Cloud Computing

Homework!

Ten Steps towards the Cloud

Mahesha Pandit

Digital Systems Knowledge Transfer Network

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About the Speaker - Mahesha BR Pandit

Programme Manager – Scalable Computing

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The Checklist

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Law

Checklist Overview

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Expectation

Setting1

IT Cleanup 2

Data Cleanup3

Virtualisation4

Service

Distribution5Service

Exploration 6

Service

Selection 7

Visualisation 8

9Process

Alignment

Communication 10

1, 2, 3

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• Initial Expectations

• What to expect?

• -ves

• +ves

• Untangle your IT

• Integration

• Shared Services?

• IT as a child company?

• Understand

• Liberate

• Package

4, 5, 6

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• Virtualise

• What?

• What not?

• What goes where? • Explore

Available

Services

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Service

Exploration 6

Step 6: Exploring Available Services – 1

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• Examples

• Calendar and Schedulers: Calendars on Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Live, Apple

MobileMe, AOL– AppointmentQuest –hitAppoint – Schedulebook – CalendarHub –

Hunt Calendars – Famundo – eStudio Calendar – 30Boxes – Trumba – Calendars Net

– Jotlet – Jiffle – Presdo – Diarised – Windows Live Events – Schedulebook – Acuity

Schedule – iPrioritize – Bla-Bla List – Hiveminder – Remember the Milk – Ta-da List –

Tudu List – TaskTHIS – Vitalist – TracksLife – Voo2Do – HiTask – Zoho Planner

• Event Management: 123 Signup – Acteva – Conference.com – Cvent – Event Wax –

eventsbot – RegOnline – Setdot – Tendenci

• CRM: Salesforce.com – BigContacts – HighRise – bConnections – eStudio Contact

Manager – AppleMobileMe Contacts – MyEvents – Plaxo – People Matrix –

PipelineDeals – SalesBoom – SalesJunction.com – SalesNexus – Zoho CRM

• Project Management: @task – AceProject – Basecamp – CopperProject – eStudio

TaskTracker – onProject – ProjectDrive – Vertabase – Wrike – Project Insight – Zoho

ProjectsCloud Computing

Web-based Applications that

change the way you work and

collaborate online

Michael Miller

Que Publishing

ISBN:978-0-7897-3803-5

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• Examples – continued

• Collaborative Editing, Reporting: Google Docs – Adobe Buzzword – ajaxWrite

– Docly – Glide Write – iNetWord – KBdocs – Peepel WebWriter – ThinkFree

Write – WriteBoard – Zoho Writer – EditGrid – eXpresso – Glide Crunch – Num

Sum – Peepel WebSheet – Sheetser – ThinkFree Calc – ZohoSheet

• Presentations: Google Docs – Preezo – Zoho Show – BrinkPad – Empressr –

Presentation Engine – PreZentist – SlideRocket – ThinkFree Show –

Thumbstacks

• Web-based desktops: ajaxWindows – Deskjump – Desktoptwo – eyeOS –

g.ho.st – Glide – Nivio – StartForce – YouOS

• Cloud Storage: Amazon S3 – Egnyte – ElephantDrive – Microsoft Office Live

Workspace – Mosso – myDataBus – Nirvanix – StrrkR – Windows Live SkyDrive

• Databases: Blist – Cebase – Dabble DB – Lazybase – MyWebDB – QuickBase

– TeamDesk – Trackvia – Zoho Creator – Zoho DB & Reports

• Expense Management: Concur – ExpensAble – ExpensePoint –

TimeConsultant

• Budgeting, Financial Statements: Host Budget – Host Consolidator

Cloud ComputingWeb-based Applications that

change the way you work and

collaborate online

Michael Miller

Que Publishing

ISBN:978-0-7897-3803-5

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• CSP

• What Sort?

• At what maturity?

• Checks and Balances

• Key Questions

• As is – To be

• Check “ity”s

• Processes

• Procurement

• M & A

• Infosec

• DR – BC

• BRM

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Communication 10

Step 10: Communicating to Stakeholders

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• What Communicate both “As-Is” and “To-Be” models

• Why Communicate the business case

• How Clarify the approach

• What-if List perceived risks and proposed mitigations

• Not all stakeholders understand cloud based business

• Check their bias, risk appetite and resistance to change

• Don’t you read papers? Cloud is just a hype.

• Kiddo ... ain’t broken – don't fix it

• Will I lose my job? Or you want 10% improvement in productivity? Should I warn the Union?

• Articulate benefits for the benefit of each stakeholder

• If we subscribe to that SaaS thingummy, do we all get Nectar points ?

• Facing difficulty in communicating?

• Check the underlying business case

• Gather feedback, concerns, perceived risks (Repeat steps 1 to 9 if needed)

Expect the

unexpected

Risk Assessment & Mitigation at Each Step

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• Application Performance Reliability

• Delivering the promise

• Integrated Business Functionality

• Ensuring that whole machinery works .... continuously

• Compliance Risks

• Legal, Financial, Technical

• Data Security Related Risks

• Integrity, Confidentiality, Privacy

• IPR Related Risks

• Ownership, protection

• Contractual Risks

• Service quality, liabilities, penalties

• Governance Risks

• Provisioning, Licensing, Billing

Summary

• Ten steps are proposed as a check list for your “Cloud Homework”

• “Set Expectations Right” and “Set Right Expectations”

• Cleanup your IT infrastructure, data and attempt virtualisation

• These provide their own benefits whether you go to cloud or not

• Put right things at right places

• Pick low hanging fruits

• Choose partners carefully:

• Test their product, operations and business model

• Choose SaaS maturity level

• Put together everything and visualise the future

• Review business processes, write new ones where needed

• Communicate ....

• Iterate1204/10/2010

Few Tips• Customise this

checklist for your

context

• Assess Risks at

each step

• Stop and go

back if you

cannot visualise

the “to-be” model

• Measure the

success of your

cloud journey in

your business

terms

Thank You!

Questions, Comments?

Mahesha Pandit

Scalable Computing Programme,

Digital Systems KTN

Mahesha.Pandit@digitalsystemsktn.org

www.digitalsystemsktn.org

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Let it scale ....

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