Developing Your Cloud Strategy
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The document presents a cloud strategy development session led by experienced professionals from Visi and Redpath, highlighting their extensive backgrounds in technology consulting. It outlines the benefits and use cases of cloud computing, particularly emphasizing the potential for cost savings and operational efficiencies. The agenda includes discussions on IaaS, strategic planning, and partnership opportunities with various cloud service providers.
Developing Your Cloud Strategy
- 1. Developing Your Cloud StrategyPresented by:Jason Baker, CTO, VISI
- 2. James Smale, CEO, Redpath
- 3. Paul Selway, President, RedpathJason Baker, CTO, VISIJason 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
- 4. James Smale, CEO, RedpathJames brings to Redpath Consulting Group over 20 years of experience in business and the IT consulting industryHis 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
- 5. Paul Selway, President, RedpathPaul 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 industryPaul has an Electronics Degree, B.S.C Honors Computer Science Degree and an International MBA from Henley Management College.Paul SelwayPresident
- 6. About ReliaCloudReliaCloud, 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 supportwww.reliacloud.comwww.visi.comData Center 1: St. Paul, MN
- 7. About RedpathOur 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
- 8. AgendaIntroduction to the CloudWhy the Cloud Use CasesDeveloping your Cloud StrategyThe IaaS Decision Process
- 9. Types of Cloud Computing ServicesReliaCloudAmazon EC2Rackspace Cloud ServerGoogle App EngineMicrosoft Azureforce.comGoogle AppsSalesforce.comIntuit
- 10. IaaS - Public CloudMulti-tenantAutomatic UpgradesPay-as-you-goElastic5 Times FasterHalf the CostIDC White Paper sponsored by Salesforce.com: “Force.com Cloud Platform Drives Huge Time to Market and Cost Savings”, Doc # 219965, September, 2009
- 11. IaaS - Private Cloud
- 12. What’s Driving Cloud Adoption?Cost savings, economic uncertainty, and the CFOAccelerated time to deliverySecurity and regulatory requirementsElastic resourcesScalabilityPay for what you use
- 13. The Cloud Delivers Fast Time to ValueCloud ComputingSoftwareAutomated UpgradesLarge Operating ExpensesCloud Computing ValueValueValueTimeNo Capital ExpensesUpgrade ExpenseLarge Capital Expense & High RiskAverage 51% ROI within 12 Months253% of software projects cost 189% of original estimate11 Standish Group, Chaos Report 20062 Third-Party CustomerSat Research on 3,500 Salesforce.com customers, December 2008
- 14. Business Challenges Are ChangingInformation overloadVolume of information is increasing radically
- 15. Sort, file, and find is a broken paradigmCollaboration is centralWork with global, distributed teams
- 16. Connect with external partnersAccess anywhereProliferation of smart phones
- 17. Struggles with VPNsThe Cloud Delivers Lower TCOOn Premises = Hidden CostsCloud Computing: 46% Lower TCO1Licenses Hardware Consultants Infrastructure Dedicated Staff UpgradesNo Upfront License FeesNo Hardware InfrastructureLower Implementation CostsFree UpgradesNo Ongoing Maintenance FeesPredictable1Source: Yankee Group: Hosted vs. Premise based Sales Solutions: TCO and Trade Offs
- 18. Use CasesCyclical Demand – Retail Web SiteElastic and near instant scalabilityJust in time capacitySupports any business sizeTest and Development EnvironmentsSpin up or down when project needsRapid enablementNo capital costs (expensed for usage)Rapid provisioningNo hardware procurementProvisioning virtual servers in minutes (not weeks/months)Self service via web portalSecureRapid decommissioning
- 19. Creating a Cloud Strategy7. Select and Implement Strategies6. Perform Cost Benefit Value Analysis5. Build Strategic Options (cloud opportunities)4. Build Preferred Future State Vision3. Understand Infrastructure2. Understand Application Portfolio 1. Assess Current State Business Architecture
- 20. IaaS ConsiderationsWhere 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?
- 21. Redpath / ReliaCloud - Your Partners to the CloudCustomers are here:Companies invested here:Data CenterCommunity Sites
- 22. PromoFree 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 or utilizing cloud storage for you to try one of your apps in the cloud.
- 23. Thank YouReturn your survey and receive a copy of The Big Switch" by Nicholas Carr.
Editor's Notes
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- #16: All threeJason – TopPaul - MiddleJim - Bottom
- #17: Jim / PaulAssess your current state business architectureDetermine what applications enable which business architecture domainsMap out the supporting infrastructure for these applicationsDocument preferred business architectureGenerate strategic options (look for cloud opportunities)Perform a cost benefit analysis (CBA)Select and implement best strategies
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