Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs The final level of psychological development that can be achieved when all basic and mental needs are fulfilled and the "actualization" of the full personal potential takes place.

Vince’s Business Axiom to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs The pinnacle of business development that can be achieved when your business when focused on what is truly important can "actualize“ its true purpose and realize its full potential.

John McCarthy 1960s – “ Computation may someday be organized as a public utility” Metaphor Class Instantiated as an Object – Booche Telephone Network Computer Network Internet Today – Cloud Computing Wide Spread Adoption Virtualization SOA Autonomic & Utility Computing Details Abstracted from End User – No need for expertise or control over technology or infrastructure that supports them Commoditization – Utility Basing Computing

Cloud Computing is the transformation of computer hardware, software and networks into a Utility just like the your Electric Company, Water Company, or Gas Company.

"Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. This cloud model promotes availability. Characteristics

Service Models Deployment Models Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Platform as a Service PaaS Software as a Service SaaS Private Cloud Public Cloud Hybrid Cloud

"Gartner predicts that the most transformational technologies included in the Hype Cycle will be the following: Virtualization, Big Data, Cloud Advertising, Cloud Computing, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Public Cloud Computing, and Hybrid Cloud Computing.“ Gartner 2011 Hype Cycle Report

Cloud Computing 20% 20 Percent of Businesses Will Own No IT Assets By Gartner, Jan. 2010

Cloud Computing $ 55 billion 55 Billion Dollars Per Year Will be Spent on Cloud Computing in 2014, Growing 27% Annually --IDC, June

Cloud Computing 68% 68 Percent of Workloads Will be Virtualized by 2013, but Businesses Use Tools to Manage Less Than Half of Their Virtual Environment. --IDC, June 2010

Cloud Computing 80% 80% of New Commercial Enterprise Apps Will be Deployed on Cloud Platforms --IDC, December 2011

“By 2012, 80% of Fortune 1000 enterprises will be using some cloud computing services, 20% of businesses will own no IT assets.” “The bottom line: Early adopters are finding serious benefits, meaning that cloud computing is real and warrants your scrutiny as a new set of platforms for business applications.”

“Annually Microsoft invests approximately 9 Billion dollars in R&D. As of 2012, 95% of Microsoft's 40,000 engineers are working on new cloud applications and new cloud services. Technology leaders like Microsoft do not invest this heavily on technology that is a fad or has no real chance of succeeding.” “The Cloud is fast changing the landscape of information technology and how businesses view and utilize IT resources” Vince Mayfield

Top five advantages of cloud computing: 1. Pay only for what you use 2. Easy/fast deployment to end users 3. Monthly payments 4. Encourages standard systems 5. Requires less in-house staff, costs

Top Objections to the Cloud: 1. Compliance Issues 2. Security 3. Control

Underlying Issues: 1. Fear 2. Need to Own Stuff 3. Control 4. Change 5. Perceived Risk

A simple video to explain and visualize the Windows Azure Platform

The Windows Azure Platform fits here Traditional ITStorageStorage ServersServers NetworkingNetworking O/SO/S MiddlewareMiddleware VirtualizationVirtualization DataData ApplicationsApplications RuntimeRuntime You manage IaaS Storage Servers Networking O/SO/S MiddlewareMiddleware Virtualization DataData ApplicationsApplications RuntimeRuntime Managed by vendor You manage PaaS Managed by vendor Storage Servers Networking O/S Middleware Virtualization ApplicationsApplications Runtime DataData SaaS Managed by vendor Storage Servers Networking O/S Middleware Virtualization Applications Runtime Data Higher Cost & More ControlLower Cost & Higher Agility Higher Cost & More Control Lower Cost & Higher Agility

Fabric Controller Infrastructure App Fabric Controller Platform Your Application Your Data

GENERAL PURPOSE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES ComputeStorageManagement Relational data Marketplace Service Bus Access Control CDN Windows Azure Platform Management

Devices and Mobile Easily develop applications for devices and mobile that use the public cloud using the Windows Azure Toolkits for Devices. Extend SharePoint to the public cloud for storage, CDN, database, and Business Intelligence needs. Storage Solutions Social Media Marketing Campaigns Create social media marketing campaign that is easily scalable using the public cloud for development, deployment, and management.. Highly Scalable Websites Build highly-scalable websites on the public cloud Custom Applications Development Quickly and easily create departmental or LOB applications that can run in the cloud using existing skills with Microsoft Visual Studio and.NET Database Migration Quickly and easily migrate Access/SQL or MySQL databases to the cloud HPC Workloads Compute-heavy applications or models with batch/burst utilization; parallel processing of low-risk data

S. Central – U.S.S. Central – U.S. W. EuropeW. Europe N. Central – U.S.N. Central – U.S. N. EuropeN. Europe S.E. AsiaS.E. Asia E. AsiaE. Asia 6 datacenters across 3 continents6 datacenters across 3 continents Simply select your data center of choice when deploying an application

North America Region Europe Region Asia Pacific Region Over 2 terabits per second of capacity from over 22 global locations Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) service scales your global reach automatically without user intervention

Business-Actualization Business-Realization The Cloud is not Hype – Changing how we think of Computing Resources Transforming Traditional IT Windows Azure PaaS Microsoft Data Centers WAI 2 Power of Instant Infrastructure Windows Azure is an Economic Discussion Not a Technical Discussion Adopt or Be Left Behind

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