Based upon years of migration experience, Cloudreach will share their 5 top tips for successful Data Centre Migrations to AWS. Covering both digital and enterprise workloads, the session will walk you through the approach, tooling and skills needed to succeed.

1. Creating Velocity in Data Center
Migrations to AWS
Presented by Tom Ray | Wednesday July 1 2015

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Success in AWS
“In with the new, out with the old”

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We are cloud pioneers
Using or moving to AWS is a
transformation, not an iteration.
To achieve success you need
different skills, a fresh approach, and
cloud-ready tools.
Cloudreach can help

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Cloudreach can help
We’ll help your organisation
through that inevitable
transformation.
We’ll ease you through the
adoption of cloud technology.
Not if. When

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Just a few clients out of a long list of large-scale AWS
cloud adoptions and migrations
Our Experiences and Successes
Success in AWS

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Drivers to Migrate DC to AWS
“Get back into the driver seat”

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Executives were proud and used the data center to
show that they were leading edge
Once DCs had been prestigious…
Drivers to Migrate DC

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Data centers are seen as a costly, unnecessary toy of
IT with limited business value and support
…today the image has changed
Drivers to Migrate DC
➔ Business model under jeopardy
➔ Focus on profit not innovation
and service
➔ Consolidation customer
portfolio
➔ Try to take advantage of cloud
success
Hosting Providers
➔ Move from licensing to
subscription model
➔ SaaS and cloud only
➔ On-premises implementation
not supported anymore
Software Providers
Business Requirements
➔ Variability of costs
➔ Demanding, unpredictable digital and
analytical innovations
➔ Invest into change and innovate
business instead of RtB
➔ Speed to market

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Not if. When
Drivers to Migrate DC
Migrating your data
centers is inevitable!
Don’t get stuck!

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Value Driven Vision
Drivers to Migrate DC
Stakeholder
IT Team
Obstacle Value
IT Organization
➔ Limited resources
➔ Lack of experience
➔ Too complex/critical
➔ Integrate external expertise & resources
➔ Break into manageable steps
➔ Outline value
➔ Lack of time/too busy
➔ Lack of skills and knowledge
➔ Limited confidence regarding
cloud
➔ Integrate external expertise
➔ Up-skill staff as project objective
➔ Dedicate individuals to project (CEC)
➔ Show references and value/risk
approach
Development Team
➔ No time to assist during
migration
➔ Many artefacts with uncertain
configuration
➔ Show value and time savings leveraging
DevOps
➔ Ability to re-host as part of migration
➔ Value of AWS platform solutions

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Business Functions
Value Driven Vision
Drivers to Migrate DC
Stakeholder Obstacle Value
➔ Downtime not acceptable
➔ Limited time and resources
to support testing
➔ Reluctance to learn new
processes
➔ Value of scalability, agility, speed
➔ Migrate with “zero” downtime
➔ Automation of testing
➔ No changes from user perspective
Business Management
➔ Limited budget
➔ Security concerns
➔ Concerns regarding
business value
➔ Potential savings and financial optimization
➔ Show- /Charge-back drives better strategy
➔ Security and certification of AWS
➔ Updated security integrated architecture
➔ Ability to critical new business capabilities,
analytics, digital

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Establish Vision & Strategy
“Share the same direction and objectives”

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Establish specific, tangible steps combining systems,
organization, processes, and metrics
Vision & Strategy
Moving to cloud is a transformation
Status Quo
Step 1
Step 2
Step n
Org & Skills
Metrics
Processes
Systems
Org & Skills
Metrics
Processes
Systems
Org & Skills
Metrics
Processes
Systems
Vision

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“Me too” is not the best strategy
Cloud Strategy
Vision & Strategy

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Cloud strategy should vary by IT service type
Cloud Strategy cont.
Vision & Strategy
Growth IT Agile IT Commodity IT Scale IT
High level of change
Differentiating
Need for speed
High, stable volume
Differentiating
High performance
Electronic channels
Business process mgmt.
B2B services
Large core-banking
platforms
Quantitative modeling
and analytics
Build agile IT platforms
with IaaS and PaaS
Build internal cloud or
source based on cost
benefit
Uncertain demand
Uncertain requirements
Scalability
R&D
New markets and
propositions
Maximize cloud sourcing
for variable costs
Low level of change
Non-differentiating
Available in cloud
Procurement
Email
HR
Billing
SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
sourcing to drive
standardization
Character-
istics
ExampleStrategy
Source: The Boston Consulting Group

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Focus on high-value/low risk services first, and select
some immediate quick wins
Focus Best Value/Risk Ratio
Vision & Strategy
Value
Risk HighLow
HighLow
Diameter=Effort

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Time to Execute
“It’s a transformation—not only a migration!”

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It’s essential for a successful transition to advance
and develop all four dimensions together
Four Dimensions
Time to Execute
Get skilled
Pick the right partner
Know you stats
Plan ahead
Keep the end-game in
mind
Org & Skills
Metrics
Processes
Systems
Embrace the change
It’s a journey

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● Identify and engage with “C” level
sponsor
○ Passionate about cloud
○ Integrate benefit for sponsor
● Establish strong governance
○ Integrate also all non-IT functional
stakeholders
○ No jump-start
Embrace the Change; It’s a Journey
Time to Execute

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Get Skilled & Pick the Right Partner
Time to Execute
● True cloud provider—it’s in their DNA
○ Pay as you go, no contractual tie-ins
○ Elastic, automated, self-provisioned
● Up-skill your team as part of the journey
○ Establish AWS nucleus
○ Reward with AWS trainings and cert.
○ Broad AWS knowledge also needed
when acting as a broker

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Know Your Stats
Time to Execute
● Collect meaningful technical & utilization stats
○ Inventory—CMDB
○ CPU, memory, network
○ Storage capacity, usage and tiers, I/O
● Don’t forget business KPIs and stats
○ Time to deploy, provision, change
○ Process quality
○ Performance, user/business satisfaction
○ Unit costs/service costs

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Plan Ahead
Time to Execute
➔ Financial Governance
➔ Cross-Group Consolidated Billing
Analysis
➔ Optimisation Analysis
➔ Optimisation Implementation
➔ Self Service
➔ Customised Services, Architecture
➔ Service Catalog, Standards
& Templates
➔ Orchestration
➔ Incident, Problem, Change,
Capacity, and Event Management
➔ Proactive Monitoring and
Management
➔ Maintenance Operations
➔ Service Quality Reviews
➔ Extended Support
➔ Self Service
➔ Customised Services, Architecture
➔ Service Catalog, Standards
& Templates
➔ Orchestration
FinOps
Optimisation
& Operation
SecOps
Governance &
Compliance
DevOps
Provisioning &
Orchestration
xOps
Break/Fix &
Patching

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Keep the End-Game in Mind
Time to Execute
● Focus is key during a migration
○ Establish and document the objectives
○ Prioritize—Must, nice to have, optional
● Use different approaches techniques
○ 6 Rs
○ Balance value/migration approach by
application for best value
● Migrate then iterate

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Experiences & Methodology
“It’s a transformation—not only a migration!”

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AWS provides proven methodology, which is a great
starting point
AWS Appl. Migration Methodology
Data Center Migration - Experiences & Methodology

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Cloudreach adopts the framework based on
individual customer needs and situation
AMM Based Project Structure
Data Center Migration - Experiences & Methodology

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Migration Scenarios—6 Rs
Data Center Migration - Experiences & Methodology

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“Industrializing” the migration process is key to
achieve quality and efficiency
Application Migration Execution
Data Center Migration - Experiences & Methodology

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Summary
“A journey of 10,000 miles starts with a first step”

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Creating Velocity in Data Center Migrations to AWS
● The transformation of existing data centers into the cloud is inevitable.
● Establishing a clear vision, focusing on the future value to help
overcome obstacles.
● A phased, tangible strategy enables organizations to achieve their
vision.
● Migration is a transformation and requires a balanced approach,
covering people, processes, metrics, and services.
A journey of 10,000 miles starts with a first step
Summary
Summary
When will you take your first step?

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