Move your Data Center to the CloudCase Study Analysis

November 2012

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Agenda

The way and where we were and how far we have come…

The Promise of the Cloud and the Pitch

Brief Background on MRIS and How We Got Here

Your domain = the cloud domain – consider your new domains

Change and Shift in Paradigm

The Analysis

Discussion

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The Way We Were

Back in 2001 we had: Slow broadband

Very little WIFI

No iPhones, smartphones, no tablets, no 4G

No Twitter or Facebook

Only half dozen “programs” on the typical PC

The “Cloud” was part of a network diagram

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How far we have come…Video, Photo, Media, Open Source, Mobility, BYOD, Big Data

The Shadow

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The Promise and The Pitch

Economics “Lower cost, transition from CAPX to OPX, and low initial outlay, data center

costs, etc.”

Flexibility “Ability to scale up and down rapidly based on needs. You don’t have to

build enough infrastructure for peak load, just have bur$table capacity”

Breakdown Technology Asset Boundaries “Start to break down silos between memory, CPU, storage, and network,

and treat them all as resources, ties in to flexibility

Focus “IT can focus on business applications and purposes, instead of

commoditized maintenance which takes up to 80% of their time”

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MRIS and How We Got Here

Brief Background on MRIS –

Support for the cloud effort/analysis (C level, board, evangelist)

Systems considered for the migration (MRIS systems)

A 3 year history of those systems- vendor relationships, etc. (CS migration, floor space, etc.)

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Preparation for a Cloud Analysis

Your domain = the cloud domain – consider your new domains

The Homework Before the Work- Cloud Security Alliance Domains (all three sections below covered by our doc, include open source, open stack, POC’s, performance)

Cloud Architecture

Governing in the Cloud - OS

Operating in the Cloud

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The Change in Paradigm

Change and Shift in Paradigm (working on solutions versus working on services, maintain expertise)

What does this mean to people’s jobs? Shifting skillsets. And again, existing relationships. What does CIO mean again?

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The Analysis – Our Personal Bar of Approaching Cloud Providers

The Analysis

How to look at the opportunity clearly and what to analyze - our approach

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The Analysis

There is a lot to consider in your analysis. All these line items require a comparison of your current environment to that of the cloud service provider.

A lot of leg work is required for current contract costs and terms, lease expiration, bandwidth costs, etc.

We’ve selected a few to give you our insight approach and outcome on.

Item Relevance*****BUFFER You need a BUFFER

*****CSP Skillset based on your needs OS (DR), difficulty in deployment, architecture*****CSP Understanding of your Environment This one will surprise you*****DC Floor Space Current contracts and costs*****Equipment Management - Server, NW, Storage Current contracts, existing relationships*****OS Management Updates, tiers of management*****Replication and backups Point to Point, Distance, Means of Replication, CSP Skillset, 30% of CIO’s*****Servers Architecture/Manufacturer High risk changes (POC)*****Shared or Private or Hybrid Based on Performance needs and Virtualization Boundaries Virtualization Boundaries*****SLA, Contract, Terms, Termination Adding systems, removing systems, your access to systems*****Storage Architecture/Manufacturer High risk changes (POC)*****Who is providing you the support? Third party or the CSPApplication management CSP skillset, ability and willingness, current contractsCSP Financials Where will they be in 18, 24, 36 monthsCSP Partnerships VAR's, Manufacturers, etc.

CSP Reputation Check around, find current customers you know, don’t settle on referencesCurrent Licensing Costs V Cloud VM, SSL, OS, DB, Malware, ASLData Center Locations Geographically dispersed, access for staffDatabase Architecture Virtualization Boundaries!Database Management CSP skillset, ability and willingness, current contractsDISASTER RECOVERY Where is your recovery site?Equipment Ownership - Server, NW, Storage Current Leases, their termination dates, overall costGlobal Load Balancing So there is DR - how do you get to it?

HW Refresh Guarantee? Current leases. Need for refresh and performance, extra costs?

Load BalancingDoes the CSP offer what you need to accomplish fault tolerance and

redundancyMonitoring Application, Circuit, System - NotificationNetwork Architecture/Manufacturer High risk changes (POC)One-time setup fees CSP, your app vendors, your staff, travel expenses

Performance Needs Level of Performance, Bursts, consistent usage? Can it be sharedPOC? Costs? Recovery of cost? POC!, POC, POC!Power /Ping and Pipe - HQ Between sites and your offices/data centersPower/Ping and Pipe - Hosting Current contracts, their cost, durations, capable of burstsSSL Management Related to NW, CSP skillset, ability and willingness

What about your staff What about all your other solutions, what about in-house expertiseYOUR GUT

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Outcome of analysis – 3 years

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Back to the Promise – Pros and Cons

A comprehensive analysis of your needs in a cloud solution will enlighten your teams on the potential of cloud computing for your enterprise, understand the strengths that you have built in your solutions

and uncover weaknesses that may be present.Know who you are – the CSP’s may not (small, medium, large)

Economics “Lower cost, transition from CAPX to OPX, and low initial outlay, data center costs, etc.”

Flexibility “Ability to scale up and down rapidly based on needs. You don’t have to build enough

infrastructure for peak load, just have bur$table capacity”

Breakdown Technology Asset Boundaries “Start to break down silos between memory, CPU, storage, and network, and treat them all as

resources, ties in to flexibility

Focus IT can focus on business applications and purposes, instead of commoditized maintenance which

takes up to 80% of their time

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Discussion