Going cloud ; IT Phoenix from the flames

‘ Going cloud’ ; IT Phoenix
from the flames
Jan Wiersma, International Director EMEA May 23, 2011

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in annual purchases that drive the IT economy.
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Day job

Jan.Wiersma@datacenterpulse.org
My day job:
Jan.Wiersma@vtspn.nl ;
J.Wiersma@evoswitch.com


Looking back


Evolution

Mainframe Mini computer Workstation PC

Netbooks Smart phones Game consoles


Evolution


IT on crash course
Crashing
apps
Crashing
Crashing servers
Back ups

Updates and
Growing IT Cost
patches

70 -80 % of ICT
Unreliable
budget for
connections
maintenance

Virus / Lack of
Hacking resources
Data growth

The end-user


The end-user -> Tech Gap


Why should I care ?


FIRE !


Focus


Leadership


Cloud Governance
Traditioneel IT Governance Cloud Governance

Business User Business User

Persoonlijk business

Gebruikerservaring
Proces standaardisatie
Data management

proces

Losse verbinding met
Master data / Meta data
datacenter

Technologie selectie Technologie Populisme

Leveranciers selectie Cloud Mash-Ups

Datacenter consolidatie Flexibele sourcing

Traditionele CIO Nieuwe CIO


Creative destruction
IT’s Strategic Role: Move to strategic relevance based on competitive advantage.

IT Organization: Destroy technically oriented silos, create synergy

IT Processes: Processes need to be replaced with agile approaches that concentrate on
productivity and throughput.

IT Metrics: Use metrics that demonstrate real business
impact.

IT Tech: Moving to cloud is hard. Choose
technologies that complement cloud use.

IT Personnel Skills: Cloud is a new way of thinking.


Smoke…
 Law
 Security
 Availability


Cloud dev 1
Internet
Corp. network

API
Data

Private PAAS/IAAS

App Store

User
Dev’s
(= any employee)


Cloud future
Internet
Corp. network

Public PAAS
API Data

Public PAAS App Store

Dev’s
(= anyone) User


Phoenix from the flames
 (public)Cloud Computing is here to stay
 Cloud Computing changes your role

 Business empowerment, dont stop -> manage

 Cloud Computing puts governance upside down

 Experiment

 Get real legal advise

 Build an exit strategy

Look for the stuff that really generates a
competitive edge for the business


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