developing your cloud strategy
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Developing Your Cloud Strategy
Presented by:
Jason Baker, CTO, VISI
James Smale, CEO, Redpath
Paul Selway, President, Redpath
Jason Baker, CTO, VISI
Jason Baker has over 14 years of experience working with Internet and telecommunications organizations in Minnesota.
Prior to VISI, he co-founded Digital North and was the technology leader within the organization.
In his capacity as Director of Operations, Baker helped Digital North
expand into multiple datacenters serving thousands of customers.
Prior to Digital North, Baker was a key technology driver at iPares, a
multinational dot-com consultancy. Baker managed the profitable Application Hosting division within the organization.
Early in his career he joined incNET, a startup Internet Service Provider located in Eden Prairie. As Chief Engineer he guided the organization during a time when the Internet was first becoming a useful business tool.
Jason BakerCTO
James Smale, CEO, Redpath
James brings to Redpath Consulting Group over 20 years of experience in business and the IT consulting industry
His extensive background and career progression through the roles Sr. Technical Analyst, Technology Director, Business Entrepreneur and Principal Partner began from a solid foundation as a Infrastructure Engineer.
His experience was gained from numerous management roles and consulting engagements for clients in both Europe, Asia, Latin America and North America; focused on software manufacturing, airline operations, advertising, agriculture & manufacturing, and health care industries.
James also has extensive experience in operational support
leadership, process improvement, strategic organization planning and enterprise architecture planning.
James SmaleCEO
Paul Selway, President, Redpath
Paul brings to Redpath Consulting Group over 25 years of experience in the consulting industry.
His extensive background and career progression through the roles Quality Management Consultant, Managing Consultant, Technology Director, and Principal Partner began from a solid foundation as a Software Engineer.
His experience was gained from numerous management consulting engagements for clients in both Europe and North America; focused on the healthcar, financial, banking, brokerage, and capital markets industry
Paul has an Electronics Degree, B.S.C Honors Computer Science Degree and an International MBA from Henley Management College.
Paul SelwayPresident
About ReliaCloud
ReliaCloud, a product of VISI, is an enterprise-class cloud designed for businesses and that need dynamic infrastructure.
Based in Minneapolis/St. Paul region 2 data center locations (SAS 70 Type II) 10+ years in data center business 24x7x365 live support
www.reliacloud.com
Data Center 1: St. Paul, MN
About Redpath
Our mission is to help our customers leverage enterprise class cloud computing technology. We will help you develop your cloud computing strategy, technology roadmaps, business value propositions and cost benefit analysis, ensuring it is targeted at reducing IT costs and driving revenue. Our experienced consulting team believe that you, the customer, know your business better than anyone, and we know where cloud computing can enable your business.
We are recognized partners with leading International and Local cloud vendors (Salesforce.com, Google, ReliaCloud). Let us show you how you can leverage the cloud.
www.redpathcg.com
Agenda
Introduction to the CloudWhy the Cloud Use CasesDeveloping your Cloud StrategyThe IaaS Decision Process
Types of Cloud Computing Services
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Operating system and storage exposed to user
• Mimics traditional systems architecture
• Supports legacy applications
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• APIs exposed to user
• Requires porting applications or re-writing from the ground up
• Allows for scaling applications without infrastructure knowledge
Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Web application exposed to user
• Requires uploading of data into application
• No need to code or manage
ReliaCloudAmazon EC2
Rackspace Cloud Server
Google App EngineMicrosoft Azure
force.com
Google AppsSalesforce.com
Intuit
IaaS - Public Cloud
Multi-tenant
Automatic Upgrades
Pay-as-you-go
Elastic
5 Times Faster
Half the Cost
IDC White Paper sponsored by Salesforce.com: “Force.com Cloud Platform Drives Huge Time to Market and Cost Savings”, Doc # 219965, September, 2009
IaaS - Private Cloud
What’s Driving Cloud Adoption?
Cost savings, economic uncertainty, and the CFO Accelerated time to delivery Security and regulatory requirements Elastic resources Scalability Pay for what you use
The Cloud Delivers Fast Time to Value
Software
Upgrade ExpenseLarge Capital Expense &
High Risk
Automated Upgrades
Valu
e
Time
Cloud Computing
Average 51% ROI within 12 Months2
53% of software projects cost 189% of original estimate1
Cloud Computing Value
Valu
e
1 Standish Group, Chaos Report 20062 Third-Party CustomerSat Research on 3,500 Salesforce.com customers, December 2008
Large Operating Expenses
No Capital Expenses
Business Challenges Are Changing
Information overload• Volume of information is increasing radically• Sort, file, and find is a broken paradigm
Collaboration is central• Work with global, distributed teams• Connect with external partners
Access anywhere• Proliferation of smart phones• Struggles with VPNs
The Cloud Delivers Lower TCO
No Upfront License Fees
No Hardware Infrastructure
Lower Implementation Costs
Free Upgrades
No Ongoing Maintenance Fees
Predictable
1Source: Yankee Group: Hosted vs. Premise based Sales Solutions: TCO and Trade Offs
Cloud Computing:
46% Lower TCO1
On Premises = Hidden Costs
Hardware Consultants
Infrastructure Dedicated Staff
Upgrades
Licenses
Use Cases
Cyclical Demand – Retail Web Site Elastic and near instant scalability Just in time capacity Supports any business size
Test and Development Environments Spin up or down when project needs Rapid enablement No capital costs (expensed for usage)
Rapid provisioning No hardware procurement Provisioning virtual servers in minutes (not weeks/months) Self service via web portal Secure Rapid decommissioning
Creating a Cloud Strategy
1. Assess Current State Business Architecture
2. Understand Application Portfolio
3. Understand Infrastructure
4. Build Preferred Future State Vision
5. Build Strategic Options (cloud opportunities)
6. Perform Cost Benefit Value Analysis
7. Select and Implement Strategies
IaaS Considerations
Where can I Integrate IaaS into my Infrastructure strategy?
How does IaaS address my shared service model?
IaaS and hardware / OS life cycle management?
Server provisioning process?
Private versus public cloud?
Promo
Free ½ Day Cloud Strategy Mini-Assessment - RedpathRedpath Consulting Group will provide two experienced cloud strategy consultants for ½ day to work with your business and IT team to perform anassessment of your current state and identify a cloud computing opportunity.
Free Cloud Server for Mini-Assessment - ReliaCloudReliaCloud will provide a $200.00 credit towards creating a cloud server for you try out one of your apps in the cloud.
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