enterprise it takes on the cloud--lessons learned
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Enterprise IT Takes on the Cloud—Lessons LearnedMaximizing Cloud Services with an Intelligent and Unified Hybrid Network for Keeping Pace With Business’ Performance, Security, and Scalability Requirements.
Andre KindnessPrincipal Analyst
October 9, 2013
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New market demands changes in business strategy, and ultimately, business technology
— 2012 Roche Annual Report
“2012 was a landmark year for Roche Personalized Healthcare.”
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Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of XO and Juniper, July, 2013
“What best describes your organization’s current use/implementation of cloud services? (May include SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)”
Platform-as-a-service
Compute-as-a-service/infrastructure-as-a-service
Business-process-as-a-service
Security-as-a-service
Data/Business-intelligence/analytics-as-a-service
Desktop-as-a-service
Disaster-recovery-as-a-service
Storage/backup-as-a-service
Software-as-a-service
60%
62%
62%
65%
67%
67%
70%
75%
78%
Implemented, expanding, or planning to implement
Base: 154 US IT decision-makers at 500+ employee companies
Businesses strongly embrace the cloud in all forms
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"How important were the following in your firm’s decision to adopt software-as-a-service/infrastructure-as-a-service?”
Improved power and cooling efficiency
Provides developers with fast, easy resources for test and de-velopment
Ability to use as peak capacity for times of high usage
Temporary or project-based capacity needs
Faster time to market with new business capabilities
Lower capital expenditures by purchasing services instead
On-demand capacity and scalability
Improved disaster recovery and business continuity
Lower total cost of ownership for servers
Improved IT infrastructure manageability and flexibility
36%
34%
44%
32%
48%
46%
46%
48%
52%
68%
Very important
Base: 50 US IT decision-makers at 500+ employee companies that have implemented SaaS/IaaS
Enterprises pushing IT Organization for a more responsive infrastructure
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“What kinds of applications have you delivered using a cloud environment? Which do you plan to deliver during the next 12 months?”
Base: 154 US IT decision-makers at 500+ employee companies
Corporate Internet
Data analysis
Consumer e-commerce site
Content analysis
Internal Web business apps
HPC
Application integration
Batch jobs
Marketing site
Social computing/collab
Mobile sites
App testing & QA
B2B e-commerce site
-40% -30% -20% -10% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
-30%
-24%
-20%
-16%
3%
6%
9%
17%
20%
24%
25%
26%
50%
Today
Business critical applications moving out to the cloud
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Private DC
Private DCPublic Cloud
Changing structures/locations of applications and data
Private DC
Private DC
TodayTomorrow
Public Cloud
Public Cloud
Public Cloud
Public Cloud
Public Cloud
Single .ndf file
Single .exe file
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MPLS Internet
Private DCPrivate DC
XaaS
Consumer resources
(Gmail, Dropbox, etc.)
Exponentially increasingly complex system
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“What are your firm’s plans to adopt the following wired/ landline data/IP network transport technologies to support cloud services?”
Remote-access SSL VPN for very small offices, etc
Site-to-site multi-technology WANs
Remote-access IPsec VPN for very small offices, etc
Site-to-site WAN/carrier Ethernet
Site-to-site MPLS IP VPN
Site-to-site Internet VPN
Internet access from remote sites
36%
34%
31%
36%
38%
39%
37%
34%
36%
39%
35%
39%
41%
47%
Implemented Building Out
Base: 154 US IT decision-makers at 500+ employee companies
Success through interweaving multiple WAN transport technologies
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“For each of the service you plan on deploying, how big of impact do you think it will have on network (WAN connections, security, user experience, etc) ?”
Desktop-as-a-service
Data/Business-intelligence/analytics-as-a-service
Security-as-a-service
Software-as-a-service
Compute-as-a-service/infrastructure-as-a-service
Platform-as-a-service
Storage/backup-as-a-service
Business-process-as-a-service
Disaster-recovery-as-a-service
54%
41%
58%
55%
56%
55%
59%
70%
63%
21%
35%
20%
24%
25%
28%
25%
15%
25%
Medium Impact(services will be impacted and some minimal changes will be made to network configurations)
Significant Impact(will require hardware upgrade/refresh of network)
Base: Variable US IT decision-makers at 500+ employee companies
All of types of cloud services have major impacts on the WAN
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MPLS Internet
Private DCPrivate DC
XaaS
Consumer resources
(Gmail, Dropbox, etc.)
Shifting network and infrastructure services closer to the user
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"What are you doing to support your creation of a comprehensive strategy and migration plan for public cloud and other as-a-service offerings?"
Undertaking an application portfolio rationalization
Undertaking a sourcing assessment to determine application fit
Engaging external consultants on trends or cloud strategy development
Creating a dedicated cloud team with cloud skills, training and/or certification
Undertaking a virtualization maturity assessment
Creating an inventory of existing cloud usage
Implementing cloud pilot(s)
Completing a cloud ROI assessment
Creating an inventory of IT Infrastructure
Meeting with business users to determine requirements
Upgrading the network
21%
21%
27%
29%
31%
32%
36%
37%
41%
44%
48%
Base: 154 US IT decision-makers at 500+ employee companies
What it means for the enterprise infrastructure and operations organization
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›Defining your network strategy in tandem with
your cloud strategy.
›Moving your network investment to the
forefront of your IT initiatives.
›Working with a strategic partner.
›That everything you do will affect the network.
Infrastructure and operations professionals should consider:
