It’s time to stop ignoring all the warning signs, debunk all the myths, and start making real change. Join us to learn the secrets no one else will tell you about “shifting to cloud”. We’ll go deep into security, migration, serverless computing and microservices frameworks and tell some hard truths. As an AWS Premier Partner and 2017/2018 AWS Consulting Partner of the Year - We partner with customers ready to get it done done.

1. S U M M I TS U M M I T
S Y DNEY

2. THE
CLIMATE
CHANGE OF
CLOUD
aninconvenienttruth

3. HI AL
THANKS
FOR NOT
SUING

5. Placeholder:
Presenters slide
THOR ESSMAN
FOUNDER & CEO
JENNY YANG
SECURITY PRINCIPAL
JAMES COXON
FOUNDER & CTO

6. WHAT’S ON TODAY’S MENU?
- Changes in cloud.
- How to survive these changes.
- Some inconvenient truths.
- Step 1 for day 1.

7. HUMANS

8. INCONVENIENT TRUTH
• VAST SHORTAGE OF TALENT. • MEASURE OUTCOMES BUT
INCENT FOR BEHAVIOURS.
• THE CURRENCY OF $$ DON’T
MATTER.
• HUMANS ARE NATURALLY
CHANGE RESISTANT.
• WHY YOU? SELLERS MARKET.
• COMMON PURPOSE.
• YOUR STORY IS UNTOLD.
• BRILLIANT JERKS COST 10 X.
• HEROES COST 20 X.
• PICK YOUR BATTLES AND INVEST
IN CUSTOMER, AND BUSINESS
RELATED SKILLS.
• DON’T ACCEPT MEDIOCRITY. EVER.
• PARTNER. DON’T OUTSOURCE.

9. OPERATING
MODEL

10. INCONVENIENT TRUTH
• TRADITIONAL AND
CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES
NEED THEIR OWN OPERATING
MODELS.
• THAT’S OK. USE THE RIGHT TOOL
FOR THE RIGHT JOB. “ONE WAY,
SAME WAY” IS TOO LIMITING.
• YOU’RE PROBABLY NOT THE FIRST.
• YOU’RE PROBABLY NOT THAT
DIFFERENT.
• STEAL OTHER PEOPLE’S STOLEN
STUFF & MAKE IT YOURS.
• REMOVE FRICTION.
• AIM TO GET BACK TO SMALLER SILOS.
• PLAN | BUILD | RUN AREN’T
SEPARATE.
• 70% OF YOUR CURRENT MODEL
AND 25% OF YOUR CURRENT
SKILLS NEED TO CHANGE.
• IT WON’T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT &
PEOPLE WILL COMPLAIN.
• MEASURE AND MANAGE FRICTION.

11. SUPPORT

12. INCONVENIENT TRUTH
• CLOUD CLIMATE CHANGE
PROBABLY MEANS YOUR
SUPPORTING SERVICES &
SERVERS.
• SRE’S ARE DEVS TOO.
• UNDERPANTS ON THE OUTSIDE IS
BAD!
• REWARD THE SEV-1 / P1
INCIDENTS THAT DON’T HAPPEN!
(IF YOU CAN MEASURE “NOT
THINGS”)
• YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE FOLKS TO
RUN IT.
• YOU MIGHT HAVE FOLKS THAT
DON’T WANT TO RUN IT.
• YOU MIGHT HAVE FOLKS THAT
THINK THEY CAN RUN IT.
• YOU MIGHT HAVE FOLKS TO RUN
IT.
• KNOW UP FRONT. IF YOU GIVE IT
TO SOMEONE TO RUN, ASK FOR
REFERENCES.

13. CLOUD
@swifteagle

14. @swifteagle
• YOU SAY TOMATO, I SAY POTATO.
• IAAS, PAAS, SAAS ARE ALL CLOUD.
• IT’S NOT INFRASTRUCTURE IT’S
SOFTWARE.
• THAT 1986 DELPHI CORE SYSTEM WON’T
BE FIXED ON ANY CLOUD.
• THE DATA YOU WANT IS EVERYWHERE
AND SPREADING NOT SHRINKING.
• MOST SKILLS AREN’T TRANSFERABLE
WITHOUT TRAINING, UPLIFT AND
EXPERIENCE.
• ACES IN THEIR PLACES, CLOUDS IN
THEIRS.
• BREAK MYTHS BUT LET COMMON SENSE
PREVAIL.
• PLAY THE FUTURE, NOT THE NOW.
• WORKLOAD “CLOUD SPLITTING” ISN’T
WORTH THE EFFORT.
• EXCEL RULES THE WORLD SO MULTI
CLOUD IS A GIVEN…
• PEOPLE ARE STILL REQUIRED….
INCONVENIENT TRUTH

15. HYBRID
CLOUD

16. • HYBRID FORCES YOU TO GROW UP
FAST.
• LATENCY, PRIVACY, REGULATION IS A
THING.
• THERE’S NO AN EASY ANSWER, JUST
ROLL UP SLEEVES AND GET IT DONE..
• THIS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE
CONTINUALLY ADAPTED.
• YOU NEED A WORLD CLASS
CONDUCTOR(S) BECAUSE
ORCHESTRATION IS HARD.
• WITH THINGS LIKE OUTPOSTS, YOU
CAN EAT YOUR CAKE AND HAVE IT
TOO…
• IF YOU NEVER CHANGE, YOU’LL JUST
GET MADE IRRELEVANT.
• LET DATA DECIDE DIRECTION.
• NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.
• YOU WILL EVENTUALLY NEED TO PICK A
DIRECTION, AND YOU KNOW IT…
INCONVENIENT TRUTH

17. CONTAINER
S

18. • YOU COULD BE INADVERTENTLY,
ACCIDENTALLY CREATING A
CONCENTRATION RISK.
• IF YOU’RE DOING IT AS A SILVER
BULLET – STOP RIGHT NOW!
• VISIBILITY AND MEASUREMENT IS
HARD, BUT NECESSARY.
• YOU MIGHT NOT BE EFFECTIVELY OR
APPROPRIATELY MANAGING THE
RISK.
• THE INDUSTRY HASN’T HAD A
“RENA”…. YET.
• CONTAINERS ARE GREAT.
• WITH GREAT POWER, COMES GREAT
RESPONSIBILITY.
• WHAT ABOUT AWS FIRECRACKER?
• WHAT ABOUT MICRO-VMS?
• IF YOU CAN’T MEASURE IT, IT DOESN’T
EXIST.
• CONTAINERS AREN’T THE SOLUTION
FOR MULTI-CLOUD.
TRUTHINCONVENIENT

19. MASS
MIGRATIO
N

20. • INTERNAL IT TEAM DISCOMFORT.
• ADAPT TO NEW WAYS OF WORKING.
• UNSUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS.
• READING THE INFORMATION OFF THE
SOURCE NAS.
• FILE PERMISSIONS, OLD PROTOCOLS
AND MULTI-MODE.
• EVEN THE BEST LAID PLANS WILL GO TO
HELL, 30% OF THE TIME.
• REPLAN, REPLAN, REPLAN.
• RESILIENCE, STABILITY, AND RELIABILITY.
• COST REDUCTION AND OPTIMISATION.
• INCREASE YOUR ABILITY TO CHANGE.
• ALL MODELS ARE WRONG, SOME ARE
USEFUL.
INCONVENIENT TRUTH

21. MIGRATIO
N
SECURITY
DOES THIS SPARK
JOY?

22. • MIGRATION ASSESSMENT IS THE
IDEAL TIME TO.... ERR, MAKE AN
ASSESSMENT!
• BUT THERE ARE SO MANY TASKS
ALREADY.
• SH*T TONNE OF SERVERS NO ONE
HAS TOUCHED IN 20+ YEARS.
• GET TRANSPARENCY ACROSS
YOUR NETWORK.
• YOU’RE ONLY AS STRONG AS
YOUR WEAKEST SERVER.
• YOU CANNOT FIX A 22-YEAR-OLD
SERVER IN A SINGLE DAY.
INCONVENIENT TRUTH

23. AFTER MIGRATION


24. SECURITY
FOUNDATION

25. INCONVENIENT TRUTH
• SECURITY IN CLOUD DOES NOT =
SECURITY OF CLOUD.
• DON’T ASSUME AUTOMATIC
COMPLIANCE.
• YES, IT’S MORE PAPERWORK TO
START WITH.
• WHY SECURITY IS STILL CRUCIAL
IN CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS.
• ESTABLISH NEW IDENTITY
FRAMEWORKS.
• NEW GUARDRAILS AND
GUIDELINES.
• SHARED RESPONSIBILITY IN AWS
IS REAL!

26. SECURITY
TRANSFORMATIO
N

27. INCONVENIENT TRUTH
• SPEED AND AGILITY CAN MEAN
MISTAKES.
• BETTER TRANSPARENCY TO SPOT
MISTAKES.
• DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
GUARDRAILS AND GUIDELINES.
• REDUCE TIME BETWEEN MISTAKES
AND IDENTIFYING THEM.
• RISK WILL NEED TO BE REDEFINED.
• TRUST BUT VERIFY.

28. WHAT’S THE
COST OF
DOING
NOTHING?
ENVIRONMENTA
L
SOCIETY ECONOMIC

29. @designcrowd
EVOLUTION
vs
REVOLUTION

30. @designcrowd
• CHANGE & CULTURE TAKES TIME.
IT’S HARD. AND PAINFUL.
• “GO FAST AND BREAK STUFF”
PROBABLY DOESN’T WORK FOR
YOU.
• LEGACY IS A THING. IT DESERVES
RESPECT.
• EVOLUTION IS NOT
PREDICTABLE.
• LIKE THE DISHES, NO ONE’S
GOING TO DO IT FOR YOU.
• SOME THINGS NEED TO BE
BROKEN, AND WE ALL KNOW IT.
• DANCING FOR YOUR LIFE FORCES
ADAPTATION.
• THERE’S A COST OF DO NOTHING.
• NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF
INVENTION.
TRUTHINCONVENIENT

31. STEP 1 FOR DAY 1.
COME FIND US…