The cloud

Matthias LiffersEmerging Technologies Specialist

By the way…

Muh-TEE-us

Or to make it easier

@mpfl

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

What is the cloud?

Created by Sam Johnston, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license

How did this come about?

• Paradigm shift in server model

• Virtualisation

• Broadband

• Change in attitude

Cloud applications

• Productivity• Google docs http://docs.google.com/• Microsoft Office Web Apps http://office.live.com/

• Online storage• Dropbox http://www.dropbox.com/• SkyDrive http://skydrive.live.com/

• Notes• Evernote http://www.evernote.com/

• Tasks• Remember the milk http://www.rememberthemilk.com/

• Freemium!

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

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

Examples of use

• Share files easily

• Access your own files

• Work collaboratively

Sharing files easily

Sharing files easily

Sharing files easily

Sharing files easily

Sharing files easily

• Simple

• Fast

• Got a lot of responses, too!

• http://www.dropbox.com/

Universal file access

Universal file access

Universal file access

Universal file access

Universal file access

Universal file access

• Simple

• Fast

• Supported on a variety of platforms

• PC, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android• Blackberry coming soon

• http://www.dropbox.com/

Work collaboratively

Work collaboratively

Work collaboratively

Work collaboratively

Work collaboratively

Work collaboratively

• Simple

• Already being used by students at Murdoch and UWA

• http://docs.google.com/

• http://office.live.com/

Want my slides?

http://slidesha.re/a7qDl0

Show and tell!

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