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When Does It Make Sense to Use the Cloud? Technical, economic and environmental considerations Simon Ponsford Senior Scientist – Cloud Computing QCRI
Cloud Computing - Definition What Is Cloud Computing? Infinitely scalable shared computing resources available on demand via the Internet where the user is charged only for what they use.  	—Simon Ponsford, QCRI  Public Cloud Made available to the general public. Private Cloud Datacenter of a business or organization e.g. the UK government intends to migrate the 500 existing government server rooms datacenters into 12 datacenters. If a business simply virtualizes servers this is not a private Cloud
Cloud Computing Advantages The Advantages Highly available On demand – enterprise quality computing resources No requirement to employ datacenter staff No capital outlay Rapid access to resources Allows entrepreneurs to build and test new ideas without the need to invest in infrastructure or require set-up expertise Who Is Involved Today? The main players:  ,[object Object]
Microsoft Azure
Google
A host of smaller localized organizations developing and operating Cloud-based services.,[object Object]
Case Study – Bumper Sticker LinkedIn’s Cloud Computing Experiment  ,[object Object]
Built an application called “Bumper Sticker” in 2008.  Allowed a bumper sticker to be added to a Facebook profile.

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Mr. Simon Ponsford's presentation at QITCOM 2011

  • 1. When Does It Make Sense to Use the Cloud? Technical, economic and environmental considerations Simon Ponsford Senior Scientist – Cloud Computing QCRI
  • 2. Cloud Computing - Definition What Is Cloud Computing? Infinitely scalable shared computing resources available on demand via the Internet where the user is charged only for what they use. —Simon Ponsford, QCRI Public Cloud Made available to the general public. Private Cloud Datacenter of a business or organization e.g. the UK government intends to migrate the 500 existing government server rooms datacenters into 12 datacenters. If a business simply virtualizes servers this is not a private Cloud
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  • 8. Built an application called “Bumper Sticker” in 2008. Allowed a bumper sticker to be added to a Facebook profile.
  • 9. Used Joynet – Cloud Service provider.
  • 10. Reached 1 million users in first 46 days.
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  • 14. No longer need to overprovision when purchasing IT systems
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Notas del editor

  1. The motivations for using the cloud, business situations where the cloud model works, technical considerations, and cost considerations. Where the cloud makes sense and why it is not right for everyone, covering factors such as energy conservation and maximum utilization of computing resources.
  2. UK Government Information Source http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/27/cloud-computing-government-uk
  3. Image http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/10/who-let-bumper-stickers-out.html Story http://highscalability.com/scaling-bumper-sticker-1-billion-page-month-facebook-ror-app
  4. Image http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/10/who-let-bumper-stickers-out.html Story http://highscalability.com/scaling-bumper-sticker-1-billion-page-month-facebook-ror-app Linked In currently has 100 million members http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/linkedin-hits-100-million-members/
  5. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/04/09/kundra-fed-data-centers-7-percent-utilized/ More on utilization and cost saving http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/08/23/comparing-the-cost-of-cloud-vs-colocation/
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