Let’s Get Cirrus About Personal Clouds

Let’s Get CirrusAbout Personal Clouds

pCloud & VRM Day21 October 2013, Mountain View, CA

T.Rob Wyatt - [email protected] and @tdotrobAnd yes, I know those are not cirrus clouds. But I took the photo and I own the rights.

These are: My. Personal. Clouds.

pCloud & VRM Day, IIW XVII

IBM 4381 - 1987

• Up to Dual 32-Bit CPU• Up to 64k Cache• Up to 32-Bit I/O Bus• Up to 3 MBs I/O Channels

• 15 MHz CPU (68 ns cycle)• Math co-processor available• Up to 64 MB memory• $890,000 and up

Photo & specs source: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP4381.html

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I started my career in IT as a Computer Operator on one of these.


Motorola Razr Maxx HD - 2013

• Dual 32-Bit CPU• 32k L1 Cache• 1MB L2 Cache• 1GB RAM• 32-Bit I/O Bus

• 1.7 GHz CPU (1.7 ns cycle)• 60 MBs USB 2.0• Graphics co-processor• Up to 64 GB memory• $199 and up

Source: http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Motorola-DROID-RAZR-MAXX-HD_id7484http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/800-600-400-200/specs


I currently own one of these.


Development and Operation Costs

• $$ - OS/390• $$ - DB2• $$ - COBOL• $$ - Disk• $$ - Channel Controller• $$ - Networking

Millions of $$

• Android OS• MySQL• Java• Micro SDHC• USB 2.0• 4G LTE

Included in price



Wait! What?

• CICS – Transaction processing• UPC Codes – Retail checkout• SAP – CRM• MAPPER – Decision Support• SABRE – Travel booking• SAS – Business analytics

• Angry Birds• Pandora• Netflix• Twitter• Facebook• Ben the talking dog



Evolutionary software model


Vacuum Tube

Transistor

Integrated Circuit

VLSI

Today’s data & control model…

…was designed on the constraints of yesteryear’s technology.


Evolutionary legacy

• Business software run by business, for business.

• Your data is held by thebusiness for their use.

• You have no say over what is collected or how it is used.

When all this started, it could not have worked any other way.



Revolutionary opportunityWhat would the data & control model

for business softwarehave looked like

if it was designed at a timewhen ordinary people

had access to a mainframe in their pocket?

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It’s our turn!

Mainframe business software transformed commerce on a global scale.

Personal computing softwareapplied to business applications

can transform commerce on a global scaleagain.



But wait, there’s more!



Privacy, sovereignty

Personal computing software,in the hands of individuals,

that collects and processes their data locally,and honors the owner’s access policies

opens the door to applicationsthat you would not dareto farm out to a 3rd party.



Hey! Wait a minute!

Where do personal clouds fit into all of this?

The session agenda said “Personal Clouds,” dammit!


pCloud & VRM Day, IIW XVII?Fair enough. But before we go on…

How much do you

weigh?

What is your

Social Security

Number?W

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addr

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What is the passw

ord you

use most often?

Do you have any

chronic illnesses?

How much money do you make?

How old are you?

Please write down your name and the answers to 5 or so of these questions and pass them forward to me.

What medications do you take regularly?

Have you everbeen arrested



That’s personal!

The phrase “that’s personal” is universally

understood.

It means “that information is none of

your business.”



“Personal” is that which you control!


What makes a cloud personal is that the owner, that’s YOU if it is your personal cloud, has the ultimate say over the data stored there, how that data is used, and who it is shared with.

A big part of the attraction is that you can decide what to share, with whom to share it and can revoke that access later.

But an oft overlooked aspect is that you are no longer dependent on the vendor for every fix, enhancement, or integration. Personal Cloud invites innovation.


So, what is a “cloud”?

A computer system with…• Elasticity: Dynamic allocation of

resources.• Redundancy: Increased availability.• Resiliency: Survives loss of some

components.• Run-time resolution: Resources, identities and addresses

are resolved dynamically.• Ubiquity: Accessible from all points within a given scope.• Abstraction. Logical connection destination.



Personal + Cloud =


If you know what personal is and you know what cloud is,just stick them together and you get Personal Cloud.

It really is that simple.


For the skeptics in the room…

Forget about business apps for a moment. Soon, even the most mundane of objects will be instrumented.

Who should own and benefit from all that personal data collected


about you? Shouldn’t YOUbe the primary stakeholder in your own data?

IoT current trajectory

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Because, at least for now, you are definitely not the primary stakeholder of your own data.


Personal Cloud can be:

• Commercial transactions• Providing signal back to vendors• Experiential data (job history, health data)• Digital model of real-world state (social graph)• Quantified Self• Instrumented devices• Decision Support• Personal and Business Analytics



Personal Cloud Opportunities

• Hosting software• Applications• Data aggregation & integration• Hosted apps & plugins• Retro-fit• Identity and authentication frameworks



Thank you!

Questions? Comments? Rotten tomatoes?

T.Rob [email protected]://ioptconsulting.comhttps://t-rob.nethttps://linkedin.com/in/tdotrob https://facebook.com/tdotrob


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Let’s Get Cirrus About Personal Clouds