making cloud less cloudy
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Like Minds 2013 - Cloud Panel Discussion: Brief Introduction presentation by Moderator Daniel Steeves, MD, Beyond Solutions and Founder, DeRisk the Cloud. Panellists: George Constantopoulos, Director, SBR Consulting Jacqui Taylor, Founder & CEO FlyingBinary Doug Clark, Head of Cloud, IBMTRANSCRIPT
MAKING CLOUD LESS CLOUDY
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Planning?
Buzzwords Blurred
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Applications Anywhere
Information & Intelligence
Communicated & Protected
Cloud delivers:
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Discovery? Listening?
Revenues Up Costs Down
Growth Enabled Brand Enhanced
The Silver Lining (Business)
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Revenues Up Costs Down
Growth Enabled Brand Enhanced
Behind the Business Silver Lining
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Reliable,Available Secure
Functional,Interoperable
Delivered, now, at a lower cost
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Unanticipated Spend - £Ms
Reliable,Manageable
Reduced & Controlled Costs
Barriers Removed (Securely)
Network as Critical Enabler
The Silver Lining (Technology)
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Reduced & Controlled Costs
Barriers Removed (Securely)
Network as Critical Enabler
ReliableManageable
Scalable
Behind the Technology Silver Lining
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Available Accessible
Secure Functional
Heathrow Terminal 5
Published Case Studies regarding
“… the largest, most extensive and ambitious public lighting project… in
recent years”
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Pre-Cloud Planning QuestionsAre your requirements and targets clear and understood? What cloud services do you need; Which are you already using? For legacy moves or replacements, are migration plans in
place?What is the track record and customer base of the provider?
Where are their data centres / where will your data reside? What tier level Data Centre service am I getting? Can I speak with a current customer reference; Can I speak
with a customer who has exitied?On the subject of data, who owns it and controls it, legally and contractually?
How and where are Backups and Restores administered and managed?
How do I go about administering, managing and controlling my databases?
Tell me about your networks and the technology behind your cloud
Do you deliver over a resilient, diverse network?
Who is providing your network services? What type of kit are you running on; Can I see your technology roadmap?
Tell me about your approach to and offers in the Security space What security policies and controls are delivered as standard? In the event of a security breach, who will I be speaking with:
you or a third-party provider?Tell me about your support model for my business users, technical users and developers
Are your staff based in the UK or will they be accessing my system and data from other countries?
Will we have an account manager and, if yes, what does that mean?
Tell me about exiting How do I get my data back to change suppliers should a better answer become available?
What are the mechanisms to ensure a cost effective repatriation of applications and data (to either another provider or back into my own data centre); what are the costs and timings of such decommissioning?
And on to the Contract:
What is the term; Are there exit penalties? Up-front v. long term costs-to-scale ‘hidden costs’ around storage, memory and core upgrades,
data transfer, ongoing backup and archivingWhat are the service levels / What happens if my systems are unavailable?
In such an eventuality, with whom will I be speaking: you or a third party?
What should we expect if it doesn’t all ‘go to plan’, either on the way in or once we are there?
This is o
nly a
preliminar
y Set of
question
s!
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The Key Mitigation (for Cloud and for T5)
The right PeopleThe right choice of Partner
Defined, Communicated Clear goalsThe Plan and the Budget
And a closer look… from all angles!
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Daniel Steeves
George Constantopolous
Jacqui Taylor
Doug Clark
MD,Beyond Solutions
& Founder, DeRisk the Cloud
Director,SBR Consulting
Founder & CEO, Flying Binary
Cloud leader, IBM for UK & Ireland
@DanielSteeves @SBRConsulting @JacquiTaylor @CloudStuff
Visit deRisktheCloud.com/EngageReference “LM2013”
Two draws for a complimentary Step Zero Workshop (Panel and Conference Attendees offer: value £500)
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