We recognise that the cloud is about business transformation, we talk a lot about how to undertake that transformation. But how do you know when you've started to make progress? What would a cloud enabled business do when presented with problems that would be problematic today? We'll run through three common business scenarios and show how making the business align around cloud yields outcomes which would otherwise be challenging to achieve. Whether you're already well under way on your cloud journey, or just beginning the switch, we aim to highlight some of the key differences in how cloud business operate and how this unlocks the efficiencies that are marketed.
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THE IMPLEMENTATION GAP
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ARE YOU BRINGING CLOUD TO
YOUR BUSINESS?
OR ARE YOU BRINGING YOUR
BUSINESS TO THE CLOUD?
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MORE JOURNEYS?
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HOW DO I KNOW I’VE ARRIVED?
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WHAT IS “CLOUD-ENABLED”
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An organisation or team that applies operational models,
application design and infrastructure in a fashion that
enables quicker execution at lower cost and more
manageable risk
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EXAMPLE ONE – THE SYSADMIN QUIT
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WHAT LEFT WITH THE SYSADMIN?
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INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE
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MY INFRASTRUCTURE SOFTWARE
VERSIONING
• CONTROL CHANGES
• SIMPLE ROLLBACK
• SHARE KNOWLEDGE
• AUDIT TRAILS
TESTING
• REDUCE RISK
• VALIDATE OUTCOME
• DEFINED WORKFLOW
• FAST & REPEATABLE
DEPLOYMENT
• NO HUMAN ERROR
• CONSISTENT AT SCALE
• CAN DEPLOY OR CHANGE
• FULL REPORTING AND MGMT
COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION
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EXAMPLE 2 – THE MARKETING CAMPAIGN
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INTELLIGENT SCALING
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PRIMARY
PLATFORM
CLOUD BURST
SERVICE
NETWORK
INTEGRATION
TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT
CONFIG MGMT
CLOUD ENABLED APPS MEAN:
• A stateless application
• Automated deployment of new nodes
• Application monitoring driving workflows
• Working capacity in minutes
REAL-TIME
MONITORING
AUTO-SCALING
SERVICE
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EXAMPLE 3 – TIME TO MARKET
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PRIORITISE BUSINESS VALUE
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PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
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Etsy – A Neutral Case Study…
• Gross sales over $1B (Oct 2013)
• 100’s of deploys per week
• No production on cloud!
• Passion for simplifying then automating
• Monitoring driven development
• www.codeascraft.com
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SUMMARY
THREE BEHAVIOURS OF A CLOUD
ENABLED BUSINESS
1. DEVELOP INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE SOFTWARE
2. ADD FEATURES TO YOUR SOFTWARE TO RUN SMARTER
3. REDUCE TIME TO MARKET BY SIMPLIFYING AND AUTOMATING
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As the market for cloud matures, we see what is common with any major new technology – it is the exit from the hype cycle into the reality of our current world. Cloud is working its way through this period of disillusionment where people’s cloud results are underwhelming and will come out the other side in a stronger position.This does not make it the WRONG time to think about your cloud strategy, but it does highlight an important learning from the early adopters with respect to setting and managing expectations of your leaders and your wider business.
The gap is quantified by the scope an organisation sets for their cloud transformation.The missed expectations are typical of companies that treat cloud like a technology procurement exercise.The success stories are companies who pitch it as a business transformation.Cloud is a hugely powerful movement which did not exist when current Enterprise IT Governance and Architecture was implemented. Do you believe you are lucky enough for a major technology shift to drop into your existing operating model with minimal change? You would certainly be the minority and this is why we are seeing issues like Shadow IT plague IT organisations. It is a reflection that the operation and governance does not meet the needs of a business driven on rate of development and plugging that gap with an Enterprise Cloud will not be enough to change people’s habits.