The benefits of Cloud are impacting all industries - but the route to adoption isn't always straight forward. Once implemented, many organisations find it more difficult to manage than originally expected. There are growing challenges at every stage and knowing what to focus on and how to holistically migrate and optimise cloud systems can save you from what can become a very costly series of learning curves. This webinar explores how businesses can adopt, migrate and optimise cloud systems within their organisation with a step-by-step roadmap.

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Cloud Best Practices
Enzo Rivello
enzo@ecs-digital.co.uk

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• Formed in 2016 by the acquisition of Forest Technologies, an
Automation & Transformation consultancy founded in 2003.
• 14+ years focused on Automation, Continuous Delivery, DevOps and
Digital Transformation.
• 17 years of Continuous Testing using BDD, ATTD, Agile testing
practices and Test automation
• Customers from startups to global enterprises in all sectors including
Banking, Oil & Gas, Telecoms, Government, Retail and Online
Gambling.
• Headquartered in Glasgow, with offices in London, Edinburgh,
Manchester, Singapore and Pune.

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Enzo Rivello
• DevOps Consultant for ECS Digital
• 3+ years of experience with AWS
• Past experience in PlayStation Europe and Alfresco

4. Index of Contents
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• Initial Case
• What is considered “Best Practice”
• Roadmap
• Conclusion
• Q&A

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Application
Security Complianc
e
ResiliencyFailover
Costs

8. What is considered “Best Practice”?
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9. What is considered “Best Practice”?
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10. What is considered “Best Practice”?
•Oct 2015: “Are you Well Architected?” by Jeff Barr
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Well Architected Framework
Security Reliability
Operational
Excellence
Performance
Efficiency
Cost
Optimization

11. Roadmap
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Choose the right
platform
Enable the right strategy
Architect for failure
Security & Compliance

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Choose the right
platform

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Choose the right
platform
• 100+ Services
• More mature for Serverless applications
• Highly configurable
• Openness and Flexibility

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Choose the right
platform
• Easy adoption for Windows-based enterprises
• Great Hybrid-cloud support
• Run Azure on premise with Azure Stack

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Choose the right
platform
•Machine Learning - TensorFlow
•Google Kubernetes Engine
•Vision API - Image Recognition

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Choose the right
platform

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Enable the right strategy
•Once you have identified the best provider, now it’s time to think of your
application
•What kind of application are you developing?
• Is it Legacy or Greenfield?
• Monolithic or Microservice?
• Each of these questions will have a substantial impact on your Cloud
Journey
•There’s no a “right or wrong” answer, rather some guidelines that can help
you better decide the right approach

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Enable the right strategy
• 6 R’s:
• Rehosting
• Replatforming
• Repurchasing
• Refactoring
• Retire
• Retain

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Architect for failure
•Is one of the first factor of success for a business that operates online
•Your data is not stored on your premises, anythyng may happen so it is of
vital importance to have a backup plan to guarantee a continuous service
to your clients
•Failure to comply will result on both financial and trust loss

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Architect for failure
28 February 2017
AWS S3 Failure
11 hours of downtime

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Architect for failure
Master DB
Application
Slave DB
Application
Master DB

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Security & Compliance
• Often overlooked at the beginning, should be treated as First Class
Citizen
• By moving data from your internal storage to someone else's you are
forced to examine closely how that data will be kept so that you remain
compliant with laws and industry regulations
• In addition, you need to keep your data secure from external
interferences, doing everything you can to safeguard it’s integrity
•In the end is your data, and You are responsible for it

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Security & Compliance
Cloud Platform
Network
Security
Identity &
Access Control
Operating
Systems /
Platform
Data
Encryption
Customer Applications & Content
Physical Infrastructure Network Infrastructure Virtualization Layer
The Customer

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Security & Compliance

25. Concluding
•There will always be challenges and learnings involved in the adoption of
new technology.
•To make sure your Cloud Journey starts in an effective, efficient and
valuable way, it’s important to consider potential challenges and solutions
of Cloud configuration, migration and management, before you adopt.
•Being aware of the challenges your business might experience will enable
you to tackle any issues and recover much more quickly.
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• Enzo Rivello
• Email: enzo@ecs-digital.co.uk

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Thanks for attending
Enzo Rivello
enzo@ecs-digital.co.uk