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Session1
BestBetsforCloud:Five
UseCasesYouShould
EvaluateToday

3. ●Cloud….
-EnablesITservicestobe
deliveredelastically,atarapid
pacewithlessoverhead
-Allowsbusinessestofocuson
coreoperations,limitover
provisioningandremove
unnecessarycosts
-Eliminatesneedforlarge
capitalcommitments
-Fostersrapidinnovationwith
low-cost,low-risk
experimentationatspeed
-SetsthestageforITasa
Service
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Capacityvs.Utilizationcurve
Source:AmazonWebServices
Time
CapacityLargeCapital
Expenditure
Opportunity
Cost
TraditionalDataCenter
ActualDemand
OnDemandCapacity
WhatDoesCloudComputingDeliver?

4. WhatDoesCloudComputingDeliver?
●Cloudisnot….
−Aplacewhereallapplications
performattheirpeakwiththe
highestlevelofredundancyand
availabilityatthelowestcost
−Cheaperlongtermsolutionfor
traditionalITapplications
−AmagicalplacewhereallofourIT
problemsaresolved.Norainbows
andbutterfliesintheseclouds…
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5. IdentifyingCloudOpportunities
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EaseofMigration
BusinessValue
Hard
Easy
High
Value
Storage
•Archivalstorage
•Backupandrecovery
•HA/DR
Low
Value
Security&Sensitive
•Missioncriticalapplications
•Regulation-protecteddata
(HIPAA,SOX,PCI…)IntegratedApps
•One-offapplicationsthatdon’t
relyonreal-timeresponse
•Largedatasets
•Complexintegrations
Productivity
•Back-officeWebapplications
•Officesuites
•Emailandcalendaring&
CollaborationSocialMedia
•Customerinteraction
•Sales&marketing
needs
PeakLoadDemands
•Newbusinessactivities
•Applicationsw/drasticloadswings
•Seasonal/Event-drivenwebsites
•ApplicationswithScalabilityneedsComplexlegacysystems
Legacy
•Specificexisting
infrastructure
•Complexlegacysystems
Development,Test,R&D
•Softwaredevelopmentand
testingenvironment
•PerformanceTesting
•R&Dactivities

6. CharacteristicsofCloudReadyWorkloads
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●Easyconfiguration/customization
-Out-of-the-boxfunctionalitymeets90%+
requirements
●Well-definedsecuritymodel
-Usesstandardauthmethods
-Role-basedaccesscontrols(RBAC)well-
defined
●Simpleusagewithminimal
dependenciesorintegrations
-Thinclientinteractions(lowbandwidth)
-Datasourcesinthecloud(files&
databases)
●Customwebapplications
-Internallydevelopedapps
-Sourcecontrolforautomateddeployments
●Welldefinedperformance
requirements
-CPU,memoryanddiskutilization
●Horizontallyscalable
-Knownscalingtriggersandcomponents

7. IdentifyingWorkloadsandApplicationsThat
AreCloud-Ready:CloudApps
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CurrentAssets&Services
Productivity•HRIS
•BackOfficeWebApps
•Email&Collaboration
•OfficeSuites
WebApps&SocialMedia•CRM
•eCommerce
•CustomWebApps
•SocialMediaAggregation
IntegratedApps•ERP
•Configuration
•ManagementDashboards
/BusinessIntelligence
ApplicationClouds
(SaaS)
SAPERP
OracleApps
MSOffice/Exchange

8. IdentifyingWorkloadsandApplicationsThat
AreCloud-Ready:CloudServices
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CurrentAssets&Services
Security&Sensitive•IdentityManagement
•Firewall/VPN
•AV/IDS/IPS
•Compliance
Storage•Backup/Archival
•StructuredData(DB/DW)
•UnstructuredData(FS)
•BusinessContinuity
(HA/DR)
Productivity•VOIP•SourceCodeControl
WebApps&SocialMedia•EnterpriseAppStore
IntegratedApps•BigDataAnalytics•ServiceCatalog
PlatformClouds(PaaS)
Windows/.NET
Linux/Solaris
J2EE

9. IdentifyingWorkloadsandApplicationsThat
AreCloud-Ready:CloudInfrastructure
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CurrentAssets&Services
Security&Sensitive•VirtualFirewall•LoadBalancer
Storage•UnstructuredData(FS)•StorageTiers
Productivity•VirtualServer•SandBox/Testing/POC
WebApps&SocialMedia•ApplicationProvisioning•DevelopmentEnvironment
IntegratedApps•VirtualDataCenter•ApplicationStack
InfrastructureClouds
(IaaS)
Buyinghardware
IBMBladeCenter
SunFireX4100

10. CharacteristicsofSuccessfulCloud
Deployments
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1.MatureandWell-DefinedService
Catalog
•Providesastorefrontforbusinessusesto
easilyconsumeapplicationswithoutthe
complexityofconfiguration
•Controlledapplicationdeploymentsminimize
sprawl
•Providesanalyticstocontrollicensecosts,
showapputilization,
•Repeatabledeploymentscenarioslimits
misconfigurationsandappsprawl
2.HorizontallyScalablewithKnown
InflectionPoints
•Well-definedtriggersforeachapplication
component
•Understandlimitsofapplicationthroughput
andperformance
3.TheThree“P’s”:DefinedPeople,
ProcessesandPrerequisites
•Peopletomanagetheday-to-day
•Processesdefinedonhowtoconsumeand
releaseresources
•Applicationresourceutilizationfootprint
•ChargebackmodelbaseduponOPEXvs.
CAPEX
•ApplicationlifecycleManagement

11. CharacteristicsofSuccessfulCloud
Deployments
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4.CloudVendorFocusonSoftware
aswellasInfrastructure
•MatureAPIsforintegrationofmanagementand
resourceconsumption
•Redundantinfrastructuredesignthatdelivers
aresilientplatform
•Easytounderstandservicescostmodel
6.ApplicationswithDynamic
MemoryandSession
Management
•Applicationdesignedforparallelprocessing
•Moderateclientbandwidthrequirements
•Dynamicuseofmemoryandsessions
•WorkswellwithloadbalancersandotherHA
models
7.DefinedSecurityPractice•Virtualprivatenetworking(VPN)
•CentralizedauthenticationIdentityAccess
management
•SAML
•AD/LDAP
•OAuth
•OpenID
•Well-definedrolesforconsumingsystem
RBAC

12. KnowtheKeyMetricsofYourApplication
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•Metricsthathelpyouunderstand
yourapplicationbelowthesurface:
•Networkbandwidthutilization
•Clienttoserver
•Servertoserver
•Servertox
•Memorymanagement&utilization
•Dynamicmemorymanagement
•Sessionlocks
•MemoryScaling
•Diskanddataaccessmetrics
•Querytimes
•IOPS
•Workloadidentification(sequential,
random,read,write)
•Parallelprocessing
•Workers
•MessageBUS
•Multithreaded
•ThecostsavingsofCloudisdrivenbyusingonlytheresourcesthatareabsolutely
needed.Thisisaparadigmshiftawayfromtraditionalenterpriseapplicationdesign
thatisarchitectedtohandlepeakloadwhilesustainedloadisanorderof
magnitudeless.

13. StrategiesforBuildingYourCloudPortfolio
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Builda4TierTechnologyModel
•On-Premise->Latencysensitive
•SharedServices->Reducewaste
•InformationServices->Subscriptionbased
•PublicCloud->Scalableapps
DefineApplicationDNA
•Authenticationandauthorizationservicesrequired(
AD,LDAP,SQL,SAML)
•Structureddatastorageandaccess(DB/DW)
•Developmentlanguageusedacrossallapplications
VendorSelectionMethodology
•Thinkmulti-vendorapproachtousethebestcloud
serviceforyourappdelivery
•Beingvendoragnostickeepsprovidersworkingto
earnyourbusiness
•ServiceandSupport
•ServiceResiliency
•ComplianceandSecurity
OrchestrationAutomation&Scaling
•DefinedServiceCatalog
•Automaticserviceprovisioning
•SelfServicePortal
•Automaticscalingofapplicationresources
ThinkServicesNot
Servers

14. StrategiesforBuildingYourCloudPortfolio
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•Scalableapplications
•Webapplications
•Structureddata(non-secure)
•E-Commerce
•Email
•Backup
•Antivirus/Antimalware/IDS/IPS
•Businesscontinuity(HA/DR)
•Datawarehouse
•BigDataanalytics
•LOBapplications
•Development/Sourcecodemanagement
•Identitymanagement
•Database
•Authentication/Authorization/Security
•Infrastructure(servers,networking,storage)
•Latencysensitive
•Securitysensitive
•Legalrequirements

15. MigrationStrategiesforMovingWorkloadsto
theCloud
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As-isStateGapAnalysisToBeStateImplementation
Test
•Proof of concept
w/UAT
•Load testing
•Compare
performance
metrics and KPI
Requirements
•Map gap analysis to
requirements
•Vendor selection
criteria
Opportunities
•Upgradesthat
increasebusiness
value
Document
•Current use cases
•Service
dependencies
Indentify
•Consumers
•Subscribers
•Maintainers
•Business owners
Cost
•Cost benefit
analyisis
•Return on
Invenstment
•Consolidation
Issues
•Performance
•Subscriber
dependency
•Network and
security
Architecture
•Define service
architecture w/
improvements
•Support
Requirements
•SLA
Improvements
Migration
•Parallel build with
cutover
•Current service
overlap period
•Phased cut over
•Dry run
•Define regression
period
Capture
•Capture current
performance
metrics
•KPI for application
service
Cost
•Cost benefit
analyisis
•Return on
Invenstment
•Consolidation

16. Thankyou!Questions?
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RobertGreen
Rgreen@enfinitum.com
210-365-0289
www.enfinitum.com

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