Distributed Hosted ArchitectureThe third Tenancy Model
Fabrice Cathala3-april-2006(edited version to preserve confidentiality)
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Agenda
Problem Cloud Computing: Fears & Reluctance The “Firewall Feeling”
Solution Distributed Hosted Architecture
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Cloud Computing: Fears & Reluctance
Whatever true or not, companies often consider cloud computing less secure than their own infrastructure (see “the Firewall feeling”)
Companies are also concerned by data privacy issues when storing their business critical information out of their boundaries
The Distributed Hosted Architecture answers these two concerns
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The “Firewall Feeling”…
Inside the firewall
Business
Confidential Information
IT
Outside the firewall
Hackers attacks… Customers Internet Infrastructure (DNS) Vendors
Public Information
Cloud Computing
CONTROLED ENVIRONMENT POTENTIAL THREAT
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Distributed Hosted Architecture
Distributed Hosted Architecture
Customer data is physically stored within the company infrastructure Application meta-data and business logic are stored in the cloud Customer data is served on the fly by an appliance paired with the
cloud application
CustomerData
Traditional Cloud Computing