2. Impact of Cloud Computing on Enterprise Architecture Perspectives, Best Practices, & Pitfalls David Bressler @djbressler March 2009

3. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation2 Cultural Challenges

4. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation3 Integration is hard Expensive Infrastructure Data

5. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation4 Data Integration Adds meaning

6. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation5 Data Integration is hard Invisible Hard to quantify Discounted

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8. 7 Users are a pain, well install what comes out of the box, and thats what theyll get. Real Life PHB

9. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation8 Financial & Logistics Challenges

10. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation9 Cost v. BenefitTime (Cost v. Benefit)

11. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation10 Traditional Software Purchase Purchase software Purchase hardware Find space in data center Create migration plan Setup development & test Configure systems Configure databases Configure networks More…

12. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation11 The Easy Way Get a login

13. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation12 Data Integration is hard Costs dont match benefits

14. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation13 How do we make integration easier, and deliver benefits more quickly?

15. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation14 Define Cloud Computing

16. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation15 How do we make integration easier, and deliver benefits more quickly? Could computing is a way make integration easier, and deliver benefits more quickly

17. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation16 Turn a commodity into a utility integration ^ Necessary, but not differentiating

18. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation17 Not everythings a commodity

19. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation18 Web Server Farms. Commodity.

20. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation19 Much Enterprise Software. Commodity

21. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation20 Email. A commodity.

22. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation21 Messaging. Maybe not a commodity.

23. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation22 What if… we just gave IT a platform to create their own data models, interfaces, and processes on a dynamic infrastructure [that met corporate requirements] & simply existed as needed?

24. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation23 Results in elevated IT relevance

25. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation24 Other Results… Focus on integration will evolve to a more disciplined approach Match expenses to benefits Enable new classes of applications

26. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation25 Best Practices

27. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation26 Mediation. A secret weapon.

28. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation27 Service Level Management. Dont even start with my piece is working fine!

29. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation28 Security. Its not (only) what you think it needs to be.

30. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation29 Make mistakes.

31. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation30 Build a culture of collaboration.

32. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation31 Map out a strategy. Reward innovation. Reward relevance.

33. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation32 Cultural Challenges Financial & Logistics Challenges Define Cloud Computing Best Practices

34. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation33 David Bressler bressler@progress.com http://blogs.progress.com http://blogs.progress.com @djbressler