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A Shift in Canada’s Economy
Mill it. Drill it. Kill it.
From:
To:
Internet Economy & Data-driven
Innovation
“Information is the oil of the 21st
century and analytics is
the combustion engine.”
- Peter Sondergaard | the Gartner Group
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A new era of data-driven innovation…
> Improved or automated decision making
> Better customer insights
> Product and service innovation
> Process innovation
> Organizational innovation
“A city of 1 million will generate
180 million gigabytes of data/day by 2019”
Cisco Global Cloud Index, 2014-2019
Internet of Everything
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…is creating new, global powerhouses
Shift in value creation: From data processing, storage and transport
to software, analytics and data-centric services
~4x Revenue per employee
Internet Firms…
Traditional
ICT Firms
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What can the cloud do for your business?
Business, rather than infrastructure.
> Improve time to market
> Access from any device, anywhere
> Provide scale
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What is Cloud?
> “On demand” compute, network, and storage resources
> Rapid addition and removal of capacity
> Pay for what you use
Why does service type matter for software development?
Time to Market
Paa
S
IaaS
Shortest Longest
Vendor Lock-in Least Most
Paa
S
IaaS
IaaS
Service Costs
Paa
S
Lowest Highest
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Avoiding the “Cloud Trap”
• Many different Fees
• Consumption is poorly understood
• Automation Investment dependent on cloud specific APIs
• Application dependency upon cloud specific PaaS features
Pay for Use
Services
Provider Dependencies
Lock-in and/or Bill
Shock
http://www.canarie.ca/the-cloud-trap/
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Avoiding Vendor Lock-in
> Minimize dependency upon proprietary PaaS features,
> Design for code portability,
> Automate image synchronization between clouds,
> Automate data migration procedures between clouds,
> Profile resource consumption relative to offered load,
> Track market conditions
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Understanding and controlling cloud costs can make or break a startup.
The Canadian cloud market
> Entering a hyper competitive phase
> Average price for an instance*: ~$57
> Expect prices <$10/month within 2 years• Precedent set in web hosting market
*Continuous operation of a VM using 1vCPU, 2GB RAM, >40GB Storage, >5TB BW transfer for a monthInformal price survey of 5 Canadian providers from July 2015.
The DAIR cloud for Canada’s ICT Startups
> A kick-start to new cloud service offerings> Mobilizes new cloud ICT businesses in Canada
Get to market faster on the CANARIE network… for free.
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Why DAIR?
Why are startups using DAIR?
> Accelerate time to market
> Avoid costs
> Gain experience with cloud technology
> Validate customer feature sets
> Refine business models
Why DAIR vs other free cloud services?
> Cost certainty: no hidden costs
> Time: one year access, renewable
> Canadian cloud: data resides in Canada
> High performance network: 100 Gbpsnational network
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600 startups have lifted their business to the DAIR cloud
canarie.ca/cloud/case-studies
“Using DAIR, we gained enormous benefits by collaborating with customers on product
development and evolution in real time.”
Mike Cook, President and Operating Officer, Identos
“DAIR was the right solution for us. DAIR’s high-performance servers supported our
sophisticated software tools and multiple data feeds. We were able to develop and test our
product thoroughly on DAIR.”
Grant Sutherland, President, BOS Forestry
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1. 4 virtual cores (vCPUs)2. 4 virtual machines3. 8 GB RAM4. 80 GB storage across 4 file systems5. 200 GB of object storage 6. Native OS: Windows Server 2008,
R2 Server 2012, Windows 7, Centos 6.0/7.0, Ubuntu 10.04/12.04/14.04
7. “Unlimited” data transfer in, within, and out of DAIR8. Support9. Additional resources for nominal fees
Free year* of use for Development, Test, and Trials
What’s offered?
*Renewable subject to capacity
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How to Sign Up:
> Apply at: http://canarie.ca/cloud
> Accept CANARIE’s Acceptable Use Policy
> Receive e-mail confirmation with a username/password
> Access the DAIR portal
> Begin using your development environment
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Most Frequent Questions
> What happens after year of free use?
> What’s involved in migration to/from DAIR?
> How does CANARIE define “production use”?
> What level of support is provided?
> What if I need more resources than is provided?
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