Cloud Computing 101

CLOUD 101 LEARNING WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CLOUD COMPUTING Cloud is moving from the hypothetical to the reality with many agencies already seeing benefits. But do you know your cloud ABCS to help your organization make the most of this technology? No worries, GovLoop is here to help you become a cloud expert. LESSON 1 DEFINITION OF CLOUD Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, 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. OR... A NETWORK OF SERVERS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE VIA THE INTERNET LESSON 2 CLOUD BUILDING BLOCKS 4 Cloud Deployment Models Private Community Public Hybrid An on- or off-premise cloud that is Several organizations with The infrastructure is available to A combination of public, private, operated only for an organization, common concerns such as policies the public and owned by a cloud and community clouds that are which a group or vendor may or security requirements share the service provider (CSP). accessed separately but share standardized or proprietary manage. infrastructure. technology. 3 Service Models SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS) Consumers run programs on a cloud platform that is completely managed by the CSP. PLATFORM AS A SERVICE (PAAS) Applications and data are still managed by the consumer, but the CSP takes responsibility for everything else, including operating systems and architectures. INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS) Applications, data, and operating systems are managed by the consumer, while the CSP manages networking, storage, and virtualization. LESSON 3 CLOUD BENEFITS EFFICIENCY CST-SAVINGS AGILITY Systems are consolidated in a high-capacity Consumers pay-per-use for Services are scalable and technologies built and maintained by CSP easily altered without changing hardware environment LESSON 4 GOVERNMENT CLOUD MILESTONES The term "cloud computing" is coined by University 1997 of Texas professor Ramnath Chellappa in a talk on a "new computing paradigm." Government agencies begin developing computer "grids," an open-source networking 2000 technology that lets users share resources in a manner not subject to central control. Interior Department becomes one of several agencies to experiment with adopting the 2001 application service provider model for delivering applications to workforce. State Department launches pilot to switch out PCs for thin clients at overseas posts EPA announces project to use grid computing for 2004 air quality monitoring, a sign that government 2005 and domestic offices. acceptance of collaborative networks is widening. GSA announces it will use cloud computing as OMB issues "cloud first" mandate, requiring primary means for hosting the government's 2010 agencies to identify three services to move to the official information portal, USA.gov. cloud and retire associated legacy systems. The White House releases the Federal 2011 Cloud Computing Strategy Energy Department sets up YourCloud GSA moves 17,000 e-mail users to to broker secure cloud services for Google Apps for Government. agency and national labs. 2012 DARPA seeks mission-resilient cloud to ensure military can withstand attack against pieces of the network. CIA inks $600 million deal with Amazon Web Services to build a private cloud, bolstering 2013 confidence in security of the cloud. LESSON 5 LESSON 6 GOVERNMENT REQUIRED CLOUD LEADERS READING OF US Government Cloud 1 Computing Technology Roadmap Volume I EXECUTIVE OMB ENITED STATES OF D STATES http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPubl ications/NIST.SP.500-293.pdf DOD Federal Cloud Computing 2 Strategy https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/fil es/omb/assets/egov_docs/federal-cloud-co mputing-strategy.pdf OMELAND How Cloud is Reinventing 3 GENERAL SERVICES Government SECURITY DHS GSA https://www.govloop.com/resources/how-cl oud-is-reinventing-government-new-guide/ OARLA Your Guide to Using 4 TY OF Everything-as-a-Service https://www.govloop.com/resources/guide-u sing-everything-service/ STATE OF OHIO OAKLAND COUNTY, MI SOURCES: NIST http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf CREATED BY: SUPPORTED BY: Cloud Times http://cloudtimes.org/glossary/ FedRAMP http://www.fedramp.gov/ MeriTalk govloop Microsoft http://meritalk.com/cloud-without-commitment CDW http://www.cdwnewsroom.com/2013-state-of-the-cloud-report/ GCN http://gcn.com/articles/2013/05/30/gcn30-timeline-cloud.aspx DEFENSE TENNO