1. Business Vitality Through IT Be Prepared The Scout Motto
Andy Lewis June 25, 2015 The whole is greater than the sum of the
parts ~Aristotle
2. Agenda Be Prepared Introduction Myself and Kovarus Our
Approach The Capability Scale Weakest links, greatest opportunity?
Preparing to Execute: Back to Basics In Summary: Closing
thoughts
3. Our Services & Solutions: Delivering ITaaS 3 Simplify,
standardize, consolidate and virtualize. Deploy private, public and
hybrid cloud options with success. Connect the dots between people,
processes and technologies. Deliver competitive IT in alignment
with business goals. Infrastructure Optimization & Assurance
Cloud Enablement Operational Readiness IT as a Service IT Strategy
IT Service Management Business Assurance Hybrid Cloud Hyper
Convergence End-User Computing Compute Network Storage Security
Strategic Alignment On-Demand Business Agility
4. Our Approach 4 Traditional IT IT-as-a-Service
IT-as-a-Business (Reactive) (Proactive) (Predictive) What have you
got? How are you using it? Standardize Simplify Create the IT
STRATEGY ITCapability What does the business need? How can you
deliver it? Start accountable partnerships Execute the IT STRATEGY
Make IT the go-to partner for delivering reliable services Broker
what the business needs Be competitive with other service providers
Integrate the IT STRATEGY with the BUSINESS STRATEGY Back to Basics
Mind the Gap Make the Connection
5. The Weakest Link PROCESS TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE OPTIMIZED RANGE1
2 3 5 Capability BUSINESS IT BUSINESS Business and IT Integration 4
He who rejects change is the architect for decay. ~Harold
Wilson
6. Preparing to Execute: Back to Basics 1) Measurements and
Metrics 2) Converge and Simplify 3) Align and Partner 4) PPT and
BPM 5) Communication, Marketing and Sales There are no secrets to
success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning
from failure. ~Colin Powell
7. Enablers for Execution 1 (Back to Basics) Measurements and
Metrics How many do you have? Do you use them? What do you use them
for? Are you using them for the correct purpose? Can you use them
for anything else? Is the creation of the measurement repeatable?
How can you derive greater value from the measurements? Who should
see the metrics? The power to question is the basis of all human
progress ~Indira Ghandi
8. It only gets more complex Add in virtualization technologies
Add in logical architectures Add in Cloud(s) COMPLEXITY = RISK +
COST The Cloud Stratosphere Everything should be made as simple as
possible, but no simpler. ~Albert Einstein
9. The complexity of the cloud 1. Gartner:
http://gtnr.it/1yaafzU 2. Forrester: http://bit.ly/1tbVIRv 3.
Computer World: http://bit.ly/ZkYbSv 4. CloudPro:
http://bit.ly/1tbTQZ3 Creating even more complexity is the fact
that no two cloud providers are created equal.1 Get out ahead of
the complexity that cloud introduces.2 Price War! Amazon cuts cloud
costs to counter Google.3 Rate of innovation at AWS, which saw the
firm push out 159 new product and services last year.4
10. In Summary: closing thoughts Take care of the basics.
Complexity is your enemy. Information is your friend. Let your
expert partners help drive your success If we are together nothing
is impossible. If we are divided all will fail. ~Winston
Churchill
