Mark Thomas, Solutions Architect at Databarracks, talks to former CIO of Save the Children UK Andrew Brenson about his recent research into cloud computing in the charity sector. They cover the common issues that charities face, and the best practice in overcoming these.

1. Considerations for cloud
computing in Charities
Presented by:
Andrew Brenson, Freelance IT Consultant
Mark Thomas, Solutions Architect, Databarracks, Databarracks
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2. Agenda
Objective:
What are the considerations for charities in cloud computing?
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Introduction
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Questions Duration
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Twitter: @databarracks
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3. Introduction
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4. Introduction – Andrew Brenson
 Currently:
 Freelance IT consultant, working mainly with charities and NGOs
 Previously:
 Treasurer, Charities Consortium IT Directors Group - now the Charity IT Leaders
 Head of IT, Major UK Charity
 10 years at Channel 4
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5. Introduction – Databarracks
 10 Years providing backup and disaster recovery cloud services
 Now provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
 Why did Databarracks ask Andrew to carry out the research?
Mark Thomas – Solutions Architect
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6. The shape of the cloud
computing market
What is “cloud computing” to charities?
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7. Introduction
“IT is a fashion industry and
Cloud Computing is the new
black”
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8. Is cloud adoption a bell curve?
Key:
Current
adoption level
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9. Is cloud adoption a bell curve?
A genuinely different model
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10. The shape of the market
Question:
Are there any IT Directors who have not
seriously considered using cloud
services?
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11. IT representation in the board room?
Is there any?
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12. Key issues for charities
Why should or shouldn’t charities use
cloud services?
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13. Cost
Traditional computing Cloud computing
Computing
Computing
Usage
Time Time
Capacity
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14. Transition
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15. Changing shape of the IT team
30% 70%
On-Premise Your
Your Managing All of the
Managing All of the
Infrastructure Business
Business “Undifferentiated Heavy Lifting”
“Undifferentiated Heavy Lifting”
Cloud-Based Configuring
Configuring
More Time to Focus on
More Time to Focus on
Infrastructure Your Cloud
Your Cloud
Your Business
Your Business Assets
Assets
70% 30%
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16. Trust
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17. “X” as a Service
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18. “X” as a Service
SaaS PaaS
IaaS FRaaS
BPaaS
DRaaS
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19. Green IT
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20. Green IT
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21. Advice
 Forget all the hype, there are lots of new cloud services that can
really help you.
 Understand exactly what services you are getting - what is the
responsibility of the service provider and what you are doing
 Put together a real business case to prove to the organisation that
what you are doing is the right decision.
 Share knowledge
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22. Save the date
 Charity round table
 Provisionally booked in for the 15th May in Central London
 Potential topics:
 Cloud Disaster Recovery
 Hybrid clouds from multiple service providers
 Compliance and cloud computing
 What are the issues for migrating legacy systems?
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23. Questions?
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