ohio dgs 16 presentation - reaching a cloud equilibrium - by tony encinias

Reaching a Cloud Equilibrium…Things You Should Consider

Tony EnciniasVice PresidentPublic Sector Strategy

We are a cloud Based Consumption Society

The Cloud concept of providing services to citizens and employees has been around a long time

THINK ABOUT IT!

It’s NOT new in Government either!

The Cloud concept of providing services to citizens and employees has been around a long time

WE ARE A CLOUD BASED CONSUMPTION SOCIETY!

What is Cloud…the every elusive question!

Cloud computing is a model for

enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-

demand network access to a shared

pool of configurable computing

resources (e.g., networks, servers,

storage, applications, and services)

that can be rapidly provisioned and

released with minimal management

effort or service provider interaction.

This cloud model is composed of five

essential characteristics, three service

models, and four deployment models.

NIST DefinitionSpecial Publication 800-145

Traditional IT Infrastructure Model

stove pipe IT infrastructure

inefficient resource usage

increased deployment time

high operating costs

inflexibility for scaling

40 percent of expense

unable to leverage new technologies

Private CloudDedicated to one organization

Public CloudShared by many organizations

What type of Cloud is right for you?

Types of Cloud

For State and Local Government….the Hybrid Cloud is the best approach

Hybrid CloudCustomized mix of Public and Private

Changing IT Landscape

cloud computing

social media

mobility

Advances in technology (infrastructure and network)

Demands are changing the rules…care less about technology and more

about making IT work on demand

Fiscal Realities

tax revenue still down

underutilized resources

consuming limited budget

hardware refreshes becoming more

infrequent

high operating costs

inflexibility for scaling

Unsustainable Model

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Solving the IT Challenge

CapEx

Traditional Buy a Box Model

Hard Costs

• Primary Hardware

• Supporting Hardware

• Software licenses

• Management

software

• Maintenance

• Infrastructure set

• Installation costs

Soft Costs

• Continuous

procurement

• Staff time

• Tech refresh

• Feature/ function

Improvements

OpEX

Streamlined Costs

• Cost per GB, TB, CPU, memory

per day or per month

• Unit prices decline over time

• SLA based

• One-time procurement

• No minimum spend or allocation

requirements

Cloud Solutions As-a-Service

CapEx

Traditional Buy a Box Model

Hard Costs

• Primary Hardware

• Supporting Hardware

• Software licenses

• Management

software

• Maintenance

• Infrastructure set

• Installation costs

Soft Costs

• Continuous

procurement

• Staff time

• Tech refresh

• Feature/ function

Improvements

Cultural Changesmanage IT based on

services and SLA’s

infrastructure isNOT yours…YOU DON’T

NEED TO OWN IT!

changing core server/storage skills to managing capacity

viewing computeas a utility

Hardest part of the equation…long term habits hard to break!

business focused

Fundamental Thinking

change emphasis from controlling

systems and assets to delivering new

capabilities

IT must evolve beyond administration of infrastructure and

manage vendors who provide it

IT infrastructure is still mission-critical

as servers reach end-of-life status evaluate optionsBox

hugging

Think outside the IT Box!

Data SecurityData Custody

Usage Metrics & Cost Control

Implementation Risk

Cloud VenderViability

Vender Lock In Agility in

Deployment

Legacy Systems & Talent Drought

Service LevelAgreements

Multiple Challenges toward Cloud Adoption

Multi-Cloud Integration

Smart Integration –Asking the Right Questions for Cloud Adoption

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Ready to Embrace Cloud? What is my Cloud mix? Who manages your Cloud?

What type of data in the Cloud? Your Cloud migration strategy? Your Governance model?

Requirements to reduce CAPEX spending

Cloud First initiative

Accelerated time to value & optimize application performance

Focus IT team to drive organizational value vs “running hardware”

Deploy pre-optimized and validated solution designs

Exit life cycle management challenges

Improve end user service agreements through self provisioning

Enable a true partnership with IT customers

Top Drivers for Cloud Solutions

Decisions, decisions, decisions

On premise private cloud

off premise public cloud

Consumption based compute (IaaS, PaaS, MaaS)

Hybrid –private/public

Cloud based/on demand is the infrastructure of

tomorrow

system/application analysis…providing

service

Mapping your Journey to the Cloud

Start small

Focus on non-critical applications first

Communicate to stakeholders

Ensure cloud vendors talk specifics

Do a thorough assessment of your applications

Questions?

Thank YouTony Encinias

Vice PresidentPublic Sector Strategy

703.388.6740Tony.Encinias@vion.com