Cloud Onboarding in Canada mattm - AURO · 2015-11-02 · Existing web hosting is located on servers owned by the company. ©2015 AURO Enterprise Cloud. ... Things to consider:

CloudOnboardinginCanada

MattMcKinneyChiefStrategyOfficer,AUROEnterpriseCloud

@AURO_io

©2015AUROEnterpriseCloud.Allrightsreserved.Proprietary&Confidential.

StateoftheCanadianCloud?


Canadiancloudcontinuestolagwithadoption…morethan10%behindtheUS.



Canadaisranked9th outof24countriesforcloud.

Asmanyas65%ofexecutivesdonotfeelsecuresharingbusinessdatawithcloudproviders.


Asmanyas45%feeltheircompany’sinformationwouldbeunsafeinthecloud.


43%ofbusinessesthinkcloudisforlargeenterprises.

4in10smallcompaniessaidtheydonotknowwhatcloudcandoforthem.

1/3ofsmallbusinessexecutivesadmitto“nothavingaclue”whatcloudcomputingreallyis.




WhydoesCloudmatter?

Cloudisthenewreality.



Scalability

ReducedCapitalExpenses

ReducedInfrastructure

ImprovedAccess

ReducedHeadcount

MinimalLicensing

IncreasedFlexibility


TheCloud:


TheWorkload


Barrierstomovingworkloads?

15%=Apathy/Laziness


44%=Lackofunderstanding


71%=Control


65%=Policy


34%=Location



Whydoesonboardingmatter?


Tobenefit fromthecloud,youhavetogettherefirst.Unfortunately,companiesdon’tmakethateasy.


Hundredsofcompaniesprovidecloudonboardingservices.Why’sthat?Andisitworthit?


Example:“Inthisservice,wetakeacollaborativeapproachto

facilitatethecustomer’sadoptionofour enterprisecloudplatform.Additionally,wehelpthecustomerempowertheirinternalstaffwithnewskillsandthe

confidencetorealizethebenefitsofour cloudservices.”


Whatdoesonboardingmean?


Onboarding referstothedeploymentofapplicationsand/ordatatoCloudinfrastructure likeAURO(public,privateorhybrid).


Successfulonboardingisallaboutpriorplanningandpreparation.

©2015AUROEnterpriseCloud.Allrightsreserved.Proprietary&Confidential. Source:KPCBestimates– basedonpubliclydisclosedcompanydata.

4trilliongigabytesofdatahasbeenstoredin2015…Sofar.


Areyoucloudy?

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Collaboration&webapplications©2015AUROEnterpriseCloud.Allrightsreserved.Proprietary&Confidential.


Mostcompaniesarenotprepared.


Mostapplicationsaredesignedtorunonasingleserver,end-usermachine,oronaclusteroffront-endandapplicationservernodesbackedbyadatabase.


Theyarerunningoninfrastructuredesignedforreliability,sohardwarefailureistakentobeanunlikelyexception thatrequiresspecialbackupanddisasterrecoveryprocedures.


Thisisquitedifferentfromacloudenvironment thathasbuilt-inredundancies,andmulti-sitefailovercapabilitieswheretheinfrastructuredesignincludes‘expected’failuresandrespondtoitbyswitchingresourcesseamlessly.


Therearelotsofreasonstomove!

Existingwebhostingislocatedonserversownedbythecompany.


Theyeitherwishtorelocatetheseserverstoadifferentlocation(wheretheexistingIPaddressspacecannotbeused)…

Ortheywishtohaveathirdpartytakeoverprovisionofwebhostingservices.


Theexistingwebhostingserviceiseitherin-houseorprovidedby

athirdpartythatisnolongersuitable.Thiscouldbedueto:• Levelofserviceisnotacceptable

• Therequirementsoftheclienthaveoutgrownthecapabilitiesorscaleatwhich

theexistingprovideroperatesat

• Commercialreasonssuchaspricingaredictatingtheneedtomove

• Theexistingserviceiscurrentlylocatedoffshoreandthereisadesiretomakeit

local

• Theclientwishestohaveagreaterlevelofcontroloverthehosting,i.e.currently

outsourcedandwishtobringin-house

Yourneedsdictateyournextsteps.



TheApplicationWorkload

Challenges withapplicationworkloads?



Whenyou'remigratinganapplicationtoacloudenvironment,someofthedescribedelementsmaynotneedtobemigratedwiththeapplication.

• IfyouaremovingawayfromalegacyITenvironment,someofthepreviouslyusedservicesmaynolongerberequired.

• Asanexample,it'scommonforsomeofourenterprisecustomerstomaintaintheirActiveDirectorydomaincontrollersin-house,whilesomeoftheapplicationsitcontrolsmayresideinAURO’scloudcomputingenvironment.

• Enterpriseapplicationsusuallyinteractwithoneanother.

• CrossPlatforminteractions

Applicationonboarding:TheBasics


Deployingtheworkload


WorkloadAnalysis


Ensuringseamlesstwo-wayaccess


Testingandvalidating


Gettingyourapplicationcloud-ready


Discontinuetheoldservice



Thingstoconsider:Becauseworkloadsdifferintermsoftheirimportanceandcosttoyourbusiness,choosingaworkloadthatisbothcriticalandcomplextomigratecanbeabigrisk,butthepotentialcostsavingsorotherbenefitsmayoutweightherisk.

Worktoidentifyandprioritizethebestcandidateworkloadsformigrationincludingbusinessandtechnicalfactors.


PartnerUp!Whypickingacloudpartnercanbeyourbeststepforward:

• Migration• ApplicationArchitecture• NetworkArchitecture• EaseOfUse• CommercialsandBilling• PerformanceGuarantees• Security• BusinessContinuity• Governance• Support

www.auro.io/cloud-onboarding

Thankyou!MattMcKinneyChiefStrategyOfficer,AUROEnterpriseCloud

@[email protected]


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