The document discusses considerations for building a cloud, based on Unisys' experience deploying private and public clouds for various clients. It emphasizes the importance of starting with a clear vision, detailed planning, and understanding that cloud computing is about business agility rather than just technology. Key recommendations include taking time to develop a comprehensive plan, focusing on agility as well as cost, prioritizing communication to reduce risk, and recognizing that incremental wins can build experience and confidence in cloud capabilities.

1. BUILDING YOUR CLOUD
Considerations and
Lessons Learned
John Treadway
Global Director, Cloud Solutions
UNISYS CORPORATION
@cloudbzz
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2. With Experience Comes
Wisdom
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3. Unisys
Cloud Experience
Unisys Build and deployed ERL private cloud,
Secure Cloud public cloud and more…
U.S. Federal Agency
Latin Gov Agency
European Telco
Asian Travel Co
Build a private cloud for development
and test use cases
Build and operate a public cloud
solution for their clients
Deploy Secure Private Cloud for their
development & test cloud needs
Cloud solution definition and business
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4. You Need to Start with a
Vision of Your
Cloud
© 2010 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved
Cloud
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5. “If you don't know
where you are going,
“If you don't know
where you are going,
Destination?
Cloud!
any road will get you
there.”
- Lewis Carol
any road will get you
there.”
- Lewis Carol
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6. Failing to Plan is
Planning to Fail!
“Companies that took a disciplined approach to
adopting cloud computing reduced costs by anadopting cloud computing reduced costs by an
average of 18% and data center power consumption
by 16%. Companies that adopted cloud computing
haphazardly increased IT costs by 2-3%.”
(Sept. 2009)
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7. MYTH All Clouds are the
Same
There are MANY types of
clouds that fit
different needsSamedifferent needs
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8. There are MANY types of
clouds that fit
different needs
Public
Cloud
Private
Cloud
Cloud Computing Options
Use Cases:
Dev/Test,
Analytics,
eCommerce
Use Cases:
Dev/Test,
Analytics,
eCommercedifferent needs
Hybrid
Cloud
• Rented
services
• Multi-tenancy
• Self-service
• Automation
• Virtualization
• Traditional
data center
Optimized
workloads
Optimized
workloads
eCommerce
…
eCommerce
…
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9. MYTH Cloud Computing
is About the
Technology
Cloud Computing
is about the
Business
Technology
Stop Thinking About Technology
AGILITY
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10. Agility enables new
Opportunities
How can 10 days to 5 minutes
change how you innovate?
What happens when you canWhat happens when you can
get 10 servers to test a new idea
and your total costs is $500?
If you don’t have to wait, will
you get more done?
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11. Cloud Computing is
brand new –
a Revolution
Cloud Computing is an
Evolutionary
Revolutiona RevolutionRevolution
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12. Cloud Computing is an
Evolutionary
Revolution
Automation of IT
Cloud Computing is about
Inheritance & Convergence
Mainframes
Revolution
Distributed
Computing
Self-Service
Virtualization
Internet
Bandwidth
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13. Oooh, shiny iceberg!
Cloud Computing is not just about
The “Cloud Stack”
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14. Dynamic Infrastructure Designs, Workload and Capacity Planning,
Data Center Design, Green IT/Sustainability Design
VM Automation, Physical Provisioning, Lifecycle Management APIs,
Self-Service Portals, Monitoring, Usage Reporting
Budget, CapEx vs. OpEx, Shared Services, Vendor Costs, Entry/Exit
Costs Asset Management, IT Chargeback, ROI
Physical and Virtual
Architecture Design
Cloud Management
Tools and Processes
Financial Policies,
Models & Approaches
Most of the Cloud effort is
Hidden
Data Center Design, Green IT/Sustainability Design
Physical, Network, Application, Identity & Access Management,
Governance/Risk/Compliance, Audit
VLAN Planning, Capacity Planning, Manageability
Service Level Management, Service Request Management,
Configuration Management, Service Catalog, ITSM
Help Desk Operations, Diagnostic Tools
Architecture Design
Security
Storage
Network Engineering
ITIL / ITSM
Support Services
Policy Management, Backup & Archive, Disaster Recovery, Storage
Virtualization, Access Control, Automated Tiering
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15. Don’t IGNORE the
people
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16. Cloud Computing Politics
Expect people to be nervous
Will I lose budget/power/prestige?
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17. Communication is Key
All highly-charged projects are
at risk from not communicating
Executive support is critical to
any cloud projectany cloud project
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18. When looking at an Enterprise cloud implementation,
take the time up front to develop a comprehensive plan.
When considering a move to the cloud, don’t focus
exclusively on cost; agility is equally important.
Don’t forget the people factor – communicate early and
My Recommendations to You
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often to reduce risk and ensure success.
Go beyond the hype and focus on small, incremental wins
to build experience and confidence.
Recognize that you know more about cloud than you think –
be confident that cloud is an evolution you can handle.
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19. “Truths are first clouds, then rain,
then harvest & food.”
Henry Ward Beecher
Thank You!
John Treadway
Global Director, Cloud Solutions
John.treadway@unisys.com
UNISYS CORPORATION
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