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Live for today as if it is your

last day but plan for tomorrow


as if it will last forever!
Cloud Computing
What is Cloud Computing &
why should anyone care?

MGT 30660 Khalil Fadil Matta


University of Notre Dame 3
What is Cloud Computing?
It is having the development, building,
computing and storing data and applications
delivered over the internet, on demand from
massive data centers.
It is taking computing from in-house to a
network of processors & storage centers that
might exist anywhere in the world.
In effect, the network becomes the computer.
The network where you store and process the
data is the cloud.
The service is reliable, simple, ubiquitous,
capacious, and often free.
MGT 30660 Khalil Fadil Matta
University of Notre Dame 4
Cloud Computing Applications we
all have used and are used to
Facebook
Dropbox
e-bay
Priceline

MGT 30660 Khalil Fadil Matta


University of Notre Dame 5
Why we should care about Cloud
Computing?
Massive (scale) and flexible capabilities
(scalability)
Relative cheap pricing and you pay for only what
you use
Outsource infrastructure applications like e-mail &
productivity tools to free in house IT for Strategic
applications
Vendor responsible for fixing problems, backup &
recovery and for updating the product
Most up-to-date version of the product is always
available to the user
Allows for specialization and efficiencies
associated with that
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University of Notre Dame 6
Categorizing the cloud

Infrastructure
Applications
Processes
Private vs. Public

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University of Notre Dame 7
Companies that should consider the
cloud
Don’t have a large IT department or
strong IT expertise
When time is of essence to get an
application up and going
When it is a stand-alone application – no
need to integrate with others
When needs are variable (cyclical
demand, fast growth, uncertain demand)
When prior or legacy apps don’t exist
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University of Notre Dame 8
Why did it take so long to take
off?

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University of Notre Dame 9
Problems with Cloud Computing
Lack of right infrastructure
Resistance to change
Loss of control
Bad experience with ASPs
Moving mission critical applications to the
cloud
Inability to integrate with in house software
Reliability (loss of data) (loss of access to data)
Security
Possibly more costly in long run
Operating expense rather than a capital asset
MGT 30660 Khalil Fadil Matta
University of Notre Dame 10
The players
 Google popularized cloud computing when it offered
Gmail and later by offering Google docs.
 Amazon now offers “Simple Storage Service” and
“Elastic Compute Cloud” that it rents to small
corporations & startups.
 IBM offers “Blue Cloud” that has massive computing
capabilities targeting Fortune 500 companies.
 Microsoft Office Live is its foray into Cloud Computing!
 Dropbox offers a tiered payment system to store stuff
 Salesforce offers software-as-a-service
 UPS, Fed Ex, Accenture, Amazon offer functional or
process cloud computing processes
MGT 30660 Khalil Fadil Matta
University of Notre Dame 11
MAKING MONEY ON CLOUD
COMPUTING:

SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE
(SAAS) ALSO KNOWN AS
UTILITY COMPUTING

SALESFORCE.COM
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University of Notre Dame 12
What is SaaS? Why should
anyone care?

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University of Notre Dame 13
What is SaaS?
They use a different method to deliver
software to business user. Instead of selling
software like one sells a car or stereo with a
manual, they rent the software usage to
companies and individuals. The software is
housed and managed at the company’s own
facilities. The web is used to interface with
the software used.
The financial model involves charging a fixed
rate per user per month about to gain access
to the software.

MGT 30660 Khalil Fadil Matta


University of Notre Dame 14
How is SaaS different that other
Cloud Computing applications

Enterprise Class Software


Application Specific Cloud
There is a charge to use
You know where it is stored and by whom
Customer service & support provided

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University of Notre Dame 15
What are the Advantages &
Disadvantages of the SaaS business
model to users?

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University of Notre Dame 16
Advantages of SaaS
 Ease of deployment
 Time of deployment
 Little startup costs
 Well defined cost structure – no ahead of time investment required
 Ease to change & upgrade
 Availability & Reliability
 Try before you build
 Predictability
 Web interface
 Lower risk
 Ease of scalability
 The responsibility belongs with the vendor
 Optimize hardware design on the software being rented
 Cost (remember that 80% of any software cost is deployment,
maintenance & training) especially in the short run

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University of Notre Dame 17
Disadvantages of SaaS
Outsource mission critical functions
Lack of control and customization
Integration with other on demand
vendor software
No differentiation with competitors
Potentially more costly as a function of
time

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