Root$Causing$Cloud$Adop0onA"look"at"the"things"holding"back"the"adop2on"of"automated"opera2ons"and"self7service"IT

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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

Let's&start&by&definingwhat&we&mean&when&we&say

"cloud"...

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

Based&on&this&defini-on,&how&many&of&you&have&a&cloud&in&place?

What's'holding'you'back?

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

I"believethe"problem

is"us.

We're%afraid%of%change

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?)

No,$not$this$kind$of$culture!

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?"

Q&A

Thank&you!Be#sure#to#provide#feedback#to#the#VMUG#leaders#regarding#this#session.

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