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[email protected] / Senior Vice President / May 6, 2013

State-of-the-Art Cloud Platforms


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As cloud computing evolves, there are new trends and patterns that begin to

become interesting. In other words, why do we care about cloud computing? Also,

where do we think things are going? In this session we’ll address the forward

looking view of cloud computing platforms. What to expect. How you can take

advantage today.

Introduction


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• Current ways of looking at cloud computing are too broad and too limiting at the same time. – No good categorization of sub-patterns.

– No definition around where things are going, more so than where they have been.

The Problem


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• There seems to be an increasing overuse of cloud computing concepts as saviors for all past IT mistakes.

• Pushing cloud computing as the way to solve all, or even most, computing problems reveals those who make such statements as less than credible.

Why I’m speaking out…


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Architecture?

Technology?

Use cases?

What will it be soon?

So, what is cloud computing?


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From Hype to Growth


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Data is the “Killer App” for Cloud


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Touchpoints of a Conversation Around Big Data


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• Data aggregation in the cloud for common analytics within verticals.

• Combining enterprise data into common data sets.

• Critical BI.

Big Data Trends


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PaaS Layered On IaaS

IaaS

PaaS

Virtual Machines Provisioning Metering

Storage Network

Guest OS

Application ServerLoad Balancer Web Server Application Services

Limited Visibility / Control

Source: JP Morganthal


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Purpose Built PaaS

IaaS

PaaS

Virtual Machines Provisioning Metering

Storage Network

Application ServerLoad Balancer Web Server Application Services

No Direct Access

Business Services



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Integrated Services Infrastructure

Secure Domain

Provisioning MeteringStorage Network

Application RuntimeDatabase Application ServicesWeb Server

High Performance Domain

Provisioning MeteringStorage Network

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Software-defined Data Center



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NIST defines cloud computing as a set of characteristics, delivery models, and deployment models

On-demand self-service

Ubiquitous network access

Resource pooling

Rapid elasticity

Pay per use

5 Characteristics

3 Delivery Models

Private Cloud

Community Cloud

Public Cloud

Hybrid Cloud

4 Deployment Models Software as a Service (SaaS)

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

NIST Definition of Cloud Computing


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• Software as a Service (SaaS) – Applications as a Service

– Utilities as a Service

– Connected and Disconnected

• Platform as a Service (PaaS)– Design as a Service

– Process as a Service

– Testing as a Service

• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)– Database as a Service

– Management as a Service

– Middleware as a Service

– Integration as a Service

– Information as a Service

• …And more.

Delivery Models Morphing


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Infrastructure-as-a-Service

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Storage-as-a-Service

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Database-as-a-Service

Information-as-a-Service

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Application-as-a-Service

Management/Governance-as-a-Service

Testing-as-a-Service

New Stack Emerging


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• The ability to expand storage quickly, and at a lower cost.

• DevOps, around the use of PaaS.

• Large and highly expandable data systems.

• SaaS-delivered enterprise applications.

• New or small business support.

• High performance computing on-demand.

• Office automation applications.

What Works in the Cloud


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• Most legacy system migrations.

• Systems that require a high degree of security.

• Systems that are subject to a lot of regulatory control.

• Systems that need to be tightly integrated with local systems and data.

• Enterprises that have made a significant investment in hardware and software.

• Enterprises with substandard network infrastructure.

What Does Not Work in the Cloud


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Cloud Computing is Becoming Systemic


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• Buzzword “cloud computing” is absorbed into computing.

• Focus on fit and function, and not the hype.

• Security moves to “centralized trust” models.

• Centralized data becomes a key strategic advantage.

• Mobile devices become more powerful, but thin.

• The rise of the “composite cloud.”

Evolution of Cloud Computing


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• Focus on the reorganization and outplacement of data.

• Focus on PaaS, and service companies that are good at PaaS.

• Focus on centralized trust, including moving to identity management models.

• SOA patterns and technology find new value in the cloud.

• Continued focus on mobile computing.

• Home clouds (e.g., iCloud) create a new track of application and appliance development.

• Rise of the “cloud aggregator.”

Where to Invest Your Time & Money


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The Operational Benefits Are Obvious


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Business Agility is the Objective


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Most Cloud-Based Systems Are Lacking Architecture


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Thus, many clouds are not meeting expectations.


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• Inefficient utilization of resources.

• Resource saturation.

• Lack of elasticity and scalability.

• Lack of security and governance.

• Frequent outages.

• Bad or no tenant management.

• Other very bad things.

The Results


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Hitting the Wall


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• Not understanding how to make architectures scale.

• Not dealing with tenant management issues.

• Not understanding that security is systemic, and impacts performance.

• Not understanding the proper use of services (Yes, that means SOA).

• Tossing technology at the problem.

• Listening to the wrong people.

Common Mistakes


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• No two multitenant architectures are alike.

• Needs to be effective in the context of the problem.

• Needs to leverage best architecture practices.

• Needs to practice isolation and protection.

The Multitenant Thing

“With a multitenant architecture, a software application is designed to virtually partition its data and configuration so that each client organization works with a customized virtual application instance.”

Source: Wikipedia


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You have some choices

Source: http://vikashazrati.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/multi-tenancy-explained/


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ABCs of Multitenancy

Source: Steve Bobrowski


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Virtualization is Not Always a Requirement


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• Migration to a Cloud– Business Systems

– Infrastructure

• Building on a Cloud (PaaS)

• Building a Hybrid Cloud

• Building a Cloud– IaaS

– SaaS

– PaaS

Types of Cloud Architecture Patterns Emerging

Complexity


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• Migration to a Cloud– Business Systems

– Infrastructure

• Building on a Cloud (PaaS)

• Building a Hybrid Cloud

• Building a Cloud– IaaS

– SaaS

– PaaS

Types of Cloud Architecture Patterns Emerging

We’ll focus here

Complexity


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General Architecture Patterns to Follow


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1. Governance

2. Regulatory Compliance

3. Security & Identity Management

4. Business Continuity

5. Process and Services

6. Data Management

7. System Integration

8. Resource Skills & Knowledge

9. Application Readiness

10. Network Readiness

Enterprise Vulnerabilities - Assess your Risks

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Build a solid foundation:

• Determine business drivers

• Understand: data, services, business processes and system integration points

• Design a “cloud-friendly” enterprise architecture roadmap that leverages Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)

• Determine an integration strategy for internal and external systems

• Outline a migration path for legacy systems to the new architecture

Architecture Roadmap General Guidance


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“as-is”


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“to be”


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Deploy


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• Focus on the primitives. – The best clouds are sets of low level services that can be configured.

• Data services

• Transaction services

• Utility services

• Leverage distributed components that are centrally controlled.

• Build for tenants, not users.

• Don’t lean too much on virtualization.

• Security and governance are systemic.

General Rules & Guidelines


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Use Case:

General Business System Migration to the Cloud


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• Break the system down to it’s component parts, understanding each part.

• Rethink the database, it’s typically a mess.

• Rethink the system as sets of services/API, watch the granularity. – Data services, transaction services, utility services

• Create a security and governance plan.

• Consider the user interfaces.

• Consider device interfaces.

• Migrate only the components to the cloud that will provide the best value.

The General Idea


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• Good News:– Most cloud platforms provide the tenant management features for you.

– Most cloud platforms manage the resources for you.

– The cloud platforms are getting better.

• Bad News:– Security is still your problem.

– Application and service design is still your problem.

– Testing can be a hassle.

– Watch out for immaturity if standards.

Good News / Bad News


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Security & Identity

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Data

Data Services/Abstraction

Transactional Services

Process Management (BPMS) Composites/Portals

Monitoring and Management

Rules Management

Reference Architecture


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Create the InformationModel

OntologiesOntologies

Understand Ontologies

Understand the Data

DataDictionary &Metadata

DataDictionary &Metadata

Catalog the Data

DataCatalog

DataCatalog

LegacyMetadata

LegacyMetadata

ExternalMetadata(B2B)

ExternalMetadata(B2B)

Build Information Model

InformationModel

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Create a Service Model

CandidateServices

CandidateServicesUnderstand Services

Information to Services

ServicesAndInformation

ServicesAndInformation

Build Service Model

ServiceModel

ServiceModel

DataCatalog

DataCatalog

InformationModel

InformationModel


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Source: Microsoft


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Source: Microsoft


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Create a Process Model

CandidateProcesses

CandidateProcessesUnderstand Processes

Services to Processes

Services toProcesses

Services toProcesses

Build Process Model

ProcessModel

ProcessModel

DataCatalog

DataCatalog

InformationModel

InformationModel

ServiceModel

ServiceModel


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Rules Management


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Source: Activevos


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Create a Governance Model

Defined Policies

Defined PoliciesDefine Policies

Design Policies

PolicyDesigns

PolicyDesigns

Implement Policies

GovernanceModel

GovernanceModel

ProcessModel

ProcessModel

InformationModel

InformationModel

ServiceModel

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Security & Identity

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Rules Management


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Select Platforms and DeployProcesses, Services, and Datato Platforms.

CandidatePlatforms

CandidatePlatforms

List Candidate Platforms

Analyze and Test Candidate Platforms

TestResults

TestResults

Select Target Platforms

TargetPlatforms

TargetPlatforms

ProcessAssignments

ProcessAssignments

ServiceAssignments

ServiceAssignments

DataAssignments

DataAssignments

Deploy toTarget Platforms


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• Cloud-based roles and org• Workload centric resource models

(e.g., e-mail)• Co-sourced staff

• Automation & self service• Consumption-based charge-back

models• Mature service framework to

manage service-centric model

• Pervasive virtualization• Converged architecture• Federated workloads• Pools of resources

• Achieving the end-state requires significant transformation

Readiness: People, Process & Technology

Enterprise IT Cloud

TECHNOLOGY

• Complex• Expensive• Inflexible• Siloed

PROCESS

• Little infrastructure automation• Services allocated to LOB or

application owner• ITIL-based services frameworks

loosely applied

PEOPLE

Organizational silos of • Infrastructure (compute, storage,

network)• Application & management• Security



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• Lower trust requirements enable flexible deployment

Trust Will Play a Central Role

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Risk

Compliance

Governance

Law

Standards

SLAs

Enforcement

Monitoring

Organization

Uncertainty

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Erik Sebesta, Founder & CATO, Cloud Technology Partners

In this role as Chief Architect and Technology Officer, Erik helps enterprise customers begin and complete enterprise-wide transformations to cloud-based solutions. He facilitates sessions to derive a strategic roadmap of prioritized initiatives, well balanced with the organizations capacity to achieve them. Erik has spent the past 2 years with 50+ CIOs and CTOs of F2000 companies on their cloud strategies. From his recent entrepreneurial endeavors, he separates the true benefits from the hype of cloud computing.


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John Treadway, SVP, Cloud Technology Partners

Mr. John Treadway serves as Senior Vice President at Cloud Technology Partners Inc. Mr. Treadway serves as Vice President of Business Development at Clearpoint Funding, Inc. He served as Vice President of Business Development of Virgin Money USA, Inc. (formerly, CircleLending, Inc). He managed strategic partnerships and business development at CircleLending. He has more than twenty years of sales, business development and marketing experience in the financial services and enterprise technology markets. He consulted on marketing and business development in the enterprise software market.


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Bernard Golden, Vice President, Enterprise Solutions, Enstratius

Bernard Golden has been called a “cloud guru” and a “cloud computing rockstar.” He is Vice President, Enterprise Solutions for Enstratius, a leading cloud management software company. In this role, he works with large enterprises throughout the world, helping them migrate to cloud computing and gain its full benefits. Formerly, was the CEO of HyperStratus, a Silicon Valley cloud computing consultancy that works with clients throughout the world.


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Scott BilsPartner, Everest Group

Randy BiasCo-Founder and CTO, Cloudscaling


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8:30 AM – 9:45 AM Introduction to the Workshop and the State of the Art Cloud Platforms

Instructor: David Linthicum, SVP, Cloud Technology Partners

9:45 AM – 10:30 AM Understanding IaaS Requirements, Design, and Performance

Instructor: John Treadway, SVP, Cloud Technology Partners

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break

10:45 AM – 11:30 AM Panel: The Changing Nature of Cloud Platform Deployment

Moderator: David Linthicum, SVP, Cloud Technology PartnersPanelist: Rob Craft, Senior Director – Cloud, Microsoft CorporationPanelist: Peder Ulander, VP of Product Marketing, Cloud Platforms, CitrixPanelist: Jim Anthony, Vice President, Sales Engineering, TerremarkPanelist: Adityashankar Kini, Director, Stingray Engineering, Riverbed

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11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Creating Your Enterprise AWS Strategy/Architecture

Instructor: Bernard Golden, Vice President, Enterprise Solutions, Enstratius

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Panel: Are Cloud Standards Real?

Moderator: David Linthicum, SVP, Cloud Technology PartnersPanelist: Bernard Golden, Vice President, Enterprise Solutions, EnstratiusPanelist: Randy Bias, Co-Founder and CTO, Cloudscaling

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Next Generation IaaS, PaaS, and Database-as-a-Service


2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Panel: The “Killer” Cloud Apps in 2014

Moderator: David Linthicum, SVP, Cloud Technology PartnersPanelist: Thiru Suresh, Director, Product Marketing, CiscoPanelist: Margaret Dawson, Vice President & Cloud Evangelist, HP

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2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Best Practices for Application Migration to Public Clouds

Instructor: Erik Sebesta, Founder & CATO, Cloud Technology Partners

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM Break

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM Panel: Deployment and Operating Planning that Works the First Time

Moderator: David Linthicum, SVP, Cloud Technology PartnersPanelist: Bernard Golden, Vice President, Enterprise Solutions, EnstratiusPanelist: Scott Bils, Partner, Everest GroupPanelist: Randy Bias, Co-Founder and CTO, Cloudscaling

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM What is the True Future of Cloud Computing?


4:15 PM – 4:30 PM Closing Remarks – A Path Forward to the Cloud


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