Pillar 3 : Infrastructure

Hello

• Wes Smith, San Diego, CA

• AEC Cloud• Azure Managed Services Provider

• Microsoft Biztalk Integration Specialist

• Software Developer

• AECCloud.com/AGCIT

About Me

• 1994, University of Florida School of Building Construction

• 1995, Construction Engineer for Hensel Phelps

• 2000, Consultant for New York Times & Pentagon Renovation Program

• 2001, Managed Services Entreprenuer to Present

• 2001, 9/11 Attacks

• 2003, Northeast Black Out

• 2005, Kuwait Data Center Fire

• 2015, Ransomware Attacks

What is Infrastructure?

• A bunch of servers in a closet?

• Underlying foundation that supports IT?

• NIST Cloud Definition (NIST-800-145)• 5 Characteristics; On-Demand SS, etc..

• 4 Deployment Models; Public, etc..

• 3 Service Models; IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

Past, Present, Future

Phases• Bare Metal

• Virtualization

• Cloud Computing

• World Computer

Considerations• People

• Process

• Technology

• Transition

Any Runners in the Room?

• Couch Potato to Marathon

• Clumsiness

• Game Plan

• Excuses

• Chicago

Phase 1: Bare Metal

• People• Mgmt, Sys, Dev, 25+ Vendors

• Process• Location Based; CapEx• Antivirus, Backup, DR, Monitoring, Security (Padlocks)

• Technology• All Hardware, Rigid• Racks, Power, Cabling, Storage, Servers, Networking, Firewall, Steelhead, VPN

• Transition to Virtualization• Rebuild, 5/1 Reduction; Amortized/Subscription Mix

Image: Lost in Fire

Phase 2: Virtualization

• People• Mgmt, Sys, Dev, 15+ Vendors

• Process• Remote, ITIL, NIST, MS Ops, SSAE 16; CapEx

• Antivirus, Backup, DR, Monitoring, Security

• Technology• Less Hardware, Some Flexibility, More Accessible

• Transition to Cloud• Pilot, Configure, Ingest, User Data, Cutover; Subscription Based

Image: vCritical.com

Phase 3: Cloud Computing

• People• Mgmt, DevOps, Gig Economy, 5+ Vendors

• Process• Crowd Sourced, Intuitive, Built In; OpEx

• Antivirus, Backup, DR, Monitoring, Security

• Technology• No Hardware, Highly Flexible, “Stack in a Box”

• Transition to World Computer• TBD, Ground Up; Node/Network Transaction Based

Image: MazikGlobal.com

Phase 3: Cloud Computing

Image: MazikGlobal.com

Phase 4: World Computer

• People• Mgmt, Dev, BI Analysts, App Vendors

• Process• Analysis, Monitoring, Security; OpEx

• Technology• Anonymous Public Network, Cryptography

Image: MazikGlobal.com

Phase 4: World Computer

• Protocols• Bitcoin

• Ethereum; EVM, Smart Contracts, Ether, Gas

• Solutions• Golum (Golem.network)

• Big Chain DB (BigChainDB.com)

• Interplanetary File System (IPFS.io)

• Filecoin (Filecoin.io)Image: Joel Monegro, Coindesk

Image: Dr. Shermin Voshmgir

Phase 4: World Computer

AECCloud.com/AGCIT