government ict 2.0 - removing the g-cloud lock in
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In the end my colleague Adrian Keward stepped in for me to deliver this talk but here are my slides from the seminar at the Government ICT 2.0 event in September 2014. Removing the G-Cloud Lock-in G-Cloud is a major step forward in promoting competition and an open market for service delivery in UK Public Sector. But it is still one crucial step short of delivering on its potential for government departments to use its services flexibly and without lock-in. At its worst, it risks being nothing more than a framework to purchase 24-month contracts. Red Hat proposes that Open Source technology and open standards can truly unlock G-Cloud services, putting the department in control of the services it acquires, and enabling agile deployment as well as agile development. Event details here: http://government-ict2.co.uk/seminars/TRANSCRIPT
Removing the G-Cloud lock inGovernment ICT 2.0 - Seminar Session One16th September 2014Jeremy Brown – Head of Middleware UK&I, Red [email protected]@tenfourty
Lock-In?
A Historical Perspective on Lock-In in IT
So, How to Prevent Lock-In?1980’s: Standards!
1990’s: FOSS – Free Open Source Software
And then comes The CloudCloud will be the ultimate lock-in
Back to the Future w lock-in
The Broken Way : without open standards
● The vendor defines the level playing field● Direct Interoperability● NDA, IPR● 1:1 deals,no openness
● Closed market● No verificationpossible bythird party
Open standards required!
Open Standards allow you the flexibility to make the best choice
for your business
The Better Way : with open standards
The Standard defines the levelplaying field
Open market 1:n relation Implementationscan be verifiedby third parties
What is an open standard?
A standard that is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it, and may also have various properties of how it was designed (e.g. open process).
Benefits of open standards● Application & platform independence● Long-term access
● Architectural integrity
CHOICE!!!!
Discussion:
How is open source different from open standards?
No Lock-In on where- On-Premise, Hosted, Hybrid
● Cloud should provide flexibility in where applications can run
● Hosted Cloud
● Needs Secure, Fine-grained, Multi-tenancy
● On-Premise Cloud
● Should run on choice of Hypervisors
● Hybrid-Cloud
● Leverage benefits of scale when needed
OpenStack
Amazon
vSphere
RedHatEnterprise
Virtualization
No Lock-Out on Operational Model
● You have real-world restrictions that impact Cloud● Governance, Compliance, Ent. Arch Standards, ITIL, Security, etc.
● Your Cloud must support different Models
Benefits of No Lock-In
o Productivity
• Let Developers work the way they want to work
o Agility
• Move and Scale applications to adapt to changing business conditions
o Survivability
• Minimize the impact of hosting providers
o Accountability
• Control Costs
Insist on Open
o Open Source
o Open Standards
o Open APIs
Open Hybrid Cloud
OPEN STANDARDS
Private Cloud (Customer Datacenter)
Public Cloud(Amazon, Rackspace, Google,
etc.)
Hybrid Cloud
Fact: All customer & service provider data centers have HETEROGENOUS technology from MULTIPLE vendors
Open Platform
● Open Standards are essential for the success of the Open Hybrid Cloud.
● Open Standards form the links between the Datacenter, Private Cloud, and Public Cloud.
● Open Standards are the DNA of Red Hat and JBoss.
● Adopt Open Standards whenever possible.
● Create new technology and drive to standards when possible.
Recommendations for an open cloud● (open) Standards for interoperability between all Key Reference Points
● Modular approach that offers fair competition, regardless of development model and license
● Reusability is best when the interfaces are stable and the upstream projects have proven to be sustainable
● Not all reference points can be standardised in this way
● Identify gaps, work with vendor/community ecosystem, move forward
● Identify Lock-In as risk on all Key Reference Points
● Closed APIs prohibit choice and Open Source participation
● Drive up cost
● Complicate interoperabilty
The UK Government already gets it...
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/open-document-formats-selected-to-meet-user-needs
Though I prefer this headline!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/23/uk_government_officially_adopts_open_document_format/
YOUR MOTHER WAS RIGHTIT'S BETTER TO SHARE
SO LETS DO THE SAME FORTHE G-CLOUD
Goals of the Red Hat model● Bring Open Source Software to the enterprise
● Catalyst of Open Source Communities
● Faster technology innovation
● Open Standards
● Better quality
● Better price/performance
● Alignment to customer needs
