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Parting the Cloud:Some Blue Sky Thinking :-)
Martin Hamilton@martin_hamiltonhttp://martinh.net
These slides: http://goo.gl/TFYTB
Cloud = Internet
What's in a name?
Augmenting the power of your laptop, phone, tablet, ...
...and thereby extending your reach as an individual
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Disclosure
Diagram credit: Andy Powell et al
Disclosure #2
Google Apps in UK HE
What's in The Box?
Gmail Huge inbox with search: keep and find everything.
Talk Business class IM and VC as easy as email.
Groups Let users easily create and work in teams.
Calendar Make sharing calendars and schedules easy.
Docs Makes collaborating as easy as creating
Sites Allow users to manage their own sites.
Video Unlock the power of video within your business.
Postini Security and compliance solutions.
Marketplace Extend the functionality of Google Apps
Slide credit: Ross Mahon, Google
Google's Enterprise Vision
Slide credit: Ross Mahon, Google
Extending Google Apps
Google Confidential and ProprietarySlide credit: Ross Mahon, Google
Continuous Innovation
2010 2011
Priority Inbox
218 feature releases 95 so far…
60+ new Apps
Docs Mobile Editing
Chrome forBusiness
Cloud Connect 4
Office
Chromebooks
Discussionsin Docs
Apps for Apps
Chrome Browser
Slide credit: Ross Mahon, Google
Going Google at Loughborough:
Hassle free transition with only around 100 Service Desk cases for 17,000 users
£250K saving on hardware/cooling/powerEnabling new services - 95% uptake of Google
Calendar and 70% uptake of Google DocsRetention of the student's digital identity on graduation (used by over 5,000 students)
Stats: App Takeup
Stats: Document Types
Stats: Docs Takeup
Stats: Student Collaboration
Stats: Staff Collaboration
Where's The Value Add?
A Contrary Viewpoint"If you use a proprietary program orsomebody else's web server, you'redefenceless. You're putty in the hands ofwhoever developed that software."
Photo licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License, from angrykeyboarder
But wait, there's more...
Photo by Noah Sussman
Post-PC era is here?
Parting the Cloud:Some Blue Sky Thinking :-)
Martin Hamilton@martin_hamiltonhttp://martinh.net
These slides: http://goo.gl/TFYTB