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CloudCom utin &A licationHostin :ConsiderationsforInvestmentFirms
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Founded 1995
Mission To be the leading provider of IT services and technology solutions to theinvestment community worldwide
Headquarters
Boston
New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Geneva, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, San
OfficesFrancisco, Singapore, Stamford and London.
Phone 1.800.752.1382
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CoreServices Strategic IT Consulting Outsourced IT & Help Desk
Business Continuity Planning
Disaster Recovery
Professional Services
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Compliance Solutions
Storage Solutions
Colocation Services
Communications Solutions
Network Design & Management
EMail & IM Archiving
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Cloud computing defined Services delivered
Public versus private clouds
Application hosting
Questions to ask vendors
Hed e funds and the Cloud
Q&A
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Reduced Cost
Pay per usage
Lower Capital ExpensesCosteffective
Less Maintenance
Increased Storage
FlexibleScalable
Cloud can scale to handle suddenincreased workloads
ex y Rapid delivery of applications
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Highly scalable internet based applications are hosted on the
cloud & offered as services Google Docs, Acrobat.com, Salesforce.com
Service(SaaS)
Here the platforms used to design, develop, build & testapplications are provided by the cloud infrastructure.
Platform as a
Service Azure Service Platform, Force.com, Google App Engine(PaaS)
In this pay per use model, services like storage, databasemanagement & compute capabilities are offered on demand.
Amazon Web Services, GoGrid, 3 Tera
as a Service
(IaaS)
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PublicCloud 3rd Party on demand computing resources
greater control OnPremise
Externall Hosted
HybridCloud has the ability to augment a private infrastructurewith cloud resources
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Cloud Computing
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Agenda
What are some considerations or trade-offs forhosting applications in the Cloud?
What questions should customers ask vendors tour r r
standards?
Why do hedge fund clients want their applicationshosted in the Cloud?
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Considerations or Trade-offs
What are some considerations or trade-offs for hostingapplications in the Cloud?
Considerations for your SWOT Analysis: Control firm knowledge, maintenance plans
Speed what is the tolerance for latency?
Security less control of security of data g va a y ac ups, ,
Cost of ownership is the cloud really cheaper?
E.g. memory, storage, network?
Systems Integration will there be any limitations or
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per ormance ssues
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Questions for Vendors
What questions should customers ask vendors to ensureapplication performance is at the highest standards?
Does your software work in a hosted environment?Issues with virtualization?
How is it deployed? Native over internet, Citrix?
Are there any limitations with this type of
. .functionality that wont work if remotely deployed/ or display limitations?
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Questions for Vendors
What questions should customers ask vendors to ensureapplication performance is at the highest standards?
How many clients have a hosted implementation?
Does the vendor have a hosting partnershipprogram? Who are the providers, get references
Will the vendor help with a proof of concept?
Will there be any changes to the level of service?
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Hedge Funds & the Cloud
Why do hedge fund clients want their applications hosted inthe Cloud?
Expertise core services e.g. mail, storage, highavailability, compliance, etc & specialized services. . x r
Cost effectiveness some services are cheaper to,
Convenience office moves, simplify high
,Hybrid approach certain apps remain in-house
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