Mio intervento al roadshow in collaborazione con Aruba su Digital transformation a Cloud Ibrido: "Hybrid Cloud per disegnare la propria evoluzione IT. Come sfruttare le potenzialità del cloud ibrido nella trasformazione digitale"
Bologna, 10 Novembre 2016
Padova, 29 Novembre 2016
Milano, 18 Gennaio 2017
Smau Bologna 2015 - Telecom Italia Digital Solutions
Come il cloud ibrido supporta le strategie di innovazione delle aziende
1. Come il cloud ibrido supporta
le strategie di innovazione
delle aziende
Aruba Roadshow
Hybrid Cloud per disegnare la propria evoluzione IT
Milano – Auditorium Mercedes-Benz, 18 Gennaio 2017
Let's go back to our concept of hybrid cloud and attempt to define it.
Broadly speaking, hybrid cloud is an environment mixing different types of IT service delivery.
Yet "broadly speaking" is not enough. There are lots of different meanings. In the broadest sense, a hybrid cloud entails:
Virtualized environments on-premises
Separate applications, can be SaaS off-premises
No common technology background
Sometimes managed by the same outsourcer company
However, if we count every enterprise that has at least one SaaS tool and some on-premises virtual, then pretty much everyone is in hybrid!
In the first approach, the linkage is at a higher level, through what we might call the "middleware" software of next generation:
Common API — applications "talk" to each other
Virtual machines are confined to each of the environments
No "bursting"
Examples are SaaS CRM linking to an on-premises ERP and a mobile app on a public IaaS connecting to a core system on-premises.
In the third case, data is the core element of the equation.
Data hosted in private colocation clouds
Moved to VPC/public compute engines to be processed
Then pulled back
Data protection/data ownership is the strong benefit
Latency is the challenge
In the second case, the linkage is at the infrastructure level:
Virtual machines must be based on the compatible VM technology
Virtual machines can be cloned/replicated from on-premises to off-premises when capacity reaches limits
A common set of system management tools
Same application/instance cluster is duplicated across different environments
The "bursting" can happen from private on-premises to public or from hosted private to public
The "bursting" can be pre-planned (e.g., every weekend) or automatic/based on policies
Impact
"Cloud first" is the mantra for your favorite IT hardware, software, and services suppliers. Their best offerings will be designed for the cloud, so enterprises looking for "the best" in IT will be drawn by default to the cloud. Every enterprise will also be a cloud service provider of innovative services to its own marketplace. Cloud capability is not just an IT issue — it's a core business operations issue.
Dispersed "hybrid cloud" and "multicloud" IT environments will be the rule. By 2018, 50% of all IT assets used by companies will be housed offsite in colocation, hosting, and cloud datacenters, and 40% of IT operations' work effort will be performed by employees of third-party SaaS and managed service providers.
Within the next three to five years, most of the large enterprises will have much more data in the cloud than in their own datacenters. This "data gravity" will hasten the migration of legacy systems and data to the cloud and force a change in the way data is managed for performance, security, and privacy. Also, the footprint of the traditional enterprise datacenter will be reduced in terms of applications supported, manpower necessary to maintain operations, and energy consumption.
Guidance
Make "cloud first" the mantra for enterprise IT. Don't wait for your vendors to master the cloud; your own organization's DX business priorities mean you'll need to master the cloud soon, even if your current vendors aren't yet ready.
Master the integration and management of hybrid cloud and multicloud environments. This will be a fundamental requirement for operating — not just as an IT group but as a business.
Improve IT skills for the vendor and contract management aspects of service delivery management. This will become necessary, with provider staff managing the technology.
Prediction
L'hybrid Cloud impone l'adozione di soluzioni per la gestione del cloud che sia workload-centrica
Entro il 2017 60% delle aziende acquisterà Workload-Centric Cloud Management Solutions (WCCMS)
Architetture Hybrid & multicloud impongono
La definizione univoca di SLA, Governance, sicurezza
L'dozione di soluzioni di automazione e orchestrazione per una gestione efficiente dei workload (provisioning, migration, patching, and life-cycle support).
L'adozione di soluzioni di analytics per valutare le performance di workload e applicazioni che guidino gli automatismi
Guidance
IT e LOB devono fare assessment dei workload cloud-based e capire quale CSP può soddisfare le necessità
IT deve valutare il livello di automazione, orchestrazione e standard e capire dove riempire il gap
IT e LOB devono sviluppare proof-of-concept test per self-service provisioning, cloud service performance analytics, e life-cycle management spanning
Prediction
Entro il 2018 oltre l'85% dei dipartimenti IT aziendali adotterà architetture multicloud, accelerando il tasso ed il ritmo del cambiamento dei dipartimenti IT stessi
Impact
Entro la fine del 2018 oltre il 50% delle aziende avraà mediamente sottoscritto almeno 5 servizi di cloud pubblico che aumenteranno diminuiranno e si modificheranno in linea con le esigenze del business. Fondamentale la compliance e management
Cloud-related open source standards per ridurre la complessità a garantire l'interoprarbilità tra ambienti differenti
Adozione di nuove soluzioni per la gestione ed il controllo di ambienti ibridi e multicloud
Guidance
Rivedere e aggiornare : corporate information management, data protection, e risk management protocols
I CIO devono investire nella formazione per la governance e la gestione di ambienti multicloud
Prediction
Digital transformation + cloud/mobile = freedom for LOB executives
DX è uno sport di squadra dove per vincere IT e LOB devo collaborare strettamente
Il CIO gioca un ruolo centrale favorendo e abilitando questo collegamento interaziendale, in quanto:
Ha una visione tecnologica e dei processi che abbraccia tutto l'ecosistema
Comprende come il business opera a tutti i livelli aziendali
Conosce obiettivi e necessità tecnologiche delle LOB
Comprende le potenzialità delle tecnologie digitali
Ha esperienza nel guidare team che siano cross-funzionali.
L'implementazione di soluzioni digitali, cloud e mobile rende l'IT agile ed in grado di rispondere alle sollecitazioni del business. Di conseguenza
Le LOB si sentono libero di innovare
L'IT mantiene il controllo e la governance dell'infrastruttura ICT (evitando lo Shadow IT)