Applications Of Cloud Computing

Presented by Ken Leeser VarZero

140 Gould Street, Needham, MA 02494

857-524-5137 ken.leeser@varzero.com

*Applications of Cloud Computing for Business

*What the heck is Cloud

Computing???*Cloud computing is a set of services supplied over the internet on an on-demand basis

*Access Resources that aren’t on your computer

*Storage

*Programs

*Data

*Are you using cloud computing in your

business Today?*Payroll

*Benefits Processing

*Online Banking

*Website Hosting

*eMail Hosting

*Cloud Computing Growing

Exponentially*2010 Cloud Computing generated industry

revenues of $60 billion/yr

*According to Gartner Group Cloud Computing Market is growing > 16%/year

*Computing Resource Spectrum

How did we get here?

*Computing Resource Spectrum

*All resources on one computer

*Computing Resource Spectrum

*Resources Shared Among Computers - NETWORK

*Computing Resource Spectrum

*Resources Shared Among Computers – VIRTUAL COMPUTING

*Computing Resource Spectrum

*Cloud Computing

*Computing Resource Spectrum

*Zero Client Cloud Computing

*Changing IT Infrastructure

*Components of Cloud Computing

*Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

*Platform as a Service (Paas)

*Software as a Service(Saas)

*Components of Cloud Computing

*Software as a Service

*Most well known

*“Renting” software

*Hosted centrally

*Saves $$$$ - Eliminates upfront licensing costs and costly server implementation

*Software as a Service

*Productivity and Collaboration

*Document Management

*Web Conferencing

*Research

*Blogging – Social Media

*Practice Management

*Accounting Management

*Platform as a Service

*Hosted Development Platform

*Growing in popularity – often for specific application

*Salesforce.com –Force.com

*Facebook.com

*Small business – Method Integration

*Infrastructure as a Service

*Delivery of IT infrastructure as a complete outsourced service

*Enterprise Level: Amazon Cloud, Microsoft Azure

*Small Business Level: Hosted Server Environment

*InSynq

*Zlago

*Security Issues

*#1: Critical Information Already

in the Cloud*Payroll Data

*Banking Data

*Health Benefits Information

*#2: Large providers offer Better

security than small companies*Security is built in

*Back ups and redundancy are built in

*Equipment is protected

*Secure locations

*Environmental controls

*Power management

*#3: Cloud improves small business

security*Minimize Data Stored on Devices

*No files on laptop

*Ability to ‘remote-wipe’ devices

*No disposal issues

*SummaryBenefits of Cloud

Computing*Economies of “Skill”

*Reduced IT Staffing Costs

* Improved Security

*Economies of “Scale”

*Hardware cost savings

*Hardware disposal savings

* Power conservation

*Real Estate conservation

* Simplified growth

*Anywhere computing

*Multi-Device Support (the next wave!)