This document discusses 5 common mistakes companies make when moving applications to the cloud. The mistakes are: 1) Leaping before looking at factors like performance, compliance, and availability. 2) Thinking a company has found the perfect cloud provider and not ensuring portability. 3) Assuming applications will easily fit different cloud platforms without considering complexity. 4) Believing future needs will match current cloud use without planning for potential growth. 5) Failing to optimize applications and leverage full cloud capabilities like horizontal scalability. The document urges careful planning and consideration of key factors related to each application and future needs.

1. April 19, 2012
Adam Weissmuller
Director of Product Management, Cloud Services
Top 5 Mistakes You Don’t Want to
Make When Moving to the Cloud

2. Agenda
Introduction
Is Everything Moving to the Cloud?
Top 5 Mistakes
Questions & Answers
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5. Cloud Definitions
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“IaaS” = OSaaS/FSaaS
“DCaaS” = Colo
“HWaaS” = MH
“SaaS”
=
Turnkey App
“PaaS” = Code
and Load
Increasedcustomization
Increasedagility

6. Is Everything Moving to the Cloud?
Cloud is a means to an end, not an end in itself
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7. Where we’ve been: Internap’s cloud webinar series
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Internap, January 2012, sample size: 270 respondents.
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Internap cloud webinar series results:
“Are you currently leveraging the cloud (Iaas)
for any of your applications?”
No: 54%
(includes
evaluating
or just
learning)
Yes: 46%

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Internap cloud webinar series results:
“What type of cloud is your business most
interested in?
Public
8%
Private
28%
Hybrid or
Combination
46%
None or
in-house
18%
Internap, January 2012, sample size: 253 respondents.
Where we’ve been: Internap’s cloud webinar series

9. As You Evaluate the Cloud, What Are the Five Mistakes
YOU DON’T WANT TO MAKE?
You want this….
Not this….
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10. Mistake #1 – Leaping Before You Look
Cloud is a means to
an end. You want
happy end users
using applications
that meet your
security and
compliance needs.
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11. Mistake #1 – Leaping Before You Look
Can the cloud deliver my applications with acceptable performance?
Do I have any compliance considerations that restrict my ability to use
shared infrastructure?
Will the cloud meet my availability requirements?
Key factors to consider:
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12. Mistake #2 – Thinking You Have Found the One
Choosing a cloud provider is not like marriage. You may want to
to change providers later on.
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13. Mistake #2 – Thinking You Have Found the One
Am I going to be using APIs to manage my cloud infrastructure?
Are the APIs proprietary to the particular provider?
Are my images going to be portable to another provider?
Is my data going to be easily portable to another provider?
Key factors to consider:
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14. Mistake #3 – If It Fits, It Ships
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Don’t make the assumption that every cloud supports your
most complex applications.

15. Mistake #3 – If It Fits, It Ships
Key factors to consider:
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How many tiers does my application have?
Do I require layer 2 connectivity between tiers?
Do I need to cluster my DB for performance and availability?
Do I need specialized networking devices in the configuration?

16. Mistake #4 – Believing Tomorrow Will Be Like Today
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The cloud may be what you need today. In all
likelihood, it won’t be the only thing you need
tomorrow.

17. Mistake #4 – Believing Tomorrow Will be Like Today
Key factors to consider:
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Do I want to use a single provider to help manage my portfolio of
applications?
As my application grows, will I need physical infrastructure for
performance reasons?
At larger scale, do the economics of the cloud work out?

18. Mistake #5 – Not Leveraging the Full Potential of the
Cloud
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The cloud is a tool that opens up new possibilities.

19. Am I sizing VMs based on previous physical specs or am I optimizing?
Am I leveraging the on-demand aspect of cloud to deal with the “bursty”
parts of the app?
Am I designing for horizontal scalability and Layer 3 communication?
Can I create an entire test/dev, staging, and production environment in the
same cloud?
Key factors to consider:
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Mistake #5 – Not Leveraging the Full Potential of the
Cloud

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