02-06-2012, 04:44 PM
Cloud Computing
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Congruent and Converging Forces…that compete
If you accept…
There is an unquenchable thirst for collaboration and sharing
We can work anywhere at any time – highly mobile workforce
You can work wherever you are – at home, traveling, etc.
Enabling the Cloud Environment
Infrastructure
Consolidation
Global Information Grid
Capacity Services
Virtualization
Rapid Provisioning
Facility Analysis
Software
Network-Centric Services
SAAS
Forge.mil
Processes
ITIL
Security (Certification & Accreditation (C&A))
Computing Service Provider (CSP) Analysis
DISA’s Components to Cloud Computing
Platform-As-A-Service (PaaS)
Delivers a computing platform and/or solution stack as a service
Facilitates deployment of applications without the cost and complexity of buying and managing the underlying hardware and software layers
Infrastructure-As-A-Service (IaaS)
The delivery of computer IasS, typically platform virtualization
For example:
Virtual desktops
Grid computing
Applications-As-A-Service (AaaS) /Software-As-A-Service (SaaS)
Leverages the Cloud in software architecture
Eliminates the need to install and run the application on the customer's own computer
Type:
Commercial
Government
RACE Drivers…Why Do It
Support faster application development/deployment
Reduce hardware provisioning from months to hours
Provide standard platforms to encourage standardization
Developing under security guidelines reduces implementation delays to retrofit security
Reduce development and operating cost
Self-service model reduces costs
Standardization reduces support costs
Centralizing resources in the cloud
Improve overall security posture
No servers under desks
Secure facilities
Uniform application of security guidelines
RACE – The Solution
Reduced Cost
Pay only for what you need
Month-to-month service
No annual maintenance fees
Increased Speed
24 hour provisioning
Online self service
Credit card acquisition
Forge.mil
Collaborative environment supporting the development and sharing of open source and community source software within the DoD
Limited Operation Availability: January 23, 2009
General Availability: March 27, 2009
Common evaluation criteria and an agile certification process to accelerate the certification of reusable, net-centric solutions
Limited Operational Availability: June 20, 2009
On demand application development and lifecycle management tools provided buy DISA Computing Services Directorate on a fee-for-service bases for private project or program use
Availability: TBD
RACE and Forge.milA complementary offering
Acquire development server
Develop application
Developer Testing
Free public code repository/library
Find pre-existing source code
Manage project lifecycle for public projects
Share new code with others
Collaborate with other DoD projects
Proposed RACE User Interface
Software.Forge becomes a NCES-like offering
Project.Forge becomes a SAAS offering
RACE is a User Self-Service Portal for CSD services
Challenges and Barriers
Current
Balancing Security and Usability
User Validation
Virtualization; servers, firewalls, networks
Access
Business processes
Flexible funding; credit cards, speeding MIPR process
Cultural inertia
Sharing the vision
Convincing “Box Huggers”
Controlling expectations
“Why can’t it…..”
Future
Security optimization
“Shared” accreditation
Validation of customer applications
Integrating Software as a Service
Accessing federated and shared services
Varying interpretations of security guidelines
Business streamlining
Each Service and Agency has unique processes
Funding hurdles; Procurement $ verses Operating $
Clouds - Complexity With A Promise Of ….
User:
Builds a web application,
Using a standard platform
Using a standard database
Upload this application to a cloud provider
Only pays for what s/he uses when s/he needs it.
Everything else is an implementation detail.
Cloud provider automatically
Provisions the services
Scales the application and the database together
Infrastructure
Consolidation
Global Information Grid
Capacity Services
Virtualization
Rapid Provisioning
Facility Analysis