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Visibility and Control in the Cloud:
How to get your boss comfortable with AWS

2.
AGENDA
Why are organisations moving to AWS?
What it takes to maximise the Cloud opportunity
The AWS Adoption Journey
The 5 steps to achieving organisation-wide visibility and control of AWS
How does CloudMGR help?

3.
Why Visibility and Control
are essential for maximising
the benefits of AWS ?

4.
Cost Savings
Speed
Agility
The right choice
of Cloud
Visibility and
Control
Efficiency
Innovation

5.
Explor
e
Adopt Expand Transform
THE AWS ADOPTION JOURNEY
V i s i b i l i t y & C o n t r o l

6.
Develop a visibility framework
Move culture from CAPEX to OPEX
Create a governance structure
Build self service capability
Tap into the partner ecosystem
5 REQUIREMENTS FOR VISIBILITY AND
CONTROL

7.
DEVELOP A VISIBILITY FRAMEWORK
What’s actually running?
Use tools to bring visibility
to Cloud consumption:
• AWS Console
• AWS API
• Third party billing and cost
management tools
Standardise which services are
used so that business units can
build on and adapt them
Control Shadow IT
1

8.
TAP INTO THE PARTNER ECOSYSTEM
Use partner tools to simplify:
• Billing and cost management
• Setting up a self service portal
• Performing optimisation tasks
2
Technology Partners
Leverage the consulting partner
network to:
• Perform migration tasks
• Develop governance practices
• Outsource service
management
Consulting Partners

9.
MOVE FROM A CAPEX TO OPEX CULTURE
3
CAPEX has been the main business budgeting mechanism for IT
OPEX requires a change in thinking from IT and Finance:
• Comfort with distributed access
• Resource responsibility beyond IT
• Avoid “out of sight, out of mind” thinking

10.
CREATE A GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
4
Maintain compliance with best practices, corporate governance
requirements and security by corporate users and service providers:
• Develop a usage and control policy
• Control risk with Cloud governance
• Manage access and permissions
• Review compliance via regular audits

11.
BUILD SELF SERVICE CAPABILITY
5
Give teams controlled access to manage their own resources:
• On demand access
• Automation tools
• Cost control mechanisms
Self services gives teams the agility to experiment and be innovative

12.
Develop a visibility framework
HOW DOES CLOUDMGR HELP?
Create a central
control
Dashboard

13.
Move from CAPEX to OPEX culture
HOW DOES CLOUDMGR HELP?
Chargebacks
and Cost
Centers

14.
Build self service capability
HOW DOES CLOUDMGR HELP?
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Way

15.
Craig Deveson
CEO, CloudMGR
+ 1 415 375 9797
craig@cloudmgr.com