The Future of IT

Infrastructure

The CIO Perspective

mike d. kail

VP of IT Ops :: Netflix

@mdkail

IT :: Evolution

IT Must Enable the BusinessEmbrace Change

IT :: Revolution

● Cloud Adoption by CIOs

Financial Shift :: CapEx → OpEx

● Spending Efficiency○ Over/Under Provisioning

● Cash Flow “smoothing”● Business Agility● Legacy → Innovative● No More Write-Downs

IT Trends :: Moonshot Thinking

● IaaS / PaaS / SaaS● Mobile Everything● API Ubiquity● Rebirth of SQL / ETL 2.0● Data Security● Cloud Identity

○ AuthN + AuthZ + MFA● Rich Applications

○ UI/UX● Big Data Analytics

IT :: Roadmap

● Talent -- A+ Players● Planning -- 10x goal● Custom Applications Dev● Data/Metrics Driven Decisions● Consumerization Effect● Security, Security, Security