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Cloud Computing From 30,000 Feet
It starts with the premise that the data
services and architecture should be on servers.
We call it cloud computing they should be in a
cloud somewhere. And that if you have the right
kind of browser or the right kind of access, it
doesnt matter whether you have a PC or a Mac or
a mobile phone or a BlackBerry or what have you
or new devices still to be developed you can
get access to the cloud Dr. Eric
Schmidt, Google CEO, August 2006
Explosion of data intensive applications on the
Internet
Skyrocketing costsof power, space,maintenance,
etc.
The Cloud data center
Advances in multi-core computer architecture
Fast growth of connected mobile devices
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Cloud Computing and the New Enterprise Data Center
Evolution to the New Enterprise Data Centre
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Clouds IBM Has Established To Date

• IBM Innovation Portal (Jan 2006)
• IBM/Google/NSF Partnership (Oct 2007)
• IBM Cloud Computing Center in Dublin (Mar 2008)
• Wuxi Cloud Computing Center (May 2008)
• iTricity Cloud Computing Center (June 2008)
• IBM Cloud Computing Center in Beijing (June 2008)
• IBM Cloud Computing Center in Johannesburg (June
  2008)

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Cloud Application Architectures
Database Tier

Data Processing Tier
Scale-Out Web Server Tier
Virtual Machine Cloud
Connected Clients
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Future Directions Dealing with Multiple Clouds

• Programming models making them mainstream
• Transaction processing, etc.
• Security
• Ensuring proper levels of isolation and encrypted
  communication, in transition from completely
  isolated Clouds to public Clouds
• Interoperability
• Initially, Web Services/SOA and VM image
  standards
• Moving applications from one Cloud to another
• Management
• Tracking processes/workflows that run across
  boundaries

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Thank You

• Dennis Quan (dennisq_at_us.ibm.com)