rightscale webinar: enterprise cloud strategies: best practices for cloud pocs

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Enterprise Cloud Strategies:Best Practices for Cloud POCs

November 8, 2012Watch the video of this webinar

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Your Panel Today

• Kim Weins, Vice President, Marketing, RightScale

• Vijay Tolani, Cloud Solutions Engineer, RightScale

Please use the “Questions” window to ask questions any time!

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Agenda• About RightScale• Cloud POCs: Dos and Don’ts• Choosing the Right Cloud(s) for Your POC• Navigating the Technical Hurdles• Measure the Success of Your Cloud POC

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Leader in Cloud ManagementCompute Power Managed by RightScale

Nearly 5mm servers launchedMore Applications

At Production Scale

On More Clouds

Since IaaS began

Cloud deployments with 10K+ servers

12 supported public and private cloud providers

Managing cloud deployments for 5+ years

Hybrid Cloud

Single Public Cloud

Multiple Public Cloud

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A Sampling of RightScale CustomersPublishing Film, TV, Music Games

Consumer Web Advertising Software

Healthcare Hardware Financial Services

Gaming TelecomEducation Consumer Products

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Shifting Expectations Drive Cloud POCs

Instant On

Self Service

Unprecedented Scale

Public &PrivateCloud

Business Expectations

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Pick the right application

Cloud is a fit for everyone,not for every application

Cloud POC Mantra

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Pick the Right Application• Keep it real

• Pick a real application for a real project with real expectations• Don’t start with the hardest use case

• Cloud adds value• Cloud adds value – speed to deploy, scalable, variable loads, cost• Low to moderate security/compliance profile

• Good options for your first deployment in the cloud• Web Application• Mobile/Social/Collaboration Apps• Big Data• Batch Processing• Dev/Test solutions

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Pick the right approach

A learning experience,not once and done

Cloud POC Mantra

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Pick the Right Approach• Keep it lightweight

• Start simple• Keep it short – 30-60 days

• Accept cloud as it is, don’t try to make it into your data center• Don’t start with the hardest use case• Decide if the architecture meets the needs of the application, not if it matches

your data center

• Treat it as a learning experience• It’s not once and done• Your cloud deployments will evolve• Your expertise and knowledge will evolve

• Consider how you will manage the application over time

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Choosing a Cloud

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Choosing a Cloud for POCs• Public & Private Clouds built on Same Technologies

• OpenStack• Rackspace• HP

• CloudStack• Datapipe• IDC Frontier• Logicworks

• Private Clouds are good choices for Applications which require:• High Flexibility & Performance• Increased Security & Compliance• CapEx Procurement Model

• Public Clouds offer more advanced automation than Private Clouds

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Public Clouds Enable Additional AgilITy• “It’s a marathon, not a sprint.”• Don’t sprint directly to the finish line, without training. You’ll hurt

yourself.

• Start with something small and show it works.• Start with the simplest application, then test more complex.

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Clouds Are Different• … so don’t treat them like a data center in the sky.• Don’t expect to be able to move a VM image to a cloud and have it

work out of the box.

• Successful cloud deployments include HA Application Architectures designed to run on ephemeral, commodity infrastructure.

• NoSQL Databases vs. High Performance Hardware

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Navigating Technical Hurdles

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Next Step: Technical POC

• After proving your application can run on a cloud architecture, consider testing with a Private Cloud.

• Test for Performance• Ensure Security & Compliance• Integration with Existing ITSM Processes

• Consider Including More Complex Workloads

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Technical Pitfalls to Watch Out For

• Storage Performance• Consider Striping, Sharding, & NoSQL Architectures

• Shared Storage• Consider OpenNFS

• Software Licensing• Consider Licensing through the MultiCloud Marketplace

• Network Flexibility• Consider Dynamic DNS

• Security & Compliance• Design for Public Clouds

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Metrics for Success

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Pick the right metrics

Begin your cloud journey with

the end in mind

Cloud POC Mantra

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Cloud POC Success Metric #1

Business Agility

How quickly can cloud help us

respond to business needs and

opportunities?

Business Opportunity

Market Window

Time to Market

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Evaluation Criteria• Speed/Ease to:

• Launch new applications or services• Change applications or services• Scale applications or services up or down to meet demand• Offer services in new geographies

• Self-service IT• Give control to business users• Give control to developers

• Automation• Automate routine work for Operations

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Cloud POC Success Metric #2

Improve Efficiency

Can cloud make us more efficient with time and money?

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Evaluation Criteria• Costs

• Data center vs cloud costs• Capex vs Opex• Opportunity costs?

• Time• Time to plan/prepare applications or services• Time to deploy applications or services• Time to manage applications or services

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Cloud POC Success Metric #3

Better Solutions

Can cloud helps us deliver better

solutions that meet customer needs?

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Evaluation Criteria• Can I support new solutions that were difficult before?

• Web• Mobile• Social• Gaming• Big Data• Batch processing

• Can I support better solutions• Geographically available• Highly scalable• Highly available

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Summary• Start with a real application that’s a good fit for cloud• Treat it as a learning experience• Use public cloud to evaluate the feasibility of cloud

• Then build a private cloud

• Leverage the strength of cloud – don’t try to recreate your data center

• Measure success based on broad business goals• Agility• Efficiency• Better solutions

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Thinking about a Cloud POC?• Ask about a Cloud Strategy Briefing

• Personalized briefing from the cloud experts for your IT executives and managers:• Real-World Cloud Trends• Strategic Opportunities in the Cloud• 5 Technical Considerations for Cloud• Best Practices for Cloud POCs

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