future of it

What does the future look like?

Simon May, Client and Cloud Evangelist

@simonsterhttp://simon-may.com

Change is faster than ever

Technology trends

Microsoft’s responses

Deeper Dives IT Onward

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Disclaimer

The future is subject to changeEverything you’re about to see / hear might be wrongEverything you’re about to see / hear might be rightSome of what you’re about to see / hear might happen

Drivers for change

Economy0.5% growth in UK Q3 2011

Population7 billion people

PossibilityI can do it at home

DevicesApplications

Services

People

The UK

UKGrowth0.5%

UK Employment70.2 % (0.4%)

Open Jobs7k

EconomySlow growth

PopulationHigher unemploymentSkills shortage

UKGrowth Forecast 20120.7%

Social

App Internet

Devices

Cloud computing

BIG Data

DevicesApplications

Services

People

Microsoft’s response

People

People

34 hours per week average time Chinese millennials spend using social tools

People

Expectations

Abstractions

Technical understanding

Willingness to accept downtime

Willingness to accept control

Willingness to break the rules (hack)

Right to be individual

Willingness to accept dissatisfaction

ApplicationsManage the applications not the infrastructure

Application

Private Cloud Public CloudIT Guy

User

ProductivityTools That Work Like and With Popular Consumer Technology

Integration with external social networks

Internal social computing tools Presence & IM

Voice & video

Online meetings

Social networking

Productivity will great on Windows

And best-in-class on other devices

Devices

Appliances

Devices in the data center Designed for light management touchIntegrate with existing solutionsExtend with the cloud

Services

Services

Consumer Services

1,000,000,000

Hours spent per month playing on Xbox Live

Business Services

28,000

Mailboxes the Royal Mail have in the cloud

Mobility

Security and Management Tools That Help IT to Protect the Enterprise

Central, unified management platform

Access control based on the level of trust

A look ahead…

With System Center 2012, manage any mobile device that connects through Exchange ActiveSync, including Windows-, iOS-, Symbian-, and Android-based devices

• Will manage Windows devices best and be best-in-class on other devices

Achieve the same management results as with on-premises solutions at a lower cost

Level of business impact (means of access)

Single, end-to-end security and management platform

Low (Web)

Medium (VDI/Citrix)

High (DirectAccess,

enterprise VPN)

Managed

Unmanaged

Cloud definition

Cloud definitionWhat is a cloud?

Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. This cloud model promotes availability and is composed of five essential characteristics, three service models, and four deployment models.

The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing

Public?

The cloud infrastructure is made available to the general public or a large industry group and is owned by an organization selling cloud services.

Private?

The cloud infrastructure is operated solely for an organization. It may be managed by the organization or a third party and may exist on premise or off premise.

Hybrid?

The cloud infrastructure is a composition of two or more clouds (private, community, or public) that remain unique entities but are bound together by standardized or proprietary technology that enables data and application portability (e.g., cloud bursting for load-balancing between clouds).

Small businesses can act big

Big business can act small

Flexibility is key

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Some things don’t belong

Some are obvious choices

Massive scale

BIGDat

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A crack in the wall

“crack 700mm length, 1mm wide, located: main stars, left wall”60 bytes (0x)

JPG 3.68mb (514501x)RAW 16mb (2236962x)

WMV HD 9.82mb (1372935x)AVCHD 23.3mb (195689447x)

Connectivity

Cloud Security

FISMA

ISO / IEC27001:2005

PCI DSS,SOX

SAS 70 Type I & II

Robust security controls:Do you have these attestations?

App first / Business first

Windows Server

Linux Server

Windows Server

Linux Server

Hyper-V Other Hyper Visors

Bare MetalWindows Server

Management

App App App App

Windows Azure

App App

How App first affects IT

Users care only about apps

Less dependence on broad infrastructure skills. Fewer, deeper technical experts

Agnostic infrastructure control

Implicit control of infrastructure by app manager

Ownership divestment

How divested ownership impacts IT

CapEx

OpEx

Manage environment

Manage devices

Understand data

Manage data

Cloud first approach

Public cloud

Private cloud

Dedicated On-premHosted

Flexibility first approach

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How flexibility changes IT

CapEx

OpEx Annual Review

Constant Evaluation Scale up

Scale out

Some new jobs

Cloud integratorConnecting public and private clouds together

Dev-OpEnsures smooth application operation

Cloud resource managerExpert in understanding cost implications and placing workload accordingly

Jobs with more focus

IT MarketeerInternally markets the IT departments capabilities

Security AnalystUnderstands and mitigates business risk

UX engineerDelivers solid user experience fundamentals to IT systems

Big Changes for IT

Budget the move from CapEx to OpExCloser business involvementMore integration workShift headcount to business (in extreme)Flexibility is strength, Inflexibility…

340 Undecillion

Available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6cNdhOKwi0

The future might look like this

…yes it looks a bit Star Trek

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