1. Harnessing the Power of the Cloud
Part 1 – Intro to the Cloud
January 27, 2011
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2. Today’s Speakers
Steve Ressler
President and Founder
GovLoop
Anil Karmel
Solutions Architect – Network and Infrastructure Engineering
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dustin Haisler
Former CIO of Manor Texas
Director, Government Innovation, Spigit
Scott Derby
Office 365 Specialist
Microsoft

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4. Cloud Poll: How much do you know about
Cloud?
18% 24% A Little
20% Moderate Amount
Quite a Bit
38%
Nothing, but want to
learn more
Slide 4

5. Cloud Poll: Is your agency currently considering moving one
or more services to the cloud?
16%
54% Yes
30%
No
I don't Know
Slide 5

6. UNCLASSIFIED
Building the Cloud at LANL:
Infrastructure on Demand
Anil Karmel
Solutions Architect
Network & Infrastructure Engineering
Production Systems
UNCLASSIFIED
Operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA
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7. UNCLASSIFIED
Background
Los Alamos National Laboratory
• LANL applies its expertise in defense science and technology to the
broad spectrum of DOE requirements from basic research to
ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear weapons
stockpile
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8. UNCLASSIFIED
Background
Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Located in northern New Mexico
• Elevation – 7500 feet
• 42 square mile campus
• 10,000 employees
• Unclassified Protected Network Stats
• ~ 20,000 devices
• ~ 14,000 Windows Systems
• ~ 3,000 Apple Systems
• ~ 1,500 *Nix Systems
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9. UNCLASSIFIED
What Challenges Did We Face?
Business Case
Gap Alignment
Servers distributed in multiple Reduction in number of servers will enable
data centers consolidation into fewer data center facilities
Limited data center floor space, Reduction in number of servers will reduce data
power, and cooling resources center requirements
Need to retire unsupported Unsupported platforms can be replaced by virtual
platforms servers
Slow server provisioning cycle- New environments provisioned without purchasing
time and installing additional physical servers
Limited hardware for disaster Environments can be restored onto different
recovery hardware. Hardware replaced by new virtual
servers and servers retired during future refresh
cycles can be utilized for DR site.
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10. UNCLASSIFIED
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11. UNCLASSIFIED
Private Cloud
LANL Infrastructure on Demand (IoD)
• LANL’s Infrastructure on Demand
– Self-service web portal to automatically request and provision virtual
servers
– Green IT savings dynamically computed and displayed on website
– Includes LifeCycle Management and Chargeback
– OS Support
– Microsoft Windows
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux
– Sun Solaris
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12. UNCLASSIFIED
How Did We Do It?
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13. UNCLASSIFIED
Private Cloud
LANL Infrastructure on Demand (IoD)
• Key Components
– Web Portal
– Front End displaying information regarding the service and form to
request a system
– Microsoft SharePoint
– Workflow Engine including Lifecycle Management
– Integration Point for internal systems including Chargeback and
Hostmaster Registration System
– VMware vCloud Director
– Web Based User Interface to consume cloud resources
– Enables the Private Cloud
– VMware vShield Application / Edge
– Virtual Appliance to implement, manage and maintain security policy
– Security in the Private Cloud
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17. UNCLASSIFIED
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18. UNCLASSIFIED
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19. UNCLASSIFIED
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21. LOCAL CLOUDS
Dustin Haisler
Director, Government Innovation

22. WHAT DID MANOR HAVE BEFORE THE CLOUD?

23. CHALLENGES
• Budget Constraints
• Lack of IT Coordination
• No Internal Collaboration
• Aging Infrastructure
• Citizens Demanding New Services (Online Bill Pay, etc.)

24. CLOUD INNOVATION

25. IDEATION IN THE CLOUD

26. CLOUD CITIZEN SERVICES
• Project Management

27. MANOR CLOUD RESULTS
• Enabled Better Citizen/Government Communication
• Cheaper Disaster Recovery Solution
• Increased Internal Collaboration
• Allowed Shift From Infrastructure-Focus to Innovation-Focus

28. Government Cloud Case Studies
Scott Derby
Office 365 Specialist
Microsoft Corporation

36. Audience Q&A

37. Today’s Speakers
Steve Ressler
President and Founder
GovLoop
Anil Karmel
Solutions Architect – Network and Infrastructure Engineering
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dustin Haisler
Former CIO of Manor Texas
Director, Government Innovation, Spigit
Scott Derby
Office 365 Specialist
Microsoft

38. Thank You!
To continue the discussion visit
Microsoft on GovLoop at:
http://www.govloop.com/group/productivity