The Software Defined Institution
Brett Looney
THETA 2015
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SDN Is that SDS?
Does that even have an acronym?
What does that mean?
Software Defined Networks
Software Defined Storage
Software Defined
Data Centre
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For configuring
your network?
IS SDN?
For dynamically
changing network policy?
A software control plane?
A compute platform?
Providing an API to request
network resources?
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But: Does it matter?
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Who Cares?! Most
people in this room probably
do
Most end users
don't
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And you shouldn’t care either
Most businesses are not in
the IT business
So the IT department should
really be about delivering business
solutions… Not infrastructure
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Software is the answer
But what’s the question?
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Let’s take a step back
iPad… No-Way-Jose
…connect my shiny
new device!
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We need to fix this
But how?
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Again, software
is the answer!
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So what’s that question? B.A.U
CHANGE!
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You need to plan your software architecture
And how it will interact with the underlying infrastructure
Architecture
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Data Modelling is key
The right data
For the right people
At the right time
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This is not news
We have been
through this before
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And you will need…
Software development
resources
In house
Outsourced
Partners
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An example…
Tesla Motors
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An example…
Commonwealth Bank
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An example…
The University of Melbourne
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Where to start
Consider what is
happening in the startup
space
Launching In
4, 3, 2, 1…
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Universities Innovation Spaces
Startup weekends Hackathons
This can’t be
done overnight!
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The software
ecosystem still isn't perfect
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The “cloud” can help
Using the cloud will make no difference if you don’t change
your IT processes
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But if you’re
re-engineering architecture and process
Then using cloud-based
infrastructure is the
answer
The “cloud” can help
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Consumerisation of the
institute
The Aim
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The Aim
Can your institute Apps be WOW just like Angry Birds?
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Any device Anywhere Any time
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Disrupt your
Institution