Simple approach to roadmap in the cloud
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This document provides a case study and roadmap for moving an organization's IT infrastructure to the cloud. It begins by defining public, private and hybrid clouds as well as common cloud services. It then discusses considerations for the cloud decision such as compliance, costs, technology architecture and operations. Next, it outlines a process for evaluating an organization's current and future state to determine gaps and solutions. The document concludes by comparing the costs and benefits of the organization's current on-premise infrastructure versus a private cloud solution.
Simple approach to roadmap in the cloud
- 1. Case Study: Simple Approach Proven, Practical Roadmap to the Cloud Presented by Best In Class Recognition Awarded Leadership in Technology & Innovation and August 2016 OSS Conference Strategic Partner Status Strategic Partner Status
- 2. 2 Level Set: Cloud Defined Types of Clouds Cloud Services Public (AWS) Private (API) Hybrid (API) Software as a Service (SaaS) Commodity Cloud Services (AWS) Custom Cloud Services (API) © 2016 Absolute Performance, Inc. | Proprietary and Confidential – No distribution without Absolute’s written consent
- 3. 3 Decision Considerations Audit / Compliance Interpretation…solution architecture is important Financial • CapX v OpX • Fixed v Variable Cost Model Technology / Architecture….EOL? Denovo (easiest)? HA / Redundancy? • Windows / Linux (AWS) • AIX / IBM i / AS400 (API) • Hybrid (API) Operational Integration: Process complexities integrating Cloud with existing Production / Disaster Recovery • Scalability…mitigate the approval process for add’l resource Scarce Resource Focus: Core business initiatives, versus • Patching / Release Levels • Licensing • Environmentals • Ease Compliance © 2016 Absolute Performance, Inc. | Proprietary and Confidential – No distribution without Absolute’s written consent
- 4. 4 Getting to a Decision Where are you today? Future? Roadmap… Business Organization Current State Future State Roadmap • Core business • Performance • Major Initiatives • Documentation • Run Books • Change Control • Training and skill development • Single points of risk (flight) • Identify gaps / potential solutions • Resource deployment • Certifications • Mentorship Technology • Key application linkages to process • Dashboard, reporting and analytics • User satisfaction / feedback • Improvement opportunities / enhancements • Challenges: Missing data / functionality • Identify gaps, and potential solutions Core Processes Governance • How success is defined • Financial / budget • Inventory Management • KPI identification and automation • Mission Critical Areas • Major improvement opportunities • Competitive Landscape / Technology Enablement • Incident Mgmt / Escalation • Security • Communication Flows / Decision Processes © 2016 Absolute Performance, Inc. | Proprietary and Confidential – No distribution without Absolute’s written consent
- 5. Ex…Key Diagnostic Points: Shared Exec Vision Common Language between IT (CIO) and Business (CEO / CFO) 5 Current Cloud Roadmap/Comments Business Growth & Client Retention Healthcare growing; Financial Services is stable Major Initiative: Expense Reduction Growing pressure in security, compliance with lack of IT resource Core Process & Technology Areas Core Processing Hardware end of life; Scalability. Positive: Test & Dev separate Data Center Audited and compliant Disaster Recovery (compliant, practical?) Multiple failure points / risk; Recovery long and partially tested ITIL Processes (incident, change mgmt) Technology available; human capital constrained Scalability and Performance Desktop (good technology, field constrained) Ongoing projects to modernize; Lack field tech staffing Analytics Using I-Solutions for early out; Set foundation with HDA at n/c BI / Data Warehouse / Reporting Expensive; Lacks flexibility and responsiveness Organization 25% RIF in March 2014; Resource constrained 24x7 Support Already support constrained for lack of breadth Depth and Breadth of IT Talent Skill gaps and flight risk (ie Sys Admin / DBA); Contractors costly Governance Strong / knowledgeable team; Resource constrained Compliance Successfully passed audits; Audits getting more stringent / cost IRS 1075 Needs environment segregation and dual factor authentication Proactive Security Program Limited proactive security; Limited technology, people & process © 2016 Absolute Performance, Inc. | Proprietary and Confidential – No distribution without Absolute’s written consent
- 6. • Backup Reliability: Tape less reliable/not real time • Multiple Failure Points: Network, tapes, backups, etc • Days to Recover: 48+ hours/loss work/limited functionality • Uncertain Performance: Partially tested Ex…Confirmation of Core Issues Keep it Simple High Risk: HP Production Server Infrastructure • Staffing Risk: 25% reduction in IT staff March 2014 • Flight Risk: Expensive resident SysAdmin/DBA/UNIX person • No 7x24 Support: Resource constrained; Weak off hrs support Compliance Increasing Cost / Risk Disaster Recovery Support Needs…& Growing Resource Constrained 6 • Revenue Risk: Requirements becoming more stringent • TCS 2012: Sufficient for now; evaluating upgrade to TCS 2014 • Weak Proactive Security: Need technology, process & people • Test & Development Separate: Positive • Stability / Cost Risk: 3+ year old HP-UX server hardware; HP-UX patches and increasing maintenance • Scalability: Growth constraints with current approach © 2016 Absolute Performance, Inc. | Proprietary and Confidential – No distribution without Absolute’s written consent
- 7. 7 Current API Proposed Location Central office – HP Itanium Hardened data center: Louisville SSAE-16 Audited / Compliant Disaster Recovery SunGard – 48+ hours downtime Major revenue impact in an outage Limited functionality/recoverability Chicago Mirrored site 500+ miles apart Near real-time recovery Compliance Inadequate audit logging Robust audit logging capability Environment No high availability architecture No Journaling Multiple single points of failure Current IBM Hardware / Rel levels High availability architecture TCS Version No journaling for disaster recovery Fully supported on current release Support Level Limited hours/Limited capabilities Costly to attract & retain Unable to deploy on high value projects 7x24 TCS experienced team 7x24 infrastructure support Tier 3+ hosting Lump Sum Purchases (CapX) Periodic large CapX for upgrades No capital expenditures (CapX) OpX/variable cost model Scalability Not scalable – constraint on HP HW Scalable up and down Ex…Infrastructure Solution Comparison More Simple © 2016 Absolute Performance, Inc. | Proprietary and Confidential – No distribution without Absolute’s written consent
- 8. 8 • Eliminate CapX • Facilitate Compliance • Near Real-Time DR • High Availability Architecture Ex…Private Cloud Solution © 2016 Absolute Performance, Inc. | Proprietary and Confidential – No distribution without Absolute’s written consent
- 9. 9 Attribute Current (Est.) Cloud Solution UNIX Production Infra (Compute, Storage, Ent. Flash, Virt.) 225,000 Included UNIX DR Infra (Compute, Storage, Virtualization) 220,000 Included Infrastructure Setup and Migration 61,250 Included Periodic 3-5 Years (CapX) $ 501,250 $ 0 Hardware + Software Maintenance at 15 pct annually 5,000 Included Data center: Power, space, bandwidth (incr. DR) 1,000 Included Support Resources CUBS / Universe DBA/SA Support Strategy 7 UNIX SA Support 24x7 Systems Management / Break Fix / Support Overhead Proactive System Monitoring Technology Network Support (Firewall) 10,500 500 2,000 Marginal Marginal Included Included Included Included Included High Availability Architecture Not in Place Included Disaster Recovery Support Backups 13,029 1,833 Included Included Comm – MPLS (redundant MPLS to Louisville, VPN) N/A 3,000 Veeam + VMWare Licensing Increase N/A 714 Total Monthly $ 33,862 $ 30,217 CAPEX Financial over 60 Months 8,350 0 Total Monthly (5-year CapX included) $ 42,112 $ 30,217 Ex…Financial: Current vs. Cloud Solution Less Monthly, No Upfront, Avoid $500K CapX © 2016 Absolute Performance, Inc. | Proprietary and Confidential – No distribution without Absolute’s written consent
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