data centre operations build, operate, deliver. lee fisher vp products @abiquo @bootdisk
TRANSCRIPT
Data Centre OperationsBuild, Operate, Deliver.
Lee FisherVP Products@abiquo
@bootdisk
2012 – Cloud comes of age?
The year ‘everyone’ got the ‘cloud’…..
BenefitsEfficienciesCost Savings
….was the year it became a dirty word.
Data Centers are go!
A significant proportion of the average organisations IT budget is allocated solely to data center operations (excluding software)
25%
Of all applications run in 2 or more data centers
80%The rate of data growth per year
60%
Of current workloads are being processed in data centers
50%
Are we there yet?
How has IT helped me?
Of businesses make technology/cloud decisions without getting IT involved
47%
Have no single unified management platform for their virtualisation/cloud platform
78%Of businesses feel that their IT strategy isn’t under control
60%
Of businesses feel that virtualisation/cloud has not delivered on its key promises
84%
The new customer
The Mobile Computing era
3 Core Elements : Mobile, Social, Cloud
Changed more than the way we consume music
High Street shelves less important than digital shelves
Can do, Need to, Right now
The ‘power’ has shifted from IT, to user
Is it any wonder?
End users in the business see little, or no benefit of virtualisation or cloud
“Endless approval forms and processes”
“IT still says no”
“Why do things take so long?”
“We try our best to avoid IT and procurement because of the hassle”
They want a frictionless experience
Why?
What’s the hold up?
The technology exists
You could automate IT
You could adopt new controls
You could adopt new technology
You could do things faster
You could do things simpler
You will remain in business
Integrate this!
IT perception – this is difficult!
What do we do with the legacy software suites we’ve acquired?
Consulting costs will be very high
We have to rip and replace the kit and processes
Our perpetual licenses don’t work in the cloud
Our partners are competing with each other
Do we build it ourselves or use someone else’s?
The business case is weak
Silo Processes
Very little integration today between technology and processes
Different management consoles, managed by different teams/groups
Many authority levels across the business
Little automation between technologies
Rip and Replace is not compatible
Business needs to evolve existing processes into cloud
Not bin them
Most new clouds are bolt on services to existing business
Forces virtualisation and cloud to play a part at the edge of the business, not at it’s heart
Our Approach
Build your cloud, from tech you have
Provide a range of services to enhance your business
Adopt Public cloud – when you are ready
Integrate with operational processes you have in place today
Put cloud at the heart of your business
Not on the fringes of it
How we can help
Education – how the cloud can revolutionise your business
Technology Independence
Fast integration of existing tools, processes
Integrate your existing workflows into your virtual computing model
Simple migration to cloud model
Don’t just build a cloud, operate it
Data Centre OperationsBuild, Operate, Deliver.
Lee FisherVP Products@abiquo
@bootdisk