ip expo 2009 - cloud in the real world: myths & realities

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Cloud in the Real World: Myths and Realities

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2511369048/ Cloud in the Real World: Myths and Realities


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#1Cloud in the Real World:

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43,000 Customers

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Plans:

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/420732291/

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“Computing may someday be organized as a public utility”John McCarthy, MIT 1961



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http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1458.html



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http://www.flickr.com/photos/rberteig/3530962587/

Too complex



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Could be deployed quickly

Offer support

Scale with the unknowns

Saving on CapexCloud in the Real World:

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/greg-palmer/3490903215/in/photostream/

Unreliable



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Hurricanes Ike & Gustav

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Everything is going

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The cloud is for Everyone…just not for Everything



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Questions?


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