root causing cloud adoption
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Root$Causing$Cloud$Adop0onA"look"at"the"things"holding"back"the"adop2on"of"automated"opera2ons"and"self7service"IT
Sco$%Loweh$p://blog.sco$lowe.org
Before&we&start• Get%involved!%Audience%par3cipa3on%is%requested%and%encouraged.
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Who$am$I?• Author((7(books),(blogger,(speaker,(geek
• 207year(IT(industry(veteran(who's(worked(in(roles(from(entry7level(to(CTO
• AcFve(in(the(virtualizaFon(and(networking(communiFes
• Currently(focusing(on(network(virtualizaFon,(open(source,(and(cloud(compuFng(on(VMware's(NSX(team
NIST%defini+on%of%cloud%compu+ngAs#defined#in#SP800-145#(h3p://csrc.nist.gov/publicaBons/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf):
• On$demand)self$service
• Resource)pooling
• Rapid)elas6city
• Measured)service
• Broad)network)access
The$problems$aren't$technicalThere%are%lots%of%great%products%and%technologies%out%there%to%help%you.%Just%from%VMware:
• vRealize)Automa/on)and)VMware)Integrated)OpenStack
• VMware)NSX
• vRealize)Orchestrator
• PowerShell
The$problems$are...• Organiza)onal
• Opera)onal
• Cultural
We#have#the#power#to#solve#all#these#problems.#Not#easily,#perhaps,#but#we#can#do#it.
Silo%bus)ng,101• Communica*on,,communica*on,,communica*on!
• Cross0training
• Tool,sharing
• Focus,on,business,goals,instead,of,the,technology
Opera&ons*shouldn't*be*manual• Provisioning*tools
• Configura1on*management
• Scrip1ng*languages
• Orchestra1on*pla9orms
• Documenta1on*(you*do*document*things,*right?*Right?)
Crea%ng(great(culture• Embrace)the)principles)behind)DevOps
• Be)the)change)you)want)to)see)in)others
• Stop)the)finger)poin=ng
• Start)asking,)"How)can)we)fix)this)together?"
Thank&you!Be#sure#to#provide#feedback#to#the#VMUG#leaders#regarding#this#session.
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