AWS Got You Worried? Learn How to Get a Grip on Cloud Spend and Sprawl

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AWS Got You Worried? Learn How to Get a Grip on AWS Spend and Sprawl

Ben Tao Director of Marketing

[email protected]

Kong Yang Cloud Practice Leader




Does Amazon AWS usage have you worried?

There is a reason to be…

Forrester states nearly

50% of business units

developers already

building apps in the

cloud

A Gartner CIO survey

reported that a 1/4 of all

IT spending will be

done outside the IT

budget in 2014

Baird Equity Research

reports for every $1

spent on AWS, $3!4 is

NOT available for

traditional IT




Why is Shadow IT occurring?

“Why is your group/department spending more of its own money on technology?”

Technology is too important for the business not to be involved

61%

43%

Business execs’ understanding of technology is increasingly so they can interact more effectively with IT

33%

22%

Business leaders’ use of consumer technology has changed their expectations of how IT should be used

20%

11%

IT does not have enough funds to meet my group’s needs

25%

20%

It is cheaper to do it ourselves rather than using IT

15%

14%

IT does not understand enough about how my business works

21%

20%

IT does not have the knowledge of the emerging technologies so we can innovate

20%

21%

It is faster to do it ourselves rather than waiting for IT

21%

28%

Our technology-related requests are not a priority for IT

21%

29%

Higher spenders (spend >21% of own budget on tech) (N=210)

Low spenders (spend 1-5% of own budget on tech) (N=272)

Base: North American and European enterprise business decision-makers who hold more than $1 of their budget (multiple responses accepted) Source: Forrsights Business Decision-Makers Survey, Q42012




4

No asset accountability

No maintenance / version control

Not leveraging IT processes and expertise

No security and cost governance

The “pains” of Shadow IT




5

Ignore Be Reactive

According to Gartner, you have three choices…

Source: Hybrid Clouds and Hybrid IT: The Next Frontier, Thomas Bittman




6

Ignore Be Reactive


Be Proactive Source: Hybrid Clouds and Hybrid IT: The Next Frontier, Thomas Bittman




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Polling Question




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Business has choice of clouds – All IT Approved

Collaborative approach – business gets agility and IT can ensure best costs and control

IT has visibility to business consumption; business has visibility to actual IT costs

IT Approved

The ideal state … if you are proactive

IT and the Business has a 2-way, strategic partnership




9

Key capabilities needs to control AWS sprawl and spend

For IT and End-Users

Get visibility to existing AWS resources

Develop governance and control without undue

burden on user

IT Gains Visibility and Standardized Processes




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burden on user


Compare clouds and collaborate with IT to design complete app solution stacks

Centralized cloud self!service catalog portal that provides choice of approved vendors

Users Gain a Superior Experience




11





burden on user



Centralized cloud self!service catalog portal that provides choice of approved vendors

Users Gain a Superior Experience

Establish budgets and manage AWS spend to

prevent unexpected costs




12

Gravitant cloudMatrix provides IT control while empowering end-users

Provides a holistic set of capabilities for managing Shadow IT

Discover and Sync AWS assets

Expedia-like experience to choose and design

Policy-driven ordering process and approval

Enhanced financial management




13

Get visibility to existing AWS resources with Discover & Sync




14

Provide choice and enable a complete solution with a Collaborative Design and an ITaaS Catalog




15

Provide control without undue burden on user with Policy-driven Order Approval




16

Control AWS spend and stop unexpected costs with Budget Management




17

Gain Control Over AWS with cloudMatrix in three steps

Example of consolidated AWS use & spend

Consolidate IT AWS Accounts 1 Pilot with a few

BU AWS accounts 2 Consolidate all BU AWS accounts 3

Demonstrate viability to Business Unit

Deliver value to entire Business Unit




18

The path to IT-as-a-Services with cloud services brokerage Pick your path – public or private cloud

Discover

Self-service

Govern

Visibility &

Control

Plan

Compare

Scale

Multi-Cloud ITaaS

Optimize

Private Cloud Path

Public Cloud Path

Choose across public and

private cloud options

Manage across public

and private clouds




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•  Contact us at [email protected]

•  For more info on, visit: www.gravitant.com/shadowIT

•  Engage with us on social media

•  Twitter: @Gravitant •  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/Gravitant

Take the first steps to get a grip of AWS




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AWS Got You Worried? Learn How to Get a Grip on AWS Spend and Sprawl

Ben Tao Director of Marketing

[email protected]

Kong Yang Cloud Practice Leader




Does Amazon AWS usage have you worried?

There is a reason to be…

Forrester states nearly 50% of business units

developers already building apps in the

cloud

A Gartner CIO survey reported that a 1/4 of all

IT spending will be done outside the IT

budget in 2014

Baird Equity Research reports for every $1

spent on AWS, $3-4 is NOT available for

traditional IT




Why is Shadow IT occurring?

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“Why is your group/department spending more of its own money on technology?”

Technology is too important for the business not to be involved

61%

43%

Business execs’ understanding of technology is increasingly so they can interact more effectively with IT

33%

22%

Business leaders’ use of consumer technology has changed their expectations of how IT should be used

20%

11%

IT does not have enough funds to meet my group’s needs

25%

20%

It is cheaper to do it ourselves rather than using IT

15%

14%

IT does not understand enough about how my business works

21%

20%

IT does not have the knowledge of the emerging technologies so we can innovate

20%

21%

It is faster to do it ourselves rather than waiting for IT

21%

28%

Our technology-related requests are not a priority for IT

21%

29%

Higher spenders (spend >21% of own budget on tech) (N=210)

Low spenders (spend 1-5% of own budget on tech) (N=272)

Base: North American and European enterprise business decision-makers who hold more than $1 of their budget (multiple responses accepted) Source: Forrsights Business Decision-Makers Survey, Q42012




The “pains” of Shadow IT

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No asset accountability

No maintenance / version control

Not leveraging IT processes and expertise

No security and cost governance





26

Ignore Be Reactive

Source: Hybrid Clouds and Hybrid IT: The Next Frontier, Thomas Bittman





27

Ignore Be Reactive

Source: Hybrid Clouds and Hybrid IT: The Next Frontier, Thomas Bittman Be Proactive




Polling Question

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The ideal state … if you are proactive

29

IT and the Business has a 2-way, strategic partnership

Business has choice of clouds – All IT Approved

Collaborative approach – business gets agility and IT can ensure best costs and control

IT has visibility to business consumption; business has visibility to actual IT costs

IT Approved





30




burden on user






31




burden on user


Centralized cloud self-service catalog portal that provides choice of approved vendors

Users Gain a Superior Experience IT Gains Visibility and Standardized Processes





32



Establish budgets and manage AWS spend to

prevent unexpected costs


burden on user


Centralized cloud self-service catalog portal that provides choice of approved vendors

Users Gain a Superior Experience IT Gains Visibility and Standardized Processes




Gravitant cloudMatrix provides IT control while empowering end-users

33

Provides a holistic set of capabilities for managing Shadow IT

Discover and Sync AWS assets

Expedia-like experience to choose and design

Policy-driven ordering process and approval

Enhanced financial management




Get visibility to existing AWS resources with Discover & Sync

34




Provide choice and enable a complete solution with a Collaborative Design and an ITaaS Catalog

35




Provide control without undue burden on user with Policy-driven Order Approval

36




Control AWS spend and stop unexpected costs with Budget Management

37




Gain Control Over AWS with cloudMatrix in three steps

38

Example of consolidated AWS use & spend

Consolidate IT AWS Accounts 1 Pilot with a few

BU AWS accounts 2 Consolidate all BU AWS accounts 3

Demonstrate viability to Business Unit

Deliver value to entire Business Unit




39

The path to IT-as-a-Services with cloud services brokerage

Pick your path, public or private cloud

Discover

Self-service

Govern

Visibility & Control

Plan

Compare

Scale

Multi-Cloud ITaaS

Optimize

Private Cloud Path

Public Cloud Path

Choose across public and private cloud options

Manage across public and private clouds




Take the first steps to get a grip of AWS

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•  Contact us at [email protected]

•  For more info on, visit: www.gravitant.com/shadowIT

•  Engage with us on social media

•  Twitter: @Gravitant •  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/Gravitant





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Discover Discover

Govern

Discover

Govern

Plan

Discover

Govern

Plan

Scale

Discover

Govern

Plan

Scale

Multi-Cloud

Discover

Govern

Plan

Scale

Multi-Cloud

IT-as-a-Service

Public Cloud





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Discover Discover

Govern

Discover

Govern

Plan

Discover

Govern

Plan

Scale

Discover

Govern

Plan

Scale

Multi-Cloud

Discover

Govern

Plan

Scale

Multi-Cloud

IT-as-a-Service

Self-Service Self-Service Self-Service Self-Service Self-Service Self-Service

Visibility/Control Visibility/Control Visibility/Control Visibility/Control Visibility/Control

Compare Compare Compare Compare

Optimize Optimize Optimize

Multi-Cloud Multi-Cloud

IT-as-a-Service

Public Cloud

Private Cloud