In this Mindmap I have taken the key practices being practiced by Microsoft,Juniper,Dell,Cisco etc to show the key steps and processes involved in successfully migrating from a Legacy Data Center to a Cloud Domain.The mindmap is not exhaustive and reader is advised to do further research on the topic.Please share your Comments at my Email Id:Wajahat_Iqbal@Yahoo.com.Thank You Note: The Source of Information are the Internet repositories and the Author does not take any responsibility for any Errors

1. DC Transformation
Domains
1 -Business Objective
Top Management support for Transformation
Financial & Resources support
Transformation plan alignment with Business Objectives
2- IT Infrastructure
Identify the most critical
Business Applications
to virtualise
Measure and dynamically map
the workload across IT
Understand and map the
critical dependencies
of Applications
Review the Design of Data Center
Implement latest NGN Infrastructure
(Networks,Storage,Computing)
Check the Quality of the Cables
in the Data Center
3-Automation
Process for dynamic runtime management of workloads
and Resources being consumed
Improvise the Lifecycle Management of Provisioning,repurposing
and Decommissioning of IT Resources
Automate all the processes related to Lifecycle Management
Gather Data Intelligence from Data analytics,Business Intelligence to
tune the System
4-Virtualisation & Abstraction
Standardize the IT Infrastructure with "Stateless Computing"
Unify Computing,Network,Storage in a Single Platform
Decide the Model of the Cloud for
DC Transformation
Adopt and Implement NGN Infrastructure for Dynamic allocation
and Scalability of Resources
Expand Virtualisation across Computing,Storage,Network Resources
Standardize the IT Resources
Expand Virtualisation so that Resources appear as "Single Pool
Orchestrate Automated configuration to
enable "MultiTenant Services"
Develop a phased Virtualization roadmap
Automate all Processes including IT and Business Operations
Orchestrate and Link all Automated Tasks together
for provisioning a new Service
5- Applications &
Platform
Review the Architecture of Apps to ensure compatibility
with Cloud
Decide which Apps to virtualize
Decide which OS to standardize
Profile Applications for Capacity and reliability
Asses the effects on DR Plans
Simplify application Management in Real Time
Standardize Platform Domain which includes
OS,MW, DB
Take Time to design the Platform which
includes OS,MW, DB
6-User Portal
Decide the number of Instances required to run the Apps
Design a Intuitive Self Service User Portal
Asses the current and Future Services in the Portal
Build Security into the Portal(Who,When,Why,What)
Standardize the User Portal to enable consistent Ordering & Delivery
7-Service Financial
Management
Implement a Utility and Usage based Portal
The Billing should be Pay per use
It should have Rapid Elasticity
8-Security &Compliance
Address Security and Compliance at
the beginning of designing the Applications
The Organization should understand all
Legal,Regulatory and Compliance Issues
The Security model should critically address
Data segmentation,Threats to Infrastructure
Author: Wajahat Iqbal (1995)
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Mind Map – DC Transformation to Cloud