Cloud Computing Application in HK & China: Francis NG

Cloud Computing Application in HK & China
Francis Ng Cluster Technology Limited
AGENDA
AGENDA
Some History Why AMZN provides Public Cloud Service? Biz model used by IBM and AMZN Cluster Technology Limited Background Client Descriptions Business Case: Bank of China
Some History
Problem with Grid Computing / Parallel Computing

High admin cost Difficult to use from lay users perspective Users still have to be aware of the physical hardware layer - # of nodes, etc.
Cloud Computing

Users are transparent to the physical hardware through hardware virtualization It scale-in / scale-out based on pre-defined usage criteria. Administration cost is decreased. IT resources are better utilized.
Cloud Computing Structure
SLA Capacity Planning
Dynamic Scheduling
Monitoring
Cloud services - Request Driven Provisioning

Innovation Enablement Software Development Web 2.0 Data Intensive Processing Scalable Transaction Processing
Workloads
Virtual Virtual Virtual Application Application Application Server Server Server
Virtualization
Virtual Servers
Virtual Storage
Virtual Networks
Physical Hardware
Src: IBM Cloud Computing
Cost Structure of Public Cloud Service

Cost Structure of Public Cloud and Traditional IT Expense
2500 2000
Fixed Cost
IT Expense ($)
1500 1000
500
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 No. of Users 7 8 9 10 11
Traditional
Cloud
2 Points to Note:
Initial fixed cost is switched from users to service providers As users become increasingly rely on server access, it is cheaper for users to implement their own IT infrastructure
Why AMZN provides Public Cloud Services?
From service providers viewpoints, it has high initial fixed cost, so why are they still doing it?
The players are: Google, Amazon, IBM
They have already built a hugh IT infrastructure to handle their peak load.
Internally, AMZN want to utilize their IT resources to save their IT expenditure

Cloud Service solves their own problem. And they could take advantage of their existing IT infrastructure by make business use of it
=> Public Cloud Services is born
Business Model on Cloud Services 1/2
Public Cloud
Software as a Service (SaaS) charge by app. usage/no. of accounts

Google App for Enterprises Saleforce.com
Platform as a Service (PaaS) charge by partnership with system integrators, app. developed on the platform

Google App Engine Windows Azure Platform (include SQL services, sharePoint services, Dynamics CRM) Amazon SimpleDB
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) charge by usage (eg. Bandwidth, amount of data accessed/month)
Amazon S3, Amazon EC2
Business Model on Cloud Services 2/2
Private Cloud

Offer solutions of hardware setup, software installation, consultation for corporates, data-centers Turnover rate is fast All major cloud service providers are entering and offering solutions in this area Reasons include better data privacy, backup policy could be controlled by corporations
Future: Public Cloud + Private Cloud => Hybrid Cloud
About ClusterTech
CLUSTERTECH was founded in 2000. CLUSTERTECH headquarters in the Hong Kong Science Park
CLUSTERTECH has 70 professional staffs with advanced degrees (16

Ph.D.s) in science and engineering and reputable clients in financial and government sectors.
CLUSTERTECH is a one-stop provider offering high performance computing

and business intelligence solutions, through in-house developed CPE, CGE, and CHESS platforms.
Client Lists
HSBC
Different artificial intelligence modelling techniques were developed to forecast capital flows and market directions in foreign exchange.
Hong Kong Observatory
Provided consulting and software implementation on its numerical weather forecast platforms
Ping An Insurance
Provided data cleansing and mining solution to Ping An Insurance on their insurance customer database
Business Case: Bank of China
Problem and Requirements:

Fast access on market data High computational job, lots of batch processing Required system stability and high availability Scale-up and scale-out with minimal admin cost
A customized solution with Clouds Architecture:

Take advantage of our expertise in parallel computing Users do not see the physical hardware layers, only the cloud Empowers client with scalable software (SaaS) and infrastructure (IaaS)
Overall Cloud Applications
Application I: Low Latency Market Data Service
e.g. Reuters, Bloomberg, HKEX
Application II: Computational Service
Application III: Parallel Monte Carlo Sim.
Application IV: Middle Office Data Backup
Business Case Summary
A customized solution with clouds architecture:
Software

Low latency market data access An excel module to assign job for parallel monte carlo simulation on the cloud for fair pricing
Infrastructure

Users could assign computational intensive jobs to the cloud Users could take advantage of database stored in the cloud for safe storage
END OF PRESENTATION
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Cloud Computing Application in HK & China

Francis Ng Cluster Technology Limited

Problem with Grid Computing / Parallel Computing

Cloud Computing Structure

SLA Capacity Planning

Cloud services - Request Driven Provisioning

Cost Structure of Public Cloud Service

Why AMZN provides Public Cloud Services?

The players are: Google, Amazon, IBM

Internally, AMZN want to utilize their IT resources to save their IT expenditure

=> Public Cloud Services is born

Business Model on Cloud Services 1/2

Software as a Service (SaaS) charge by app. usage/no. of accounts

Google App for Enterprises Saleforce.com

Amazon S3, Amazon EC2

Business Model on Cloud Services 2/2

Future: Public Cloud + Private Cloud => Hybrid Cloud

CLUSTERTECH has 70 professional staffs with advanced degrees (16

CLUSTERTECH is a one-stop provider offering high performance computing

Hong Kong Observatory

Business Case: Bank of China

Problem and Requirements:

A customized solution with Clouds Architecture:

Overall Cloud Applications

Application I: Low Latency Market Data Service

e.g. Reuters, Bloomberg, HKEX

Application II: Computational Service

Application III: Parallel Monte Carlo Sim.

Application IV: Middle Office Data Backup

Business Case Summary

A customized solution with clouds architecture:

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