Weather Forecast for IT Futures 1/8/091 Bill Clebsch CSG: Boulder, Colorado

 "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) 1/8/092 Bill Clebsch CSG: Boulder, Colorado

 First and foremost is the concept of delivering services: that is, results as opposed to components. (e.g. , Apps, etc.)  The second concept is that of massive scalability. Economies of scale reduce the cost of the service. (e.g. Compute Cycles & Storage) 1/8/093 Bill Clebsch CSG: Boulder, Colorado

 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) 1/8/094 Bill Clebsch CSG: Boulder, Colorado

 Startup packages for new faculty including Amazon compute cycles (Cycles)  Problems with extremely large data sets (time to market)  Plans to move student to Google (App) 1/8/095 Bill Clebsch CSG: Boulder, Colorado