Cloud Strategy made Simple David G. Fletcher

2 Hybrid Cloud Approach Utah is building a private cloud to provision services from its virtualized infrastructure. Utah is leveraging services from the public cloud to provide better and more efficient service. 2

3 Private Cloud Infrastructure Redundant Data Centers : Consolidated Data Centers from 37 to 2. Used virtualization to reduce the number of physical servers from 1864 to 591. Over $4 million in ongoing annual savings. 3

4 Cloud Architecture 4

5 Cloud Policies and Standards Cloud Services Security Cloud Based Collaboration Tools Cloud Development Tools 5

6 Characteristics Be located off-site in State data centers, or offered through third-party service providers Be solution-based and solution-packaged, meaning that all supporting elements for a given cloud solution are bundled and managed by the service provider Be accessed via the Internet, using standard TCP/IP protocols, with a Web browser as its primary user interface, while offering its main system interfaces via Web services APIs Require minimal IT skills to order and implement Be available in a way that supports self-provisioning and self-service requesting, with 24/7 availability for order placement and near real-time deployment Offer dynamic and fine-grained scalability Offer pricing options which also are fine-grained, based on usage (capable of being measured and metered as necessary) Use shared resources and common versions (one-to-many), with any customization built around the shared services 6

7 Public Cloud Culture Supports increased mobility Services on-demand Merging of Work and Private Lives Data Portability Response to 24x7 Process simplification 7

8 Cloud Services We Use Hosted Wikis Customer Support and Response Productivity Apps Social Apps Management Services 8

9 Re-engineering Processes Integration of help desk software with provisioning front end services Integration of help desk software with back end billing and management services Developing automated provisioning processes to dramatically improve service response times 9

10 Provisioning Infrastructure –Virtual Servers –Storage Platform –Linux Stacks –Windows Stacks Software Security, Access, and Payment 10

11 The Payoff Streamlined procurement Faster planning to implementation Reduced Cost User Satisfaction Green 11