Roy Ellis ellisprogresscom What is Cloud and why should you care Cloud is transformational 60 of US enterprises see Cloud as a transformational technology while only 8 see it as hype that has no place in their business ID: 166343
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Introducing Progress Arcade
Roy
Ellis
ellis@progress.comSlide2
What is Cloud and why should you care?Slide3
Cloud is transformational….
“60% of US enterprises see Cloud as a transformational technology, while only 8% see it as hype that has no place in their business”
Yankee Group - 2010Slide4
It’s a combination of things..
Cloud Services
Cloud
Providers
Pay just for what you use– low price of entry
Simple self-service, scale up or down with global reach
Focus on differentiation, not infrastructure
Development
Process/Service Creation
Deployment/Application Delivery
Automated provisioning
Efficient utilization and monitoring
Simple management
Cloud Consumers
SaaS
P
aaS
I
aaSSlide5
The 3 Cloud Derivatives (Gartner)
Public Cloud: A
style of computing where scalable and elastic IT-enabled capabilities are delivered as a service using Internet technologies.
Private Cloud: A
style of computing where scalable and elastic IT-enabled capabilities are delivered as a
service to internal customers
using Internet technologies.
Hybrid Cloud: The combination of external public cloud-computing services and dedicated IT resources in a coordinated fashion to assemble a solution. Slide6
“Cloud computing isn’t an if,
i
t’s a how and when”
James Staten – Forrester Research May 2011Slide7
“By 2015, there will remain no business computing category that hasn’t moved to the cloud.”
Saugatuck Research, Jan 18, 2011Slide8
“
By 2015, 50% or more of
NEW Enterprise IT spend
will be Cloud based or Hybrid”
Saugatuck Cloud IT Report – Sept 2010Slide9
Your Peers are looking for Cloud
*
*
44 application partners interviewed worldwide. Sep 2010Slide10
Progress ArcadeSlide11
Vision
Progress Arcade accelerates moving ISVs and BSPs into the Cloud, an enticing hosting alternative, as they adopt a SaaS business model.
Progress Arcade also makes use of the Cloud to help OpenEdge developers learn about the product features offered by Progress and by Complimentary Solution Providers.
OpenEdge
is the leading
SaaS
Platform for ISVs and Business Service Providers to simplify service development and delivery for the
Cloud
resulting in greater Operational ResponsivenessSlide12
OpenEdge Cloud Strategy: Progress Arcade
An Extensible Environment Supporting Customer-Oriented Cloud-Based Activities
Goals:
Accelerate SaaS partner business: facilitate deployment in the Cloud
App modernization: help customers utilize OpenEdge product features
Demonstrate the synergy of OpenEdge and the Cloud
Available in Popular Cloud Environments
Initial target is Amazon EC2
Beta Launched June 2011
Early Adopter Program launched July 2011
General Availability September 2011
Make Cloud simple!Slide13
Progress Arcade and the “Road to the Cloud”
Public
Clouds
Private
Clouds
“Back roads”
“Expressway”
How much Time, Money, Resources?
12 Clicks
Wizard-like process
Single-source billing
Cloud agnostic
Common user experience
No vendor lock-inSlide14
Progress Arcade
Cloud Deployment FlexibilitySlide15
Progress Arcade: From Concept…to Reality!Slide16
Progress Arcade - Free Community Resources
Network and discuss all things SaaS and cloud with others just like you
Take a test-drive of other Progress applications and solutions with just a few clicks
TRY
SHARE
SHOP
Visit our virtual marketplace of complementary products & servicesSlide17
Progress Arcade - Premium Resources
Configure and prepare your application for the cloud quickly and easily
Offer prospects the ability to demonstrate your products in the cloud
DEMO
STAGE
DEPLOY
Deploy your production application in the cloud with just a few simple clicksSlide18
Support for Responsive Business Applications
The complete development platform to build dynamic, business process-enabled applications for secure deployment across any platform, any mobile device, and
any Cloud
.Slide19
Progress Arcade Live DemoSlide20
For Application Partners, Progress Arcade Provides:
A Powerful Yet Easy-to-use Interface to the Cloud
A Structured Environment Tuned to Getting OpenEdge Applications Running in the Cloud
OpenEdge Products Pre-populated & Configured as a Starting Point, Covering a Range of Single- and Multi-system Deployments
OpenEdge 10.2B
originally and 11.0 available NOW!
Support for Product Demos in the Cloud
Sophisticated Management and Monitoring CapabilitiesSlide21
Links, documents, other stuff you might want to know…
Arcade
http://arcade.progress.com
/
Communities
http://
communities.progress.com/pcom/community/psdn/progress_arcade
RightScale
http://www.rightscale.com
/
Amazonhttp://aws.amazon.com/Slide22