Essay About House Software Engineers And Private Cloud

Cloud Computing Essentials – Chad Notes
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Cloud Computing Essentials – Chad Notes
Cloud Computing
Self service
Rapid-elasticity
Metering or Measured Service
Shared resources (enabled by virtualization)
Broad network access
What – Which type of cloud solution will be used?
IaaS (Servers, Computing Resources)
Paas (Software Development)
Saas (Applications)
When – Technology Maturity level and business objectives
Legacy  Virtualization  Cloud
In-house software engineers and/or developers?
WAN utilization
Who – Which vendors will be utilized and which companies/departments are a good fit?
Startup organizations
Low capital organizations
In house development teams
Sales/Marketing
Seasonal/Flexible demand
Where – In-house or hosted, or mixed/hybrid
Private Cloud (in-house or hosted private)
Public Cloud (hosted providers)
Community Cloud (boutique or niche industry)
Hybrid Cloud (combination)
Why – Reasons are similar to outsourcing
Savings – ROI/TCO, reduced Capital expenditure
Flexibility – Reduction/simplification of IT provisioning efforts
Agility – Improved time-to-market, encourage innovation, market and revenue growth
Improved User experience – Web-based UI, anywhere anytime access, ease-of-use
Expertise – lack of internal competency, desire for innovation
SaaS – Software as a Service
Device/Location independence
Administration of user accounts and permissions (Authorization and delegation)
Integration – import/export or via web-services
Limited customization in multi-tenant hosted solutions
Limited web browser or device support
PaaS – Build from existing components, expose data through web services and APIs
IaaS – Virtual Machines, VM Instances and Appliances, Storage, Networking
Identify suitable applications – High Value, low risk
Development and testing
Business Continuity
Batch and data intensive applications
Community Saas
Peak load applications
Standardization – improved exit strategy, portability, interoperability
Data formats and storage mechanism
Standard virtual machine images
Standard management API
Identity