IC3 Cloud Computing Conference

October 2014

Trends in Cloud Migration

Shobana Radhakrishnan

Introduction

Building Cost-efficient Fault-Tolerant Architecture At Scale- Case Study: Mindflash Experience

Three Key Elements

• Technology• Culture• Process

Technology

• Identify Key Metrics• Make Architecture Choices

• Monitor and Measure• Make Just-In-Time Adjustments

Culture

• Go for quick recovery not prevention• Connect Goals with Business Metrics

• Evaluate if Change is Necessary• Reuse tools and services

Process

• Who does What, When and How• Right Culture at Right Pace

• Fine-tune Constantly

Questions?

Evolution of Cloud Migration Approaches- Discuss Technology Options

Approaches

• Data Center• Cloud Native

• Hybrid

Why Move to the Cloud

• Cost Savings• Ecosystem of reusable technologies

• Focus on core business

Factors to Consider

• Budget• Customer Expectations/SLA

• Complexity and Migration Path• Data Storage

• Security• Skills

Cloud Solution Trends

• Private vs. Public Cloud• Security

• Performance

Other Factors At Play

• Agile Process Adoption• Continuous Deployment• Traditional IT -> DevOps• Open Source and PaaS

Questions?

16

Thank you!

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