Cloud 101

Gordon Haff Red Hat Product Marketing June 16, 2010

AN OFFICIAL CLOUD DEFINITION

...a model for enabling convenient, ondemand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.
- National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

WHERE CLOUDS ARE HEADED

Resource abstraction and pooling Network-centric Simple, fast provisioning of resources Elastically provisioned resources Utility pricing

A CLOUD TAXONOMY

IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)

Provision processing, storage, networking, and other computing resources Deployer configures and maintains operating systems, other software, and logical application wiring Examples: Most private clouds, Amazon Web Services, IBM Cloud
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PaaS (Platform as a Service)

Typically additional services/abstraction layered on IaaS foundation Simplify development (e.g. app server services) Simplify operations (e.g. scaling with grid) Examples: Google App Engine, Force.com
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SaaS (Software as a Service)

Direct consumption of an application by end users No inherent relationship to IaaS or PaaS but underlying infrastructure affects reliability and scalability of service Examples: Salesforce.com, Intuit QuickBooks Online)
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Operated solely for a single organization Typically internally hosted but may be operated by a third-party Provides the greatest degree of control over service levels, compliance requirements, etc.

Infrastructure or platform made available to general public or large industry group Limited view into and control of the underlying physical infrastructures location and type Applications run in a shared, multi-tenant environment with those of other organizations
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Term typically used to refer to a blending of public and private clouds Typical use case is utilizing a public cloud as overflow capacity for a private cloud Assumes level of interoperability between private and public implementations
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But this isnt ultimately about definitions. Its about solving business problems.

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THE MOST POWERFUL SHIFT IN ENTERPRISE COMPUTING IN THE LAST DECADE

Provide new services despite budget limits Increase enterprise agility Bond more tightly with customers Improve service levels Reduce capital requirements Increase operational efficiency

THE CLOUD IS THE SOLUTION

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WHAT DOES THE CLOUD REALLY MEAN TO YOU

ENDING WASTE
The old way:
Overbuying computing capacity, based on infrequently used peak demand. Purchasing, installing, and provisioning a server for each new request in the organization. Maintaining it for years to come. Responding slowly to business opportunities or threats because it takes a long time to add or change apps and infrastructure. Having to manage and support many different infrastructure platforms.

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WHAT DOES THE CLOUD REALLY MEAN TO YOU

SEIZING OPPORTUNITY
The new way:
Buying computing capacity as you need it, when you need it Responding to demand for new services in minutes, not months. Meeting SLAs by using all available computing resources to meet users' requirements. Efficiently managing the diverse systems and platforms you already have, without having to replace them. Using IT to drive innovation and respond to changes in the business.

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WHATS NEW ABOUT THE CLOUD

Cloud computing is a collection of technologies that infuse characteristics like abstraction, elasticity, automated, and dynamic into traditional computing, which is better described by words like hardwired, fixed, manual, and static. It builds on, and adds automation to, virtualization.

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WHO BUYS AND SELLS CLOUD

Infrastructure suppliers (Red Hat)

Sell to Enterprise IT (to build private clouds) Sell to public cloud providers (to build public clouds) Sell to ISVs (to operate hosted SaaS)

Resellers

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WHO BUYS AND SELLS CLOUD

Buys infrastructure hardware and software

Public Cloud Provider

Sells computing resources to enterprise IT and developers End-users may consume public clouds indirectly through SaaS

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WHO BUYS AND SELLS CLOUD

Buy infrastructure hardware and software Sell cloud directly in form of SaaS
Developers

ISVs

Sell cloud through public cloud provider as SaaS Buy public cloud resources for dev/test and/or SaaS

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WHO BUYS AND SELLS CLOUD

Buy infrastructure hardware and software to deploy private clouds

Enterprise IT

Buy public cloud resources for overflow capacity or other purposes

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Questioning the Cloud

Is it safe? Is it rip-and-replace? Will it lock me in? Will the service perform as promised?

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One Size Doesnt Fit All

Security and compliance IT skills Scale of IT Integration requirements Service level and performance needs Nature of the application

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RED HAT'S CLOUD COMPUTING VISION

Create the data center of the future That is open and interoperable That preserves existing IT investments Based on rock-solid infrastructure software

Complexity of configuring services disappears Users get what they need when they need it Red Hat is building the foundations of real clouds today Adopt the cloud at your own pace: evolution, not revolution No other vendor has the breadth of software needed to build open clouds Open source delivers more innovation, flexibility, reach, and value than any monolithic stack

REAL CLOUDS. TODAY.

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