Cloud Computing
What is the cloud?
How is the Cloud being used now?
F5 Networks, Inc. survey shows that 80% of large enterprises are either testing or implementing cloud computing into their IT strategy now.
The Private Cloud
Private cloud (also called internal cloud or corporate cloud) is a marketing term for a proprietary computing architecture that provides hosted services to a limited number of people behind a firewall. 
Advances in virtualization and distributed computing have allowed corporate network and datacenter administrators to effectively become service providers that meet the needs of their "customers" within the corporation. 
Marketing media that uses the words "private cloud" is designed to appeal to an organization that needs or wants more control over their data than they can get by using a third-party hosted service such as Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) or Simple Storage Service (S3). 
Hewlett-Packard today talked up new services designed to push cloud adoption among enterprise IT departments. The HP Cloud Discovery Workshop and HP Cloud Roadmap Service are meant to show customers how cloud computing works and then design strategies to further adoption using HP products.
The Public Cloud
A public cloud is one based on the standard cloud computing model, in which a service provider makes resources, such as applications and storage, available to the general public over the Internet. Public cloud services may be free or offered on a pay-per-usage model. 
Benefits of the Public Cloud:
> Easy and inexpensive set-up because hardware, application and bandwidth costs are covered by the provider.
>Scalability to meet needs.
>No wasted resources, because you pay for what you need.
What's the most important up-and-coming Web 2.0 Technology?
Examples of public clouds include Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), IBM's Blue Cloud, Sun Cloud, Google AppEngine and Windows Azure  Services Platform. 
Remote Data Protection
Remote replication -  is the process of copying production data to a device at a remote location for data protection or disaster recovery purposes.

Remote data backup - is the process of backing up data created by remote and branch offices (ROBOs) and storing it securely. Businesses with ROBOs require backup and recovery solutions that can support the company's data protection policies and business service levels.
The Advantages of Cloud Computing
>Lower Computer Costs
>Improve Performance
>Reduced Software Costs
>Instant Software Updates
>Improved Document Format Compatibility
>Unlimited Storage Capacity
>Increased Data Reliability
>Universal Document Access
>Latest Version Availability
>Easier Group Collaboration
>Device Independance
The Disadvantages of Cloud Computing
>Requires a constant internet connection.
>Doesn't work well with low-speed connections.
>Can be slow.
>Features may be limited.
>Stored data might not be secure.
>Stored data can be lost. 
Who Benefits from Cloud Computing

>Collaborators
>Road Warriors
>Cost Conscious Users
>Users with increasing needs
Who shouldn't use Cloud Computing
>The Internet Impared
>Offline Works
>The Security Conscious
>Anyone "married" to existing applications
The Top 5 Secruity Issues of Cloud Computing
Taking Advantage of the Could
Researchers at Arizona State University are using Nirvanix's cloud storage service to store images of the Moon transmitted by NASA's recently launched Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera. The satellite will capture images of the lunar surface and transmit them to ASU for processing, which will include replicating the images on Nirvanix's Storage Delivery Network. 
Investment firm Quintana Capital Group converted its Web site and IBM WebSphere-powered portal to Amazon's EC2. Ixion Consulting conducted the migration using Phurnace Software's automation technology in lieu of manual scripting of Quintana’s application servers. 
Starbucks launched a Web site for its "I'm In!" community-service campaign using Salesforce's Force.com Sites and development help from cloud specialist Appirio. The site listed 30,000 volunteer opportunities, and, at last count, users had committed to more than 1.3 million hours of service.
Pathwork Diagnostics uses Univa UD's UniCloud and Amazon EC2 for on-demand high-performance computing. Pathwork Diagnostics develops molecular diagnostic tests used by oncologists to diagnose tumors, work that requires analyzing libraries of gene expression profiles.
Best Buy's Giftag applet uses Google App Engine to let users create and share wish lists from Web pages they visit. The browser add-on was built using the hProduct microformatting standard and App Engine's datastore API.
Virgin America and Google recently hosted an online puzzle challenge that allowed travelers to participate in the game using in-flight WiFi. The promo was meant to demonstrate the ability to use Google Apps documents and e-mail not just on the ground, but in the air. 
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and several partner schools are working on a project funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy to develop and expand a national Open Science Grid to provide computing power and data storage to solve large, data-intensive challenges in science.
Who Else?
Mail:                              Collaboration:     
> Mobile Me                > SpiceBird
> Microsoft                  > Mikogo
> Yahoo!                       > Stixy
> Google                       > Vyew

Storage:                        Virtual Office: 
> Humyo                     > Ajax 13
> Zumodrive              > ThinkFree
> SkyDrive                  > Office Live
> S3

             Processing Power:
             > EC2
             > AbiCloud
             > Elastichosts
             > Nebula

Predictions for the Cloud
1. The Rise of Standards
2. The First Major Cloud Computing Outages
3. Microsoft will be relevant in the Cloud
4. Rapid Consolidation of Cloud Providers
5. Rapid Rise of Cloud Computing Startups
Top 5 Open Source Cloud Systems
1.Eucalyptus Systems
2.Red Hat Cloud 
3.Traffic Server 
4.Cloudera 
5.Puppet 
Market Adoption
3G adoption 
Browsers
Netbooks
Web-services 
Rural locations
Mobile
Sustainability
Reliability
Utility 
On-Demand
Virtual
Multi-tenancy
Variable pricing
Power of (1) 

“A generic term used to describe the disruptive transformation in IT towards a service-based economy driven by a set of economic, cultural, and technological conditions,” according to Simon Wardley (strategist at Canonical – Ubuntu).
Apps & Devices
Web Services 
Nanotechnology 
Mixed reality 
Metrics
Collaboration
On Demand
Lower carbon footprint 
Grid Computing 
Using Technology
Security
Accountability
Taking the leap...  
Threats - Trust
http://www.slideshare.net/imagineashow/migrating-to-cloud-a-step-by-step 
Standardization
Scalability 
Backup & DR
Net Impact
Technology Threats
Telecoms
Energy
Laggards loss
Ubiquity 
Market Threats
How is Social Networking being affected by Cloud Computing?
Social networking is enabled by and reliant upon Cloud Computing!
Skype
NCAR
Recognizr
Databases
SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, HaaS
XaaS/EaaS/*aaS
File storage
Education
Google
HP 
Now What?