CloudHealth® Technologies

AWS re:Invent Survival Tips

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So…Who Is Steve Frank?

▪ Director of Platform Development and Lead Engineer at CloudHealth Technologies

▪ Previously co-founder of Intronis▪ Specialty: Making things / Creating a product that our

customers can't live without▪ Nearly 15 years experience (Whatever that means)▪ Veteran re:Invent attendee

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Who is CloudHealth® Technologies?

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CloudHealth®

One platform to simplify and automate your environment

What I’m excited about at AWS re:Invent

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Steve’s re:Invent Survival Tips

▪ Turn off Slack (Yes, both laptop and phone)– Except during keynotes...because they usually announce

significant new features.

▪ Don’t do work. I know I know.▪ Mingle with execs and VCs

– They’ll be at the tables…drinks will be flowing -- Great time to chat.

▪ You don’t have to be near the front at the keynotes– There are big screens everywhere...no need to be that up close

and personal.

▪ Go outside...at least once.▪ There are A LOT of nerds. Geek out!▪ Get to the taxi line early! I’ve had 45+ minute waits.

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Show Floor Tips

▪ Go meet your vendors and talk to their engineers.– Many will love to open up about their roadmap.– Ask: “What have you done since the last re:Invent?”– When meeting new vendors, request a live demo to get beyond

“marketing speak.”▪ Visit startup alley.▪ Join impromptu gatherings on hot topics.

– The one for startups to make the most of AWS last year had great info.

▪ Check out the giveaways. I got 9 shirts last year!

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The most precious commodity

PRO TIP: If you have a power brick, bring it!

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Key Topics

▪ Security▪ Rightsizing and Performance▪ Hybrid Cloud

– Data Center (wait…whaaaat?!)

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Security

▪ re:Invent session I’m most looking forward to:How News UK Centralized Cloud Governance Through Policy Management 

▪ Iain Caldwell - Head of Infrastructure, News UK▪ Joe Kinsella - CTO & Founder, CloudHealth Technologies

– Track: DevOps & Tools– Session Level: Advanced (300 level)

▪ How to keep up with the fast pace of change and distributed nature of cloud?

▪ Centralized governance rules

PRO TIP: – Automatically run policies to help enforce compliance with

IAM best practices, and alert you before issues arise.

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AWS Security Policies

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Rightsizing / Performance

▪ re:Invent session I’m most looking forward to:Cost Optimization at Scale

▪ Business Development Manager - Cloud Economics, Amazon Web Services– Track: Enterprise & Migration– Session Level: Advanced (300 level)

▪ How efficiently are you using your provisioned resources?– Hint: Probably not so much

▪ Cloud Steward

PRO TIP: – You need an integrated view of your infrastructure from both

the cloud provider and systems perspective.– Inside and out.

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Rightsizing Recommendations

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Hybrid Cloud/Data Center

▪ re:Invent session I’m most looking forward to:Hybrid Architectures: Bridging the Gap to the Cloud

▪ Track: Architecture▪ Session Level: Introductory (200 level)

▪ How to balance the benefits of multi-cloud with the drawback of greater complexity?

PRO TIPS: – Understand your costs and configurations before you start a

migration project. – Leverage a single Cloud Service Management platform to

simplify management of infrastructure across multiple clouds.

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Data Center Migration Assessment

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See you at re:Invent!▪ Countdown: 25 days!▪ Find me at booth #1218

– Don’t miss what's sure to be the most talked about entertainment act of the week!  

▪ Going on the pub crawl? – Find me at the db Brasserie stop!– Wednesday, November 30th, 5:30 - 7:30 PM

▪ Want more tips? bit.ly/reinvent-survival-guide-2016