Weather Forecast for IT Futures Cloud Computing Weather Forecast for IT Futures 1/8/09 Bill Clebsch CSG: Boulder, Colorado

Cloud Computing Definition "a style of computing where massively scalable IT-enabled capabilities are delivered 'as a service' to external customers using Internet technologies.” (Gartner Definition with probability of 0.8) 1/8/09 Bill Clebsch CSG: Boulder, Colorado

Bill Clebsch CSG: Boulder, Colorado 4 Aspects of the Cloud First and foremost is the concept of delivering services: that is, results as opposed to components. (e.g. Email, Apps, etc.) The second concept is that of massive scalability. Economies of scale reduce the cost of the service. (e.g. Compute Cycles & Storage) 1/8/09 Bill Clebsch CSG: Boulder, Colorado

Bill Clebsch CSG: Boulder, Colorado 4 Aspects of the Cloud Third, delivery using Internet technologies implies that specific standards that are pervasive, accessible and visible in a global sense are used. (e.g. Disaster Recovery) Finally, these services are provided to multiple external customers, leveraging shared resources to increase the economies of scale. (e.g. Above the Campus) 1/8/09 Bill Clebsch CSG: Boulder, Colorado

Stanford’s Current Use Startup packages for new faculty including Amazon compute cycles (Cycles) Problems with extremely large data sets (time to market) Plans to move student email to Google (App) 1/8/09 Bill Clebsch CSG: Boulder, Colorado