1. Cloud Computing: IT Seminar
MBUS 626 • Group 1
Casey Tucker, Felicia Conklin, Alyssa Mcdonald, Scott Zeller, Natalie Pluskota, & Kirsten Querna

2. Overview What is the “cloud”? What are some types of resources?
A term that describes the communal access and use of configurable resources.
What are some types of resources?
Networks, Servers, Databases, Applications and Services.
Biggest Advantages
Customizable, Pay for usage, scalable, low-maintenance
Overview

3. The Internet & The Cloud
Cloud resources communicate via networks (like the internet)
The internet provides the structure for “the cloud” to work.
Cloud resources can be owned by a firm, or a third-party.
Third-party cloud resources are easily configurable and scaleable.
Server farms are located all over the world.
Distributed networks, the ubiquity of networked devices, and the expansion of service oriented applications have helped cloud computing services to grow.

4. History ARPANET & Data Centers Internet & People WWW’s & PC’s
Internet of Things
Apps & Server Farms
1970’s
1980’s
1990’s
2000’s
2010’s
Hardware & Software
Protocols & Expansion
Web 2.0
Corporate Expansion

5. What is Cloud Computing?

7. API Application Platform Infrastructure
Software interface that cloud service providers make available to allow customers to interact, manage, and extract information from the cloud.
The public front door to an application, and by default need to be accessible externally.

8. Examples of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
Amazon EC2
Windows Azure
Rackspace
PaaS:
Red Hat Openshift
Apprenda
SaaS:
Salesforce
Microsoft Office 365
Concur

9. What is a Distributed System?
Definition
“A collection of independent computers that appear to its users as a single coherent system, a single system.”
Key Features
Components are concurrent
Autonomous in Nature
Spread across multiple geographies
Greater Fault tolerance
Price to Performance ratio is high

10. Distributed System Cont.
Key Goals
Transparency
Openness
Reliability
Performance
Scalability
Challenges
Security
Fault Tolerance
Coordination
Process Knowledge

11. Why should Companies of All Sizes Utilize the Cloud?
Small Companies:
Lower Costs
Better Collaboration
Increased Flexibility
Greater Integration
Large Companies:
Increased Productivity
Flexibility
Documentation Control
Security
Competitiveness

12. Benefits of Cloud Computing
Cost
Speed
Global Scale
Productivity
Performance
Reliability
Benefits of Cloud Computing

13. Negative aspects of Cloud Computing
Items to be Careful Of
Not the solution for everything
Cost-Analyze price plan & details
Inflexibility
Customer Service
Possible Downtime
Security Issues
Negative aspects of Cloud Computing