1. Larry Piper Feb 22, 2012

2. What is the cloud?

3.  Punched Cards  Floppy Disc  Offsite Storage of Tapes  CDs, DVDs & Flash Drives  Receptionist takes HD home  Extra HDs: NAS or attached  Internet Connection

5.  James Beswick “Google Apps Express”  Barrie Sosinsky “Cloud Computing Bible”

7.  IBM  Amdahl  CDC  Univac  Sperry-Rand

8.  Dumb Terminals  Hard Wired  Security was physical (fire suppression)  Used Punched Cards  The Cloud was the ‘Owner’ of the computer data

9.  PDP, VAX, SyFA  Hard Wired  Local Control  Proprietary Terminals  Telephone Connections

10.  Physically Move Tapes  No way to (easily) transfer data  Used 8” Floppies

11.  ‘Kits’ (Altair 8800, 1975)  Commodore, TI, Radio Shack  DOS versions  Apple 1977  IBM compatible 1981  PC ‘Man of the Year’ 1983  Cloud was a floppy: 5.25” & 3.5” (sneaker net)  Cloud was file transfer (300, 600 & 1,200 bps)

12.  Still hard wired  Now had viruses on floppies Software was ‘proprietary’  Exchange of data almost impossible  Each PC had its own printer/plotter  Fonts were not interchangeable  Crude networks possible

13.  Transfer rates 600, 1200, 2400, 9600 bps  Protocols: Gopher, Archie, Veronica, Jughead  Emails: Delphi, AOL, CompuServe, Prodigy (incompatible)  Viruses more prevalent

14.  Guarantee that documents ‘look’ similar  Desktop Publishing flourished  Multiple font types prevailed

15.  ( http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html)  1969 ARPANET  1972 Telenet  1983 TCP/IP  1989 Tim Berners-Lee describes WWW  1993 Mosaic graphical browser  1998 Windows 98 solidified Microsoft’s dominance

16.  Linux  Open Source  Netscape browser

17.  Floppies, CDs, DVDs & external hard drives  File transfer to a third party  Security, Viability & Reliability issues  All transfers were user initiated

18.  Laptop, either personal or work  Need to access ‘main’ computer  Remote login software solutions (phone)  Security: keep out the bad guys

20.  PDAs & Blackberrys  iPhones & Smart Phones  Internet kiosks & cafes  Wi-Fi hotspots  Always connected devices

21.  Buy software – seem to own in  Buy software, but EULA says no  Constantly pay for upgrades  Software rental – didn’t fly  Return of alternative, ‘free’ apps  Google Apps  Rise of browser (Chrome) to run apps  Rise of Android OS

22.  Apps in the cloud will replace local apps  Information will become cheaper, more ubiquitous and easier to find  Will enable new social services by connecting users to social networks  New apps will be easier to create  Lessen the role of proprietary software  You will be connected wherever you are and at all times

23.  It doesn’t matter which OS you use  Is a paradigm shift  Resources are virtual and limitless  Details are transparent to the user  Pay-As-You-Go  Infinitely scalable  Universally available

24.  Apps run on unspecified physical equipment  Data is store in unknown locations  Administration is outsourced to others  Access is ubiquitous  What about security ???

26.  Free or Paid  General Backup  Run apps or store purchases  Music  Pictures  Domains (web hosts)

27.  iTunes iTunes  Google Google  Amazon Amazon  Microsoft Microsoft

28.  Need an account (can bypass credit card)  Account: email + Passwo87  iTunes is 66M download  iCloud is 41M download (same ID); not on Win XP  Installs take ‘a long time’  5G free, 10G=$20/yr (purchased don’t count)  Needs Outlook, IE or Safari to communicate  iTunes is a good music player

30.  ID is a gmail account  Only files, not folders  Works with: gmail, Picasa, Google Docs  5G ? Free; 20G=$5/yr, 80G=$20/yr, 200G=$50/yr  Create, Edit & Share files in the Cloud  docs.google.com/#home docs.google.com/#home

32.  explore.live.com/skydrive explore.live.com/skydrive  Synced storage of 5G, 25G free  Uses a hotmail email as ID  Will handle files >50M  Cannot view or edit Office Docs here  Has gone by other names (Win Live ID)  I set up account on 2-15-11: folders: thebook  Can have multiple accounts?  Win 8 & SkydriveSkydrive

34.  Big Three: Microsoft, Google & Zoho DocsZoho  Online Office Suite  $6/user/month  Mail and calendar  IM and Video conferencing

37.  Flickr Flickr  Picasa organize & integrate Picasa  Kodak Gallery upload/share/buy Kodak Gallery  Photobuckets Photobuckets  Webshots Webshots  pBase pBase  Imagebam 10M for free Imagebam  Ziddu Ziddu

38.  Carbonite $59/mo/PC; auto backup; 15d free Carbonite  Mozy Home/Stash Mozy  Livedrive $8-16-25/mo plans for 1 to 5 PCs Livedrive  Backblaze Backblaze  CrashPlan CrashPlan  Microsoft Office 365 Microsoft Office 365  Rackspace Rackspace  Norton GhostGhost

39.  Most popular (Kim Komando ads)  $59/yr, 1 PC, unlimited  15d free trial  No synching ??  Best pricing for small businesses  $99/yr for image & external HDs  $149/yr for courier service !

42.  File encryption & synching  Scheduled backups  Win XP, Vista, 7 support + MAC  Free = 2G\  50G = $72/year; 125G = $120/year  Mozy Stash !

44.  Commercial Grade  $80/yr backup 1 PC, unlimited  $160/yr sync 1 PC, unlimited  $250/yr sync 5 PCs, unlimited  Has free trials

46.  $50/yr, unlimited, 1 PC  Online, continuous backups  Extra PCs or external HD: $5/mo/unit  Free trial  Encryption  No synching  11 languages

49.  www.crashplan.com www.crashplan.com  Auto backup, encryption, no file size limit  Crashplan (basic): free, ? space  Crashplan+: 1 PC, 10G, $18/yr  CrashplanPro: 1 PC, unlimited, $36/yr  CrpasplanProE: 2-10 PCs, unlimited, $72/yr

51.  Dropbox see more Dropbox  SugarSync see more SugarSync  CX.COM see more CX.COM  Box.com see more Box.com  TeamDrive see more TeamDrive  Syncplicity Syncplicity  iDrive 2G free, 150G $5/mo iDrive$5/mo  Windows SkydriveSkydrive  Insync sync Google Docs (Dropbox killer) Insynckiller  Kumosync sync Google Docs Kumosync  4Sync 10G free, share w/friends, confusing 4Sync  Charter CloudCloud

52.  2G free  Sync as many PCs & Tablets as you want  Easy to use  Upgrades: 50G = $10/mo, 100G = $20/mo  May affect performance after startup

54.  Good alternative to Dropbox  5G free, 30G for $50/yr  Won’t handle external, USB drives  Supports many mobile devices  Sync files across multiple computers; sports symbol  No mention of encryption

56.  www.box.com www.box.com  Works with tablets & Android 4.0  5G free; seems to only allow 2G  Share files & folders  Create simple files, share & collaborate  Must logon box.com website to use  15 d free trial

58.  10 G free, 2 groups, 2 users/group  Wants you to share files with ‘friends’  Wants you to create ‘groups’  Will sync files to multiple PCs  Not as intuitive to use as Dropbox  Upgrades: 25G = $ 5/mo & 10 users/group  Upgrades: 50G = $10/mo & 15 users/group  Upgrades: 175G = $25/mo & 50 users/group

60.  Dropbox with encryption & synchronization  Windows, MAC, Linux, portable  2G free; $25/yr unlimited  Good manual(s)  Load software on each PC  Can run your own server (10G)

62.  I have it on 3 PCs  2G free  https://my.syncplicity.com/Files/ https://my.syncplicity.com/Files/

63.  www.idrive.com www.idrive.com  Compatible: Win 95/98/XP/Vista/7  5G free  150G = $60/yr, 500G = $180/yr  Auto backups  Intuitive  Encryption

65.  Newly revised; alternative to Dropbox Newly revised  Designed to be used with Google Docs  Sign in with Google account  20G = $5/yr, 80G=$20/yr  My accountaccount

67.  http://charter.com/clouddrive?cmp=eml_Cloud_Hol iday_122411 http://charter.com/clouddrive?cmp=eml_Cloud_Hol iday_122411  Unlimited ?  Auto Backup  Online (files only)  Lighbox: to share files & media with friends

69.  powweb.com powweb.com  godaddy.com godaddy.com  ipage.com ipage.com  justhost.com justhost.com  fatcow.com fatcow.com  webhostinghub.com webhostinghub.com

70.  My Documents  My Pictures  My Videos  eMail  Bookmarks/Favorites  Users  Programs  Program Data  Image Backups & External Hard Drives  Downloads  Books & Tutorials

71. Size Files to Backup, G Users MyDoc Music Pics Video Down Larry1 18.4 17.88.2 18.6 0.2 131 Larry2 28 8.7 2.1 0.8 0.1 10.2 Judy 9.3 3.4 20 0.1 - 0.1 “ Int-7.2 Qu-1 6.2 32.6 HP Lap 5.8 0.04 -.01 - 1.3 Acer L * 14.6 7.0 0.1 0.6 - 3.5 Test 3.5 2.4 - - - 0.4 * Vista

72.  Duplicate accounts ◦ Google – no problem ◦ Skydrive OK ◦ Dropbox – storage location ◦ Flickr & Kodak – emails  Use of CDs  Read the EULAs

73.  Domain for Websites  Dropbox for Home  Skydrive for general backup  Kodak Gallery for current pictures  Offsite Passwords  Offsite physical storage: CDs, DVDs, flash drives  Routine backups to Cloud  Probably NOT Google Apps

74.  How The Google Cloud WorksWorks  What is Cloud Computing - PCMagPCMag  What is Cloud Computing – YouTube (good)YouTube  TeamDrive Review TeamDriveReview  10 Must Have Tools 10 Must Have Tools  cx.com Review cx.comReview  Win 8 & Skydrive Win 8  Kindle Cloud Reader  Amazon storage costsstorage costs  Optimize dropbox Optimize dropbox  Kim Komando – Music in Cloud Kim –

79.  500 G free ?  Select only 1 file at a time  Upload only 10 files at a time  Image files to ImageYum.com  Music files to ShareBeats.com  1 G maximum file size  Uploads VERY slow  VERY complicated and convoluted links