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What is Cloud Computing?

“A cool way to spin up server and storage capacity and take over the world.”

- Anonymous Twitter user

Is Cloud Computinggoing to disrupt the world?

A) YesB) SureC) No doubtD) All of the above

“Cloud will generate

14 million jobs by 2015”

- Forbes.com

Who are the most important Cloud providers?

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1) Amazon Web Services- Undisputed leader in Public Cloud- 3.8 Billion $ in revenues in 2013- De Facto API standard- 2,000,000,000,000 objects in S3- 454,400 VMs on EC2 (2012)

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2) Google Compute Engine- Most aggressive AWS competitor- Fast hardware and storage- Good price/perfomance- Developer friendly- Google’s core competency

3) Rackspace- Fanatical Support- Dedicated / Virtual Cloud- Easy to setup- Enterprise appeal- Many locations worldwide

4) Windows Azure- Full Microsoft compatibility- Lots of free stua- Integration with .NET / Mobile- Compute/Data/App/Network- Limited market traction

5) IBM SmartCloud- Evolution of IBM’s oaering- Solid, proven technology- Managed cloud services- Private/IaaS/PaaS/SaaS- Consulting

6) VMWare vCloud- Instant integration with VMWare’s other products- High security- Clear cost structure- Dedicated Cloud

Comparison of Cloud providers

Very mature platformFast and reliableFanatical supportWindows integrationVMWare compatibilityIBM compatibility

Very complexSteep learning curveOpenstack confusionNo clear roadmapVery early stageOld thinking

Biggest Plus Biggest Minus

AWSGCERackspaceAzurevCloudIBM Cloud

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Thank you!Stefano Bellasio

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