Making IT Simple: A Pragmatic Approach to Cloud Computing

<Insert Picture Here>Making IT SimpleA Pragmatic Approach to Cloud ComputingScott MattoonPrincipal Architect, Oracle Global Enterprise Architecture Program

A Pragmatic Approach to Cloud Computing Abstract • As organizations adopt cloud computing, they need to define an approach that matches the combined advantages of IT standardization, consolidation, and self-service, with their specific business drivers. This session outlines Oracles Cloud Reference Architecture and outlines fundamental considerations to implement a cloud strategy. Methods are presented for aligning critical architectural decisions and key organizational transformations with cloud strategy, as well as the important criteria to consider when selecting cloud service providers and cloud enabling technologies.© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 2

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Agenda What are the key considerations in Cloud architecture? Consider…. • What is your cloud ‘perspective’? • What sort of architecture do you need? • What is the focus of component architectures? • What are the ‘Deployable Entities’? • How to think about ‘refactoring’ the organization?© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 4

Contrasting two approaches This presentation emphasizes ‘integration’ - Virtualization Centric • Has a potential of increasing complexity over time vs. - Integration Centric • Integration & architectural abstraction offers higher performance and greater ‘simplicity’© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 5

What’s your Cloud ‘Perspective’? - Three differentiating criteria - This perspective drives your decisions Motivation Pure $ savings vs. Business Agility Project IT Dept. vs. Business Control Business IT as Support vs. IT as a Business Model Is your cloud project ‘cutting costs’ or ‘driving business’?© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 7

How does ‘perspective’ affect approach? Focus on the areas key to your initiative Business agility Consider the Oracle Cloud Maturity Model • 8 domains (not all may be relevant to initiative) • Multiple uses: 1. Framework for insight and discussion 2. Diagnostic for current environment Business Architecture & 3. Planning tool / roadmap generator Strategy 4. Program longitudinal measurement tool Information Organization • Select key capabilities to focus on … Infrastructure Governance Operations Services IT cost savings© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 8

Key Business / IT Transformations Define your key transformations Traditional Approach Cloud Approach Systems and application The cloud ‘control plane’ is management is specific to architected as a model centric select systems & apps service Operations developed IT will move to building up- and performed by the IT front operational functions for department a self-service model. Architecture implemented Build infrastructure up-front, up front (early binding) deploy later (late binding)© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 9

Why do I need an Architecture? Focus on the key decisions • “architecture encompasses the set of significant decisions about the organization of a software system including the selection of the structural elements and their interfaces by which the system is composed; behavior as specified in collaboration among those elements; composition of these structural and behavioral elements ……” (Krutchen, Booch, et.al.) • “in the end, architecture boils down to whatever the important stuff is.” (Martin Fowler) • Architecture is key to avoiding Black Swans© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 11

Oracle Cloud Conceptual Architecture Outline and group the basic elements • Key elements - Service model - Management infrastructrue - Resources - Roles – Consumer, Broker, Auditor… NIST conceptual architecture© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 12

Key abstractions – Making ‘IT’ Simple Architecture concepts and Portability issues APIs Separation of roles Code deployment, (e.g., Cloud Provider developer discovery and vs Service application control Developer) Deployable Entities Images (aka VDCs) include Application and data Service Templates deployment and Context (e.g. ‘Assemblies’) Separation of Model control plane Architectural models ‘cloud’ vs ‘pool’ may be external, mgmt embedded, or internal Logical ‘pools’ abstraction of physical resources Services Data Run time services Access and formatting of may be absent or data may differ significantly different© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 16

Hybrid Clouds – Which Kind? Different ways to mix public and private Lifecycle distribution It is common when ‘Hybrid’ is Dev/test cloud - the Common one Test mentioned to think of … A p • Simple Dev/test or A p p p s A • Complicated ‘Cloud scaling s Production p p – also consider a functional s Development distribution hybrid architecture Private Cloud Public Cloud Workload distribution Functional distribution ‘Cloudbursting’ - the Hard one Public & private services - a Likely one HR H R Claims Synchronization Claims Processing Claims Processing Processing’ CRM Private Cloud Public Cloud Private Cloud Public Cloud© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 17

Component Architecture – DB consolidation Standardization isn’t always the first step Optimize Automate Consolidate Achieve new Reduce the efficiency Standardize manual tasks Reduce the footprint Define a standard solution© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 19

Component Arch ex. – Database Cloud Three alternatives to multi-tenancy DW CRM ERP DW ERP CRM DW ERP CRM Schema Schema Schema Schema Schema DB DB DB DB DB DB DB OS OS OS Hypervisor Hypervisor OS OS OS OS Server Operating System DatabaseDeploy in dedicated VMs Share server pool Share database instance Server virtualization Real Application Clusters Real Application Clusters Workload Type Server OS Database Mission or Business Critical p Standardized environment p p Rapid provisioning (Dev / Test) p p Mixed workload as-is consolidation p© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 20

Engineered Systems in the Cloud PaaS services from Integrated HW/SW Exadata / Exalogic • Reference configuration • Known sizing • Order as ‘part number’ • Unified support • Simplified deployment • Run existing apps • Enterprise scale • High performance© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 21

Build from Scratch vs. Exadata Commonwealth Bank of Australia Build From Scratch Reference Oracle Exadata with Components Configurations Database Machine Testing and Validation  Server Pool pre-configured  Faster deployment Installation and Testing and  Lower Risk configuration Validation Acquisition of components Installation and configuration Testing and Validation Pre-implementation Acquisition of Configuration System sizing components Take delivery of Oracle Database Machine Weeks to Months Weeks to Months < 1 Week after Delivery •DB deployment time reduced from 3 months to < 1 week© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 22

What will you ‘deploy’? It’s more complex than a bunch of images Deployable Entities (aka VDCs) include Model Mgmt. Service Templates Architectural models of and Context (e.g. cloud applications may ‘Assemblies’) be external (deployment code), embedded (e.g. OVF) or internal© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 24

Oracle Cloud API ‘Service Catalogue’ Images plus architectural meta-data • Repository of models • Models contain templates and service contracts - Payloads like virtual server images - Application metadata such as configurations and policies© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 25

Model / Service Management Need to do both • Model management supports • Service management controls build-time functions in cloud the run-time aspects of the cloud - Exposes resources to developers - Capacity management - Stores developer’s models for - Service management deployment • Operator’s main point of contact - Validates cloud models for the cloud • Developer’s main point of • Provisions / monitors resource tier interaction with the cloud • Contains configuration • Model management also management repository which is contains the solution catalogue, the current state of all cloud vDCs facilitating discovery, storage, use and re-use of cloud services© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 26

Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder Automating deployment of ‘assemblies’ config1 config2 Assembly = Appliances (VM Templates + Dev/Test configuration Environment Metadata) + relationships & start order Metadata Production Environments • Package up complex structure from dev/test and reconstitute in production • Minimize setup time and risk of hard-to-debug configuration errors • Easily replicate in production with minor variations • Each instance has well-contained configuration parameters for flexibility© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 27

‘Enterprise’ Private Clouds are Different SaaS Saa • Consider the 5 NIST essential characteristics I N T R PaaS Paa - On-demand self-service, Resource pooling, A Rapid N elasticity, Measured service, Broad network access E T IaaS Iaa • But are ‘private’ clouds different from ‘public’ clouds… - E.g., On-demand self service • Public developer cloud – unrestricted resources provisioned in minutes, but with no controls or corporate governance • Enterprise private cloud – need provisioning controls, standards enforcement, prioritization, approvals, etc. - I.e., Enterprise cloud faster to deploy than traditional IT, but probably slower that public cloud • How ‘SELF’ is self-service really? - What roles are involved in managing, deploying and consuming the Cloud?© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 29

Identify Roles and Interactions Cloud implies changes in IT roles Models Service DevOps App Owner Developer Monitors & Creates Services Packages & User Approves Services Deploys Services uses service Monitor/manages cloud Cloud Operator creates resources Cloud Builder© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 30

Cloud Roles / Actors Each role category has possible sub-roles Category Actor DMTF Roles Cloud Service Operator Service Operations Mgr Provider Builder Service Business Mgr Service Transition Mgr Cloud Service Service Developer Developer Service Developer Deployer / DevOps Cloud Service Consumer Business Mgr Consumer Application Owner Consumer Service Admin User Service User© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 31

Build time vs run time perspectives Need to separate development / operations horizons BUILD Process Modeling, Simulation TIME and Documentation Service Developer Application Owner Service Identification & Discovery End Users Service Deployer RUN TIME Cloud Monitoring and Metrics Cloud Deployment Engineering Cloud Builder Operator© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 32

Example of Build vs Run Time Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder roles 1. Set Up Cloud 2. Build App RUN TIME Build app using App 3. Use App shared Developer components IT Set up Cloud Set up self- Platform service portal Dept Use app App Users Set up shared App components Deploy using self service 4. Manage App BUILD Shared Components Self-Service Interface TIME Integration / Security & BPM Portal App Owner SOA Identity Manage Application Server System Oracle Cloud Platform Manager Adjust Capacity Database Review Charge-back Operating System,Virtualization,Server,Storage© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 33

Focused Implementation Vs. Wide Diffusion Most companies have multiple projects underway or anticipated • Strategic – Complete migration for a given architecture/application, often focusing on revenue enhancement • Tactical – Wide deployment of a limited technology (e.g. virtualization), often focusing on cost reduction© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 35

Cloud Computing Roadmap How Will Your Cloud Be Introduced? • Cloud computing efforts range from small ‘experiment’ projects to major strategic initiatives. • Most companies have multiple initiatives. • It doesn’t have to get more complicated - Before you start (not just after you finish)…. Architecture - Make things more simple through higher levels of integration and abstraction - Consider Oracle VM Templates, OVAB Assemblies, Engineered Systems, Oracle Public Cloud Strategy, Architecture, Transformations, Measurement, Readiness, Roadmap© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 36

Using Public Cloud Computing Oracle Public Cloud Look for: Fusion Fusion Fusion Fusion  Pure-opex model CRM HCM Talent ERP  Enterprise grade multi-tenancy  Integrated development environment Database WebLogic WebCenter  Transparent architecture and control Service Service Connect Service  10X+ productivity  Install applications (not just images)  Unambiguous data persistence Security & Identity Integration Service  Predictable … Service  performance, elasticity, price© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 37

Using Public Cloud Computing Oracle Public Cloud Look for: Fusion Fusion Fusion Fusion  Pure-opex model CRM HCM Talent ERP  Enterprise grade multi-tenancy  Integrated development environment Database WebLogic WebCenter  Transparent architecture and control Service Service Connect Service  10X+ productivity  Install applications (not just images)  Unambiguous data persistence Security & Identity Integration Service  Predictable … Service  performance, elasticity, price© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 38

Implementing Private Cloud Computing Oracle Consulting Cloud Services • Lifecycle services approach to deliver business solutions • Unparalleled product skills across the entire Oracle portfolio • Extensive architecture and system knowledge© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 39

Oracle Consulting Transforming Your Business Using Oracle Solutions Deliver on Oracle’s commitment to ensure you maximize business value • Lifecycle services approach to deliver business solutions WHY ORACLE CONSULTING • Unparalleled product skills across the Leading Expertise: Oracle’s own experts entire Oracle portfolio providing thought leadership for every Oracle solution • Extensive architecture and system Broad Coverage: “End-to-end” lifecycle knowledge services across the entire Oracle product footprint • Deep industry understanding, focus, Global Scale: 20,000 Oracle and alignment experts in 145 countries, serving over 20 million users • Close working relationship with global Flexible Delivery: Onsite, offsite, system integrators and offshore, along with innovative solutions such as Advisory and Architecture • Leading global service delivery model Services • Industry leader in certified consultants© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 43

Oracle Public PaaS Architecture and Key Product Mapping cloud.oracle.com SaaS Self-Service Sign Up, Lifecycle Management Oracle Fusion SaaS Oracle Applications ISV and Custom Applications Oracle Public PaaS Database Service Oracle Database Oracle Service Java WebLogic Enterprise WebCenter Oracle Social Service Shared Enabling & Management Infrastructure Secure File HTTP Routing Notifications Secure Backup Integration Usage & Virus Scan Transfer White List Gateway Billing Identity Data Configuration Management Management Load Virtual Service Assemblies System Oracle Data Provisioning Oracle Identity Integration Oracle Enterprise Access Management Data Oracle Virtual Manager Application Management Management Synch Assembly Builder Oracle Tenant Real Time GoldenGate Management Quality & Lifecycle Directory Metadata Metadata Metadata Events Management Shared System Infrastructure Database Tier Oracle Exadata Middle Tier Oracle ExaLogic© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 44

Using Public Cloud Computing Oracle Public Cloud Look for:  Pure-opex model  Enterprise grade multi-tenancy  Integrated development environment  Transparent architecture and control  10X+ productivity  Install applications (not just images)  Unambiguous data persistence  Predictable …  performance, elasticity, price© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 45

cloud.oracle.com Self- Self-service Sign Up, Lifecycle Management SaaS Oracle ISV and Custom Applications Applications Oracle Public PaaS Database Service WebLogic Service WebCenter Connect Service Shared Enabling & Management Infrastructure Virtual Service Assemblies, Shared Provisioning, Integration, Security & Identity Services, Operational Tools Integration, Services, Shared System Infrastructure Database Tier Middle Tier© 2011 Oracle Cloud Computing – Why you need Architecture 46

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