no cloud without automation

arago Institut für komplexesDatenmanagement AG

Eschersheimer Landstr. 526-53260433 Frankfurt am MainTel: +49-69-40 56 8-0Fax: +49-69-40 56 8-111

eMail: info @ arago.deURL: www.arago.de

No Cloud Without Automation!

Because Cloud ComputingWill Be an Epic FailWithout Automation

Hans-Christian Boosboos@arago.dehttp://www.hcboos.net

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Me:Chris (Hans-Christian) Boos, 37CEO and Founder of arago AG

Computer Science ResearcherFinance ResearcherStrategic Advisor

Internet Veteran, Information Addict, Automation Evangelist

Biggest Mistake: Sitting next to Marc Andreessen at NCSA and Telling Him that Nobody in His Right Mind Would Need a Web Browser

Where We are Coming From

Legacy Computing

IT Did Not Change As Much As We Like to Tell Everyone Else !

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The Problem With Legacy Computing

The Number of IT Systems and Thus the Dependency on IT Systems Increases Constantly

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The Problem With Legacy Computing

Operating Cost of IT Has Grown Exponentially. (Today 53% of Cost is Infrastructure)

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The Problem With Legacy Computing

Unfortunately, IT Budgets Are Capped !

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Why Did We Come that Far ???

1. Management Approachi. Standardizationii. Consolidation

2. Tool Approachi. Process Managementii. Workbench Improvement

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Tools Stopped Us From Drowning !

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Why Do We NeedA New Approach ?

Our Infrastructure Is Inefficient !

1.Massive Over Capacity

2.Energy Cost Will Rise

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IT Is Not Driving Business, It Is Slowing Business Down!

1.Procedural Overhead

2.Standardization vs. Differentiation

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Why Is Cloud Computing So Appealing ?

Clouds Do It All !

1.Distribution Eliminates Overcapacity

2.Real-time Scalability Supports Business

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If Everything Went into the Cloud !

Budget Constraints Would Be Met, Innovation Would Be Boosted and IT Would Become Green !

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The Two Problems With the Cloud

1.Not Everything Can Go into the Cloud

2.Operational Staff Expenses Increase

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Most Things Are Not Cloudable !

1.Standardization Required !

2.Reimplementation Required !

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What Is Cloudable

1.R&D

2.Number Crunching

3.None Differentiating Applications

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What Is NOT Cloudable (yet) ?

More Than 70% of All Business Critical IT Systems and Applications

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And Operational Expense Grows

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1. Parallelization Increases Complexity

2. Dynamic Scaling Increases Complexity

3. Dynamic Distribution Increases Complexity

The Cloud Is Missing an Essential !

Clouds Still Overcompensate Savings through Increase in Operational Cost.

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“Cloud Staff”Cloud Infrastructure

So How Can We Fix That and Make Full Use of the Cloud ?

Compensate Additional Operational Requirements by Automating Decisions

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AutomatedCorrelation

AutomatedEvent-Mgmt.

AutomatedITSM Processes

AutomatedDiscovery

AutomatedRoot-Cause-Analysis

AutomatedProvisioning

WorkloadAutomation

AutomatedConfig. Mgmt

Data-CenterAutomation

AutomatedRun-Books

ComplianceReporting

AutomatedService Desk

AutoPilot

Automation Old Style

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Today We Believe That Automation Means Creating “a Script” In One Way or the Other

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Application Operation

Plattform/OSInfrastructure Apps

It Is All About Knowledge !

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To Perform a Task All You Do Is Recombine What You Already Know

Knowledge Repository

Application Operation

Infrastructure Apps

Platforms/OS

An Autopilot System

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An Autopilot Will Evaluate a Situation Step-By-Step Recombining Available Knowledge To Fulfill the Task at Hand

Knowledge Repository

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Unlocking the Cloud With Autopilot for IT Operation

“The Autopilot unlocks the Cloud because it allows for none standard images as well as constant change and dynamic reallocation”

PS: And It Also Works on Legacy Systems While They Are on Their Way to the Cloud27 |

Cloud + Autopilot = Happiness !

Budget Constraints ARE Met, IT Is Green and Innovation Finally Gets the Funding It Deservers

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So Who Will Hate It?

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“Lazy, unproductive “dead wood” people who can now hide behind complex IT language and let their fellow team members do all the work!”

Let´s Go and Change the World…..

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… Thanx a Million