Webhosting in 2020

Slides for my keynote at the annual FeWeb conference. See https://talks.feryn.eu/talks/164/webhosting-in-2020-feweb-congress-evere for more info.

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1. Webhosting
   in 2020
   Thijs Feryn
   

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2. Hi, I’m Thijs
   

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3. I’m
   @ThijsFeryn
   on Twitter
   

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4. I’m an
   Evangelist
   At
   

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6. Datacenter space
   Colocation
   

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7. Dedicated servers
   

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8. Virtualization
   

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9. People care less
   about hardware
   & infrastructure
   

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10. As A Service
    

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11. People want
    high quality
    

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12. CHEAP !!!
    

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13. Cloud
    

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14. ✓Elastic
    ✓As A Service
    ✓On demand
    ✓Pay as you go
    Cloud
    

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15. People care even
    less about
    hardware &
    infrastructure
    

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16. People want
    high quality
    on demand
    

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17. Pay by
    the hour/minute
    

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18. Technology drivers
    

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19. ✓Agile
    ✓DevOps
    ✓APIs (Service Oriented Architecture)
    ✓Cloud platforms
    ✓Cheap hardware
    Technological drivers
    

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20. Social needs
    

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21. ✓Web 2.0: user empowerment,
    mainstream internet
    ✓Always available
    ✓Everywhere (mobile)
    ✓Fast
    Social drivers
    

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22. Business needs
    

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23. ✓Deal with spikes
    ✓Optimize cost
    ✓On demand
    ✓Quality assurance
    Business impact
    

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24. Platforms & Frameworks
    

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26. Platforms are driving the future
    

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27. ✓Standardized
    ✓Supported (community/business)
    ✓Scale
    ✓Force quality
    Platforms
    

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28. Orchestration
    

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29. Infrastructure
    with a
    short lifespan
    

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30. People only care
    about their
    software
    

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31. Servers -> services
    

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32. Automation
    

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33. ✓Everything is API-driven
    ✓Everything is on demand
    ✓Separation of concerns
    ✓Eclectic technology stacks
    ✓Microservices
    Drivers
    

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34. Turning
    one HUGE
    problem
    into
    many small
    problems
    

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37. Portability
    Quality Assurance
    Scalability
    

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38. Platforms will
    shift their focus
    from VMs to
    containers
    

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41. Running servers
    containers
    functions
    & events
    

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42. ✓Per month
    ✓Per day
    ✓Per hour
    ✓Per request
    On demand billing
    

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43. Hardware vendors
    have to adapt
    

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44. ✓More frameworks at all levels
    ✓Frameworks will advance
    ✓Vendors will adapt even more
    ✓Quality assurance, better quality
    ✓More flexibility
    ✓Developers will adapt
    ✓Rules, tools & best practices
    Future
    

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45. Role of the hoster
    

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46. ✓Relationship with the customer
    ✓Trust
    ✓Service (Level Agreements)
    ✓Personal approach
    ✓Advice
    ✓Expertise
    Role of the hoster
    

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47. Webhosting
    in 2020
    

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