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We'll be discussing the topic "IaaS and the enterprise: Past, Present & Future."

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Q3: How is #IaaS changing the game for born-on-the-web startups?

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See my previous answer - companies like WhatsApp and Instagram are able to build billion dollar companies with extremely small staffs and minimal investment. Anyone with an idea and a credit card has access to infrastructure to deliver globally.

21st century Startups are born and run on #IaaS. Don't understand the queston. ;-)

IaaS isn’t really “changing” the game for born-on-the-web startups … It *created* the game for born-on-the-web startups. Entrepreneurs can start with a small pay-as-you-go cloud footprint and grow as customer demand increases.

It's changing everything. Instagram, WhatsApp: they don't own servers, don't have IT. They don't have DBAs. Focus on product.

i get asked alot what is born on the web mean..

I shall define 'born on the web' as post-ec2

I'd say #IaaS has changed the game - as in general more elastic computing resources.

Would there be born-on-the-web startups without #IaaS of some kind?

Zeydy Ortiz, PhD

born-on-the-cloud may be more appropriate term

Born on the web startups have the advantage of Enterprises without legacy equipment or assets... #IAAS is configured via a credit card!

Zeydy Ortiz, PhD

'the web' is SO 25 years ago!

Q2: @furrier startups , new applications development#cloudchat, reduce IT complexity

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What about Database as as Service in context to #IaaS and #PaaS where does it fit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khDaXdjJmpg

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DBaaS is a portion of PaaS, that sits on top of IaaS

@Mike And it gets especially confusing when your customers think about your DBaaS as IaaS ... Because it's replacing infrastructure they've used in the past.

the #IaaS going enterprise is a great win for hybrid cloud bc the data center is not going away anytime soon

@softlayer you're right. I think what we're really moving towards is Stack-aaS.

Renat Khasanshyn

DBaaS is mainly enabler of PaaS at orgs > 80% of its value goes to developers and adds to their upraising > #1. boosts time to value for apps #2. mind-shifter tool to evangelize #1 to non-devs

DBaaS leverages IaaS to deliver APIs to used in PaaS, but it doesn't really fit in IaaS or PaaS. Let's call it "IaaS+" - a building block service that relies on IaaS function and provides APIs for PaaS.

Q1 @Furrier elasticity, time to deply projects#cloudchat

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We love devops so time to deploy is key to time to value creation and customer value

Q2: What are some of the primary examples you’ve seen of companies benefitting from #IaaS?

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Cloudant! We run a global service across 35 data centers, and we don't own a single server

With #IaaS, companies are freed from the constraints of their own physical resources and geographic locations. Highly available and easily accessible infrastructure is available on demand anywhere in the world on monthly or even hourly contracts.

Also ... "Cloudant!"

Two immediately come to mind - WhatsApp and Instagram, neither of which would have been able to get where they have. They would have needed significantly more capital to build out a global infrastructure.

I was just corrected. We own several raspberry pis.

Faster innovation and adoption of business processes. Focus on the software - not the infrastructure. #Cloudchat

Or in other words - opexize your capex. #cloudchat

@softlayer what about developer benefits?

Dormain Drewitz

rapid time to market with new services and infrastructure. Great case study with Scheider Electric: http://bit.ly/14y4jTN

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But really, do you need to look farther than Instagram or WhatsApp?

@Holger That's a great way to put it. OpEx vs. CapEx is huge in #IaaS.

@softlayer I think creativity is key, too. Not just *pex.

A2: Ease of scaling, the ability to quickly grow to new locations/global expanse, swiftness of running tests and dev projects

The developer question is secondary in my view - faster & bettter infrastructure will get you / keep your developers

developers see similar benefits - immediate access to global infrastructure with a credit card and ability to experiment.

@furrier The best examples from a developer perspective that I've seen (from both sides of the coin) are Tumblr and WhatsApp.

Dormain Drewitz

Another example is someone like Gilt Groupe - Flash sales require massive scalability and elasticity. Classic #IaaS use case

If you can move your traditional #ensw apps to public cloud - you will substantial savings - but most enterprises do not have the guts.

Dormain Drewitz

long-term archiving is another use case. Like many companies, Spot Trading has retention requirements and data growth is a challenge

Renat Khasanshyn

80% of #IaaS value so far on 1) playing the key role in disrupting old business models > Netflix 2) enabling developer-led organizations shift power away from corporate IT overlords. #cloudchat

one of the greatest benefits of #IaaS is not only the pay as you grow benefits and ease of scaling, but also elasticity - you can just as easily scale down.

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I wonder if the folks over at IBM Realize John Casaretto (Technology editor for Silicon Angle) was just on Alex Jones explaining how great John McAfee is.

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stop trolling this conversation

Thanks everyone Q1: What do you see as the primary benefit of #IaaS?

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No servers! Unless you're in the IT business, IT isn't your business. Focus on your own product or you will lose.

Business agility and the empowerment of the developer - procurement and provisioning cycles that are minutes instead of weeks and access to more infrastructure options.

Banks bank. App developers develop. They aren't "infrastructure" companies, but they have huge infrastructure needs. In many cases in-house infrastructure can become a CapEx-intensive distraction or limitation, and #IaaS helps avoid that.

If infrastructure isn’t a company's core competency, it shouldn't drain the company's resources (capital, time, people, etc.).

it's a good thing we're not in violent agreement

I think @softlayer nailed it -- developer time is precious. Don't waste it.

Really about elasticity of compute, storage, network #cloudchat

will the commodization be a good thing?

Dormain Drewitz

we ran a survey a few months ago: scalability topped the goals of using #IaaS http://www.riverbed.com/blogs/AWS-survey-running-business-critical-apps-in-the-cloud.html

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@mlmilleratmit Spoken like a true SoftLayer customer. :-)

commoditization isn't a dirty word. It means it's no longer about the technology, but what you do _with_ the technology.

A1. Elastic On-Demand resources for real-time or disaster recovery management

from CapEx to OpEx, from managing to consuming, and agility, agility agility

Agree with @mlmilleratmit focus on your product - know your value, if it isn't infra use #IaaS

If the CIO or the business IT unit isn't familiar with managing a datacenter or Infrastructure you should use IaaS so that you can focus on your core work.

Renat Khasanshyn

primary role of #IaaS is to provide basic services (compute, storage, network) for upstream "standard" PaaS and XaaS without lock-in to a IaaS-specific services like EMR, SQS etc. #cloudchat