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The Cloud Landscape – Building a Strategy That Works
Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference 03 – 06 December 2018 / Las Vegas, NV The Cloud Landscape – Building a Strategy That Works David David Smith
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The best time to do a cloud strategy is 5 years ago
The best time to do a cloud strategy is 5 years ago. The second best time is now.
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Key Issues What is a cloud computing strategy and why do I need one?
Placeholder for text (substitute your own text; delete when not used) What is a cloud computing strategy and why do I need one? How do I build a cloud strategy? Key issues what is a cloud strategy, why do we need one, and how can we tie this into our existing infrastructure plans? What does an application focus mean for cloud computing planning, what are the options for moving applications to the cloud, and how we fit this into the cloud strategy? The third key issue can be considered tactical… How do you, the audience, get started creating a workable cloud strategy?
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Key Issues What is a cloud computing strategy and why do I need one?
Placeholder for text (substitute your own text; delete when not used) What is a cloud computing strategy and why do I need one? How do I build a cloud strategy? Key issues what is a cloud strategy, why do we need one, and how can we tie this into our existing infrastructure plans? What does an application focus mean for cloud computing planning, what are the options for moving applications to the cloud, and how we fit this into the cloud strategy? The third key issue can be considered tactical… How do you, the audience, get started creating a workable cloud strategy?
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Top Mistakes Made in Building a Cloud Strategy
Placeholder for text (substitute your own text; delete when not used) “It’s too late — we’re already executing” Assuming it’s an IT (only) strategy, not involving business It will take forever/we need to redo everything Our strategy is by executive mandate We’re a <fill in vendor> shop so that’s our cloud strategy/we need a single vendor cloud strategy Our cloud strategy is our data center strategy/it’s “all in” or nothing We have a cloud adoption/migration/implementation “strategy” Combining a cloud strategy with cloud adoption/migration/implementation We have a “cloud-first” strategy Key issues what is a cloud strategy, why do we need one, and how can we tie this into our existing infrastructure plans? What does an application focus mean for cloud computing planning, what are the options for moving applications to the cloud, and how we fit this into the cloud strategy? The third key issue can be considered tactical… How do you, the audience, get started creating a workable cloud strategy?
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Views of “What Cloud Is” Vary …
Horsepower VMware Pkgd. Apps Salesforce Office 365 Platform Svcs. DevOps AWS Azure One of the more critical points to be made in this presentation might be a simple mental positioning exercise. The definition of what cloud is, what it can do, how it can help, varies dramatically based on context, in other words the role and responsibility of the person considering cloud. For example, if you’re speaking to someone in infrastructure and operations, they are inclined to look at cloud as infrastructure, or horsepower to get jobs done in other words networking compute and storage. From their perspective, this is what is promised and delivered by network virtualization, in particular VMware. If you ask someone in a business function, they are just as likely to refer to externally sourced packaged applications, which we might call SaaS, as what the cloud truly is office 365 solves their problems if instead, you ask someone who is in application development, or tasked with innovation and creating new business models, they are likely to equate cloud with platform services and perhaps a DevOps operational model. To them, Amazon Web services, or Microsoft Azure, are what cloud is all about. It’s important to realize that each of these very different opinions of what cloud is completely true and accurate, while the technologies themselves, may be very different. It is important to realize that you have solutions to offer in each one of these areas, but you must first ascertain what role your target is serving, what problem they are trying to solve, and what technologies they mean by cloud. IT Business Development Migration Implementation Adoption Cloud Decisions Data Center Strategy … Unfortunately, Views of “What Strategy Is” Vary as Well.
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Use Clear and Concise Cloud Definitions
Definition: A style of computing where scalable and elastic IT-related capabilities are provided “as a service” to external customers using internet technologies. Service-Based 1 Shared 3 Scalable and Elastic 2 Metered Usage 4 Internet Technologies 5 Hybrid Cloud Public Cloud Private Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Application Data Infrastructure Middleware Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS)
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Cloud Strategy in Context
Corporate Strategy Cloud Strategy Short-Term Planning Horizon Midterm Planning Horizon Long-Term Planning Horizon Business Strategy Strategic Plans Operating Plans Other Strategic Plans E.g.: Data Center Development Procurement Security … Hierarchy of strategy, plans and tactics Feedback loop from strategic plans, where IT planning lives, and business strategy upstream and operation plans and initiatives downstream. The keys are: It strategy serves at the behest of business strategy Traditionally, the IT roles was one of order takers and modest innovation Now, note feedback loop TO business strategy – new execution models, new possibilities delivered by cloud. Cloud Adoption/Implementation/Migration Plan Source: “How to Create an Information and Technology Strategic Plan,” (G )
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Cloud Strategy What it is: What it isn’t:
A concise point of view on cloud and its role in your enterprise: What it isn’t: A plan to migrate everything to cloud: Short (10 to 20 pages) A living document Driven by business strategy Augmented by follow-on docs Broad (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS and …) Principles-oriented A group effort Goal is to identify issues for further analysis Long An implementation plan, vendor selection process, series of checklists, migration plan A replacement for existing security etc. strategies A progression (e.g., IaaS, then PaaS …) A data center strategy Dictated from one person or group An attempt to solve everything upfront An executive mandate
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This Is a Cloud Adoption Framework, Not a Strategy
Placeholder for text (substitute your own text; delete when not used) 3. Architect Cloud Services and Mitigate Risks Exit Design for business continuity Architect cloud services Secure cloud implementations 1. Build Skills and Assess Applications Create your cloud team Assess application readiness YES NO ? 2. Select Cloud Providers and Services SaaS PaaS IaaS Compare the cloud layers Select cloud providers 5. Provision and Automate Cloud Services Order cloud services Orchestrate cloud workloads 6. Operate Cloud Environments at Scale Manage cloud deployments Become the broker Monitor cloud consumption 4. Estimate the Bill and Establish Governance Define policies and procedures Create a forecast $ Finally, Gartner has published some very detailed and excellent cloud adoption frameworks, but once again, these are focused on implementation, not necessarily on justification or governance. In other words, these may focus on the “how?”, But not the “why?” or “when?”
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? But How Do We Get Here? $ ? 0. Cloud?
Placeholder for text (substitute your own text; delete when not used) 1. Build Skills and Assess Applications Create your cloud team Assess application readiness YES NO ? 2. Select Cloud Providers and Services SaaS PaaS IaaS Compare the cloud layers Select cloud providers 3. Architect Cloud Services and Mitigate Risks Exit Design for business continuity Architect cloud services Secure cloud implementations 4. Estimate the Bill and Establish Governance Define policies and procedures Create a forecast $ 5. Provision and Automate Cloud Services Order cloud services Orchestrate cloud workloads 6. Operate Cloud Environments at Scale Manage cloud deployments Become the broker Monitor cloud consumption 0. Cloud? ? So the key question to be asked, and the topic of this presentation, is how do we get to the point where we are using such an implementation framework as published by Gartner. How do we decide why cloud? How do we decide when cloud? How do we plan this in a highly visible, structured, and organized fashion, such that we can ensure synergies, efficiencies, and extensibility of a consistent cloud strategy, not simply a series of unrelated bespoke one offs?
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Cloud Potential Benefits and Potential Risks
Cost-Effective Adaptive Innovative Self-Service Pervasive Scalable & Elastic On-Demand Pay-per-Use Resilient Modern Secure Global Security Risk Compliance Risk Lack of Skills Lack of Tools Integration Incompatibility Cost Increases Loss of Control Vendor Lock-in Loss of Features
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Cloud Benefits Align With Bimodal IT
Bimodal IT: Two modes of IT, each designed to address different information and technology goals. Mode 1 Sequential: stability and reliability In Cloud: Cost Savings, Efficiency … Mode 2 Exploratory: agility and flexibility In Cloud: Agility, Speed, Time to Market … Align with and incorporate business goals
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Key Issues What is a cloud computing strategy and why do I need one?
Placeholder for text (substitute your own text; delete when not used) What is a cloud computing strategy and why do I need one? How do I build a cloud strategy? Key issues what is a cloud strategy, why do we need one, and how can we tie this into our existing infrastructure plans? What does an application focus mean for cloud computing planning, what are the options for moving applications to the cloud, and how we fit this into the cloud strategy? The third key issue can be considered tactical… How do you, the audience, get started creating a workable cloud strategy?
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It’s Never Too Late to Start a Cloud Strategy
Cloud Strategy Council — Key Roles and Stakeholders — Needs to Be a Group Effort, Not Just IT Cloud Strategy Leader Program Manager, Often EA Executive Sponsor IT Functional Leads Business Group Leads Cloud Architect Human Resources … Application Architect Finance Infrastructure Legal Operations Procurement Security Risk Management … … It’s Never Too Late to Start a Cloud Strategy
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The Cloud Strategy Cookbook (Main Sections)
Executive Summary Cloud Computing Baseline: Definitions, Models… Business Baseline: Outcomes, Benefits, Risks, Goals Services Strategy: When to Consume, Build, Broker Financial Models: Pricing … Principles “Cloud First”… Assessment of Where You Are Today: Inventory Security Supporting Elements: Architecture, Staffing Exit Strategy: Contracts, Lock-in, etc. Company Name Cloud Strategy and Design Specification Date Author ……………………………………………………………………..……..…………………… Table of Contents Executive Summary …………….……………………………………………… 4 Cloud Computing Baseline …………….……………………………………… 4 Definitions, Models… …………….………………………………………… 4 Business Baseline …………….……………………………………………….. 5 Outcomes, Benefits, Risks, Goals ………………………………………… 5 Services Strategy …………….…………………………………………………8 When to Consume, Build, Broker …………….……………………..……… 8 Financial Models …………….………………………………………………… 6 Pricing, … …………….……………………………………………………… 7 Principles …………….……………………………………………………….… 6 “Cloud First,”… …………….………………………………………………… 6 Assessment of Where You Are Today ……………………………………… 7 Inventory …………….…………………………………………………..…… 7 Security …………….…………………………………………….……………… 9 Supporting Elements ………………………………………………………….. 9 Architecture, Staffing …………….…………………….…………………… 9 Exit Strategy …………….………………………………………………..…… 10 Contracts, Lock-in, etc. …………….…………………………………..…… 10
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Cloud Strategy Cookbook Template Details — Page 1
Executive Summary: Business Baseline: Summary of drivers, challenges and major steps. Desired business outcome targets Potential benefits — generic, bimodal driven Cloud council members, roles, org. Cloud Computing Baseline: Potential risks (generic — e.g., security, compliance) Cloud Defined (attributes, service categories, delivery models) — Don’t reinvent this. Use NIST, Gartner Cloud Spectrum Other factors (e.g., data center strategy), unique issues to your business in your industry in your geography at this time Delivery models (public, private, hybrid, multi ...) Action: Map potential benefits to desired business outcomes while overcoming Challenges/risks Adoption statistics Action: Training and communication plan
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Cloud Strategy Cookbook Template Details — Page 2
Services Strategy: Financial: When to consume Pricing When to build Chargeback When to be a broker — hybrid IT operating model Payment models Capex vs. opex How to secure/manage/govern hybrid environments Action: Ensure understanding of all options Becoming a provider? Action: Examine all roles in cloud
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Cloud Strategy Cookbook template details — Page 3
Principles: Assessment of where you are today: Workload by workload (non-negotiable) Inventory, characteristics Potential principles: Use tools: Cloud first Bimodal, Buy before build (SaaS first in cloud terms) PACE layers, TCO tools Best of breed Action: Produce inventory and be prepared to use it based on principles Could have some security principles Lift and shift last resort Vendor considerations Action: validate
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Cloud Strategy Cookbook template details — Page 4
Security: Action: Update other strategies — security, etc. State security principles Exit Strategy: Identify responsibilities Contracts with T&C, SLA Incorporate principles from security strategy Data ownership, backup, getting data back Action: Apply result to security strategy and cloud strategy Lock-in, etc. Supporting Elements: By type of service Current business and technical architecture and infrastructure Development/Architectural issues Multicloud strategies Staffing issues Action: Don’t forget the exit strategy! Alignment with other strategy, efforts (procurement, etc.)
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Inventory Information — for Each Workload
Name, owner, author Vendor (if applicable) and vendor-specific info (e.g., on-premises only, next version SaaS only …) Virtualized? Security, data requirements (e.g., PII) Integration Bimodal — 1 or 2? — which one is driving the decisions for this? Criticality: Low, medium, high Size/Cost: Low, medium, high Performance characteristics — on spectrum Well-behaved Overprovisioned Unpredictable
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Cloud Decision Model Consider Private Embrace Public Benefits
Avoid Experiment High and Clear Low or Uncertain High or Unmanageable Low and Unmanageable Benefits Challenges
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Cloud Strategy in Practice
You’ve accomplished: Cloud council established Strategy Established principles Inventory and other elements produced Scenarios: Request comes in for enhancement to existing app: Consult inventory and apply principles to decide action Data center strategy determines to close data centers in 2 years: Use inventory and principles to determine action Build cloud migration plan
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Moving From Strategy to Execution
5. Provision and Automate Cloud Services Order Cloud Services Orchestrate Cloud Workloads 6. Operate Cloud Environments at Scale Manage Cloud Deployments Become the Broker Monitor Cloud Consumption 4. Estimate the Bill and Establish Governance $ Define Policies and Procedures Create a Forecast 1. Build Skills and Assess Applications YES NO ? Create Your Cloud Team Assess Application Readiness 2. Select Cloud Providers and Services SaaS PaaS IaaS Compare the Cloud Layers Select Cloud Providers 3. Architect Cloud Services and Mitigate Risks Exit Design for Business Continuity Architect Cloud Services Secure Cloud Implementations Cloud Strategy Version 1.0 Source: “Solution Path for Developing a Public Cloud Strategy,” (G )
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Conclusions and Recommendations
Follow a cookbook approach to building a cloud strategy Establish a cloud strategy council with key members from across the enterprise, including business units Separate cloud strategy from implementation plan Cloud strategy is not the same as data center strategy or implementation/adoption/migration plans If you haven’t yet, build a living cloud strategy document. It’s never too late
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Recommended Gartner Research
Cloud Computing Primer for David Smith (G ) Cloud Strategy Cookbook Daryl Plummer and David Smith (G ) The Top 10 Cloud Myths David Smith (G )
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