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When? Where? Why? Cloud?

When? Where? Why? Cloud?. Brent Stineman – National Cloud Solution Specialist. Your Presenter. 20 Years of IT Experience Mainframe to Mobile Manufacturing Fraud Prevention Financial Services Public Sector 10 years on Internet Solutions Brent.Stineman@us.sogeti.com

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When? Where? Why? Cloud?

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  1. When? Where? Why? Cloud? Brent Stineman – National Cloud Solution Specialist

  2. Your Presenter • 20 Years of IT Experience • Mainframe to Mobile • Manufacturing • Fraud Prevention • Financial Services • Public Sector • 10 years on Internet Solutions Brent.Stineman@us.sogeti.com Twitter: @BrentCodeMonkey Web: brentdacodemonkey.wordpress.com/ blogs.us.sogeti.com/ccdigest/ Microsoft MVP for the Windows Azure Platform

  3. Change to our regularly scheduled program • What? • When? • Where? • Why?

  4. What is “the cloud”?

  5. What is cloud - Definitions Research firm IDC describes cloud computing as "an emerging IT development, deployment and delivery model, enabling real-time delivery of products, services and solutions over the Internet.“ Analyst firm Gartner defines the new technology pitch phrase as "a styleof computing where scalable and elastic ITenabled capabilities are provided 'as a service' to external customers using Internet technologies." Analyst firm THINKstrategies defines cloud computing as “a set of web-based tools and services,which permit users to acquire computing resources and development capabilities to build or support applications, or perform specific IT functions on a pay-as-you-go basis.”

  6. What is cloud - Simplified • Essential Characteristics • On demand self-service • Access Anywhere • Rapid elasticity • Measured Service Put another way… Cloud Computing is about making things you care about into things you don’t. Cloud Computing is a pay-per-usemodel for enabling available, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction National Institute of Standards and Technology

  7. What is cloud - types Dedicated Cloud Public Cloud Secure CloudFederation Private Cloud Traditional Infrastructure ENTERPRISE

  8. What is cloud - Delivery Models Traditional Cloud Infrastructure (as a Service) Platform (as a Service) Packaged Software Software (as a Service) Applications Applications Applications Applications Bring your own Virtual Machines Amazon EC2 Rackspace Bring your own Applications Windows Azure Heroku Google Apps Bring your own Users Salesforce Office 365 CRM Online Yahoo Mail You manage Data Data Data Data You manage Runtime Runtime Runtime Runtime Managed by vendor Middleware Middleware Middleware Middleware You manage Managed by vendor O/S O/S O/S O/S Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Managed by vendor Servers Servers Servers Servers Storage Storage Storage Storage Networking Networking Networking Networking

  9. Why should I care about cloud?

  10. Benefits to your Organization • Lack of Internal Capability • Not a core competency • Missing skill sets • Cost can be a factor • Should never be THE factor • Immediate Needs • Can’t wait for procurement • Need additional capacity

  11. Benefits to your customers • Mobile Enablement • Increased accessibility • Increased Functionality • New capabilities • Extend features • Higher Availability • Most SLA’s are 99.9% or higher

  12. When am I ready to use it?

  13. When am I ready for cloud? • Get your house in order • Document Processes/Governance • Identify Business Drivers • Know your limits Image from: http://yainig.blog.com/2011/05/27/qualities-of-good-governance/

  14. When have I found a provider? • Its like picking a bank • You’re trusting your IP to them • What level of security do they have? • Do they have the services you need? • What about fees? • What about SLA’s? • What is it worth to you?

  15. Is my team ready? • Change is scary • Jobs change, not necessarily go away • Different than what we’re used too • Temper Expectations • Grass isn’t always greener • Right tool for the right job

  16. Where are my cloud opportunities?

  17. Opportunities – Non-Critical Systems • Secondary Systems • Development Environments • Testing Environments • Shadow IT projects • Failover/Redundancy • Back-ups • Disaster Recovery

  18. Opportunities – Cyclical/Burst Demands • Seasonal needs (month end? Open enrollment?) • Promotions, product launches • “the Oprah affect” • Onboarding activities

  19. Opportunities – New Projects • Prototyping, proof of concepts • Start in cloud, move to on-premises when ready • If it fails, not left with excess capacity • Speed to market rapidly increased

  20. Questions?? Contact Info Brent.Stineman@us.sogeti.com Twitter: @BrentCodeMonkey Web: brentdacodemonkey.wordpress.com/ blogs.us.sogeti.com/ccdigest/ Microsoft MVP for the Windows Azure Platform

  21. Thank you

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