Lessons learned building clouds at CloudExpo West 2010
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BUILDING YOUR CLOUDConsiderations and Lessons Learned
John TreadwayGlobal Director, Cloud SolutionsUNISYS CORPORATION
@cloudbzz
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With Experience Comes
Wisdom
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Unisys
Cloud Experience
Unisys Build and deployed ERL private cloud, Secure Cloud public cloud and more…
U.S. Federal Agency
Latin Gov Agency
European Telco
Asian Travel CoBuild a private cloud for development and test use cases
Build and operate a public cloud solution for their clients
Deploy Secure Private Cloud for their development & test cloud needs
Cloud solution definition and business plan development Page 3
You Need to Start with a
Vision of Your Cloud
© 2010 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved
Cloud
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“If you don't know where you are going, “If you don't know where you are going,
Destination?
Cloud!
any road will get you there.”
- Lewis Carol
any road will get you there.”
- Lewis Carol
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Failing to Plan is
Planning to Fail!
“Companies that took a disciplined approach to adopting cloud computing reduced costs by an adopting cloud computing reduced costs by an average of 18% and data center power consumption by 16%. Companies that adopted cloud computing haphazardly increased IT costs by 2-3%.”
(Sept. 2009)
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MYTH All Clouds are the
SameThere are MANY types of
clouds that fit
different needsSamedifferent needs
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There are MANY types of clouds that fit
different needsPublic Cloud
Private Cloud
Cloud Computing Options
Use Cases: Dev/Test, Analytics,
eCommerce
Use Cases: Dev/Test, Analytics,
eCommercedifferent needs
HybridCloud
• Rented services
• Multi-tenancy• Self-service
• Automation• Virtualization • Traditional
data center
Optimized workloadsOptimized workloads
eCommerce…
eCommerce…
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MYTH Cloud Computingis About the
Technology
Cloud Computingis about the
BusinessTechnology
Stop Thinking About Technology
AGILITYPage 9
Agility enables new Opportunities
How can 10 days to 5 minutes change how you innovate?
What happens when you can What happens when you can get 10 servers to test a new idea and your total costs is $500?
If you don’t have to wait, will you get more done?
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Cloud Computing is brand new –
a Revolution
Cloud Computing is an
Evolutionary Revolutiona RevolutionRevolution
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Cloud Computing is an
Evolutionary Revolution
Automation of IT
Cloud Computing is aboutInheritance & Convergence
Mainframes
RevolutionDistributed Computing
Self-Service
Virtualization Internet
Bandwidth
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Oooh, shiny iceberg!
Cloud Computing is not just aboutThe “Cloud Stack”
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Dynamic Infrastructure Designs, Workload and Capaci ty Planning, Data Center Design, Green IT/Sustainability Design
VM Automation, Physical Provisioning, Lifecycle Man agement APIs, Self-Service Portals, Monitoring, Usage Reporting
Budget, CapEx vs. OpEx, Shared Services, Vendor Cost s, Entry/Exit Costs Asset Management, IT Chargeback, ROI
Physical and Virtual Architecture Design
Cloud Management Tools and Processes
Financial Policies, Models & Approaches
Most of the Cloud effort isHidden
Data Center Design, Green IT/Sustainability Design
Physical, Network, Application, Identity & Access M anagement, Governance/Risk/Compliance, Audit
VLAN Planning, Capacity Planning, Manageability
Service Level Management, Service Request Managemen t, Configuration Management, Service Catalog, ITSM
Help Desk Operations, Diagnostic Tools
Architecture Design
Security
Storage
Network Engineering
ITIL / ITSM
Support Services
Policy Management, Backup & Archive, Disaster Recov ery, Storage Virtualization, Access Control, Automated Tiering
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Don’t IGNORE the
people
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Cloud Computing Politics
Expect people to be nervous
Will I lose budget/power/prestige?
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Communication is Key
All highly-charged projects are at risk from not communicating
Executive support is critical to any cloud projectany cloud project
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When looking at an Enterprise cloud implementation, take the time up front to develop a comprehensive p lan.
When considering a move to the cloud, don’t focus exclusively on cost ; agility is equally important.
Don’t forget the people factor – communicate early and
My Recommendations to You
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Go beyond the hype and focus on small, incremental winsto build experience and confidence.
Recognize that you know more about cloud than you think –be confident that cloud is an evolution you can handle.
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“Truths are first clouds, then rain,then harvest & food.”
Henry Ward Beecher
Thank You!
John Treadway
Global Director, Cloud Solutions
UNISYS CORPORATION
twitter: cloudbzzPage 19
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• Any other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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