RightScale User Conference NYC 2011 -
Michael Crandell - CEO, RightScale
Brian Adler - Solutions Architect, RightScale
Cloud misconceptions and corporate inertia often surface as the greatest inhibitors of enterprise cloud adoption. In this session, we'll share successful enterprise use cases and give you practical tips on addressing legitimate concerns to accelerate cloud adoption within your organization. We'll discuss specific issues that enterprises often encounter when using cloud-based resource pools, such as managing security, visibility, and control through infrastructure audits.
Ensuring Technical Readiness For Copilot in Microsoft 365
Advancing Cloud Initiatives and Removing Barriers to Adoption
1. Advancing Cloud Initiatives and Removing Barriers to Adoption Michael Crandell - CEO, RightScale Brian Adler - Sr. Professional Services Architect, RightScale June 8th, 2011
2. Agenda State of the Cloud in the Enterprise Perceived Barriers to Adoption Enterprise Use Cases Pragmatic Path to Cloud Adoption
3. Similar to the electrical grid, compute resources are becoming a commodity Beginning of Tidal Shift
62. Self-Service IT Portal Goals Self-service access … … to multiple application stacks … on multiple IT resource pools Requirements Use only compliant and certified builds Access selected resource pools based on role & group membership Consumption metering and tracking Easily share best practices
65. Dev & Test Available, Easily Provisioned Resources
66. Batch Processing / Grid Computing Challenges For IT High capital investment, typically low capacity utilization Scheduling conflicts, constant provisioning Specialized architectural and operational skills Specialized software applications and unique datasets For End Users Wait for resources Limited to resources available in the datacenter
67. Grid Computing in the Cloud Grid Computing in the Cloud Cloud Computing Model Resolves Scheduling Issues Resources on Demand Virtually Infinite Resources Supports Faster Processing Matches Costs to Demand Pay as You Go
68. Cloud-based Grid Computing Use Cases Pharmaceutical Analysis – Researchers expected a protein analysis comparing 2.5 million compounds to take a week of processing on internal servers • Using hundreds of servers, the job was completed in one day Insurance Claims Loss Control – Systems for detecting fraudulent, improper or duplicate claims in batches of millions of claims would have required months of processing time to run and millions of dollars in capital outlay to build in the data center • Batch runs finished in a few days at significantly lower cost Web 2.0 – One customer transcodes images to render video on demand • Processing time was reduced from hours on internal resources to minutes Financial Data Processing –Back testing environments that analyze data to test new trading strategies • Trading strategies analyzed faster and more cost-effectively by scaling out servers
93. RightScale Resource Pools Requirements Filter Application Portfolio Public Clouds Performance App 1 App 1 Private Clouds Cost App 2 App 2 AWS VPC Security App N Compliance App N Resource Pools Reliability Data Center Colocation Assess Applications for Fit
94. Demo Create a demo Address a specific problem or opportunity Example: Live demo to access a pre-configured deployment (in this case, the IBM middleware stack), make a modification and launch You are demonstrating control, agility and rapid provisioning Chins from the IBMers were on the floor when they saw a full IBM middleware stack provisioned in 6 minutes Call us if you’d like help
95. Propose a Project Not an all-or-nothing, either/or discussion Any given project may or may not be suited for cloud 10+ reasons to use cloud / 10+ reasons not to Don't boil the ocean – go for low-hanging fruit Use small, well-defined projects to kick off a POC Once first application is operational, expand from there Take advantage of “VIP accounts” Cloud-ready Solution Packs Develop & Test, ScalableWebsite Grid, Gaming Editions
103. We hope to see you at our next RightScale User Conference! See all presentations and videos at RightScale.com/Conference.
Hinweis der Redaktion
Early AdoptersThey “buy into new product concepts very early in their life cycle, but unlike innovators, they are not technologists. Rather they are people who find it easy to imagine, understand, and appreciate the benefits of a new technology, and to relate these potential benefits to their other concerns. Because they rely on their own intuition and vision, they are key to opening up any high-tech market segment.”Change Agent “What the early adopter is buying [is a] change agent. By being the first to implement this change in their industry, the early adopters expect to get a jump on the competition… They are also prepared to bear with the inevitable bugs and glitches.”Early MajorityThey “share some of the early adopter’s ability to relate to technology, but ultimately they are driven by a strong sense of practicality. … They want to see well-established references before investing substantially. Because there are so many people in this segment—roughly one-third of the whole adoption life cycle—winning their business is key to any substantial profits and growth.”Productivity Improvement “By contrast, the early majority want to buy a productivity improvement for existing operations. … They want technology to enhance, not overthrow, the established ways of doing business.” And “they do not want to debug somebody else’s product.”
Early AdoptersThey “buy into new product concepts very early in their life cycle, but unlike innovators, they are not technologists. Rather they are people who find it easy to imagine, understand, and appreciate the benefits of a new technology, and to relate these potential benefits to their other concerns. Because they rely on their own intuition and vision, they are key to opening up any high-tech market segment.”Change Agent “What the early adopter is buying [is a] change agent. By being the first to implement this change in their industry, the early adopters expect to get a jump on the competition… They are also prepared to bear with the inevitable bugs and glitches.”Early MajorityThey “share some of the early adopter’s ability to relate to technology, but ultimately they are driven by a strong sense of practicality. … They want to see well-established references before investing substantially. Because there are so many people in this segment—roughly one-third of the whole adoption life cycle—winning their business is key to any substantial profits and growth.”Productivity Improvement “By contrast, the early majority want to buy a productivity improvement for existing operations. … They want technology to enhance, not overthrow, the established ways of doing business.” And “they do not want to debug somebody else’s product.”