the search for cloud's "god particle"

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THE SEARCH FOR CLOUD’S

“GOD PARTICLE”April 12, 2023

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BACKGROUND

CHRIS JACKSONRackspace Chief Technologist

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@chriswiggy

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WHAT IS A “GOD PARTICLE”?

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WHAT ABOUT THIS?


BOTH ARE WRONG…A GOD PARTICLE NEEDS THREE THINGS TO EXIST:

1MASS CONFUSION


2MEDIA HYPE



3IMPENDING DISASTER



THE REALITY


SO WHAT ABOUT CLOUD?

1MASS CONFUSION



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2MARKETHYPE



3IMPENDING DISASTER


THE STANDARD MODEL FOR CLOUD

ADOPTION ?Cloud Higgs

DEMAND

BUSINESS DEMAND

ATime to Market

DEVELOPER DEMAND

SSelf Service

OPERATIONS DEMAND

$Cost

UStability

PPerformance

SUPPLY

VEN

DO

RS

EX

PERTIS

E

OPEN SOURCE PROPRIETARY CAPABILITY

R

F

Service Providers

Software Providers

V

C

VMware

AWS

G

T

Global Availability

Trusted Suppliers

C

H

Communities

Vendor Support

K

I

Certification

Integration

E

X

Proven Experts

Case Studies


WHERE IS CLOUD’S HIGGS BOSON?


THEORY #1

THE APPLICATION


APPLICATION FRAGILITY


APPLICATION FRAGILITY

SNOWFLAKESComplex & Unique

Will melt if touched…

CASTLESSafe & impregnable

Didn’t plan for gunpowder!

THE HYDRALearns and adapts

Hard to kill!


TECHNOLOGY ABSTRACTION

Mature Markets COMMODITISE……Developers ABSTRACT Commodities ?


THEORY #2

INTEGRATION


HOW MANY IN YOUR BUSINESS?

ALL CLOUDS ARE NOT BUILT EQUAL


ARE YOU BENDING CLOUD AROUND YOUR BUSINESS?

OR ARE YOU BENDING YOUR BUSINESS AROUND CLOUD


THEORY #3

OPERATIONS


ENABLING TIME TO MARKET

IDEA CREATION VALUE REALISATION

DELIVERY PIPELINE

TIME TO DELIVER BUSINESS VALUE

Benefit from Cloud Technology


CUSTOMER EXPECTATION

COMPETITION IS UNRELENTINGE

XP

EC

TAT

ION

TIME


TRADITIONAL RELEASE APPROACH



XP

EC

TAT

ION

TIME

AREAS WHERE COMPETITORS MAY BE AHEAD




XP

EC

TAT

ION

TIME

AUTOMATED TEST & DEPLOYMENT (CI/CD)


TRADITIONAL MODEL

DEVELOPER OPERATIONS

STEP 1 STEP 1

“I am going to build to whatever platform I want.”

“I’m not Ops focussed. Scalability isn’t something I think about.”

“How am I going to run this thing?”

“How am I going to scale this application”


DEVOPS APPROACH

Images courtesy of http://infotechfb.com/blog/the-three-ways-of-devops/


SUMMARYOUR THEORIES FOR CLOUD’S HIGGS BOSON:

1. APPLICATION2. INTEGRATION3. OPERATIONS

WHICH ONE IS RIGHT…?


ALL OF THEM!


APPLICATION READINESS?

INTEGRATION REQUIRED?

OPERATIONAL MATURITY?

WHATS YOUR BLEND?


WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OPENSTACK?

What Are We Doing to Support:

APPLICATIONS?

INTEGRATION?

OPERATIONS?

VENDORS

CONTRIBUTORS

OPERATORS


MORE THAN A CLOUD COMPANY

WE PROVIDE

SUPPORT FOR EVERY STEP OF YOUR JOURNEY

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