Cloud Computing by @astromoose

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Cloudy Thinking @astromoose Sunday, 9 September 12

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So, Cloud Computing. Sunday, 9 September 12

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EH? So, Cloud Computing. Sunday, 9 September 12

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Sunday, 9 September 12

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It’s all rather Confusing. Sunday, 9 September 12

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Mixed Messages Vendors Consultants Press Blogs Colleagues Sunday, 9 September 12

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Mixed Messages Vendors Consultants Press Blogs Colleagues :( Sunday, 9 September 12

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THE IMPORTANT STUFF Sunday, 9 September 12

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THE IMPORTANT STUFF (SO SAYS JON, ANYWAY) Sunday, 9 September 12

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Infrastructure Platform Software Sunday, 9 September 12

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AS Infrastructure Platform Software Sunday, 9 September 12

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AS Infrastructure Platform Software A Sunday, 9 September 12

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AS Infrastructure Platform Software A SERVICE Sunday, 9 September 12

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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Sunday, 9 September 12

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•Virtual Machines, running a proper OS •Network stuff like Load balancers, Firewalls and IP Addresses •File and Block based storage •Bare Metal as a Service is a thing too Sunday, 9 September 12

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Good tools are REALLY IMPORTANT for this IaaS stuff Sunday, 9 September 12

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Platform as a Service (PaaS) Sunday, 9 September 12

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PROBABLY™ the most relevant to Developers Sunday, 9 September 12

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They do get around, hey Google App Engine Sunday, 9 September 12

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PaaS offerings facilitate the deployment of applications without the cost and complexity of buying and managing the underlying hardware and software and provisioning hosting capabilities. source - wikipediaaaargh “ ” Sunday, 9 September 12

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AWESOME AWESOME Basically, you can get on with making your app AWESOME ...and leave the boring server stuff to people who really care about it Sunday, 9 September 12

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THE TWELVE-FACTOR APP http://12factor.net Sunday, 9 September 12

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THE TWELVE-FACTOR APP http://12factor.net (can’t recommend it enough, it’s like a whole talk’s worth of goodness in there) Sunday, 9 September 12

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Software as a Service (SaaS) Sunday, 9 September 12

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There’s stacks and stacks and stacks and stacks and Sunday, 9 September 12

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SaaS is that last layer, it's the app you're using in your web browser right now source - me, I guess “ ” Sunday, 9 September 12

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So why should we think cloudy? Sunday, 9 September 12

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Lowers those nasty barriers to entry Sunday, 9 September 12

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Lowers those nasty barriers to entry PRICE Sunday, 9 September 12

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Lowers those nasty barriers to entry PRICE EXPERTISE Sunday, 9 September 12

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Lowers those nasty barriers to entry PRICE EXPERTISE TIME TO MARKET Sunday, 9 September 12

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Lowers those nasty barriers to entry PRICE EXPERTISE TIME TO MARKET RISKYNESSNESS Sunday, 9 September 12

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SCALINGG! IaaS Caveat - It’s not automatic unless you build it to be automatic! Sunday, 9 September 12

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(Flat out stolen from 12factor.net) •Divide apps into types of work •Separate quick/slow processes •Rely on the OS or Platform to manage process lifecycle Sunday, 9 September 12

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RESILIENCE! IaaS Caveat - It’s not automatic unless you build it to be automatic! Sunday, 9 September 12

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If you’re using IaaS Use clever stuff like chef to treat your Infrastructure as code - it’s the easiest way to avoid being locked into one provider Most IaaS outfits provide ‘Availability zones’ - use them (or at least understand how they work) Monitoring, monitoring, monitoring Backups, backups, backups Sunday, 9 September 12

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Are there any problems with thinking cloudy? Sunday, 9 September 12

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Absolutely. Cloud Computing isn’t a silver bullet - so far from it I can't eeeeeven tell you Migrating is way harder than building from scratch When built wrong, it can go REALLY wrong Cloud Computing is still a maturing concept Experience and expertise is comparitively thin on the ground Sunday, 9 September 12

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Questions? Sunday, 9 September 12