Cloud Repatriation – when does it make sense for you? As many organizations are adopting cloud-first strategy, there is also a growing trend that organizations are moving their workload and data away from public cloud. Discover their motivations, what, when and why it makes sense? Understand the options, roadmaps and obstacles that are associated with this decision. Join us at a devil's advocate perspective to the public cloud migration journey.

1. When Does It Make Sense for You
CLOUD REPATRIATION

2. Hubert Chan
Director, Cloud Data Innovation
Platform
Hudson’s Bay Company
● Enterprise Data Architect
● 20 years in IT Management
Consulting
● 8+ years in the cloud
● Certified in 6 cloud vendors
● Serving cross-industry
clients from Fortune 1000s
to start-ups
The views of this talk are my own and does not reflect the views of HBC, or any past employers/clients.

3. What is CLOUD REPATRIATION?
Cloud Repatriation is the process of shifting workloads out of
public cloud. The trend has businesses moving these
workload into on-premise or hosted environment.

4. CLOUD ADOPTION TRENDS
COST-SAVINGS
NEW LEADERHIP
Focus on ROI and TCO,
turning Capex-to-Opex
TIME-TO-MARKET
Create product faster with
agility and latest innovative
tech
Legacy debt is increasing
and become prohibitive
Bold moves are needed to
accelerate Digital
Transformations
VALUE DRIVEN
Leads to Cloud First Strategy

5. IMPLEMENTATIONS
Options for
migration and
considerations
DECISIONSMOTIVATIONS
What triggers the
move?
01
When to pull the
trigger?
02
CLOUD REPATRIATION
03

6. MOTIVATIONS 01

7. Capex vs Opex
Is already renting really
better?
Vendor Lock-In
100K, 500K, 1M $$$
On their terms?
Unpredictability
Who created those VMs?
COST
Unsuitable Workloads
We are mature & we
don’t play well with
the millennials
Cost Optimization
Turn on, Turn off,
Turn on, Turn off..
Statistics
Are you the winner?
01

8. Network Latency
Connecting back to
on-Prem,
between public
clouds, between
partners &
customers
Availability
My servers, apps,
databases are
all ghosting
me
App Processing
Delays
I will be late for
dinner .. &
probably
breakfast
PERFORMANCE
01

9. Security
Are you on NY Times
headlines yet?
Corporate Policies
Are you an adult yet?
Data Residency
GDPR, HIPPA,
upcoming
privacy laws
Shadow IT
Johnny’s dog did it
SECURITY & GOVERNANCE
01

10. Talent
How many of your
guys are
certified?
Attrition
My salary just
doubled – see
you later
Calls for Board Skillsets
As a DBA, I need
to know CIDR?
Like apple
cider?
SKILLS & CAPABILITIES GAP
01

11. INDUSTRY RESEARCH - IDC
Security is listed as the top
motivation for moving off
public cloud
01
Credit: IDC Research, Ref #2

12. INDUSTRY RESEARCH – COVID-19
COVID actually accelerated the move of more workload to Private Cloud and Public Cloud
With only 8% increase in cloud repatriation from public cloud
01
Credit: IDC Research, Ref #1

13. DECISIONS 02

14. STRATEGIC
● Large business impacts
● Long-term benefits
● Aligns with analytical results
● Significant resource allocations
WHEN TO PULL THE TRIGGER?
TACTICAL
● To enable quick resolutions to address
immediate issues
● Wait for ‘X’ to catch up
● Minimal resource allocation
Where are you in the Cloud Journey?
Beginning
Full Pubic Cloud
02

15. BUSINESS
DRIVERS
Economy
Innovation
Business Models
Optimization
WORKLOADS &
TIPPING POINTS
Identified Apps
Determining Factors
Technical Feasibility
VALUE
ANALYSIS
Understand Value vs Outcome
ROI, TCO
Cost Savings
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
ROADMAP
02

16. Do you waste resources on
public cloud?
Are any compute resources sitting idle
Are you encountering app
performance or latency issues?
Access data assets
Storage, Transport, Organization
Do you have specific compliance
and regulatory standards?
GDPR, HIPPA, CCPA, PCI
Data Residency
Privacy Laws
Do you have enough IT
capabilities?
Large enough to handle various
maintenance and support
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
Credit: Rack59LLC
02

17. IMPLEMENTATIONS 03

18. On-Premise
Moving back to on-premise
accounts for a small set
of customers
Co-Located Data Center
Popular choice amongst
many cloud repatriation
MOVE BACK TO DATA CENTER
03

19. Private Cloud
Cloud enabled infrastructure
running in a private
data center
Hybrid Cloud
Mix of Public & Private Cloud
with interoperability
Edge Locations
Cloud as Appliances
Offline Cloud with data close
to user/app
MOVE TO NON-PUBLIC CLOUD
Easy-to-Migrate
Technologies
Virtual Machines
Dockers, Kubenetes
Open Standard Functions
03

20. Co-locate Data
Center Vendors
Self-Served
Managed Services
Traditional Hosting
Server, Storage
Hardware Vendors
Traditional Data Center
Vendors
Software defined networks
Storage Arrays
Cloud Orchestration &
Management Vendors
Centralized
management
Ready for Multi-cloud
WHO CAN HELP?
03

21. Organizations that are looking at
cloud repatriation are in the
minority.
Spending the time to do proper
planning will save you a lot of time
and headaches in the future.
CLOUD REPATRIATION SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR
CLOUD STRATEGY PLAYBOOK

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THANKS
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23. 1. IDC Cloud Repatriation Webinar (11 June, 2020) https://www.idc.com/we/events/67462-cloud-
repatriation#category_7
2. IDC’s Cloud and AI Adoption Survey, Jan 2018
3. Mindsight – What is cloud repatriation and why are business doing it? A Cloud Report
https://gomindsight.com/insights/blog/what-is-cloud-repatriation-cloud-report/
4. Grant Kirkwood – The cloud repatriation myth: why cloud isn’t going anywhere
https://thenewstack.io/the-cloud-repatriation-myth-why-cloud-isnt-going-anywhere/
5. Ariel Maislos, stratoscale – The Whys of Public Cloud Repatriation
https://www.stratoscale.com/blog/it-leadership/whys-public-cloud-repatriation/
6. Deloitte Canada – The cloud is here: embrace the transition
https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/ca/Documents/consulting/ca_cloud_pov_EN_doc
.PD
7. The Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index 2019 https://www.nutanix.com/enterprise-cloud-index
8. Dzone – Cloud-First is often a mistake. Here’s why. https://dzone.com/articles/cloud-first-is-
often-a-mistake-heres-why
9. IT Fact-or-Fiction: Hybrid Cloud Repatriation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgc6kG2Cp0M
10. RACK59 – “Cloud Repatriation” and Cloud Expectations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwYLMjSBekk
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