The initial promise of cloud computing has rapidly become reality for many early adopters. Organizations that have moved to a cloud environment are seeing greater agility and cost savings through standardization, scalability, automation and self service.For many organizations, cloud has been the catalyst for more flexible infrastructures, competitive innovation and improved growth and profitability.
IT has become increasingly complex and difficult to manage
and scale. Costs are growing at unprecedented rates, as
enterprises continue to add technologies in response to an
explosion in the quantity and new types of data. This explosion in data and the patchwork of methods used to store, retrieve
and provide usable views has resulted in inefficiencies in data center architecture, duplication of data base licenses, increased costs for data storage and management, and inefficient use of data center technicians. Database replication alone has precipitated new challenges and resulted in the lack of consolidation
of numerous software middleware licenses, further increasing costs.
This jointly authored white paper examines how organizations are confronting
the challenges of integrating cloud-based services into a traditional managed
services model. General considerations around industry- and company specific
objectives are outlined, and case studies are used to illustrate a range
of scenarios, strategies and benefits achieved.
Swiftly increasing demand of computational
calculations in the process of business, transferring of files
under certain protocols and data centers force to develop an
emerging technology cater to the services for computational
need, highly manageable and secure storage. To fulfill these
technological desires cloud computing is the best answer by
introducing various sorts of service platforms in high
computational environment. Cloud computing is the most
recent paradigm promising to turn around the vision of
“computing utilities” into reality. The term “cloud
computing” is relatively new, there is no universal agreement
on this definition. In this paper, we go through with different
area of expertise of research and novelty in cloud computing
domain and its usefulness in the genre of management. Even
though the cloud computing provides many distinguished
features, it still has certain sorts of short comings amidst with
comparatively high cost for both private and public clouds. It
is the way of congregating amasses of information and
resources stored in personal computers and other gadgets
and further putting them on the public cloud for serving
users. Resource management in a cloud environment is a
hard problem, due to the scale of modern data centers, their
interdependencies along with the range of objectives of the
different actors in a cloud ecosystem. Cloud computing is
turning to be one of the most explosively expanding
technologies in the computing industry in this era. It
authorizes the users to transfer their data and computation to
remote location with minimal impact on system performance.
With the evolution of virtualization technology, cloud
computing has been emerged to be distributed systematically
or strategically on full basis. The idea of cloud computing has
not only restored the field of distributed systems but also
fundamentally changed how business utilizes computing
today. Resource management in cloud computing is in fact a
typical problem which is due to the scale of modern data
centers, the variety of resource types and their inter
dependencies, unpredictability of load along with the range of
objectives of the different actors in a cloud ecosystem.
iStart hitchhikers guide to cloud computingHayden McCall
Many pundits agree that
2011 is set to become the year of
The Cloud and that IT professionals
need to prepare themselves. While everyone
seems to be talking about “The Cloud” in excited
tones, do we really understand what it’s all about?
iStart helps demystify what it all means and
navigates a clear path through all the hype.
What are the implications of ‘going public’
and staying private? By Chris Bell
http://www.istart.com.au
IT has become increasingly complex and difficult to manage
and scale. Costs are growing at unprecedented rates, as
enterprises continue to add technologies in response to an
explosion in the quantity and new types of data. This explosion in data and the patchwork of methods used to store, retrieve
and provide usable views has resulted in inefficiencies in data center architecture, duplication of data base licenses, increased costs for data storage and management, and inefficient use of data center technicians. Database replication alone has precipitated new challenges and resulted in the lack of consolidation
of numerous software middleware licenses, further increasing costs.
This jointly authored white paper examines how organizations are confronting
the challenges of integrating cloud-based services into a traditional managed
services model. General considerations around industry- and company specific
objectives are outlined, and case studies are used to illustrate a range
of scenarios, strategies and benefits achieved.
Swiftly increasing demand of computational
calculations in the process of business, transferring of files
under certain protocols and data centers force to develop an
emerging technology cater to the services for computational
need, highly manageable and secure storage. To fulfill these
technological desires cloud computing is the best answer by
introducing various sorts of service platforms in high
computational environment. Cloud computing is the most
recent paradigm promising to turn around the vision of
“computing utilities” into reality. The term “cloud
computing” is relatively new, there is no universal agreement
on this definition. In this paper, we go through with different
area of expertise of research and novelty in cloud computing
domain and its usefulness in the genre of management. Even
though the cloud computing provides many distinguished
features, it still has certain sorts of short comings amidst with
comparatively high cost for both private and public clouds. It
is the way of congregating amasses of information and
resources stored in personal computers and other gadgets
and further putting them on the public cloud for serving
users. Resource management in a cloud environment is a
hard problem, due to the scale of modern data centers, their
interdependencies along with the range of objectives of the
different actors in a cloud ecosystem. Cloud computing is
turning to be one of the most explosively expanding
technologies in the computing industry in this era. It
authorizes the users to transfer their data and computation to
remote location with minimal impact on system performance.
With the evolution of virtualization technology, cloud
computing has been emerged to be distributed systematically
or strategically on full basis. The idea of cloud computing has
not only restored the field of distributed systems but also
fundamentally changed how business utilizes computing
today. Resource management in cloud computing is in fact a
typical problem which is due to the scale of modern data
centers, the variety of resource types and their inter
dependencies, unpredictability of load along with the range of
objectives of the different actors in a cloud ecosystem.
iStart hitchhikers guide to cloud computingHayden McCall
Many pundits agree that
2011 is set to become the year of
The Cloud and that IT professionals
need to prepare themselves. While everyone
seems to be talking about “The Cloud” in excited
tones, do we really understand what it’s all about?
iStart helps demystify what it all means and
navigates a clear path through all the hype.
What are the implications of ‘going public’
and staying private? By Chris Bell
http://www.istart.com.au
A detailed study of cloud computing is presented. Starting from its basics, the characteristics and different modalities
are dwelt upon. Apart from this, the pros and cons of cloud computing is also highlighted. Apart from this, service
models of cloud computing are lucidly highlighted.
Knowledge management and information systemnihad341
this file would help you in writing your assignment on knowledge management and information system. I did this for a student of UK. He got a very satisfactory marks from it. Then i thought that why not help others. The course is a complex one. So, this would be my pleasure if someone really found this useful.
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Presentation on basics of cloud computing models, current status and future use in healthcare environments, differences between traditional outsourcing contracting and cloud contracting, and discussion of e-discovery issues created by cloud environments.
Hybrid Cloud Architecture: How to Streamline Hybrid Cloud MigrationJulia Smith
Cloud computing is a widespread phenomenon that promises economic advantages, speed, agility, flexibility, scalability and innovation. By 2014, IT organizations in 30% of Global 1000 companies will integrate and customize two or more cloud services for internal and external users. This white paper examines the hybrid cloud environment and identifies solutions that make migrating into and between cloud environments an automated process.
Menghitung beban kerja karyawan menjadi satu skill penting yang harus dimiliki oleh semua pimpinan dalam perusahaan. Pastikan semua staf, supervisor dan manager mampu dan memiliki kemampuan menghitung beban kerja karyawan.
A detailed study of cloud computing is presented. Starting from its basics, the characteristics and different modalities
are dwelt upon. Apart from this, the pros and cons of cloud computing is also highlighted. Apart from this, service
models of cloud computing are lucidly highlighted.
Knowledge management and information systemnihad341
this file would help you in writing your assignment on knowledge management and information system. I did this for a student of UK. He got a very satisfactory marks from it. Then i thought that why not help others. The course is a complex one. So, this would be my pleasure if someone really found this useful.
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Presentation on basics of cloud computing models, current status and future use in healthcare environments, differences between traditional outsourcing contracting and cloud contracting, and discussion of e-discovery issues created by cloud environments.
Hybrid Cloud Architecture: How to Streamline Hybrid Cloud MigrationJulia Smith
Cloud computing is a widespread phenomenon that promises economic advantages, speed, agility, flexibility, scalability and innovation. By 2014, IT organizations in 30% of Global 1000 companies will integrate and customize two or more cloud services for internal and external users. This white paper examines the hybrid cloud environment and identifies solutions that make migrating into and between cloud environments an automated process.
Menghitung beban kerja karyawan menjadi satu skill penting yang harus dimiliki oleh semua pimpinan dalam perusahaan. Pastikan semua staf, supervisor dan manager mampu dan memiliki kemampuan menghitung beban kerja karyawan.
Cloud computing of late has become the new buzz word joining the ranks of terms including; grid computing, utility computing, virtualization, clustering, etc. However the problem is that everyone seems to have a different definition..
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
Cloud migration is the process of transferring databases, applications, and IT processes into the cloud, or from one cloud to another. Migration in cloud computing has become quite popular among organizations as it offers anytime, anywhere access. Read this practical guide to cloud migration to know more.
For the past few years, the evolution of cloud computing has been potentially becoming one of the major advances in the history of computing. But is cloud computing the saviour of business? Does it signal the demise of the corporate IT functionality entirely? However, if cloud computing has to achieve its potential, there is a need to have a clear understanding of various issues involved, both from the perspectives of the providers and the consumers related to the technology, management and business aspects. Objective of this research is to explore the strategic business, management and technical challenges existing in cloud
systems. It is believed that adopting a methodology and suggesting a corresponding architectural framework would serve as a potential comprehensive conceptual tool, which shows path for mitigating challenges and hence effort are put in bringing in by mentioning a suitable methodology and its brief description. It concludes that International Business Machine Common Cloud Management Platform is one
way to realize the combined features of various models such as Hub & Spoke Model as a quality of Governance model; Gen-Spec Research Methodology design for semantic and quality research studies into one in the form of Reference Architecture. However in order to realize the full potential of the Customer- Respond-Adapt-Sense-Provider (conceptual) methodology for dealing with semantics, it is important to
consider Internet of Things Architecture Reference Model where in the resources are translated into Services.
Strategic Business Challenges in Cloud Systemsneirew J
For the past few years, the evolution of cloud computing has been potentially becoming one of the major
advances in the history of computing. But is cloud computing the saviour of business? Does it signal the
demise of the corporate IT functionality entirely? However, if cloud computing has to achieve its potential,
there is a need to have a clear understanding of various issues involved, both from the perspectives of the
providers and the consumers related to the technology, management and business aspects. Objective of this
research is to explore the strategic business, management and technical challenges existing in cloud
systems. It is believed that adopting a methodology and suggesting a corresponding architectural
framework would serve as a potential comprehensive conceptual tool, which shows path for mitigating
challenges and hence effort are put in bringing in by mentioning a suitable methodology and its brief
description. It concludes that International Business Machine Common Cloud Management Platform is one
way to realize the combined features of various models such as Hub & Spoke Model as a quality of
Governance model; Gen-Spec Research Methodology design for semantic and quality research studies into
one in the form of Reference Architecture. However in order to realize the full potential of the CustomerRespond-Adapt-Sense-Provider
(conceptual) methodology for dealing with semantics, it is important to
consider Internet of Things Architecture Reference Model where in the resources are translated into
Services.
Cloud migration: It is a process of moving your organization’s infrastructure over to the cloud environment. If you will read this blog, you will find everything that an organization should understand about cloud migration before planning for the big shift. Contact us at https://www.netsolutions.com/cloud-application-development for more information.
Cloud Computing for Banking
What does the future of cloud computing for banking look like—both in the near and long terms? Accenture sees cloud computing as an important step in the continuing industrialization of IT and thus capable of ultimately playing a key role in enabling high performance.
This paper summarizes the results of our research around data center transformation, and discusses the kind of metrics and visibility you will need to successfully migrate and manage applications in a true, high-performance Infrastructure Anywhere environment.
Cloud Computing Deployments Should Begin With Service Definition - SOA architecture and How Cloud enhances ease of doing business in a scalable and reliable way.
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This IBM Redpaper provides a brief overview of OpenStack and a basic familiarity of its usage with the IBM XIV Storage System Gen3. The illustration scenario that is presented uses the OpenStack Folsom release implementation IaaS with Ubuntu Linux servers and the IBM Storage Driver for OpenStack. For more information on IBM Storage Systems, visit http://ibm.co/LIg7gk.
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Learn about IBM FlashSystem 840 and its complete product specification in this Redbook. FlashSystem 840 provides scalable performance for the most demanding enterprise class applications. IBM FlashSystem 840 accelerates response times with IBM MicroLatency to enable faster decision making. For more information on IBM FlashSystem, visit http://ibm.co/10KodHl.
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Learn about IBM System x3650 M4 HD which is a 2-socket 2U rack-optimized server. This powerful system is designed for your most important business applications and cloud
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Learn about IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M4. IBM System x iDataPlex is an innovative data center solution that maximizes performance and optimizes energy and space efficiency. The iDataPlex solution provides customers with outstanding energy and cooling efficiency, multi-rack level manageability, complete flexibility in configuration, and minimal deployment effort. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
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Get more out of cloud with astructured workload analysis
1. IBM Global Technology Services October 2011
Thought Leadership White Paper
Get more out of cloud with a
structured workload analysis
2. 2 Get more out of cloud with a structured workload analysis
Contents ● How would they support our business and IT objectives?
● For those services, what is the optimal delivery model? Private,
2 Executive summary public or a hybrid approach? What are my target cloud
3 A workload point of view environments?
● What are my current capabilities relative to the services
5 A structured approach I want to offer?
● Should I partner, buy or build the necessary competencies
7 IBM Workload Transformation Analysis for Cloud
for offering the desired cloud services?
10 Conclusion
After you have defined your cloud strategy, you may want to fur-
ther analyze the fit of your proposed targeted clouds with your
Executive summary actual workloads before embarking on an in-depth migration
The initial promise of cloud computing has rapidly become
planning project. A robust analysis of your workloads can help
reality for many early adopters. Organizations that have moved
you identify candidates for your target cloud environment(s) and
to a cloud environment are seeing greater agility and cost savings
can help you gain an understanding of the viability, operational
through standardization, scalability, automation and self service.
cost changes and migration impact. An essential factor for any
For many organizations, cloud has been the catalyst for more
cloud strategy, workloads represent collections of your key IT
flexible infrastructures, competitive innovation and improved
system components and the relationships among them. These
growth and profitability.
components can include web servers and application servers,
databases and behavioral policies such as availability, security
Potential benefits like these make the decision to move to cloud
and performance. A comprehensive analysis of your workloads
computing relatively easy. It is the next step—where and how to
enables you to answer key questions such as:
get the most value from cloud computing—that can be challeng-
ing. The standardization, automation and self service associated ● Can the workload run in the target cloud environment? Is it
with cloud can certainly lower costs and unlock innovation, but
compatible with my infrastructure, middleware and operating
only if you have a clear idea of the most productive use of cloud
system image?
computing for your organization. ● Can the target cloud environment satisfy my performance,
availability and other nonfunctional requirements?
You start with creating your cloud strategy, answering questions ● Can the target cloud environment comply with applicable
such as:
security, privacy and regulatory requirements?
● What benefits can we realize from migration? (For example,
● Could we utilize cloud services, and how can they benefit us? can we lower overall operating costs? Improve service levels?)
● What types of cloud services would be most appropriate for us ● How challenging might it be to get to cloud given my current
to provide? To consume? workloads?
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You want to ensure that your approach to cloud workload analy- A workload point of view
sis and the tools you use can help you obtain the most accurate Before discussing cloud workload analysis, it is useful to
and comprehensive results while accelerating the adoption of quickly summarize how and where workloads fit within a
your cloud strategy. A structured approach to cloud workload cloud computing environment. In a cloud computing model,
analysis based on established methodologies and automated users gain access to a shared pool of configurable applications,
tools can deliver the insights you need to make more strategic data and IT resources that can be rapidly provisioned. These
decisions about cloud migration. resources are presented to users as business services, which rep-
resent a collection of related workloads that enable end users to
This paper discusses the importance of workloads when complete a specific set of business tasks. Table 1 shows examples
planning for your migration to the cloud. It also describes of common workload categories.
how a structured approach to cloud workload analysis can
help you identify cloud initiatives that offer faster time to
value, reduced migration risk and higher potential return.
Web serving Static and dynamic web content serving, streaming media, RSS, mash-ups and SMS
Web applications Web service-enabled applications, eCommerce, eBusiness, Java application servers, Rich Internet Applications
(Adobe Flash, JavaFX, MS Silverlight) and web search engine applications
Business intelligence and Data mining, warehousing, streaming data analytics (for example, fraud detection), text mining, competitive
data warehouse analysis, business intelligence and business decision applications
ERP and CRM Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and scheduling, engineering and manufacturing planning and scheduling,
supply chain management applications, purchase order management, finance applications, customer relationship
management (CRM) and HR applications
Analytics Online analytic processing (OLAP), business optimization, marketing and sales forecasting, management
reporting, risk management and analysis applications, credit scoring and portfolio analysis
Numerical and batch Engineering design and analysis, scientific applications, high performance computing, Monte Carlo-type
simulations, medical image processing and floating-point intensive batch computations
Collaboration Web 2.0 applications for online sharing and collaboration, instant messaging (IMS), mail servers (SMTP) and Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
File and print Print, file systems, archival and retrieval
Desktop Desktop-based computing, desktop service and support applications, and desktop management applications
Development and test Development and test processes and image management
Table 1: Common workload categories.
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Cloud services can be shared across many different layers, There are also growing numbers of community clouds, in
including the platform, application, infrastructure and business which the cloud infrastructure is shared by several organizations
process layers. Part of developing a cloud strategy is to define and supports a specific community that has shared concerns
which component(s) you will provide and which components (for example, security requirements, policy and compliance
will be provided by an associate. Common cloud service models considerations).
include:
Some workloads are simply not suited for cloud migration at all.
● Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), where users consume For example, workloads that are unusually complex or involve
processing, storage, networks and other computing resources a high degree of customization of legacy systems are typically
with the ability to rapidly and elastically provision and control more difficult, risky and costly to migrate to cloud computing.
resources to deploy and run software and services By contrast, workloads that are easily standardized, are self-
● Platform as a Service (PaaS), where users consume program- contained applications or have a service-oriented architecture
ming languages, tools and platforms to develop, deploy and are more likely to be easily ported to a cloud environment.
manage applications
● Software as a Service (SaaS), where users consume applica- Table 2 categorizes the relative cost and difficulty of various
tions such as CRM, ERP and social collaboration tools from migration types.
multiple client devices through a web browser
● Business Process as a Service (BPaaS), where users
consume business outcomes (for example, payroll processing, Migration type Difficulty/cost factor
HR) by accessing business services via web-centric interfaces
Like-for-like; single version Low
upgrade
Cloud delivery models represent different ways to obtain and
Replatforming; multiple version Medium
organize resources for enabling these services, and they are an upgrade
important consideration of a target cloud environment. Today,
there are three primary delivery models: High availability; software change High
Database software with high Complex for today’s clouds
● Private cloud, where the assets and the consumers are availability disaster recovery
located within a single enterprise
● Public cloud, where the assets are located outside of the
enterprise
Application type Difficulty/cost factor
● Hybrid cloud, which combines the two models
Web server Low
Database Medium
Application server Medium
Table 2: High-level relative cost and difficulty of various migration types.
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Collaboration, web serving, batch, desktop, development and For a private solution, you can test which workloads fit the
test are typically considered general starting points for cloud service catalog you have defined and potentially alter the catalog
migration. Other applications that are regulatory sensitive or based on your results. For a public or managed solution, you
applications with complex software licensing would be more would need to understand which workloads fit the technical
complex to migrate. In short, some workloads stand to gain from and nonfunctional requirements of your targeted public or
moving to a cloud and are relatively easy to move. managed cloud. For all services, you will want to consider any
service-level agreements and penalties for noncompliance that
Part of your earlier cloud strategy planning should have included might influence price or cost.
selecting one or more target clouds, or rather a defined service
catalog and the definitions of the services that are being provided A structured approach
by that catalog. The details of your service catalog play a A key part of an analysis is the ability to analyze your actual
significant role in analyzing which workloads to migrate to workloads, and not just their category. You should closely
cloud. Table 3 illustrates examples of service categories and evaluate the fit, operational cost and migration impact of each
descriptions. individual workload. Taking an individual workload point of view
enables you to choose the best workloads to migrate based on
your specific business requirements, rather than an arbitrary set
Service definitions Descriptions of workloads that may not benefit from cloud or may have huge
Infrastructure services Virtualized CPU, memory, network migration impacts.
and storage
Many tools for assessing cloud compatibility today are largely
Platform services Databases, application servers, web
servers and portals supported such qualitative ranking tools, based at most on workload types
as Microsoft Windows 2008 64-bit, (for example, “web application,” “online transaction processing,”
IBM DB2® v9.5 on Windows, and and “batch”) and do not use granular data for individual work-
IBM WebSphere® Application
Server v7 on Linux loads or servers. Consequently, they neither consider compatibil-
ity details nor operational costs. Virtualization or migration
Software services Collaboration, productivity, customer
analysis tools and techniques are usually based primarily on
relationship management (CRM)
such as IBM LotusLive™ application-to-operating-system compatibility of the image(s)
that constitute the workload. This is not sufficient for a cloud
Business processes HR, payroll, benefits such as ADP
payroll or NetBenefits
analysis, because with clouds there are many other factors to
consider. Ideally, you will want to map the images, whether they
Other characteristics Capacity, performance, input and are physical or virtual, to your target cloud service catalog. Just
output operations per second (IOPS)
viewing the images does not allow you to understand how they
Table 3: Service definition characteristics.
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constitute the workloads (for example, if more than one image time and resources and introduce a greater risk of error and
makes up a workload). Nor does it enable you to understand false results. Likewise, without the right methodology, it can be
whether your target cloud can satisfy the nonfunctional require- difficult to know where to start, let alone finish. The larger the
ments of the workload. number of workloads, the more complex the prioritization task
becomes.
Without the right tools and an experienced partner, however,
analyzing workloads can be formidable. How do you determine Table 4 shows a representative sample of typical workload
what criteria are relevant to your target cloud environment? migration factors. As you can see, these range from technical
How do you evaluate the captured data without overtaxing your considerations to nonfunctional requirements that are equally
IT resources? Manual analysis can require enormous amounts of important factors in a potential migration.
Workload considerations
Environment type ● For which type of environment will the workload be used (for example, development, test or production)?
Are there different requirements for each environment?
Technical aspects ● What are the common aspects across all of the components in the workloads? Do your database,
application server and web server run on the same type of platform?
● If not, what operating systems, databases or application servers are being consumed or provided?
● What are the CPU, memory, network and storage in measurable quantities typically used/needed?
● What commercial and custom software support the workload?
● What are the dependencies or integration touch points with other workloads?
Nonfunctional requirements ● What are the required service levels, performance, capacity, transaction rates and response time?
● Are there encryption, isolation or other types of security and regulatory compliance requirements?
Support and costs ● What are the support resources and cost for a given workload? For example, two full-time equivalent
employees per server, and how much does this resource cost?
● What are the operational costs for space, power, cooling and so on?
Table 4: A representative sample of typical workload migration factors.
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The greater the amount and reliability of the collected data, the IBM Workload Transformation Analysis
more thorough the analysis can be. Similarly, the more granular for Cloud
the cost information, the more precise your operational cost IBM Workload Transformation Analysis for Cloud is a consult-
comparison results can be. ing service that employs an automated approach to workload
analysis and can provide an objective, quantitative analysis to
A structured approach with a predefined methodology helps you help you identify and prioritize the most beneficial workloads
take the right steps in the right order, enabling you to examine to migrate. With IBM Workload Transformation Analysis
the fit and readiness of your workload’s cloud deployment as effi- for Cloud, we help examine and filter the workloads based on
ciently as possible. Automated, quantitative tools can eliminate predefined criteria and the workload’s fit to the target cloud
the need for manual involvement, reducing analysis time and the environment defined in your cloud strategy. The offering lever-
burden on resources while producing comprehensive, granular ages a structured approach and tested methodology to perform
results. a series of predefined steps. The following steps are taken into
consideration when identifying and prioritizing workloads
Ideally, you will also want to team with a qualified partner, suitable for your target cloud:
who has extensive cloud deployment experience and can guide
you through the workload analysis process, including: Understanding workloads. Using standardized consulting method-
ology, we work with you to help capture your workload data
● Evaluating your current environment, requirements and requirements to better understand your challenges and objec-
cloud strategy tives. Workloads are characterized and assessed against one or
● Providing a granular analysis of both business applications more target cloud environments.
and infrastructure components to determine best cloud fit
● Developing a cost-benefit analysis of a given workload on a Analyzing workloads. We help process your workload data and
target cloud nonfunctional requirements through a series of analytics across
● Identifying potential impacts of each workload to better multiple dimensions, including feasibility, operational costs and
prepare for the migration potential migration impacts. Developed by IBM Research, our
● Prioritizing workloads and delivery models based on potential patent-pending workload analysis tool uses proprietary algo-
migration and cost impacts rithms and filtering to analyze a variety of data. This can help
reduce analysis time by up to 66 percent compared to a manual
analysis.1 The resulting output lists the workloads, their current
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cost in a noncloud environment, if it fits your target cloud, Figure 1 shows an example of the various types of data that
the cost per year within that target cloud and the difficulty of are analyzed to consider their candidacy for transition to cloud.
migration. Using an iterative approach, our consultants can Six cylindrical blocks stacked up on the left depict the various
apply manual analytic techniques after the tools have initially fil- client data about your infrastructure and workloads. The four
tered out workloads that do not meet your criteria—continually cylindrical blocks stacked up on the right represent the data
refining the data to extract your best-fit workload candidates. about your target cloud, while five interconnected chain wheels
depict various analytics.
Client data IBM or client defined
Servers
Target cloud configurations
Operating system distribution
Location distribution Target cloud NFRs
Overall storage
Historical data
Nonfunctional requirements (NFRs)
Target cloud cost
Application and workload data
Input/output, disk and Operating system and
utilization mapping software compatibility
NFRs examination Migration difficulty
Other analytics
Figure 1: A view of the Workload Transformation Analysis for Cloud transition.
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Table 5 shows a representative result of the analyses, including your targeted cloud(s). We can work with you to prioritize which
workloads, current costs and target clouds for an example of these workloads would help you realize the benefits you want
company. The workloads that pass through all of the analysis to gain from cloud computing based on cost and difficulty.
criteria are considered candidates for cloud delivery.
In addition, after you have prioritized the workloads you want
Recommending candidate workloads. We help review the analytic to migrate, our specialists can work with you to assess your
results and apply cloud architectural experience to produce a list infrastructure readiness and define the steps needed to achieve
of recommended candidate workloads for cloud delivery within your target cloud model. Through a follow-on engagement,
we can help you plan the actual placements of your prioritized
workloads on your selected target cloud.
Workload Current cost Cloud target 1 Cloud target 2
Company A SAP1 application US$6000 per year Cost per year US$3000, Cost per year US$3000,
*Difficulty 23 Difficulty 10
Company A billing distribution US$15000 per year NO FIT Cost per year US$6000,
application Difficulty 50
Company A expense tracking US$2000 per year Cost per year US$200, Cost per year US$1000,
application Difficulty 80 Difficulty 3
*Difficulty 1-100 (1=easiest and 100=most difficult); Difficulty = normalized sum of qualitative difficulty factors for all the software in
each image and then all images in a workload
Table 5: A representative result of a workload analysis.
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Conclusion
For countless enterprises and their IT organizations, adopting a When IBM speaks about cloud computing, we speak from
cloud model is one path to cost efficiency and a more effective experience—we have tackled some of the same problems
IT-enabled business. The ability to perform a comprehensive our clients are faced with every day.
analysis of your individual workloads and identify their fit and As part of our cloud initiative, we performed several
suitability for a cloud environment is vital to realizing the value iterations of a workload and application cloud analysis.
of a cloud deployment. IBM Workload Transformation Analysis In our first iteration, with strict nonfunctional requirements,
for Cloud offers a structured and automated approach to work- we used our Workload Transformation Analysis for Cloud
load analysis that can simplify this process and help you optimize tools and methodologies to narrow a list of more than
your cloud investments. 9,500 applications from around the world to just over 200 of
those best suited for our target cloud in our initial migration.
IBM offers a standardized, patent-pending quantitative analysis, Through our data, we were able to make educated deci-
including operating cost and migration impact. We combine our sions on which applications to migrate to the cloud. We
continue to use this method on additional cloud computing
patent-pending analytics with first-hand consulting experience
migrations.
and implementation experience with numerous cloud engage-
ments. IBM has used this same tool and methodology in our Our overall cloud results have been significant and include:
own cloud migration initiatives.
● Cloud investments over five years have delivered a
cumulative benefit yield of approximately $4 billion.
Our structured approach combined with rigorous methodolo- ● Thousands of servers have been consolidated and virtu-
gies, proven tools and extensive experience can deliver the alized onto approximately 30 IBM System z® mainframes.
insights you need to make more strategic decisions. ● Software development and test labs have been reduced
from 38 to 5 with increased responsiveness and savings
worth $23 million.
● We have experienced real-time integration of information
and business services such as business analytics for
sales and marketing enablement.