John Willis - A Simple Story

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A Simple Story of How One

Company Spent 10 Million Dollars

and Saved “Nothing”

Friday, June 25, 2010


The Victim

Gloria

What doesn't kill you

defines you



The Hero

Daryl Zero

When you spend enough time around the

chemistry of desperation, you come to recognize the smell.



The Villain

Gregory Start

No, no. For $10 million, you do it



Our Story Begins

SoftwareAnalysisDesign

ImplementCost $8,980,00



Analysis 20K

Windows Dudes AIX Dudes

Oracle PoliceSecurity

Linux FolkThe HP Blokes



Windows Dudes

“We already got one”



AIX Dudes

“Too Busy, won’t call

back”



The Oracle Police

“You are not worthy”



Security

“You want freaking Root”



Linux Folk

“Hello, you guys should check out Nagios”



HP Dudes

“They WereInterested”



Insert New Character

The CIO

Every Good Story Needs a Bob



I Want My Damn Dashboard



Just Give Me a Dashboard



The Mother Ship Steps in and

Decides to do and end-to-end Opertions Analysis



Final Cost:

Software $8,980,00Consultants $20,000

Ops Analysis $1,000,000


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