Cloud Circle Talk - Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Computing and Integrations
Impact of Cloud Computing on Enterprise Architecture
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Transcript of Impact of Cloud Computing on Enterprise Architecture
Impact of Cloud Computing on Enterprise Architecture
Perspectives, Best Practices, & Pitfalls
David Bressler@djbresslerMarch 2009
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Cultural Challenges
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Integration is hard
ExpensiveInfrastructure
Data
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Data Integration
Adds meaning
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Data Integration is hard
InvisibleHard to quantify
Discounted
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“Users are a pain, we’ll install what comes out of the box, and that’s
what they’ll get.”
Real Life PHB
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Financial & Logistics Challenges
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Cost v. BenefitTime (Cost v. Benefit)
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Traditional Software Purchase
Purchase softwarePurchase hardwareFind space in data centerCreate migration planSetup development & testConfigure systemsConfigure databasesConfigure networksMore…
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The Easy Way
Get a login
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Data Integration is hard
Costs don’t match benefits
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How do we make integration easier, and deliver benefits more
quickly?
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Define Cloud Computing
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How do we make integration easier, and deliver benefits more
quickly?
Could computing is a way make integration easier, and deliver
benefits more quickly
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Turn a commodity into a utility
integration^
Necessary, but not
differentiating
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Not everything’s a commodity
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Web Server Farms. Commodity.
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Much Enterprise Software. Commodity
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Email. A commodity.
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Messaging. Maybe not a commodity.
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What if… we just gave IT a platform to create their own data
models, interfaces, and processes on a dynamic infrastructure [that met corporate requirements] &
simply existed as needed?
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Results in elevated IT relevance
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Other Results…
Focus on integration will evolve to a more disciplined approach
Match expenses to benefits
Enable new classes of applications
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Best Practices
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Mediation. A secret weapon.
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Service Level Management. Don’t even start with “my piece is
working fine!”
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Security. It’s not (only) what you think it needs to be.
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Make mistakes.
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Build a culture of collaboration.
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Map out a strategy. Reward innovation. Reward relevance.
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Cultural Challenges
Financial & Logistics Challenges
Define Cloud Computing
Best Practices
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David [email protected]
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