a year of cloud first: lessons learned
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A Year of Cloud First:
Lessons Learned
Mike Chapple
Senior Director, IT Service Delivery
University of Notre Dame
@mchapple
1. Building a Strategy
2. Changing the Culture
3. Developing a Migration Plan
Agenda
Building a Common Strategy
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ud-strategy-higher-education-building-
common-solution
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1. Building a Strategy
2. Changing the Culture
3. Developing a Migration Plan
Agenda
Principle #1
Calm the Fear,
Uncertainty and
DoubtFUD
We Ain’t Afraid
of No Cloud!
The Four Golden Ages of Higher Ed IT
We’re Already in the Cloud!
Principle #2
Make it RealFUD
Run Some Pilots
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Set a Concrete Goal
Principle #3
Build a Strong Team
Build Upon Existing Enthusiasm
Include Depth and Breadth
Include Depth and Breadth
And Keep Growing!
Find Dedicated Colocation Space
And Make It Habitable!
1. Building a Strategy
2. Changing the Culture
3. Developing a Migration Plan
Agenda
Principle #4
Choose Your
Partner Wisely!
Principle #5
Perception is
Reality
IaaS is for websites.
It’s not ready for
prime time.
We’re not Netflix!
The cloud isn’t secure
enough.
We can’t put regulated
data in the cloud.
We’re putting all our
eggs in one basket!
Principle #6
Don’t Ring the Bell
too Soon!
Formalize the Transition to Support
Questions?
Mike Chapple
Senior Director, IT Service Delivery
University of Notre Dame
@mchapple