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MoM attendees 6 Léo Lefebvre As Sandra pointed out, deploying a cloud device brings tremendous savings by reducing your investment in equipment and maximizing utilization levels on all associated servers. A major benefit of cloud computing is its ability to expand and contract a service across servers in a data center as needed, sharing resources with others instead of having dedicated servers sit idle. Some characteristics of cloud computing are elasticity, virtualization, flexibility, metering, and chargeback…to name a few. If you are wondering, where would I use Cloud today in my organization? Well potentially, everything from generic word processing software to customized computer programs could work on a cloud computing system, although some applications are not ideally suited to run in the cloud. An example would be your ERP system or accounting system— where privacy and security in a controlled TORONTO USERS GROUP for Power Systems – January 2010
environment is paramount. In my estimate only 30 to 40 percent of applications are suited for cloud computing, so don’t run out and sell the farm yet… but when there is a good fit the savings are substantial and well worth the investment. Advantages of Cloud Computing • Anywhere, anytime access via the Internet • Reduction of hardware / software costs • Metered fees for software licensing via third party cloud offering • Offsite data storage and backup for sensitive data • Reduced hardware support costs when using outsourced cloud offerings • Grid computing to share processor workloads • Software as a Service Disadvantages of Cloud Computing Cloud computing isn’t new. As you’ve seen many companies are already doing it. But it may not work well just yet in large corporate environments where data privacy, control and security concerns are prevalent. It may be that these organizations need to understand how to virtualize these applications and prepare for upcoming advancements. Get ready for the wave, but be a little more conservative with mission critical applications. Maybe these corporations should look to what it means to have a private cloud. TORONTO USERS GROUP for Power Systems – January 2010 Vaughn Dragland Alkarim Sachedina presenting speaker’s gift to Sandra Weir Table of Contents 7
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