visibility and control in the cloud
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Visibility and Control in the Cloud:
How to get your boss comfortable with AWS
AGENDA
Why are organisations moving to AWS?
What it takes to maximise the Cloud opportunity
The AWS Adoption Journey
The 5 steps to achieving organisation-wide visibility and control of AWS
How does CloudMGR help?
Why Visibility and Control are essential for maximising the benefits of AWS
?
Cost Savings
SpeedAgility
The right choice of Cloud
Visibility and Control
EfficiencyInnovation
Explore Adopt Expand Transform
THE AWS ADOPTION JOURNEY
Visibility & Control
Develop a visibility framework
Move culture from CAPEX to OPEX
Create a governance structure
Build self service capability
Tap into the partner ecosystem
5 REQUIREMENTS FOR VISIBILITY AND CONTROL
DEVELOP A VISIBILITY FRAMEWORK
What’s actually running?
Use tools to bring visibility to Cloud consumption:• AWS Console• AWS API• Third party billing and cost
management tools
Standardise which services are used so that business units can build on and adapt them
Control Shadow IT
1
TAP INTO THE PARTNER ECOSYSTEM
Use partner tools to simplify:• Billing and cost
management• Setting up a self service
portal• Performing optimisation
tasks
2Technology Partners
Leverage the consulting partner network to:• Perform migration tasks• Develop governance
practices• Outsource service
management
Consulting Partners
MOVE FROM A CAPEX TO OPEX CULTURE3
CAPEX has been the main business budgeting mechanism for IT
OPEX requires a change in thinking from IT and Finance:
• Comfort with distributed access • Resource responsibility beyond IT• Avoid “out of sight, out of mind” thinking
CREATE A GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE4Maintain compliance with best practices, corporate governance requirements and security by corporate users and service providers:• Develop a usage and control policy• Control risk with Cloud governance • Manage access and permissions• Review compliance via regular audits
BUILD SELF SERVICE CAPABILITY5Give teams controlled access to manage their own resources:• On demand access• Automation tools• Cost control mechanisms
Self services gives teams the agility to experiment and be innovative
Develop a visibility framework
HOW DOES CLOUDMGR HELP?
Create a central control
Dashboard
Move from CAPEX to OPEX culture
HOW DOES CLOUDMGR HELP?
Chargebacks and Cost Centers
Build self service capability
HOW DOES CLOUDMGR HELP?
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Craig DevesonCEO, CloudMGR
+ 1 415 375 9797 [email protected]