Intro to Cloud Computing

This is a short introduction to cloud computing.

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1. Cloud Computing Wednesday, 30 May, 12
2. Cloud Computing This file is at: Wednesday, 30 May, 12
3. Welcome I am david green. I’ve been involved with computing for the last 30 years. (Yikes) I have been here at Ryerson for the past 12 years. enough about me ... Wednesday, 30 May, 12
4. What is cloud computing The NIST in the USA has this definition of cloud computing: “Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.” Wednesday, 30 May, 12
5. You probably all use a cloud computing service already. If any of you are using Google Docs you are on a primitive cloud system Cloud Computing Wednesday, 30 May, 12
6. What is cloud computing? It is network connected It can be scaled to what ever size you need Some can be automated to handle routine tasks It is always available Cloud Computing Wednesday, 30 May, 12
7. What is cloud computing? It is software as a service. Google Docs (soon to be Google Drive) Gmail Dropbox Amazon Cloud Drive Cloud Computing Wednesday, 30 May, 12
8. What is cloud computing? It is Infrastructure as a service Amazon Web Services Rackspace etc., Cloud Computing Wednesday, 30 May, 12
9. Cloud Computing Difference between Software as a service and Infrastructure as a service: Wednesday, 30 May, 12
10. Cloud Computing Issues to be concerned about: Cost of cloud services Failure rate of the drives Speed of service Where is the actual data? Security Wednesday, 30 May, 12
11. Cloud Computing If you are in a large organization consult the IT department for their cloud offerings. They probably have them. Wednesday, 30 May, 12
12. Cloud Computing Let us look at a personal cloud computing service: Amazon’s “Cloud Drive” http://www.amazon.com/ http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=sd_allcat_acd_lrn? ie=UTF8&docId=1000796931 Wednesday, 30 May, 12
13. Cloud Computing Now let us look at personal cloud computing services that can be used in small groups: Google Drive https://drive.google.com/start#home Wednesday, 30 May, 12
14. Cloud Computing Now let us look at personal cloud computing services that can be used in small groups: Dropbox http://dropbox.com Wednesday, 30 May, 12
15. Thank You d6green@ryerson.ca Wednesday, 30 May, 12