GIS Cloud Computing Solutions

Who We Are

IT and GIS professionals with lineage managed services for enterprise-class customers Cloud in 80+ data centers worldwide with access to thousands of servers

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Who Is Using Skygone Cloud?

Many Large Systems Integrators

Many of the Worlds Leading GIS Software Vendors Depend Skygone As Their Sole Cloud Platform

Skygone leads the industry in Open Source GIS on the Cloud

Who Is Using Skygone Cloud?

We host mission-critical GIS applications for:

U.S. Federal Government Local Governments Global Response Organizations

Everyday GIS technology end-users

Most 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. popular end-users applications on Skygone include: Esri ArcGIS Server OpenGeo Suite ERDAS APOLLO GeoServer GeoNode SDI

What does Skygone do

Bridge the gap between infrastructure (Cloud) and GIS

Cloud

GIS

Create a partnership with our customers to reduce their IT and GIS support/maintenance costs

Why is GIS on the Cloud different?

Data-centric, workow-driven processes

Not purely a volume problem like some cloud apps

GIS not like Netix/E-Bay/Twitter, where every virtual machine can be same Almost every application is different in GIS, so there is no need for linear virtual machine scaling

But, the States will need to deliver, scale, and share entire solutions

Their Cloud Approach:

All about virtual machines
Delivering Platforms, Not About Delivering Solutions

Virtual Machine

Scale

Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine

Single server instance templating and scaling

Our Cloud Approach:

Stop thinking about virtual machines and start delivering applications!

Scale

Template Multi-tier, Complex Applications as a Single Package

Scale and Deploy Entire Solutions

Service Deliver Platform (SDP)

Template Everything
True Turnkey Deployments
States GIS Application Deployments Requires:
Virtual Servers Pre-networked and Secured Software Templated and Pre-installed Firewalls & Security Load Balancers Switches NAS devices Network Devices VPNs

Instantly and Repeatedly Deploy

Using Best-Practices Every Time.
Development and Test Environments Demo Environments Integration Environments Trials or Proof of Concepts

Hardware Independent
Your Deployment Goes Anywhere!
Choice of Deployment Strategies:
Or, Inside State IT Facilities

Fully Managed in Skygone Data Centers

How to achieve success

Evaluate what the State GIOs do similarly with GIS. Develop a Cloud-based application catalog (App Store) of most popular State GIS applications Perform continuous improvement on these apps.
Keep creating and improving gold images Its ok to have different versions for different States / Depts

Perform a small, pilot projects in each department Start small. Be successful. Grow.

A Private App Store for the States

Based on: http://www.theGISmarketplace.com

Make your Cloud provider do the heavylifting for you

Skygone has already created hundreds of application templates for many leading GIS software products.

More become available every week. Dont see what you need?... Just ask!
Make your Cloud vendor work with the GIS software vendors to template their applications and provide an instantly deployable, turnkey package to the States.

Require easy creation of new application templates with no programming, API calls, or scripting needed.

How Does This Help The States?

Reduced workload on IT staff, Infrastructure and GIS. Supported at Infrastructure level and also GIS application level. You get a solution partner, not just Cloud platform
Task Skygone States Performs Performs
(using the app)

Hardware installation, maintenance, upgrades

Operating System installation, maintenance, upgrades

GIS application installations GIS application operations & maintenance GIS application upgrades
(new version released, etc.)

How Can We Offer This Level Of Support?

We already do it and we have common interests

Already provide IT, Cloud, GIS application templates, and GIS architecture support to 6 continents.

We want States GIS staffs to be able to perform their geo-jobs, not have to act as IT administrators Why? The more geo-centric your staff is the better the States will operate benets all of us

Templated GIS deployments

Many ways to nd exactly the GIS application you need

Sort By:
State Cost Function Department Type Software Vendor And More

Scenario 1 Sort by State, then Function

What Kind of GIS Application Do You Need?

Mont
Utilities Water,

Agricultur e, NDVI,

Police, Fire, &

Auditor Parcel Tax

What Kind of GIS Application Do You Need?

Monta
Water/ Wastewate

Telecomm unications

Power, Utility Poll,

Gas Metering

What Kind of GIS Application Do You Need?

Monta
Nobel Systems

ESRI ArcGIS

State of Montana

State of Colorado

ESRI ArcGIS Flex Template for Water Management

Overview

Details

Conguration Options

Conguration Options

Approx Number Supported Users 20 50 150 1000 2500

ArcGIS Server Conguration 1 Tier IIS Windows PostGIS 2 Tier IIS Windows MS SQL 3 Tier IIS Windows MS SQL 3 Tier 4x Scalable IIS Win SQL 3 Tier 8x Scalable IIS Win SQL

View /Deploy

Montana 1 Tier IIS, Windows MS SQL Function Utilities 20

Water

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Conguration Options

Montana

Function

Utilities

Water
Deploy

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Other Benets to Using the Cloud for GIS

Using the Cloud to Optimize GIS Licensing Costs

Skygone is GIS software vendor-neutral We enable and encourage our customers to explore, deploy and try all options available The States can use this theory to optimize their GIS operating costs over a period of time. No need for radical migrations

The True Power of Cloud An Application Deployment Engine

Store your data in one repository Deploy and try different applications, from many different vendors.

All about choice and optimizing costs. Save on software licensing, more cash elsewhere for projects, data, etc.

Wont Need As Much Cloud As You Think

Not a 1 to 1 relationship with current hardware infrastructure. Youll get more done with less why? If implemented properly the cloud will improve current:
GIS Data Workows Governance, QA, and Approvals Data and Application Dissemination and Sharing

Aggregate Pricing
Yes, but

Dont play the pricing break game. Flat, competitive pricing removes complexity. Consider structuring the contract like an Esri ELA, where you have a set fee for a quota of usage
That quota is monitored and re-evaluated every 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, etc. New volume pricing is set based on that new usage.

Allows direct billing to each State, Department, Organization, Etc.

Another Pricing Option

Section off State-level Cloud Grids Then have a Shared-cost Cloud Grid
Allows States to bucket money while staying exible
State-level Grids Montana Utah Colorado $ $$$ $$ Shared Cost Grid

States Shared Apps & Data

$$$$

Improved Project Deployment Life Cycle

1. Create application template in App Catalog 2. Deploy to developers, partners, consultants 3. Push to Testing Phase, Annotate changes, recycle through development
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4. Migrate the App to Production

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Project C

Development Cloud
Private App Catalog

Testing Cloud

Production Cloud

(High-Availability)

Packaged Full Solution Pricing

Live Example: ERDAS APOLLO on the Cloud

Fastest Image Server on the market.

Whats Included in the Solution Package?

Pre-installed and Licensed ERDAS APOLLO Professional
4-core CPU Windows 2003 R2, 64-bit Data Center edition operating system 16GB RAM PostgreSQL 8.3 database

1 TB of storage ($200 per additional TB) 1 TB Transfer (bandwidth) included each month ($150 per additional TB) Free data upload service from data drive (up to 4 times per year) Infrastructure and Software technical support and maintenance No additional fees $1,995 per month

How I Would Achieve Success WWRD portion

Choose a Cloud vendor that understands GIS and the need to share, yet still secure information Choose a Cloud vendor that helps you achieve a solution; not just offers a platform

Realize it takes time to perfect

Strive for continuous improvement, not instant success Must identify internal cloud evangelist/expert; at least one per State GIO

And last, but certainly not least Call me anytime! We do this everyday, its our life and we love it! Direct line: 1(888) SKY-GIS1 Ext. 1111 Email: Ryan.Hughes@Skygoneinc.com