1. The cloud Matthias Liffers Emerging Technologies Specialist

2. By the way… Muh-TEE-us

3. Or to make it easier @mpfl

4. What is a cloud? A visible mass of droplets Little drops of water or frozen crystals In the atmosphere Above the surface of the Earth or other planetary body

5. What is the cloud? Created by Sam Johnston, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license

6. How did this come about? Paradigm shift in server model Virtualisation Broadband Change in attitude

7. Cloud applications Productivity Google docs http://docs.google.com/http://docs.google.com/ Microsoft Office Web Apps http://office.live.com/http://office.live.com/ Online storage Dropbox http://www.dropbox.com/http://www.dropbox.com/ SkyDrive http://skydrive.live.com/http://skydrive.live.com/ Notes Evernote http://www.evernote.com/http://www.evernote.com/ Tasks Remember the milk http://www.rememberthemilk.com/http://www.rememberthemilk.com/ Freemium!

8. How does this help me? Data is not stored on your computer Potential cost benefits? Freedom for/from IT? Accessible anywhere 24/7 Anything can be cloud-hosted Corporate email Files Applications

9. Problems Where is the data actually stored? USA PATRIOT Act http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR03162:] Security Be careful with confidential data Internet traffic Traffic is subject to quotas in Australia

10. Examples of use Share files easily Access your own files Work collaboratively

11. Sharing files easily

15. Simple Fast Got a lot of responses, too! http://www.dropbox.com/

16. Universal file access

21. Simple Fast Supported on a variety of platforms PC, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android Blackberry coming soon http://www.dropbox.com/

22. Work collaboratively

27. Simple Already being used by students at Murdoch and UWA http://docs.google.com/ http://office.live.com/

28. Want my slides? http://slidesha.re/a7qDl0

29. Show and tell!

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31. Dell Mini 9 1.6GHz CPU 16GB SSD 1GB RAM Ubuntu 10.04 End of Life

32. Pulse smartpen Records audio and writing Transfer notes to computer Search notes RRP $293

33. iPhone 4 32GB storage iOS 4.01 RRP$999

34. Flip Ultra HD 2 hours recording 16:9 widescreen USB and HDMI connectivity Tripod mount RRP$249.95

35. Dell Latitude XT2 1.4GHz Dual-Core CPU 128GB SSD 5GB RAM Windows XP Tablet RRP~$3400

36. iPad 3G + WiFi 64GB storage RRP $1049