
(Assemble the best, Disassemble upon completion)
Source : I’m Cloud Confused 7
8. The new “Always On”
workforce
Smaller and Less Sufficiently Skilled
Increasingly Global
Highly Virtual
Vastly Diverse
Autonomous and Empowered
Source : Hewitt Associates: Next Generation Talent
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22. Is this just Hosting 2.0?
No, they have different architectures
and business model
Cloud Players Hosting Players
Hundreds of them around
the world
Only few can afford billions dollar
investment on data centers
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Source : I’m Cloud Confused
23. Cloud : Reliability, High Availability,
Capacity Elasticity
Cloud Players Hosting Players
Pay only what you use Pay contact often yearly
Virtually unlimited Bring your own or rent
storage, computing power servers to increase capacity
Built-in Redundancy You have to manage
reliability, fail over yourself
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Source : I’m Cloud Confused
26. Market Analysis
The Color Gradient indicates Increasing Desire to Enter the Space
Window Phone
Network Device Layer Kindle Android Win Mo
Desktop IPAQ
Increasing Virtualization
SaaS Alexa Google Apps Live 365
Office
Software as a Service Partner
Salesforce
(Platform , Scaling Strategy
and Hardware transparent)
PaaS Web sphere
Simple DB App Engine Azure
Windows Azure Partner
Platform as a Service Potential Force.com
Strategy
(Hardware Provisioning Hidden
Automatic Scaling)
HaaS
IaaS EC2
Hardware as a Service App Engine Azure On Demand
S3
Programmatic Interface for
Hardware Provisioning
Build there
Bare Metal own
Core Business Core Business
People Process based
hardware provisioning
Amazon Google Microsoft IBM HP Salesforce
com
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Source : A Walk in the Clouds : Niraj Juneja
27. Only a handful of major players
can build
this massive infrastructure
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Source : I’m Cloud Confused
28. Architectures of public cloud
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Source : Cloud Computing - Is Changing The Game Woohyun Kim
29. The end of PC?
Most cloud applications that will be built are
accessible from PC.
Applications can be a browser base, application
running on PC accessing data and services on the cloud
So will the mobile applications
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Source : I’m Cloud Confused
38. Software Park Vision
“The future of Software Park is not a
location, it is a platform and community on
the Internet.”
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39. The New Challenge
Cloud Devices
e.g. Tablets, SmartPhones, Desktop
International Cloud Apps (SaaS) Local Cloud Apps (SaaS)
e.g. DropBox, Salesforce, CRM on Demand
Public Cloud Services (PaaS) Social Network APIs Local
e.g. Google APIs, Local APIs e.g. Twitter, Facebook Web Services
International public cloud Local public cloud
e.g.Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure
True IDC
Enterprise cloud
Salesforce, Amazon
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40. Software Park Mission
on New Computing Era
“Enabling Thai software industry to
understand and have skills in the software
business; especially in Mobile
Applications& Cloud markets”
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41. The New Challenge
Cloud Devices
e.g. Tablets, SmartPhones, Desktop
International Cloud Apps (SaaS) Local Cloud Apps (SaaS)
e.g. DropBox, Salesforce, CRM on Demand
Public Cloud Services (PaaS) Social Network APIs Local
e.g. Google APIs, Local APIs e.g. Twitter, Facebook Web Services
International public cloud Local public cloud
e.g.Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure
True IDC
Enterprise cloud
Salesforce, Amazon
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43. Technology Transfer
Mobile Application Training
– Android
– iOS Programming; short course, Mini-
Master
– BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7
Cloud Computing Training
– True IDC
– Microsoft Azure
– Google App Engine
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44. iOS Training
Mobile Devices for Modern Business
iPhone Application Development : Basic
– 5 Days course
– First Course 7-11 Feb
iPhone Application Development : Advance
– 5 Days course
– First Course 14 – 18 March
http://www.swpark.or.th/service/ttd/annual-
training-schedule
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45. Mini Master
Co-Course with Faculty of IT, KMITL
Mini Master in iOS Programming
– 140 Hrs course
– iPhone Development
Mini Master of Java Technology
– 140 Hrs course
– Web Services/ SOA/ Google Cloud
Start in May 2011
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46. Mobile Testing Center
Mobile Application Developer community
Handset Testing Center
Partner with TRIDI, NECTEC
Grow applications on Cloud Device
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47. True IDC
Free training for software houses
The Winner Project
Build awareness for Software Industry
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48. Seminars
Mobile Dev Tech Talk
– iOS / Android Trends
– 7 Feb 1-4 pm.
– Software Park
Discover what Cloud Computing can do for your
Software business
– Co-event with True IDC
– 1 Feb 1 – 4.30 pm
– Software Park
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49. Time to Change!!
for The New Opportunities
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Partner with Software Park
to Win
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