technology in ten years

Positioning IT Today For Tomorrow’s Challenge

TECHNOLOGY IN TEN YEARS

8-year Racker

DevOps & DadOps

@chriswiggy

chris.jackson@rackspace.co.uk

http://github.com/chrisjackson1982

CHRIS JACKSON

Chief Technologist

ABOUT

ME

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THE

FUTURE?

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10 YEARS

A LONG TIME!

THINGS THAT WERE NEW IN 2005…

BIGGEST HARD DRIVE

500GB

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LOOKING

TO 2025…

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LOOKING

TO 2025…

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BUTSERIOUSLY…

TECHNOLOGY IN 2025

WILL BE SHAPED BY

SUPER-CLOUDS

ENERGY PROVIDERS

GOVERNMENTS

NETWORKING

INTERNET OF THINGS

CONTAINERS

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SUPER

CLOUDS

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ENERGY

CONSTRAINT

S

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POLITICS

OF CLOUD

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FASTER THAN THE

SPEED

OF

LIGHT?

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INTERNET

OF THINGS

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CONTAINER

REVOLUTION

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WHAT

WORRIES

YOU MOST?

• Space for sendstep vote on choosing between previous 6 slides

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GET

READY!

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START DOING

#1

OWN YOUR

DATA

Get an OWNER for data in your business, understand

the following:

• IS MY DATA ACCESSIBLE?

• HOW LONG AM I KEEPING IT FOR?

• HOW DO I PROTECT THIS DATA?

• IS MY DATA ACCURATE?

• DO I HAVE SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH?

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START DOING

#2

GET A DIGITAL

STRATEGY

EVERYONE IS DIGITIZING

THEIR BUSINESS, BUT

WHY ARE YOU?

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START DOING

#3

FOCUS ON

APPLICATION

ARCHITECTURE

VIRTUAL

DEDICATED

CLOUD

CONTAINERS

Manageable

Changes

Paralyzing

Transformation

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THREE

TIPS

1

2

3

Identify a data owner and make

them responsible for its value

Align digital strategy with business

goals; don’t chase technology

Continuously improve applications

to adopt new advantages

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STACK

STRETCHING

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AND

FINALLY

THANK YOU

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