1. Demystifying the Cloud
What style of hosting is right for you?

2. It’s who we are, and what we do.
Managed Hosting Services
Business Technology Advisors
Infrastructure Architecture and Support Specialists
Business Central/NAV Rescues & Emergencies
Upgrade or Customize you ERP or CRM
Lifelong Partnerships – Extending Your Technology
James Nicholas
Director of Network Services
Tigunia, LLC.
Contact:
866.5NAV.911

3. Objectives – Q&A Discussion
On-Premise
Cloud
Hybrid
Understand infrastructure options
Alphabet Soup
Marketing
Reality
Unpack “cloud” concepts
More than hardware
Not always a fit
Infrastructure cost considerations
Moving challenges
Yesterday’s investment
Transition solution architecture between on-premise and cloud

4. Infrastructure Considerations
Availability & Uptime
Accessibility
Licensing Options
Security
Costs
Performance & Productivity
Disaster Recovery Objectives (RTO & RPO)
Other Business Objectives (Features & Function)

5. Infrastructure Options
On-premise Infrastructure
COLO (Co-Location – your hardware at a datacenter)
Cloud Applications (SaaS)
Hosted Infrastructure (Private Cloud)
Hosted Infrastructure (Public Cloud)
Hybrid Infrastructure

6. Cloud Computing Models
IaaS
PaaS
SaaS
A set of application infrastructure services such as platform and OS rented from a vendor
Compute resources; outsourced on demand
Any software program that is managed remotely and delivered via the web
Examples: Azure, AWS, Google Compute Engine
Examples: Managed Hosting, ML (Machine Learning), Google App Engine
Examples: Business Central, Office 365, Google Suites, GoToMeeting, YouTube, Mobile Apps

7. Cloud Computing Models

8. On-Premise vs Cloud - Responsibilities

9. Risk Considerations
Evaluating threats (Business impacting Scenario’s you want to protect against) means considering options for prevention and recovery.

10. Likelihood of Downtime
The Aberdeen Group found comparable numbers when comparing best in class companies with “average” and “laggards” in the matter of downtime and recovery.

11. Likelihood of Downtime
According to IDG, it takes around 7 hours to resume normal operations after a data loss incident, with 18% of IT managers saying that it takes 11 to 24 hours, or even longer.

12. Cause of Downtime
Downtime by data volume (Security Threat vectors are included in the given categories)
*(Multiple responses allowed from both reports)

13. Batteries Not Included
New Toys don’t always come with batteries

14. Backup Not Included
Cloud solutions don’t always include Backup & DR

15. Restore Point & Restore Time Objectives

18. TCO – Costs to Consider Hardware & Infrastructure Costs: Backup costs
Disaster Recovery costs
Disk space costs
Server(s)
SAN
Switches
Rack(s)
Power Appliances (UPS's)
Other (cables, adapters, controllers etc.)
Cooling (Air Conditioning Unit)
Infrastructure (Square footage, power etc.)
Labor:
System Administrator Salary or Third Party Contractor Labor
Server install (HW + software configuration labor)
Licensing:
Server licensing
Business Software Licensing
Management & Systems Licensing
Public Listings
Exchange
Office
Phones
Recurring expenses:
Internet Connectivity (ISP costs)
Electricity (commercial rate of $0.06 per kw/h - public Hewlett Packard documentation for mid-range enterprise servers mean kw/h consumption per server .40)
-Residential electricity rates in Colorado average 11.46¢/kWh, which ranks the state 21st in the nation.
-Commercial electricity rates in Colorado average 9.39¢/kWh, which ranks the state 25th in the nation.

19. Power Calculation Example
If the average 1200 watt server PSU use is 850 watts per hour, multiplied by 24 that equals 20,400 watts daily, or 20.4 kilowatts (kWh). Multiply that by 365 days a year for 7,446 kWh per year
If Average cost per kWh in Colorado is 9.39 cents, the average cost per year to run that server on a single power supply is $699.18, or $1, for two power supplies, per year in electricity costs.

20. Suggested Resources Online TCO Calculators:

21. Key take-aways Consider your Infrastructure Solution as a whole
Know your costs
Know your risks
Consider your tolerance for outages or downtime
Build a DR Strategy and create a DR runbook or Business Continuity Plan

22. WWW.TIGUNIA.COM P.O. Box 31014 Edmond, OK 73003 (866) 562-8911