Why A Cloud-First Strategy Is The Wrong Strategy

Kevin Linsell Director, Strategy & Architecture Adapt

Cloud Expo 2015Virtualisation, Infrastructure & Storage Theatre

02 A Cloud-First Strategy

Stops IT buying hardware Avoids refresh in future Moves to an OpEx model All the many benefits of The Cloud…

‘All IT solutions should be in the cloud’

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Source: Cloud Industry Forum, 2014

Are We Comfortable Yet?

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In fact, it is not an IT strategy at all…

It’s a technical solution

It’s a commercial solution

It’s a service management solution

What is cloud?

Is A Cloud-First Strategy The Right Strategy?

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What sort of strategy mandates the solution before understanding the requirements?

Why Specify The Solution First?

It’s like packing your fishing rod before you know if you’re going after lobster, salmon or the Loch Ness monster…

06 No Single Cloud Has All The Answers…

07 … And We Cannot Ignore On-Premise!

Source: Cloud Industry Forum, 2014

Web Hosting: 49%Email Services: 39%Personnel & Payroll: 28%Accounting & Finance Applications: 18%

08 Introducing the Habitat

09 Building Habitats

Dynamic adjustment of cost & profile based on workloads

Transparent, modular ‘service builder’ structure, layering in customisation options, services & management

Environment (DCs etc)

Operating systems

Applications/ workloads

MAN

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COM

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SERV

ICES

TECH

NIC

AL Operating system

Storage

Database

Desktop

Backup

Exchange

Security & compliance

IntegrationProjects

Outcome-based

Ratecard (IaaS)

Full Capex

Full Opex

Capex/ Opex blend

Sliding SLA options:

Security

PerformanceAvailability

Full outsourced

Managed - Proactive

Monitored - Reactive

Service support

User management

Reporting options:

Trends

UsageLoB/ cost centre

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