Head in the Clouds Aligning for the future Jack Wilson Senior Client Consultant Coretek Services

Cloud is not a religion Terminology: Private Cloud Is a virtual infrastructure that exists with your organization’s or a hosted datacenter Public Cloud Is a virtual infrastructure that exists outside of your organization in a large remote site, not owned by you Hybrid Cloud Is a combination of the above, some applications/data in a Public Cloud site and some in your site.

The popularization of the term “Cloud Computing” can be traced to 2006 when Amazon.com introduced the Elastic Compute Cloud Software-defined data center (SDDC) is the phrase used to refer to a data center where all infrastructure is virtualized and delivered as a service. “Every twelve to eighteen months, computers double their capabilities, and so do the information technologies that use them.” EmergingFutures.com

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella promised a “mobile first, cloud first” strategy As Microsoft turns 40, CEO Satya Nadella looks beyond Windows to the cloud / April 4th 2015

Where are the major players going?

The only installed apps will soon only be your legacy applications

The key is to move from the Complex Distributed Legacy to a Streamlined Virtual architecture

Preparing for a Cloud Future First Step Where are you now? -solid assessment of the evolved infrastructure -”Legacy Drag” -traditional distributed architecture -maybe some server virtualization -maybe some endpoint virtualization -maybe using one or a few SaaS

Preparing for a Cloud Future Second Step Where do you want to go? -Target environment Flexible agile technology architecture web-based delivery anywhere, any device access lower cost easily supportable or better yet let someone else support

Hard to make one big leap It usually takes a process to move from an organic evolved architecture to a more thoughtful cloud strategy Moving a mess, won’t work 10

Preparing for a Cloud Future Best Practice Approach Virtualize & Streamline current environment Two key components Virtualize the servers and endpoints Desktops, applications and data are in your datacenter you’ve created a PRIVATE CLOUD

Preparing for a Cloud Future What steps are involved? Discover all the application in your environment discard what not being used (save $) consolidate redundant functions what are the core client facing applications own and control these what are the common function applications no competitive advantage routine functions

Preparing for a Cloud Future Rationalize your applications portfolio Streamline “Southwest Airline” approach Discover all the applications in your environment (not an easy task, but necessary) discard what’s not being used (save $) consolidate redundant functions

Preparing for a Cloud Future Left are the applications your business needs Key decision what are the core client facing applications own and control these keep and support these in your Private Virtual Cloud (at least for now) what are the common function applications no competitive advantage everybody needs and has them move to SaaS model in the Public Cloud

Centralized Virtualized Desktop The Private Cloud Applications are published to a virtual desktop, supported in one central location The Public Cloud Applications are accessed by a browser on the virtual desktop, vendor maintains and supports Everything is accessed via a browser Ready for an eventual all web-based world. Endpoints are irrelevant Mobile devices can access desktop and applications BYOD is now possible All data is now in the Private or Public cloud not on the endpoint

Preparing for a Cloud Future Now you have a Virtual / Hybrid Cloud architecture that positions you for the future, while being transformative right now. Business agility Access anywhere, Anytime, Any Device Better Security Lower cost Focus on Critical applications and new functionality

Preparing for a Cloud Future Now you positioned to look at PaaS or IaaS Both of these are maturing technologies that are still in the Pioneer stage for the most part. You can now develop web replacements for your Critical legacy applications in a PaaS environment Since you have created a centralize private cloud, you could get out of the datacenter business and move that to a hosted datacenter or an IaaS environment in the future

Preparing for a Cloud Future Few issues to consider All Public Cloud vendors are not equal Check security, you’re now in a shared environment Who owns the data? you or the vendor Interface between public cloud and private cloud (now in different locations) Vendors business continuity/disaster recovery Exit options (if any)

Thank you / Questions Project Success NO Exceptions Jack Wilson Senior Client Consultant Jack.Wilson@coretekservices.com 248.766.4869 Project Success NO Exceptions