Enterprise Peter Nikoletatos Curtin University

25 May 2010

Providing on demand access to a

fully virtualised private data centre Peter Nikoletatos, CIO

Curtin University of Technology

Providing on demand access to a fully virtualised private data centre

Peter Nikoletatos – Curtin University of Technology25 May 2010

Curtin University: Who are we?

• Curtin University of Technology is Western Australia's largest university. Around 44,000 students attend a total of 16 Curtin locations, including campuses in Sydney, Singapore and Sarawak, East Malaysia.

Vision

• To be an international leader shaping the future through our graduates and research, and positioned among the top 20 universities in Asia by 2020.

Mission

• Curtin is committed to innovation and excellence in teaching and research, for the benefit of our students and the wider community.



Strategy

determines

Structure





Technology Trigger

Peak ofInflated Expectations

Trough of Disillusionment

Slope of EnlightenmentPlateau of Productivity

time

expectations

Years to mainstream adoption:

less than 2 years 2 to 5 years 5 to 10 years more than 10 yearsobsoletebefore plateau

DRAFT MODEL OF CURTIN ICT HYPE CYCLE (BASED ON GARTNER MODEL)

Desktop Virtualization (HVD) (Virtual Desktop)

Server VirtualizationCloud Computing/SaaS Integration

PC Hypervisors

Enterprise Portals (OASIS)

Semantic WebData De-duplication

Cloud Storage

Business Intelligence Platforms

Digital Preservation of Research Data

Lecture Capture and Retrieval Tools (eTeaching)

Unified Communications and Collaboration

Cloud-Based Recovery Services

Cloud Computing

Virtual Worlds — HEd

Cloud E-Mail for Higher Education

802.11n

Distributed Social Web

Video Telepresence

Green ITCloud-Based E-Mail Services (Staff E-Mail)

CurtinMobile

eResearch Support

Desktop Videoconferencing

EduROAM

Flow (EDRM / ECMS)

iPortfolio

BI - Dashboards

Evaluate

Microsoft .NET Application Server

CurtinOne



• The impact of

consumer based

technologies is a

reflection of the

aspirations of a

generation, the need

for participation, the

desire to contribute

and the sense of

being part of a

community.



Strategic Partnerships



ICT Policies, ie. “appropriate use”

• An organisation that has not clearly confirmed

that its employees are aware of its security

policies, and are willing and able to follow them,

has not created a security-aware culture

• Create and regularly update your security-

related policy documents as the environment is

constantly changing; eg social networks



Why do cars have brakes?



Why do cars have brakes?

To make them

go faster



Impact of the Social Networks

• Requirement for strategies for moving to an

open environment that will uphold all privacy,

legal, regulatory and security issues.

• Social networks are becoming well-established

communication tools for students, staff and

alumni

• Consequences of a world where the institution is

less involved in the infrastructure for delivery of

education. ie, Infrastructure as a Service; the 4th

Utility.



Next Generation Learning

Spaces…



Data Security

• Poor data management increases cost

• Data management practices affect agility

• Increased risks in relation to maintaining secure

storage and protection of sensitive data off-site.

• International jurisdictions/sovereignty for off-

shore data storage

• Quality of service requirements for customers

through service level agreements.



Information Management

• Governance, Risk Management and Compliance

Are Inseparable:

– Governance — the process by which policies are set

and decision making is executed.

– Risk Management — the process for ensuring that

important business processes and behaviours remain

within appropriate.

– Compliance — the process of adherence to policies.

Policies can be derived from internal directives,

procedures and requirements, or external laws,

regulations, Service Agreements.



Statutory considerations

• The Patriot Act and related legislative tools are

designed to assist law enforcement and justice

authorities in carrying out their official duties in

the investigation and prosecution of criminal

activity (and their powers and authority in that

regard closely resemble that of police and

prosecutors in developed countries around the

world, including in Australia).



Current State – March 2010



Avamar to Cloud– June 2010



Implement ILM – Oct 2010



Convert Physical to VM – Oct 2010Data Centre 2

Building 206

Data Centre 1

Building 309

Production SAN(s)

Netware Services

Production Virtual

Machines

Online Archive

Production SAN(s)

Netware Services

Production Virtual

Machines

SAN/Apps Replication

Cloud Computing

Avamar

Deduplicated Backup

Online ArchiveOnline Replication

Outcome:

o Improved portability

and disaster

recovery

o ‘Cloud ready’

environment

created



Netware FS to NAS – Dec 2010



Active/Active DC – Jul 2011Virtual Production Data Centre

VM Ware integrated

split across two sites (bldg 309, 206)Production SAN(s)

NAS File Service

CIFS/NFS

Production Virtual

Machines

Online Archive

Production SAN(s)

NAS File Service

CIFS/NFS

Production Virtual

Machines

Cloud Computing

Avamar

Deduplicated Backup

Online Archive

Online Replication

Outcome:

o Improved load

balancing, failover and

continuity

o Optimal uitlisation of

hardware



+ Offsite ‘DR as a Service’ – 2012



Conclusion

• Map cloud architecture to enterprise architecture

as part of an IT roadmap

• Create a cloud task force or steering committee

as part of current architecture boards to evaluate

cloud adoption

• Develop a asset v utility/agility business case

• Evaluate technical and organization alignment

• Perform information inventory to assess which

data assets can be hosted in external clouds



Peter Nikoletatos, Chief Information [email protected]

@CurtinCIO

References: Gartner, ECAR, EDUCAUSE, CAUDIT