UNIT I - UNDERSTANDING CLOUD

COMPUTING

Cloud Computing –
History of Cloud Computing –
Cloud Architecture –
Cloud Storage –
Why Cloud Computing
Advantages of Cloud Computing
Disadvantages of Cloud Computing –
Companies in the Cloud Today –
Cloud Services
 What is ?
• Cloud computing is a technology that uses the
internet and central remote servers to
maintain data and applications.

• A simple example of cloud computing is Yahoo email or Gmail etc

• A style of computing where massively scalable

(and elastic) IT-related capabilities are
provided “as a service” to external customers
using Internet technologies
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Cloud
CloudArchitecture
Architecture
Different Cloud Computing Layers
• MS Live/ExchangeLabs, IBM,
• Application Service
• Google Apps; Salesforce.com
• (SaaS)
• Quicken Online, Zoho, Cisco
• Google App Engine, Mosso,
• Application Platform(PaaS)• Force.com, Engine Yard,
• Facebook, Heroku, AWS
• Server Platform(IaaS) • 3Tera, EC2, SliceHost,
• GoGrid, RightScale, Linode

• Storage Platform(IaaS) • Amazon S3, Dell, Apple, ...

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 Cloud Storage
• Several large Web companies (such as Amazon and
Google) are now exploiting the fact that they have
data storage capacity that can be hired out to
others.
• This approach, known as cloud storage allows data
stored remotely to be temporarily cached on
desktop computers, mobile phones or other
Internet-linked devices.
• Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Simple
Storage Solution (S3) are well known examples.
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 Merits of Cloud Computing
• Cost:
Well with all the required software and even hard drives accessible from the cloud, the
budget of the business is greatly reduced. There are no infrastructure costs or other
Capex (capital expenses). End to expensive servers, routers, etc. When the business is
having less or very optimum investment then cloud is the right option. However the
expense in cloud scenario is “all or nothing” policy.
• Easy to learn and use:
If you have used Gmail, Google Docs, then cloud is nothing new to you. Since the staff
would be a well expertise in Gmail and other basic cloud concepts, no special training
is required; thereby satisfying the time and the cost constraint. Obviously, now there
would no need to hire experienced expensive IT professionals, since this application is
a trouble-free one.
• Flexibility:
Documents, software, hard drive, storage equipment, etc anything can be accessed from
anywhere through cloud; hence no need for the staffs to be office to do the work.
Moreover this allows staff to work at anytime thus increasing staff morale.
• Maintenance:
No more software updates, reinstalling of applications or even sorting out of software
problems since these problems would be sorted out remotely, thus the employee can
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 Demerits of Cloud computing
• Security:
Security is the X-Factor for any business. Just imagine your data being visible to all, or maybe your
business strategies visible to all? Negative point, right? That’s what the scenario in cloud computing
is; your data will be shared with other companies on the same platform. Of course your cloud vendor
will have a higher level of security than the one you have in-house. Still regarding security cloud
can’t be rated excellent.
• Intellectual property (IP) issues:
There can be a bit chaos as most cloud providers will have different requisites and conditions regarding
tenure of the data. To overcome this demerit, you must have read the fine print and understand
things like when can you access your data, what happens to your data is your vendor ebbs,
distribution rights, etc initially. Also keep an eye on the rules to know whether breach of any kind
may occur for your IP.
• Wireless connections:
Connecting to wireless devices is not the easiest task to do. This problem is for small scale industries
rather than larger business since larger companies have well structured network thus making
wireless connections easy. Sometimes certain softwares are designed to relate to certain PCs alone
in that case even usage of software maybe a problem.

• Performance and Reliability:

Since everything you access is online, there might be a risk in CIA parameters (Confidentiality, Integrity,
and Availability). Moreover the speed of your process depends on the speed of the network (when
there is network traffic, the speed of our process may collapse). Additionally there can be noise in
the media if any major application is down. In order to overcome this you must review the SLA
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 Who Benefits from Cloud Computing

• Collaborators
• Road Warriors
• Cost-Conscious Users
• Cost-Conscious IT Departments
• Users with Increasing Needs
 Top Cloud Service Providers

• With that M&A activity as background, here are my rankings for the Top 30 Cloud Service
Providers Gaining Mind Share in 3Q 2010.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS), Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2),
Simple Storage Service (S3), andVirtual Private Cloud (VPC)
• Salesforce.com / Sales Cloud 2 (CRM), Service Cloud 2 (Support),
Force.com (Development Platform), Chatter (Collaboration)
• Google Apps (AppEngine)
• Citrix – XenServer (Virtualization)

• VMWare – vSphere (Virtualization)

• Rackspace – Mosso
• 3PAR
• Cisco
• IBM Smart Business, Cloudburst
• AT&T Synaptic
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• Verizon rPath
• Appistry Rightscale (#7 management)
• Joyent GoGrid
• 3Tera – AppLogic Microsoft Azure, Hyper-V
• NetSuite Zuora
• Eucalyptus CohesiveFT
• Boomi Red Hat

• Appirio – Cloud Connectors

• Relational Networks – LongJumpAppZero
• Enomaly – Elastic Compute Platform (ECP)
• Intacct Elastra 12
Some Commercial Cloud Offerings

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 Cloud Computing Service Layers
Services Description
Services – Complete business services such as PayPal, OpenID,
Services OAuth, Google Maps, Alexa

Application – Cloud based software that eliminates the need

Application
Application for local installation such as Google Apps, Microsoft Online
Focused
Development – Software development platforms used to
Development build custom cloud based applications (PAAS & SAAS) such as
SalesForce

Platform – Cloud based platforms, typically provided using

Platform virtualization, such as Amazon ECC, Sun Grid

Storage – Data storage or cloud based NAS such as CTERA,

Infrastructure Storage iDisk, CloudNAS

Focused
Hosting – Physical data centers such as those run by IBM, HP,
Hosting NaviSite, etc.

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