Utilizing the CloudNEFLIN Tech TuesdayDiana Silveira, Novare Library Serviceswww.slideshare.net/dee987

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Agenda

• What is the Cloud?• General Considerations• Pros and Cons of Popular Services • Tips for Success

Define• Off-site • 3rd party

vendor• Web-based• Self-service• Scalability• Flexibility• Lower cost• Accessibility

Pic Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cloud_computing.svg

Types of Clouds

Private Cloud

Community

Cloud

Public Cloud

The Cloud: Advantages

• Access, Operate anywhere • Easy Implementation• Disaster Planning• Distributed Network• Bandwidth• Reliability • Easy to join, easy to quit• Security• SaaS (software as a service)

General Considerations

• Internet-Based• Privacy• Security• Fee v Free• heavily transactional applications are

not recommended

“I get that the cloud is coming and one day we’ll all be pushed to keep most of our stuff in the ‘sky.’ Just look at Apple’s new MacBook Air line. The largest internal flash memory available is 256 gigabytes. In this digital age that’s likely not enough to hold most user’s current content. And as more (read: all) computers move to flash memory eventually, the cloud will become the offsite storage vessel for us all.” … Brian Sullivan, CNBC

Source; http://www.cnbc.com/id/44892279

How much storage?

Chart Source: http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/69/~/number-of-pictures-that-can-be-stored-on-a-memory-card

Popular Commercial Cloud Services

• Google Docs• SkyDrive• DropBox• iCloud• Amazon

Google Docs

• Document-based• Upload folders, files, in native format• Create, edit in doc format• Customizable Privacy Levels• 1,024MB Free with personal account

($0-$256 (1TB)

Microsoft SkyDrive

• 25GB of online storage Free• Stores in either Public, Private or

Personal folders• Free access to the 

Microsoft Office web apps can create - Word, Excel, Powerpoint or OneNote documents for Free.

Dropbox

• Offline & Online Access• Access through Web• Desktop Program (acts like regular PC folder but

syncs• Adjustable File Privacy Levels from private to

public• 30-day history of work. – Back-up and Undos

• SSL • Up to 2GB Free ($0-$120@yr for 50GB)• Be aware: Based on Amazon S3 service

ICloud

– Launching this Fall–Mac-based– Photos, Docs, Calendar, Mail– Find my device– 5GB Free– Photostream is “free” – No Movies– Pricing above 5GB – 50GB

Amazon Cloud

• S3 Storage– “Simple Storage Service”– Pay for what you use– For the more advanced user

• Cloud Drive– User-Friendly– 5GB Free – 1000GB ($1000 @yr)– Songs Bought on Amazon Free–Works with Amazon Cloud Player

Pricing

Is price the only factor?

Source: http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/08/announced-icloud-pricing-how-it-compares-to-other-services

What’s the “best?”

Chart from: http://lifehacker.com/5786884/cloud-storage-faceoff-windows-live-skydrive-vs-dropbox-vs-amazon-cloud-drive

Other Cloud Services

• Egnyte• OCLC Web Scale• Box• SugarSync

Cloud-Based Phone Systems

• “Digital” Phone by your cable company

• Twilio• OneBox

Others?What do you use and why?

General Tips for Success

• What is the goal?– Collaboration– Disaster Planning/Back-up– Off-Site Storage

• What are your ACTUAL storage needs?– What is the file size today? How fast is it growing?– Side Note: Do you need to “digitally declutter”

• How, where, what do you need and when?• Multiple solutions might be the solution• Privacy, Security are still concerns

QUESTIONS?

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