1. Why you should believe in Cloud
March 2013

2. Who am I?
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3. Agenda
Cloud in general
Pros and cons
Future of cloud
Case studies
Q&A

4. What is Cloud?

5. What is Cloud?
Cloud computing is the use of computing resources
(hardware and software) that are delivered as a service
over a network (typically the Internet).
Source: Wikipedia

8. Five essential characteristics
1. On-demand self-service
2. Broad network access
3. Resource pooling
4. Rapid elasticity
5. Measured service

9. Five essential characteristics
1. On-demand self-service
2. Broad network access
3. Resource pooling
4. Rapid elasticity
5. Measured service

10. Five essential characteristics
1. On-demand self-service
2. Broad network access
3. Resource pooling
4. Rapid elasticity
5. Measured service

11. Five essential characteristics
1. On-demand self-service
2. Broad network access
3. Resource pooling
4. Rapid elasticity
5. Measured service

12. Five essential characteristics
1. On-demand self-service
2. Broad network access
3. Resource pooling
4. Rapid elasticity
5. Measured service

13. Agenda
Cloud in general
Pros and cons
Future of cloud
Case studies
Q&A

14. Advantages of Cloud
• Cost efficient
• Almost unlimited storage
• Backup and recovery
• Automatic software integration
• Easy access to information
• Quick deployment

15. Advantages of Cloud
• Cost efficient
• Almost unlimited storage
• Backup and recovery
• Automatic software integration
• Easy access to information
• Quick deployment

16. Advantages of Cloud
• Cost efficient
• Almost unlimited storage
• Backup and recovery
• Automatic software integration
• Easy access to information
• Quick deployment

17. Advantages of Cloud
• Cost efficient
• Almost unlimited storage
• Backup and recovery
• Automatic software integration
• Easy access to information
• Quick deployment

18. Advantages of Cloud
• Cost efficient
• Almost unlimited storage
• Backup and recovery
• Automatic software integration
• Easy access to information
• Quick deployment

19. Advantages of Cloud
• Cost efficient
• Almost unlimited storage
• Backup and recovery
• Automatic software integration
• Easy access to information
• Quick deployment

20. Disadvantages of Cloud
• Technical issues
• Security in the cloud
• Prone to attack

21. Disadvantages of Cloud
• Technical issues
• Security in the cloud
• Prone to attack

22. Disadvantages of Cloud
• Technical issues
• Security in the cloud
• Prone to attack

23. Agenda
Cloud in general
Pros and cons
Future of cloud
Case studies
Q&A

24. Who believed in Cloud?
• People don’t, but companies that want to make money on it do.
• Every second around 50 millions people access services hosted on Cloud

25. Who invested in Cloud?
• Microsoft
• Google
• Amazon
• Hewlett-Packard
• IBM
• CenturyLink/Savvis
• Verizon/Terremark
• Joyend
• Citrix
• Bluelock
• Vmware
• Rackspace
• Salesforce

26. Cloud adoption 2010-2013

27. Market forecast

28. Agenda
Cloud in general
Pros and cons
Future of cloud
Case studies
Q&A

29. Stadium Seat Ticketing Software

30. Stadium Seat Ticketing Software
On-premise solutions:
• Hardware (servers)
• Location for servers (secure, cooling system and many more)
• Energy
• Licenses
• IT Team
• Backup system
• More servers for football game and other events (concerts)
Costs per months: …
Possible problems:
• Scale-up
• Backup
• How to offer a solution for other cities also

31. Stadium Seat Ticketing Software
Cloud solutions:
• Hardware (servers)
• Location for servers (secure, cooling system and many more)
• Energy
• Licenses
• IT Team
 Backup system
 More servers for football game and other events (concerts)
Costs per months: ~320$ (included 10 events with 30k people)
Possible problems:
 Scale-up
 Backup
 How to offer a solution for other cities also – software as a service

32. Update Packages Distribution System

33. Update Packages Distribution System
On-premise solutions:
• Hardware
• Licenses
• IT Team
• Backup system
• Bandwidth
• Storage
• CDNs
Costs per months: …
Possible problems:
• Scale-up and Scale-Down
• Bandwidth
• Matching mechanism

34. Update Packages Distribution System
Cloud solutions:
• Hardware, Licenses
• IT Team, Backup system
 Bandwidth
 Storage
 CDNs
Costs per months: ~900$ for 10.000 clients and 30.000 available packages (each
client can have assigned around 300 packages). The package distribution is
recalculated every day.
Possible problems:
 Scale-up and Scale-Down
 Bandwidth
 Matching mechanism

35. Questions

36. Thank you