7 Ways to Fast Track Private Cloud

& Avoid Pitfalls

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Our knowledgeable speakers today are:

Keith Basil Principal Product Manager, Red Hat

Thomas Anderson Director of Red Hat

Consultings Cloud Practice

Newbies No More

More than 60% of enterprises run private clouds

23% run two clouds Nearly a quarter are

managing multiple implementations

Early Adopters Looked to Proprietary Solutions In the past, IT professionals have relied on cloud technology vendors

Unintended Consequences Proprietary cloud solutions may create challenges surrounding Workload

interoperability Application

migration Internal skills

Industry Standards Support Next-Gen Clouds OpenStack and other industry standards help enterprises overcome early cloud challenges

7 Ways to Fast Track Private Cloud & Avoid Pitfalls

Promote interoperability Capitalize on industry standards, such as

OpenStack Implement tools that automate and simplify

IT management Mitigate application migration problems Dynamically provision resources Bring new experts on board with open,

flexible approaches Choose a partner who will provide

professional services and training to complement and build internal expertise

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POLLING QUESTION 1

Are you on your first private cloud implementation or on additional implementations?

Answer choices

First

Second

Multiple

7 Ways to Fast Track Private Cloud and Avoid Pitfal ls Tom Anderson, Director of Red Hat Consulting Cloud Practice

Keith Basil, Principal Product Manager, Red Hat

March 4, 2015

1. What are some of the advantages of working with

open source solutions for building private clouds?

2. Can you talk about some of the skills shortfalls

we have been seeing at large enterprises?

3. What are some best practices consulting firms

use to mentor IT staff in overcoming some of the

challenges of deploying private clouds?

4. When picking an OpenStack distribution, why

should I pick one versus another or why shouldn't I

use directly the upstream project?

5. How is Red Hat helping its customers making the

right choices when deploying OpenStack, which is

known to offer tons of options?

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POLLING QUESTION 2

For your current private cloud, how have you implemented it?

Answer choices

Internally developed

Purchased from a vendor

Both internally developed and purchased from a vendor

Do not have a private cloud

6. What are the biggest drivers that you see toward

the adoption of an OpenStack driven private cloud?

7. What are the standard steps that you recommend

to deploy and drive adoption of private cloud?

8. Where do you see the next biggest improvement

to OpenStack?

9. How can customers use the same tools to manage

public and private clouds?

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Red Hat Consulting

http://www.redhat.com/en/services/consulting

Suite of offerings include:

Red Hat Consulting Discovery Session: Cloud Strategy

Red Hat Consulting Assessment: Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Red Hat Consulting Smart Start: Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Red Hat Training and Certification for OpenStack

http://www.redhat.com/en/services/training/openstack

Lab-intensive training to quickly develop skills

Performance-based certification to prove knowledge

12 days worth of OpenStack training content

Courses and exams available on 5 continents, in 8 languages

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Keith Basil Principal Product Manager, Red Hat

Thomas Anderson Director of Red Hat

Consultings Cloud Practice

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InformationWeeks full report The State of Private Clouds http://twimgs.com/audiencedevelopment/JC/Logos/Papers/StateOfPrivateClouds.pdf

Infographic "How to Fast Track Private Cloud Success"

http://twimgs.com/audiencedevelopment/JC/Logos/Papers/Privatecloudinfographic.gif

Red Hat Consulting: http://www.redhat.com/en/services/consulting

Red Hat Training and Certification for OpenStack: http://www.redhat.com/en/services/training/openstack

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