Take a closer look at NetApp IT's cloud strategy and framework.

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To Cloud or
Not to Cloud?
A NetApp IT
Perspective
Mitigate risk and protect
NetApp assets
Risk
Assessment
Ensure data privacy
Maintain data compliancy & legal regulations
Address data sovereignty requirements
Understand the business use
and conduct workload analysis
Workload
Profile Understand if it is a standalone app
with no integration requirements
Determine business criticality of application and
it's "cloud aware"capability
Assess if unique performance requirements
Takes a 'Cloud First' Strategy
Our 'Cloud First' Policy
and its Governance
Systems of
Innovation
webcasts
How our hybrid cloud delivery works
Users
App Developers
App Owners
QA & Testers
Self-Service
Portal
'Cloud First'
policy check
Service
Catalogue
Orchestration
Hybrid
Cloud
Routing
User inputs
business
requirements
Requirements
drive cloud
placement
Catalogue of
technology
standards
Automated
workflow
begins Public Cloud
via Self-Service Capability
Begins with a methodology
to categorize applications
Test new technologies
and app features &
functionalities
Employee
Categorize Select Manage Govern
Applied Gartner's Pace-Layered Application strategy to
support business change, differentiation, and innovation
Source: www.Gartner.com
Systems of
Record
Systems of
Differentiation
Commodity
Services
Use cloud to
innovate,
conduct PoC,
and fail faster
Install Base
Finance and
Revenue
Recognition
Place legacy
apps in cloud
if able to
preserve
integrity of the
data, else stay
on premises
NetApp
AutoSupport
Move
differentiators,
e.g. contains
IP, to cloud if
workload
profile permits,
else stay on
premises
ServiceNow
Use SasS
best in class
cloud
offerings
Email
Our Applications Categorization
Governed by a committee of
business and IT senior leaders
Take a 'Cloud First' approach, i.e. cloud capable
Corporate
Strategy
Stipulate all IT-managed data in the cloud on
NetApp Private Storage to maintain data
ownership and avoid vendor lock-in
Dictate investments, e.g. reuse existing
assets, make smart buy vs. build decisions
Request
Private Cloud
- Packaged apps,
legacy, home grown
- Supports core
transaction
processing
- Apps with unique
company process
- Centrally hosted
software with
delivery based on
subscription
services
Examples of applying a 'Cloud First' strategy to our business applications
- Apps built on ad
hoc basis to address
new requirements or
opportunities
- Short life cycle