grabbing the cloud cost tiger by the tail
DESCRIPTION
At the TAO Tech Leadership Forum on 8/4/13, Cloudability CEO and founder Mat Ellis explained why moving to the cloud makes cost management so much harder, forcing a completely new approach to managing your technology supply chain. In this presentation, you'll learn the three factors driving this volatility, as well as specific processes and controls that can turn it into a business advantage. You can learn more about cloud cost management at https://cloudability.com/TRANSCRIPT
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Mat EllisCEO & Founder
@matellis
(without getting mauled by volatile cloud costs)
GRABBINGTHE CLOUD COST
TIGER BY THE TAIL
Tiger image: flickr.com/photos/wwarby
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A monumentalA monumental
(yet, historical)(yet, historical)and predictable operations of
factories...and predictable operations of factories...
shift from the fixed costs shift from the fixed costs
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...to the...to the
processes of today’s cloud based economyprocesses of today’s cloud based economy
dynamicdynamic
flexibleflexible
supply chain-dependentsupply chain-dependent
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Managing the new IT supply chainManaging the new IT supply chain
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New processes
and controls
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3BIGthe
OF I/T
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1) Out of control spending
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2) Wasteful spending
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3) Wrong focus
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You can rebuild IT
DON’T BE AFRAID
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#1 Follow the money
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#2 Mea
sure
eve
ryth
ing
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#3 Tag everything
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1. Stop out of control spending by following the money
2. Curb wasteful spending by measuring everything
3. Stay focused by tagging everything
Takeaways
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