case study: building a business case for cloud, migration in practice and spreading the word

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Rocco Labellarte – Head of Technology and Change DeliveryThe Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council

Cloud Control:Implementing Cloud Computing

The Process, The Timeline

Recognise a need

Establish a strategy

Get people on-board

Ensure costs stack up

Identify mature suppliers

Deliver

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Building The Business Case

NO LONG-TERM CONTRACT

TIE-INS

LIMITED INVESTMENT

CAPITAL

AN AGEING

INFRASTRUCTURE

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Building The Business Case

TRANSLATE TECHOLOGY INTO

WHAT CUSTOMERS WANT

BREAK THE STRATEGY DOWN

INTO MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES

BE VERY PRECISE ON WHAT YOU WILL DELIVER AND BY WHEN

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Meaningful Outcomes

COLLABORATION & PRODUCTIVITY

SOFTWARE

SERVER VIRTUALISATION

LEGACY APPLICATION PACKAGING

OFFICE WI-FI

4G MOBILE TELEPHONY

PaaS: Cloud Telephony

IaaS: IL2 / IL3 HOSTING

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VIRTUAL DESKTOP & REMOTE ACCESS

PSN SECURI

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SaaS & Application Consolidation

Less Obvious Obstacles

Architectural design considerations, security, firewall proliferation, operating system constraints,

legacy software compatibility, Java versions, affordable skills, data separation, interfaces, capital versus revenue, contract negotiations, like-for-like

comparisons, political priorities, the day job…

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A Few Lessons Learnt

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An ageing infrastructure really helps make the case financially In-house expertise is worth it’s weight in gold (& less expensive) Application rationalisation would have slowed progress down

Professor Dev Ops

A Few More Lessons Learnt

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Some providers are tuned into the Cloud, others are still not

BYOD can be a can of worms and a licensing headache

We thought we were secure; now we know we are secure

G-Cloud makes things simpler, but not simple

The devil is in the detail (read the small print)

Projects takes time (the day job, and politics, get in the way)

Even More Lessons Learnt

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Some Of The Practical Benefits

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Smarter Working practices for staff

Better Connected solutions for customers

Lower Operating Costs for the council

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What Next?

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