Chemtura’s Journey to the Cloud - Final
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Transcript of Chemtura’s Journey to the Cloud - Final
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Learning Points/Key Takeaways
Understand Chemtura’s Transformation Journey
Benefits/Challenges with this JourneyLessons Learned
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Chemtura Key Facts
Global specialty chemical company listed on the New York Stock Exchange/Euronext (“CHMT”)
Committed to global sustainability and engineering chemical solutions that meet our customers evolving needs.
More than 4,000 employees around the world
Manufacture in 12 countries and sell products in over 100 countries
2012 sales of $2.6 billion
Global Headquarters Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Major End Markets ServedAgricultureBuilding &
ConstructionDurable Consumer
GoodsElectrical &
ElectronicsIndustrialTransportation
Chemtura History
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Why TransformSeveral years of limited IT investmentPoor performance of key systems Poor network response timeSingle Datacenter worldwideMisaligned SAP License BaseSAP maintenance costs extremely highOperational costs too highLeverage commoditization of IT servicesLeverage latest technology advances
Transforming ChemturaDecember 2012: Decision made to
outsourceJanuary 2013 : Selected Partner to run
RFP ProcessApril 2013 : Selected HCL as
Outsourcing PartnerJuly 2013 : Operations Go Live with
HCLOctober 2013 : Move to New
Datacenter/Virtual CloudDecember 2013: System Stabilized
Key Transformation Elements
IT Service Delivery
Application Development & Support
Infrastructure & Operations
SAP Environment
Retains Governance & ArchitectureCore systems knowledge retained in-
houseRetained org focus on delivering
transformation
Managed Services ModelValue driven solution delivery
Charge back to business
Dedicated Private Cloud EnvironmentHeavily Virtualized
Chemtura owned AssetsDevice based Variablized Support
Model
On Premise, Perpetual License to :HCL Hosted Private Cloud Model (MCaaS)Term LicenseOpex based Model
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ChallengesAll inflight projects must
successfully complete Outsource partner must
assume operational activities on Day 1
Organizational Change ManagementRetained OrganizationUser Organization
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Private Cloud Design4 Datacenters:
Primary – GABackup – CORegional – Sweden,
SingaporeHCL OperatedPrivate CageRedundant
Everything24/7 Security
Primary - GA
Disaster Recovery - CO
Regional- SE
Regional - SG
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Security & Risk ManagementChemtura Owns HardwareRe-assignment rights on contracts
Example : DatacenterClear segmentation on security roles Contractual protections (SLAs)Focus on IT Governance OrganizationData Privacy & Security
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Benefits Obtained from JourneySAP maintenance costs significantly reducedIT operations costs significantly reducedState of the Art Datacenter built with near
real time synchronization to DR siteRegional datacenters built to improve
network performanceTransformational projects being implemented
to provide user with better experience
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Key Learning'sUsing a partner to help with RFP is crucial as
they bring structure and negotiating strengthOrganization has to have strong tolerance for
Change (Board/senior leadership support critical)
Knowledge transfer is key, provide longer overlap of resources
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