DC TransformationDomains

1 -Business Objective

Top Management support for Transformation

Financial & Resources support

Transformation plan alignment with Business Objectives

2- IT Infrastructure

Identify the most critical Business Applications

to virtualise

Measure and dynamically map the workload across IT

Understand and map the critical dependencies

of Applications

Review the Design of Data Center

Implement latest NGN Infrastructure(Networks,Storage,Computing)

Check the Quality of the Cables in the Data Center

3-Automation

Process for dynamic runtime management of workloadsand Resources being consumed

Improvise the Lifecycle Management of Provisioning,repurposingand Decommissioning of IT Resources

Automate all the processes related to Lifecycle Management

Gather Data Intelligence from Data analytics,Business Intelligence totune the System

4-Virtualisation & Abstraction

Standardize the IT Infrastructure with "Stateless Computing"

Unify Computing,Network,Storage in a Single Platform

Decide the Model of the Cloud for DC Transformation

Adopt and Implement NGN Infrastructure for Dynamic allocationand Scalability of Resources

Expand Virtualisation across Computing,Storage,Network Resources

Standardize the IT Resources

Expand Virtualisation so that Resources appear as "Single Pool

Orchestrate Automated configuration toenable "MultiTenant Services"

Develop a phased Virtualization roadmap

Automate all Processes including IT and Business Operations

Orchestrate and Link all Automated Tasks togetherfor provisioning a new Service

5- Applications &Platform

Review the Architecture of Apps to ensure compatibility with Cloud

Decide which Apps to virtualize

Decide which OS to standardizeProfile Applications for Capacity and reliability

Asses the effects on DR Plans

Simplify application Management in Real Time

Standardize Platform Domain which includes OS,MW, DB

Take Time to design the Platform which includes OS,MW, DB

6-User Portal

Decide the number of Instances required to run the Apps

Design a Intuitive Self Service User Portal

Asses the current and Future Services in the Portal

Build Security into the Portal(Who,When,Why,What)

Standardize the User Portal to enable consistent Ordering & Delivery

7-Service FinancialManagement

Implement a Utility and Usage based Portal

The Billing should be Pay per use

It should have Rapid Elasticity

8-Security &ComplianceAddress Security and Compliance at

the beginning of designing the Applications

The Organization should understand allLegal,Regulatory and Compliance Issues

The Security model should critically addressData segmentation,Threats to Infrastructure

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Mind Map – DC Transformation to Cloud