Envisioning a Cloud Strategy

OUR Envisioning a Cloud Strategy Benefits • Lower TCO Outweigh the Risks/ Challenges Scalability • Speed to Innovation Agility/Rapid Public Cloud Transiert/Unpredictable virtualized; Shared infrastructure |Infrastructu Productivita Applications an Automaon en mand provisioning of ource, ons ndastructure The use oT urcestypicaly metered, which aows Figure 1 As ompantes iry to determne which elemets of their IT andcape eation, workdoad, nmenta god te for igaing to the c,wtm wh d opertng me deler buiness hey should cenider ve ftsinch PRIVATE Externa Cloud EXTERNAL PROVIDER Application Pistorms Intastructure uness imperves Bnes Ccaity on t Generion virtualized; shared BUT customized/ Development Network Bandwdh Organtional Structure Demand Elticty Technology Complexty Stoage egument Applications Readiness for Change Complenity Environment e De Server Compuing more secure People and y Saty A Pertomance infrastructure Storage & Backup Manageabty Conectivity Process Maturity Intertaces egratons Securty Tools Vendors, Partnes al Clnt PeglryComnce Iteroperatity Clent Computing Rsk Complance Sueport Coverge Rakp Dinter everytine OUR Cloud Deployment 68 /l cos T ITDepartment Infrastructure Apps Internal Private Cloud Explaining Cloud Computing: A Visual Aid virtualized; dedicated infrastructure One of the many challenges facing an IT professional these days is explaining cloud computing - both the concept and a company's options -to non-IT executives. Cloud Readiness Assessment Our Business Units This poster represents the sort of explanatory sketch you might draw at a white board in talking about your company's cloud strategy. In fact, we hope you'l find the poster useful in actual conversations about the cloud you have with colleagues. Consider: 1. Organization 2. Application 3. Platform 4. Infastructure The sketch depicts three different cloud alternatives- public cloud, external private oloud and internal private oloud- as well as the non-cloud option of your existing tightly.coupled IT system. It lists factors to conaider in determining which elements of your IT landscape are good candidates for migration to a cloud environment and, for those that are, Legaeg Apps ! Non-Cloud to which kinds of clouds. On-Premise IT These different ekements can be placed along a spectrum that ranges from your curent IT system at Non-virtualized; dedicated Risks/ Challenges Outweigh the Benefits one end (relatively secure, posing none of the challenges of moving to the oloud, but also offering none of the benefits) to a public cloud environment at the other infrastructure (less secure, significant migration challenges, but also significant benefits). metered Service The appropriate cloud or non-cloud environment for different elements of the average company's IT operations is indicated on the sketoh by dotted sticky notes. Using actual sticky notes, you can leed a discussion about where these elements should fall along the spectrum in your company's case. Note from the drawing that, whatever your strategy's mix of cloud options, the end-user experience will be the same and the services will typically be delivered on a pay-as-you-go basis. This process is explained in more detail in the article "A Systematic Approach to Developing a Cloud Strategy" (CIO Straight Talk, Issue Number 1, p. 67, or at www.unstructure.org/straighttalk). In Emromant 000 Data Sandithe 000 OUR Envisioning a Cloud Strategy Benefits • Lower TCO Outweigh the Risks/ Challenges Scalability • Speed to Innovation Agility/Rapid Public Cloud Transiert/Unpredictable virtualized; Shared infrastructure |Infrastructu Productivita Applications an Automaon en mand provisioning of ource, ons ndastructure The use oT urcestypicaly metered, which aows Figure 1 As ompantes iry to determne which elemets of their IT andcape eation, workdoad, nmenta god te for igaing to the c,wtm wh d opertng me deler buiness hey should cenider ve ftsinch PRIVATE Externa Cloud EXTERNAL PROVIDER Application Pistorms Intastructure uness imperves Bnes Ccaity on t Generion virtualized; shared BUT customized/ Development Network Bandwdh Organtional Structure Demand Elticty Technology Complexty Stoage egument Applications Readiness for Change Complenity Environment e De Server Compuing more secure People and y Saty A Pertomance infrastructure Storage & Backup Manageabty Conectivity Process Maturity Intertaces egratons Securty Tools Vendors, Partnes al Clnt PeglryComnce Iteroperatity Clent Computing Rsk Complance Sueport Coverge Rakp Dinter everytine OUR Cloud Deployment 68 /l cos T ITDepartment Infrastructure Apps Internal Private Cloud Explaining Cloud Computing: A Visual Aid virtualized; dedicated infrastructure One of the many challenges facing an IT professional these days is explaining cloud computing - both the concept and a company's options -to non-IT executives. Cloud Readiness Assessment Our Business Units This poster represents the sort of explanatory sketch you might draw at a white board in talking about your 門 company's cloud strategy. In fact, we hope you'l find the poster useful in actual conversations about the cloud you have with colleagues. Consider: 1. Organization 2. Application 3. Platform 4. Infastructure The sketch depicts three different cloud alternatives- public cloud, external private oloud and internal private oloud- as well as the non-cloud option of your existing tightly.coupled IT system. It lists factors to conaider in determining which elements of your IT landscape are good candidates for migration to a cloud environment and, for those that are, Legaeg Apps ! Non-Cloud to which kinds of clouds. ( mainframes On-Premise IT These different ekements can be placed along a spectrum that ranges from your curent IT system at Non-virtualized; dedicated Risks/ Challenges Outweigh the Benefits one end (relatively secure, posing none of the challenges of moving to the oloud, but also offering none of the benefits) to a public cloud environment at the other infrastructure (less secure, significant migration challenges, but also significant benefits). metered Service The appropriate cloud or non-cloud environment for different elements of the average company's IT operations is indicated on the sketoh by dotted sticky notes. Using actual sticky notes, you can leed a discussion about where these elements should fall along the spectrum in your company's case. Note from the drawing that, whatever your strategy's mix of cloud options, the end-user experience will be the same and the services will typically be delivered on a pay-as-you-go basis. This process is explained in more detail in the article "A Systematic Approach to Developing a Cloud Strategy" (CIO Straight Talk, Issue Number 1, p. 67, or at www.unstructure.org/straighttalk). In Emromant 000 Data Sandithe 000 OUR Envisioning a Cloud Strategy Benefits • Lower TCO Outweigh the Risks/ Challenges Scalability • Speed to Innovation Agility/Rapid Public Cloud Transiert/Unpredictable virtualized; Shared infrastructure |Infrastructu Productivita Applications an Automaon en mand provisioning of ource, ons ndastructure The use oT urcestypicaly metered, which aows Figure 1 As ompantes iry to determne which elemets of their IT andcape eation, workdoad, nmenta god te for igaing to the c,wtm wh d opertng me deler buiness hey should cenider ve ftsinch PRIVATE Externa Cloud EXTERNAL PROVIDER Application Pistorms Intastructure uness imperves Bnes Ccaity on t Generion virtualized; shared BUT customized/ Development Network Bandwdh Organtional Structure Demand Elticty Technology Complexty Stoage egument Applications Readiness for Change Complenity Environment e De Server Compuing more secure People and y Saty A Pertomance infrastructure Storage & Backup Manageabty Conectivity Process Maturity Intertaces egratons Securty Tools Vendors, Partnes al Clnt PeglryComnce Iteroperatity Clent Computing Rsk Complance Sueport Coverge Rakp Dinter everytine OUR Cloud Deployment 68 /l cos T ITDepartment Infrastructure Apps Internal Private Cloud Explaining Cloud Computing: A Visual Aid virtualized; dedicated infrastructure One of the many challenges facing an IT professional these days is explaining cloud computing - both the concept and a company's options -to non-IT executives. Cloud Readiness Assessment Our Business Units This poster represents the sort of explanatory sketch you might draw at a white board in talking about your 門 company's cloud strategy. In fact, we hope you'l find the poster useful in actual conversations about the cloud you have with colleagues. Consider: 1. Organization 2. Application 3. Platform 4. Infastructure The sketch depicts three different cloud alternatives- public cloud, external private oloud and internal private oloud- as well as the non-cloud option of your existing tightly.coupled IT system. It lists factors to conaider in determining which elements of your IT landscape are good candidates for migration to a cloud environment and, for those that are, Legaeg Apps ! Non-Cloud to which kinds of clouds. ( mainframes On-Premise IT These different ekements can be placed along a spectrum that ranges from your curent IT system at Non-virtualized; dedicated Risks/ Challenges Outweigh the Benefits one end (relatively secure, posing none of the challenges of moving to the oloud, but also offering none of the benefits) to a public cloud environment at the other infrastructure (less secure, significant migration challenges, but also significant benefits). metered Service The appropriate cloud or non-cloud environment for different elements of the average company's IT operations is indicated on the sketoh by dotted sticky notes. Using actual sticky notes, you can leed a discussion about where these elements should fall along the spectrum in your company's case. Note from the drawing that, whatever your strategy's mix of cloud options, the end-user experience will be the same and the services will typically be delivered on a pay-as-you-go basis. This process is explained in more detail in the article "A Systematic Approach to Developing a Cloud Strategy" (CIO Straight Talk, Issue Number 1, p. 67, or at www.unstructure.org/straighttalk). In Emromant 000 Data Sandithe 000 OUR Envisioning a Cloud Strategy Benefits • Lower TCO Outweigh the Risks/ Challenges Scalability • Speed to Innovation Agility/Rapid Public Cloud Transiert/Unpredictable virtualized; Shared infrastructure |Infrastructu Productivita Applications an Automaon en mand provisioning of ource, ons ndastructure The use oT urcestypicaly metered, which aows Figure 1 As ompantes iry to determne which elemets of their IT andcape eation, workdoad, nmenta god te for igaing to the c,wtm wh d opertng me deler buiness hey should cenider ve ftsinch PRIVATE Externa Cloud EXTERNAL PROVIDER Application Pistorms Intastructure uness imperves Bnes Ccaity on t Generion virtualized; shared BUT customized/ Development Network Bandwdh Organtional Structure Demand Elticty Technology Complexty Stoage egument Applications Readiness for Change Complenity Environment e De Server Compuing more secure People and y Saty A Pertomance infrastructure Storage & Backup Manageabty Conectivity Process Maturity Intertaces egratons Securty Tools Vendors, Partnes al Clnt PeglryComnce Iteroperatity Clent Computing Rsk Complance Sueport Coverge Rakp Dinter everytine OUR Cloud Deployment 68 /l cos T ITDepartment Infrastructure Apps Internal Private Cloud Explaining Cloud Computing: A Visual Aid virtualized; dedicated infrastructure One of the many challenges facing an IT professional these days is explaining cloud computing - both the concept and a company's options -to non-IT executives. Cloud Readiness Assessment Our Business Units This poster represents the sort of explanatory sketch you might draw at a white board in talking about your 門 company's cloud strategy. In fact, we hope you'l find the poster useful in actual conversations about the cloud you have with colleagues. Consider: 1. Organization 2. Application 3. Platform 4. Infastructure The sketch depicts three different cloud alternatives- public cloud, external private oloud and internal private oloud- as well as the non-cloud option of your existing tightly.coupled IT system. It lists factors to conaider in determining which elements of your IT landscape are good candidates for migration to a cloud environment and, for those that are, Legaeg Apps ! Non-Cloud to which kinds of clouds. ( mainframes On-Premise IT These different ekements can be placed along a spectrum that ranges from your curent IT system at Non-virtualized; dedicated Risks/ Challenges Outweigh the Benefits one end (relatively secure, posing none of the challenges of moving to the oloud, but also offering none of the benefits) to a public cloud environment at the other infrastructure (less secure, significant migration challenges, but also significant benefits). metered Service The appropriate cloud or non-cloud environment for different elements of the average company's IT operations is indicated on the sketoh by dotted sticky notes. Using actual sticky notes, you can leed a discussion about where these elements should fall along the spectrum in your company's case. Note from the drawing that, whatever your strategy's mix of cloud options, the end-user experience will be the same and the services will typically be delivered on a pay-as-you-go basis. This process is explained in more detail in the article "A Systematic Approach to Developing a Cloud Strategy" (CIO Straight Talk, Issue Number 1, p. 67, or at www.unstructure.org/straighttalk). In Emromant 000 Data Sandithe 000 OUR Envisioning a Cloud Strategy Benefits • Lower TCO Outweigh the Risks/ Challenges Scalability • Speed to Innovation Agility/Rapid Public Cloud Transiert/Unpredictable virtualized; Shared infrastructure |Infrastructu Productivita Applications an Automaon en mand provisioning of ource, ons ndastructure The use oT urcestypicaly metered, which aows Figure 1 As ompantes iry to determne which elemets of their IT andcape eation, workdoad, nmenta god te for igaing to the c,wtm wh d opertng me deler buiness hey should cenider ve ftsinch PRIVATE Externa Cloud EXTERNAL PROVIDER Application Pistorms Intastructure uness imperves Bnes Ccaity on t Generion virtualized; shared BUT customized/ Development Network Bandwdh Organtional Structure Demand Elticty Technology Complexty Stoage egument Applications Readiness for Change Complenity Environment e De Server Compuing more secure People and y Saty A Pertomance infrastructure Storage & Backup Manageabty Conectivity Process Maturity Intertaces egratons Securty Tools Vendors, Partnes al Clnt PeglryComnce Iteroperatity Clent Computing Rsk Complance Sueport Coverge Rakp Dinter everytine OUR Cloud Deployment 68 /l cos T ITDepartment Infrastructure Apps Internal Private Cloud Explaining Cloud Computing: A Visual Aid virtualized; dedicated infrastructure One of the many challenges facing an IT professional these days is explaining cloud computing - both the concept and a company's options -to non-IT executives. Cloud Readiness Assessment Our Business Units This poster represents the sort of explanatory sketch you might draw at a white board in talking about your 門 company's cloud strategy. In fact, we hope you'l find the poster useful in actual conversations about the cloud you have with colleagues. Consider: 1. Organization 2. Application 3. Platform 4. Infastructure The sketch depicts three different cloud alternatives- public cloud, external private oloud and internal private oloud- as well as the non-cloud option of your existing tightly.coupled IT system. It lists factors to conaider in determining which elements of your IT landscape are good candidates for migration to a cloud environment and, for those that are, Legaeg Apps ! Non-Cloud to which kinds of clouds. ( mainframes On-Premise IT These different ekements can be placed along a spectrum that ranges from your curent IT system at Non-virtualized; dedicated Risks/ Challenges Outweigh the Benefits one end (relatively secure, posing none of the challenges of moving to the oloud, but also offering none of the benefits) to a public cloud environment at the other infrastructure (less secure, significant migration challenges, but also significant benefits). metered Service The appropriate cloud or non-cloud environment for different elements of the average company's IT operations is indicated on the sketoh by dotted sticky notes. Using actual sticky notes, you can leed a discussion about where these elements should fall along the spectrum in your company's case. Note from the drawing that, whatever your strategy's mix of cloud options, the end-user experience will be the same and the services will typically be delivered on a pay-as-you-go basis. This process is explained in more detail in the article "A Systematic Approach to Developing a Cloud Strategy" (CIO Straight Talk, Issue Number 1, p. 67, or at www.unstructure.org/straighttalk). In Emromant 000 Data Sandithe 000 OUR Envisioning a Cloud Strategy Benefits • Lower TCO Outweigh the Risks/ Challenges Scalability • Speed to Innovation Agility/Rapid Public Cloud Transiert/Unpredictable virtualized; Shared infrastructure |Infrastructu Productivita Applications an Automaon en mand provisioning of ource, ons ndastructure The use oT urcestypicaly metered, which aows Figure 1 As ompantes iry to determne which elemets of their IT andcape eation, workdoad, nmenta god te for igaing to the c,wtm wh d opertng me deler buiness hey should cenider ve ftsinch PRIVATE Externa Cloud EXTERNAL PROVIDER Application Pistorms Intastructure uness imperves Bnes Ccaity on t Generion virtualized; shared BUT customized/ Development Network Bandwdh Organtional Structure Demand Elticty Technology Complexty Stoage egument Applications Readiness for Change Complenity Environment e De Server Compuing more secure People and y Saty A Pertomance infrastructure Storage & Backup Manageabty Conectivity Process Maturity Intertaces egratons Securty Tools Vendors, Partnes al Clnt PeglryComnce Iteroperatity Clent Computing Rsk Complance Sueport Coverge Rakp Dinter everytine OUR Cloud Deployment 68 /l cos T ITDepartment Infrastructure Apps Internal Private Cloud Explaining Cloud Computing: A Visual Aid virtualized; dedicated infrastructure One of the many challenges facing an IT professional these days is explaining cloud computing - both the concept and a company's options -to non-IT executives. Cloud Readiness Assessment Our Business Units This poster represents the sort of explanatory sketch you might draw at a white board in talking about your 門 company's cloud strategy. In fact, we hope you'l find the poster useful in actual conversations about the cloud you have with colleagues. Consider: 1. Organization 2. Application 3. Platform 4. Infastructure The sketch depicts three different cloud alternatives- public cloud, external private oloud and internal private oloud- as well as the non-cloud option of your existing tightly.coupled IT system. It lists factors to conaider in determining which elements of your IT landscape are good candidates for migration to a cloud environment and, for those that are, Legaeg Apps ! Non-Cloud to which kinds of clouds. ( mainframes On-Premise IT These different ekements can be placed along a spectrum that ranges from your curent IT system at Non-virtualized; dedicated Risks/ Challenges Outweigh the Benefits one end (relatively secure, posing none of the challenges of moving to the oloud, but also offering none of the benefits) to a public cloud environment at the other infrastructure (less secure, significant migration challenges, but also significant benefits). metered Service The appropriate cloud or non-cloud environment for different elements of the average company's IT operations is indicated on the sketoh by dotted sticky notes. Using actual sticky notes, you can leed a discussion about where these elements should fall along the spectrum in your company's case. Note from the drawing that, whatever your strategy's mix of cloud options, the end-user experience will be the same and the services will typically be delivered on a pay-as-you-go basis. This process is explained in more detail in the article "A Systematic Approach to Developing a Cloud Strategy" (CIO Straight Talk, Issue Number 1, p. 67, or at www.unstructure.org/straighttalk). In Emromant 000 Data Sandithe 000 OUR Envisioning a Cloud Strategy Benefits • Lower TCO Outweigh the Risks/ Challenges Scalability • Speed to Innovation Agility/Rapid Public Cloud Transiert/Unpredictable virtualized; Shared infrastructure |Infrastructu Productivita Applications an Automaon en mand provisioning of ource, ons ndastructure The use oT urcestypicaly metered, which aows Figure 1 As ompantes iry to determne which elemets of their IT andcape eation, workdoad, nmenta god te for igaing to the c,wtm wh d opertng me deler buiness hey should cenider ve ftsinch PRIVATE Externa Cloud EXTERNAL PROVIDER Application Pistorms Intastructure uness imperves Bnes Ccaity on t Generion virtualized; shared BUT customized/ Development Network Bandwdh Organtional Structure Demand Elticty Technology Complexty Stoage egument Applications Readiness for Change Complenity Environment e De Server Compuing more secure People and y Saty A Pertomance infrastructure Storage & Backup Manageabty Conectivity Process Maturity Intertaces egratons Securty Tools Vendors, Partnes al Clnt PeglryComnce Iteroperatity Clent Computing Rsk Complance Sueport Coverge Rakp Dinter everytine OUR Cloud Deployment 68 /l cos T ITDepartment Infrastructure Apps Internal Private Cloud Explaining Cloud Computing: A Visual Aid virtualized; dedicated infrastructure One of the many challenges facing an IT professional these days is explaining cloud computing - both the concept and a company's options -to non-IT executives. Cloud Readiness Assessment Our Business Units This poster represents the sort of explanatory sketch you might draw at a white board in talking about your 門 company's cloud strategy. In fact, we hope you'l find the poster useful in actual conversations about the cloud you have with colleagues. Consider: 1. Organization 2. Application 3. Platform 4. Infastructure The sketch depicts three different cloud alternatives- public cloud, external private oloud and internal private oloud- as well as the non-cloud option of your existing tightly.coupled IT system. It lists factors to conaider in determining which elements of your IT landscape are good candidates for migration to a cloud environment and, for those that are, Legaeg Apps ! Non-Cloud to which kinds of clouds. ( mainframes On-Premise IT These different ekements can be placed along a spectrum that ranges from your curent IT system at Non-virtualized; dedicated Risks/ Challenges Outweigh the Benefits one end (relatively secure, posing none of the challenges of moving to the oloud, but also offering none of the benefits) to a public cloud environment at the other infrastructure (less secure, significant migration challenges, but also significant benefits). metered Service The appropriate cloud or non-cloud environment for different elements of the average company's IT operations is indicated on the sketoh by dotted sticky notes. Using actual sticky notes, you can leed a discussion about where these elements should fall along the spectrum in your company's case. Note from the drawing that, whatever your strategy's mix of cloud options, the end-user experience will be the same and the services will typically be delivered on a pay-as-you-go basis. This process is explained in more detail in the article "A Systematic Approach to Developing a Cloud Strategy" (CIO Straight Talk, Issue Number 1, p. 67, or at www.unstructure.org/straighttalk). In Emromant 000 Data Sandithe 000