This document provides a simple overview of cloud computing and Softlayer. It explains that cloud computing involves running applications on virtualized servers in a data center rather than on individual physical servers. This allows for better hardware utilization and flexibility. Softlayer is specifically mentioned as providing infrastructure for both private and public clouds, as well as hybrid models. The document notes that IBM acquired Softlayer and that their Passport Advantage software licensing can be used with Softlayer infrastructure through a "bring your own license" model.

1. Cloud Computing
Simple overview including Softlayer
Chris Sparshott

2. • Your laptop is a
computer, CPU, RAM
• You can run more
applications on a stack
of laptops than you can
a single laptop
• A Blade center is a stack
of laptops managed as
one single computer or
“Server”

3. On the bare Metal – laptop
“Running on the tin”
Hardware
Operating System
Applications
• Microsoft
Excel
• Windows 7
• Laptop

4. On the Bare Metal – Blade Center
Hardware
Operating System
Applications
• Microsoft
Excel
• Windows 7
• Blade
Centre

5. Utilisation of hardware
• Imagine that each of these individual servers
is being used at 20% of its maximum capacity.
• Therefore,80% of the server is not being used
• E.g. CPU, memory, storage under utilised

6. Virtualised – spread the load
Hardware
Virtualisation
Operating
System
Application

7. Virtualisation
• With Virtualisation you can run more
applications on less hardware
• It also helps with fail-over should one of your
blade servers have a fault

8. Many types of software environments
Hardware
Virtualisation
Operating
System
Application

9. Imagine a room with
1000 blade centres = a Data centre
Hardware
Virtualisation
Operating
System
Application

10. Private Cloud e.g. Your employees only

11. Public Cloud e.g. anyone from any organisations
sharing the hardware to run their applications

12. Hybrid
client
a data centre
Cloud
deployment of
software on
infrastructure in
a data centre
Gateway between the clients
on premise software and the
Cloud based software

13. Imagine 10+ rooms containing 10,000
blade servers spread around the globe

14. You will know some of
these customers
IBM purchased
this company -
DBaaS

15. IBM Passport Advantage software and
Softlayer
Hardware
Virtualisation
Operating
System
Application
= PA software
• Passport
Advantage
software

16. Meets IBM software
• Software Master agreement
• http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/passportadvantage/licensing_for_SoftLayer.html
• Licensing requirements
• The bring your own software and license (BYOSL) option allows IBM customers, who have accepted
the terms of the IBM SoftLayer Standard Master Service Agreement to bring and upload Eligible IBM
software Programs to the IBM SoftLayer infrastructure, provided the customer complies with the
Program use requirements and has sufficient quantities of PA software license entitlements
(Entitlements).
• Only the IBM Software listed as "eligible" in the "Table of Eligible BYOSL Software Programs" section
below may be uploaded to the IBM SoftLayer infrastructure.
• When a customer uses Entitlements for a Program under this BYOSL option in cloud-provisioned
Instance, those Entitlements are dedicated to that Instance and Customer may not use such
Entitlements outside the IBM SoftLayer infrastructure at the same time.
• Question – are we adding this agreement into our ELA contracts?

17. Thank you
Questions?