McGraw-Hill Education (MHE) is moving to the cloud to enable global delivery, improve user experience, reduce costs, streamline processes, and automate operations. When selecting a partner, MHE required deep AWS expertise, a global delivery footprint, the ability to meet hybrid infrastructure requirements, strong security and resiliency, and superior support. MHE's cloud journey involved planning applications for AWS, designing a hybrid architecture, and going live globally while testing extensively and establishing governance over the hybrid environment. Ongoing management includes a cloud management portal, analytics, and governance/change control.

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Managing an Enterprise Class
Hybrid Architecture
Mark Fuqua, Gil Llanos – Datapipe
Shane Shelton – McGraw-Hill Education

2. Who We Are
Global Managed Cloud Leader
• Single provider solution for the management of mission critical
IT
• Big supplier capabilities in a nimble, customer focused company
• Consistent, global service delivery experience
Global Education Content Leader
• Focused on improving learning outcomes across the globe
• Over 6,000 employees
• Transforming from print to digital education company

3. Why McGraw-Hill Education (MHE) is
Moving to the Cloud
Key Business Drivers
• Need for global delivery and better user experience
• Cost reduction over current model
• Ability to streamline processes for agile development
and continuous integration
• More flexibility then brick & mortar model
• Automation of everything

4. McGraw-Hill Education (MHE)
Mandatories when Selecting a Partner
Mandatories Datapipe Others
Deep expertise and understanding of AWS environments X X
Global delivery footprint with direct connect to AWS X
Ability to meet our requirements with a true Hybrid
Infrastructure
X
Strong approach to cloud security and resiliency X
Superior customer support X X

5. The McGraw Hill Education Cloud Journey
Plan Design Go Live

6. Planning for the Cloud
• Understand your application landscape
• Identify the right candidates for the cloud
• Align physical infrastructure to cloud to solve
unique requirements
Case study example
• Picking the target applications for AWS deployment
• Identifying security requirements
• Leverage best practices in AWS adoption

7. Roadmap

8. Designing for the Cloud
• Assuring tight alignment between technical
design and business objectives
• Leverage best practices
• Collaboration between engineering teams
Case study example
• Developing a hybrid architecture
• Handling data transfer between physical and cloud
• Implementation challenges of the hybrid environment

9. MHE Global Deployment Architecture

10. Going Live in the Cloud
• Test, test, test
• Understanding the nature of a global
deployment
• Governance (change control, access, etc)
Case study example
• Post live experience
• Hybrid governance
• Integrated management & dashboard

11. Managing Operations
Cloud Management Portal
Analytics
Governance &
Change Control

12. Thank you