Beyond the Hype

Michael Cockrill, OCIO

Rob St. John, CTS

IPMA Cloud Symposium

March 11, 2014

State of Washington Cloud First Strategy

When creating a new application or service, or updating an old one:

Look to the cloud first

Learn Think Evaluate

PublicOff-site infrastructure with

3rd party management

PrivateOn-site infrastructure with your

own management, or off-site private infrastructure with 3rd

party management

HybridApplications and data are in a

combination of private and public cloud

Types of Cloud Services

SaaS IaaS PaaS Desktop … aaS

Types of Cloud Services

S

P

I

Not Cloud

•Co-Location

•CTS operating your infrastructure

• That server farm under your desk

Cloud Myth #1

The cloud is not safe and

secure

Cloud Myth #2

The state (CTS) can’t be cost-competitive with private

sector

Cloud Myth #3

My data can’t be stored in the

cloud.

Cloud Myth #4

I’m not allowed to use cloud

services.

Cloud Myth #5

The cloud will lead to state IT

job losses.

Learn Think Evaluate

Business Development Infrastructure

Three Tracks:

Thank You

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