challenges in the commercial adoption of grid computing technologies

Challenges in the Commercial Adoption of Grid Computing

Technologies

Ian Osborne

Project Director

Intellect, London+44 20 7331 2054

+44 7793 258219

[email protected]

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18/9/2006 www.gridcomputingnow.org 2

Agenda

Grid Computing Now! Project Overview Progress to date Our pitch The “Playing Field” Plans Is the game changing? Summary


About Grid Computing Now!

• A Knowledge Transfer Network project funded by the DTI Technology Programme aimed at transferring knowledge about Grid Computing Technologies to Public and Private Sector Users in the UK.

• Partnership between Intellect, the UK Hi-Tech Trade Association; National e-Science Centre, a world leader in Grid Computing research; and CNR Ltd, a consultancy focused on SME organisations and business intermediaries.

• Substantial number of industrial, business user and academic partners


Grid Computing Now! Objectives

1. Establish wide understanding of the potential of Grid Computing particularly among the IT user community

2. Accelerate the recognition of requirements and issues for Grid Computing

3. Prepare the UK ICT industry, users and government for Grid Computing

4. Follow through the e-Science Core Programme vision

The KTN will engage: IT and business leaders, policy makers in central government, regional government, regional development agencies and the devolved administrations, specialist grid suppliers, service providers and e-Science experts.


Grid Computing Now! Progress to date…

WebsiteBackground InformationIndustry News/EventsUser Case Studies

Events programmeTechnical OverviewsMultiple vendor perspectivesFeatured Case Studies

Sector AgendaHealthcare; Government; Telecoms; Services; etc..

User CommunityNetwork with peersFind useful contactsContribute experience

Some Key Facts:•3 yr, £1M/$1.8M Funding•Leading suppliers engaged•Website live August 2005•>500 network members•80% Business•#27 Google “Grid Computing”•600 unique visits/month•90% Returning members•Average visit duration >5mins•14 Case Studies•6 Invited Industry Talks•>20 Target Media Articles


Why Grid Computing?

What is Grid Computing and the capabilities it holds for business?

–Grid computing harnesses the massive processing power made possible by distributed computing and applies it to business problems. –It does this through virtualising computers, storage and networking resources such that a grid appears as one large computer. –A grid computing infrastructure is capable of managing large peaks of work; managing large amounts of processing and automatically adjusting capacity to meet workload.–When this infrastructure is combined with business systems that allow users to describe their processes, substantial benefits can be obtained.

What benefits does Grid Computing bring to users?

–Improved Return on Assets –Increased Scalability –Business Flexibility & Agility–Managing IT Complexity


But today’s data center IT architecture can’t deliver a service effectively

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Business Processes


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IT Leadership’s Top Issues

Service ContinuitySecurityComplianceMore with lessPower and CoolingAligning IT with BusinessCritical SkillsSupplier ManagementOutsourcing, off-shoring and on-shoringIT on the Board

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Technical Strategy


Implementation Challenges

Overcoming the Market Confusion!It’s not just hype!

Different Business DriversWhere is the ROI?Who’s server is it anyway?

System planningNetwork, storage, processorsMiddleware or application server?In house, outsource or vendor?

Migration strategyLegacy encapsulation or replacement?

Cost modelAccountingLicense management


Grid Computing Now! Plans …

Strategy: Engage & Influence IT

leadership in Sectors with potential

Identify more success stories! Seize initiative on critical

issues Capitalise on collaborative

R&D progress Generate media attention Energize community of Grid

enthusiasts, experts

Sector AgendaPilot Projects:

• Government Infrastructure

• Healthcare• Transport

Leverage Collaborative ProjectsTechnical Events

WebinarsFace to face Showcase events

MediaCase StudiesCompetitionIndustry platforms


Starting The IT Transformation

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Remove waste, Reclaim Capacity, Manage Demand

Consolidation / Standardization

Capacity dynamically sourced

Virtualization and Provisioning

Management as a discipline

Asset Optimization

Service-oriented architecturesService-oriented Infrastructures

Grid


Oracle & non-Oracle based

Legacy Applications

Channels

SOA Vision

BusinessHub

OracleApplications

CompositeApplications

Workflows

Business logic

Business Rules

Data access

Transformation

Reusable service components

Orchestration

Integration Platform

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Software Licensing

It used to be simple!

One computer, one license-scaled by processor or number of users

Not any longer …-Virtual stacks, moving around-Multi-core processors-Potential for on-demand, utility style dynamic capacity

What’s the situation?


Marketplace confusion

Related storiesSoftware rental firm targets SMBs (23 August 2006)IBM prepares to make per processor software pricing proprietary (27 July 2006)Open Source for the Enterprise (8 January 2006)Oracle begins Phase IV of per processor pricing offensive (20 December 2005)Microsoft to shelve per processor prices for users willing to get virtual (11 October 2005)BEA gives up on dual-core pricing confusion (23 August 2005)VMware greets new dual-core chips with old world licensing (18 July 2005)Oracle processor core pricing a comedy of fractions (15 July 2005)

•Per processor/core used by some –e.g. Oracle –IBM Power Value Units, scaled by processor power

•Per “socket” used by others•Multiple concurrent use per “system” agreed by MS (*4)•Site licensing a work around•Software as a Service (SAAS) looms into view, e.g. Salesforce.com•Linux/Opensource, an alternative

But, surely, metering and usage accounting would be best?

–E.g. IBM purchase of CIMS

Some clarity of thought is required

here, led by the Users and their

needs!

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/23/tbsc_rental/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/ibm_pvu/

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IT Architecture Trends

Resource Sharing

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Range of solutions

Infrastructure Consolidation

VirtualComputing

Service OrientedArchitecture

Web Services


The Internet, Web & Open Standards are a new wave

Assemblyof Services

Applications

Business scenarios definedwithin applications Event Driven

Business Scenario

Services

Today’s world Service Oriented Enterprise

• Processes and business scenarios “hard-wired” within applications

• Hard to make business connections necessary to change and improve processes

• IT’s speed of change is limiting factor on business speed of change

• Extraction of business scenarios and processes from application landscape

• Clear focus on defined services, which are reusable through an assebly of services

• Internal and external users get better access to data in different systems


Rethinking the role of IT in your enterprise

Ad Hoc Interactions

Operational Departments(“The Rims”)

Enterprise Operations (“Enterprise Hub”)

Enterprise Procedure (“Spokes”)

Departmental Process

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Understanding the Hubs and Spokes

1. Enterprise Operations: The “Hub” of critical corporate data management and maintenance for CxO level use, auditors, etc…

2. Enterprise Procedures: The “spokes” serve as vehicles for delivering data across the company, typically already exist via current ERP systems

3. Operational Departments: The “rim” sees many new department specific processes defined by day-to-day activities

4. Departmental Process: Essential to individual departments, they provide more value to business owners than to the Enterprise

5. Inter-Enterprise Procedures / Ad Hoc Interactions: Additional processes developed to manage daily interactions/ requirements


The World is Changing Fast …

Software as a Service

Salesforce.com

Microsoft

Software Vendors

Service Hosting

Google, Microsoft, Amazon

Outsourcing

SWITCH


Summary

The adoption of Grid Computing Technologies is progressing:

1.Virtualisation2.Service Oriented Architecture3.Web Services

The bandwidth of the IT Director for new technology is limited by:

1.Operational pressures2.Budget limits/Legacy Infrastructure3.Limited Skills and Capacity4.Change Management issues

There are some challenges …but is it possible that a Web-centric Services model might replace all?


Acknowledgements

John Barr, Intel

Paul Butler, IBM

John Easton, IBM

William Fellows, The 451 Group Mark Linesch, HP/GGF

Andy Mulholland, Capgemini

Dave Pearson, Oracle

Vernon Turner, IDC

DTI Innovation Group

Intellect

National eScience Centre

UK eScience Community

Grid Computing Now! Team•Dave Berry•Gillian Law

Shaheed Mohammed, Tradermedia

Mark Simpson, Griffiths-Waite

Thank You!

Ian Osborne

Intellect

[email protected]

www.gridcomputingnow.org

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