considerations for cloud computing in charities
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Mark Thomas, Solutions Architect at Databarracks, talks to former CIO of Save the Children UK Andrew Brenson about his recent research into cloud computing in the charity sector. They cover the common issues that charities face, and the best practice in overcoming these.TRANSCRIPT
Considerations for cloud computing in Charities
Presented by:
Andrew Brenson, Freelance IT Consultant
Mark Thomas, Solutions Architect, Databarracks, Databarracks
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Agenda
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What are the considerations for charities in cloud computing?
iIntroduction
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Objective:
Introduction
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Currently: Freelance IT consultant, working mainly with charities and NGOs
Previously: Treasurer, Charities Consortium IT Directors Group - now the Charity IT Leaders Head of IT, Major UK Charity 10 years at Channel 4
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Introduction – Andrew Brenson
10 Years providing backup and disaster recovery cloud services
Now provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Why did Databarracks ask Andrew to carry out the research?
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Introduction – Databarracks
Mark Thomas – Solutions Architect
The shape of the cloud computing market
What is “cloud computing” to charities?
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“IT is a fashion industry and Cloud Computing is the new
black”
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Introduction
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Is cloud adoption a bell curve?
Key:
Current adoption level
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Is cloud adoption a bell curve?
A genuinely different model
Question:
Are there any IT Directors who have not seriously considered using cloud
services?
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The shape of the market
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IT representation in the board room?
Is there any?
Key issues for charities
Why should or shouldn’t charities use cloud services?
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Cost
CapacityUsage
Traditional computing Cloud computing
Time Time
Com
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Com
putin
g
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Transition
YourBusiness
YourBusiness
70%
On-PremiseInfrastructure
30%
Managing All of the “Undifferentiated Heavy Lifting”
Managing All of the “Undifferentiated Heavy Lifting”
Cloud-BasedInfrastructure More Time to Focus on
Your BusinessMore Time to Focus on
Your Business
Configuring Your Cloud
Assets
Configuring Your Cloud
Assets
30%70%
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Changing shape of the IT team
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Trust
“X” as a Service
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IaaS
SaaS PaaS
BPaaSDRaaS
FRaaS
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“X” as a Service
Green IT
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Green IT
Forget all the hype, there are lots of new cloud services that can really help you.
Understand exactly what services you are getting - what is the responsibility of the service provider and what you are doing
Put together a real business case to prove to the organisation that
what you are doing is the right decision. Share knowledge
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Advice
Charity round table Provisionally booked in for the 15th May in Central London Potential topics:
Cloud Disaster Recovery Hybrid clouds from multiple service providers Compliance and cloud computing What are the issues for migrating legacy systems?
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Save the date
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Questions?
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