Title: Miami-Dade County Public Schools
1Cloud Computing
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools
2From the Data Center to the Cloud
Challenges
and
Opportunities
Debbie Karcher, CIO
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
3Topics
- Best practices for migrating data and
applications - Seamlessly integrating web-based resources with
your local environment - Confronting vendor longevity, data portability
and environment - Leveraging improved flexibility and collaboration
tools for classroom use exit strategy issues
4Migrating Data and Applications
- What is a Cloud?
- Why Migrate? Risks and Benefits
5Migrating Data and Applications What is a Cloud
- Public - service provider makes resources, such
as applications and storage, available to the
general public over the Internet. - may be free or offered on a pay-per-usage model.
Ex. Apple, Amazon , Google. - Private - virtualized cloud data centers inside
your companys firewall. - may also be a private space dedicated to your
company within a cloud providers data center. - Hybrid Combination of two or more clouds
(private or public) that remain unique entities
but are bound together, offering the benefits of
multiple deployment models. - multiple cloud systems can be connected in a way
that allows programs and data to be moved easily
from one deployment system to another.
6Categories for Cloud Services
- Infrastructure as a Service
- Software as a Service
- Service as a Service
7Integrating Web-based resources with your
environment
- SSO - Single Sign On
- Data ExchangeStudent Portal Example
8Integrating Web-based resources with your
environment SSO Single Sign On
- One Username and Password to everything
- Portal technology allows for user friendly
(carefree)integration between local and cloud
resources - SSO with Third Party apps (20 already connected)
9Integrating Web-based resources with your
environment SSO Single Sign On
10Integrating Web-based resources with your
environment SSO Student Portal Single Sign On
10
11Vendor Longevity - Data Portability - Exit
Strategy
12Risk and Benefits of a Cloud
13Vendor Longevity - Data Portability - Exit
Strategy Cloud Decision Points
- Should be based on the evaluation of benefits and
risks it all comes down to control - Should be weighed based on the following
criteria - Ensure hardware and software infrastructure is in
place to support cloud technology - Ensure that security model is in place to support
cloud technology - Ensure resources and expertise exist to support
cloud technology - Calculate and compare total cost of ownership
- Connectivity that is device independent
- Transparent to users
- Security and Compliance
14Vendor Longevity - Data Portability - Exit
Strategy Decision Points Organizational Template
- M-DCPS Example
- Transparency/Single Sign-On
- In house experience
- Comparative Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Meet regulations and security standards
- Challenges
- Resistance to change especially in cloud
storage and collaboration - Security and collaboration dont always play nice
- Always think Path of Least Resistance - find
the balance
15Vendor Longevity - Data Portability - Exit
Strategy
Electronic Gradebook Daily Student
Attendance Student Scheduling Changes Learning
Village Testing Data from Vendors ESE Monitoring
Data Document Management Collaboration
M-DCPSCLOUD
Data Warehouse
Presentation Layer - PORTAL
Student Information System Student
Registration Course Information
16Flexibility and Collaboration Tools for the
Classroom
- Anytime, Anywhere, Any Device
- Classroom Tools
17Flexibility and Collaboration Tools for the
Classroom Anytime, Anywhere, Any Device
18Flexibility and Collaboration Tools for the
Classroom Classroom Tools
Home WorkDrop Box
ClassroomAnnouncements
DiscussionBoard
ResourceLinks
19Forecast - Cloudy
- Cloud based computing requires a leap of faith
are you willing to relinquish some control to
reap the benefits? - Baby Steps
- Begin by establishing a private cloud and give
users tools and access to data - Migrate to an SSO configuration to connect users
to third party resources and other clouds - Consider shifting internal software and services
to cloud based as they become more robust