This document discusses moving to a zero IT infrastructure footprint by transitioning to cloud computing and hosted services. It describes how organizations can evaluate their current data center and IT infrastructure, assess options for colocation, hosted private and public clouds, and develop a roadmap to transition workloads. The roadmap involves assessing the organization, applications, costs, risks and conducting a phased approach to planning, executing the transition, and decommissioning existing infrastructure. The goal is to focus IT on data, applications and services rather than physical infrastructure management.

1. Leading the IT Evolution
Moving to a Zero IT
Infrastructure Footprint
Tim M. Crawford
AVOA
@tcrawford

2. Leading the IT Evolution
Moving to a Zero IT
Infrastructure Footprint
Tim M. Crawford | @tcrawford
MDCA Data Center Conference
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nov 5, 2014

3. WHY ZERO FOOTPRINT?
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4. Moving to Focus on Data
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Cloud
Computing
Scale
Workload
Optimization
BYOD/ CoIT
Complexity
Shadow IT
Commitments
Data
Data
Warehouse
Machine
Data
IoT: Internet
of Things
Social Data

5. Innovation & Change
• ve·loc·i·ty (noun): the speed of an
object and its direction of motion.
• Challenges:
– Organization
– Process/ Governance
– Technology
– Paradigm
Time
Innovation &
Change
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Crawford
Gap = Breaking
Point
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6. WHAT IS A ZERO IT
INFRASTRUCTURE FOOTPRINT?
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7. The Traditional Data Center
Data Center
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3rd Party
Power
Cooling
Network
Real
Estate

8. Zero Footprint Data Center
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9. Maturity Model Matrix
Infrastructure Maturity Model Matrix
Data
Center
Hardware Virtualizatio
n
Operating
System
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1. Internal Only
2. Internal +
Colocation
3. Colocation Only
4. Shared
Infrastructure
5. Hosted
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10. Building your roadmap…
WHERE TO START?
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11. Tools Needed
• Organizational Assessment
• IT Portfolio Assessment
• Data Center Evaluation Template
• TCO Analysis
• ROI Calculations
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12. Holistic Approach
Business
Strategy
•IT Strategy
Applications/
Services
Organization
Governance/
Processes
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Start Here
Technology

13. Services Mapping
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Data Center
IT Infrastructure
Platforms
Core Applications
Colocation
IaaS: Hosted
Infrastructure
PaaS
SaaS: Hosted
Exchange/
SharePoint

14. Understanding the Data Center
Data Center
Space
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Power
Cooling
Network
Real
Estate
Type of Equipment
Application Portfolio + Architectures
3rd Party

15. Evaluating Data Center Options
• Colocation vs. Hybrid/ Hosted
• Geographic Evaluation
• Provider Evaluation
• Wholesale vs. Retail Data Center
Models
• Industry: Data Center Evaluation
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16. Evaluating Cloud Options
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17. Organizational Impact
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Risks
VS.
Opportunities

18. Financial Evaluation
One-time costs
• Evaluation
• Installation/ Setup
• Moving + Rentals
• Contract Termination
Fees
• Staff Moves
• Cleanup/
Decommission
Ongoing costs
• DC Operations
• Network Connections
• Equipment
• Power Costs
• Staffing/ Support Costs
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19. Roadmap
Project Prep
Project
Completion
Move: Phase III
Move: Phase II
Assessment Move: Phase I
Decommission
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Planning
Assessment
Phase
Planning
Phase
Decommission
Phase
Execution
Phase
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20. Questions…
• Contact Info
– Tim M. Crawford | @tcrawford
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• http://avoa.com/presentations/
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