cloud adoption secrets

Cloud Adoption Secrets

IPEXPO- LondonOctober 21st 2010

Justin Pirie@justinpirieblog.mimecast.comjpirie@mimecast.com

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Analyst Blogger

Community Manager

Social Media Influence

Where I work

Cloud Services for Microsoft Exchange

tipiro

Cloud Wrapper

For Microsoft Exchange

matthewbradley

Email Security

neilalderney123

Email Continuity

dolescum

Email Archive

Benefits of Google Apps

For Microsoft Exchange

What do users get?

minifig

mescon

Unlimited Storage

Ronan_C

Fast Search

Uptime

szeke

Over 500,000 users can’t be wrong!

Cloud Adoption Secrets

The Doctr

What they don’t tell you...

nccarf_au

Current Cloud Landscape

zoutedrop

bionicteaching

Lets have some data

russelldavies

To Understand

2009 = 36%

US Cloud Adoption

2010 = 56%

US Cloud Adoption

70%

US Businesses Considering Adopting

6%

UK lags behind US attitudes

2010 Hype Cycle

2010 Hype Cycle

What are the secrets?

aturkus

Paul Wicks

How did I get here?

Not the train

Andrew®

Or my Brompton

Ben Cooper

nep

It was...

ParaScubaSailor

and...

To understanding Cloud

Wen Nag (aliasgrace)

LIVING_BY_THE_MOMENT

At the beginning...

It was about money...

wwarby

Ian Muttoo

From CapEx

To OpEx

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Cloud Secret #1

It’s not about money...

wwarby

stuartpilbrow

Real Benefits Hidden

Will Scullin

Before creating plans

massdistraction

Understand Real Benefits

jeffc5000

Otherwise we risk...

Cloud Initiative Blocked

dmoola

Probably for...

dheuer

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Cloud Secret #2

viralbus

Cloud is embryonic

Normal Outsourcing risks...

stev.ie

Standards just emerging

mayakamina

jeffc5000

So.... Caveat Emptor

And why it sometimes feels like this...

gxdoyle

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Cloud Secret #3 & #4

What is IT for?

le niners

What do we do?

Daniel Mohr

Production Function of IT?

bewarenerd

Sound Academic?

a_sorense

Combination of Inputs

edwin.11

To produce Outputs

IT’s are hard to find

ilovememphis

labanex.com

Sales: Prospects into Orders

jamesjyu

Supply Chain: Orders into Invoices

Finance: Invoices into Cash

alancleaver_2000

What does IT do?

Daniel Mohr

IT Production Value #1 = Speed

TexasEagle

Jeffrey Barke

Strategy into execution

Fast as Possible

Warren D

IT needs to be Responsive

Chris Devers

Domingos Soares Neto

Not a bottleneck

IT Production Value #2 = Scale

....Tim

Take Operations

Detroit Public Library

Increase Capacity, Reduce Cost

ABB

IT Should Equal Agility

Picture Taker 2

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Cloud Secret #5

ROI Frameworks lack agility measures

Ruddington Photos

IXQUICK

Judge the cloud with old frameworks...

jeffc5000

It will probably fail...

How can Cloud Help?

tipiro

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Cloud Secret #6

Don’t worry about Scale

Dru!

Less Meetings

thinkpanama

Less Technical Detail

Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)

Faster Gratification

lisatozzi

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Cloud Secret #7

Separated Config and Code

sadashotit

Fewer Dependencies

Dave ®

Phillie Casablanca

Reconfigure Faster

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Cloud Secret #8

Continuous Updates

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No More Upgrades or Migrations

Bert Kommerij

More functionality- same cost

Seven Morris

Game Driven Design

Earl - What I Saw 2.0

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Cloud Secret #9

Loosely Coupled Systems

ElenahNeshcuet

Fewer Dependencies

Dave ®

Phillie Casablanca

Reconfigure Faster

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Cloud Secret #10

Judge Cloud by FACETS

Swamibu

Flexibility

khalid almasoud

Availability*Sally M*

Cost

shareski

(user) Experience

Timeliness

Yukon White Light

Security

redteam

Cloud Transforms IT guy

Into a business enabler

shindohd

Questions?

IPEXPO- LondonOctober 21st 2010

Justin Pirie@justinpirieblog.mimecast.comjpirie@mimecast.com

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