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Intuit and Parallels: Transforming IT into an internal Service Provider. Mike Sharp. Agenda. Introduction to Intuit IT business direction How leveraging Parallels as a component to get there Enterprise mindset shifts with this direction. Agenda. Introduction to Intuit
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Intuit and Parallels:Transforming IT into an internal Service Provider Mike Sharp
Agenda • Introduction to Intuit • IT business direction • How leveraging Parallels as a component to get there • Enterprise mindset shifts with this direction
Agenda • Introduction to Intuit • IT business direction • How leveraging Parallels as a component to get there • Enterprise mindset shifts with this direction
Intuit’s Changing Direction To be a premierinnovativegrowth companythat empowers individuals and businesses to achieve their dreams Shrink Wrap Web Based Annual Release Cycles Release at Will
Agenda • Introduction to Intuit • IT business direction • How leveraging Parallels as a component to get there • Enterprise mindset shifts with this direction
The Current Landscape • Container “targets” • Current deployment … Dev through Prod • Growth Profile
Partnering with Parallels • SLM – resource guarantees • Resource usage analysis • Dynamic redistribution of containers • Patching of Linux instances • Automated Builds of new run nodes • Redundancy in a run node to prevent failure • IP Storage
Where we are heading • Single Pane of Glass for all Environments • Rapid Provision of physicals via Orchestration engine • Better Self Service • Seamless Migration between Full and OS partitioned platforms • “Scale-down”
Agenda • Introduction to Intuit • IT business direction • How leveraging Parallels as a component to get there • Enterprise mindset shifts with this direction
Areas we need to shift mindset internal • Application coding transformation • Solution: Engage the App Architects early & often • Understanding true App capacity needs • Solution: Educate & influence the developers • Operating Practices (Business Unit & Operations) • Solution: Training, Training, Training
Wrap up • Introduction to Intuit • IT business direction • How leveraging Parallels as a component to get there • Enterprise mindset shifts with this direction