Ten years ago the world was just discovering YouTube and BluRay. Who's to say what things will be like in Ten Years? In this talk we'll speculate about some of the things that might, challenge, enable and further disrupt the cloud and big data space and think about things that we should start doing now to ready ourself for this future.

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TECHNOLOGY IN TEN YEARS

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DevOps & DadOps
@chriswiggy
chris.jackson@rackspace.co.uk
http://github.com/chrisjackson1982
CHRIS JACKSON
Chief Technologist
ABOUT
ME

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THE
FUTURE?

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10 YEARS
A LONG TIME!
THINGS THAT WERE NEW IN 2005…
BIGGEST HARD DRIVE
500GB

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LOOKING
TO 2025…

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LOOKING
TO 2025…

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BUT
SERIOUSLY…
TECHNOLOGY IN 2025
WILL BE SHAPED BY
 SUPER-CLOUDS
 ENERGY PROVIDERS
 GOVERNMENTS
 NETWORKING
 INTERNET OF THINGS
 CONTAINERS

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SUPER
CLOUDS

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ENERGY
CONSTRAINT
S

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POLITICS
OF CLOUD

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FASTER THAN THE
SPEED
OF
LIGHT?

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INTERNET
OF THINGS

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CONTAINER
REVOLUTION

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WHAT
WORRIES
YOU MOST?
• Space for sendstep vote on choosing between
previous 6 slides

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GET
READY!

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START DOING
#1
OWN YOUR
DATA
Get an OWNER for data in your business, understand
the following:
• IS MY DATA ACCESSIBLE?
• HOW LONG AM I KEEPING IT FOR?
• HOW DO I PROTECT THIS DATA?
• IS MY DATA ACCURATE?
• DO I HAVE SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH?

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START DOING
#2
GET A DIGITAL
STRATEGY
EVERYONE IS DIGITIZING
THEIR BUSINESS, BUT
WHY ARE YOU?

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START DOING
#3
FOCUS ON
APPLICATION
ARCHITECTURE
VIRTUAL
DEDICATED
CLOUD
CONTAINERS
Manageable
Changes
Paralyzing
Transformation

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THREE
TIPS
1
2
3
Identify a data owner and make
them responsible for its value
Align digital strategy with business
goals; don’t chase technology
Continuously improve applications
to adopt new advantages

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STACK
STRETCHING

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AND
FINALLY

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