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(Presented By Cloudnexa) The University of Minnesota recently closed asuccessful bid for IaaS and selected AWS as a campus-wide partner. In thistalk, University staff will discuss the way the bid process was handled, whatthey encountered in the responses, and what lessons they learned. They will alsohighlight the benefits of a reseller partner for the process and the potentialbenefits of managed services from a reseller for an institution like theUniversity of Minnesota. The discussion will also include some current andupcoming use cases for the University.
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Getting to the Cloud the Right Way: A Public Sector Perspective
Kemal Badur, University of Minnesota Shaun Enright, Cloudnexa
November 13, 2013
Contents • About the University • Why do we want to get to the cloud? • How did we go about it? • How did it work out? What did we learn? • What’s next?
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About the U
About IT at the U • 1,131 IT staff • Kind of distributed • Alignment • A lot of private data
Why do we want to go to the cloud?
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Why did it work? • Executive sponsorship • Broad participation • Support from legal and purchasing staff • Scenarios • The right respondents
How did it work for Cloudnexa?
Engaged Leadership & IT Organization
Structured RFP Process
Cloud-Oriented Pricing
On-Site Presentation
Post-Award
Communicating Value Proposition
Unique & Competitive Pricing
Process-Driven Onboarding
Lessons learned • Build a common vision based on culture • Homework is important • Simplify when you can • Ask the right questions (and fewer of them) • Have patience
Lessons learned (Cloudnexa) • Decoupling infrastructure from application development • Pre-RFP planning & research • Pricing structures that fit the cloud • Replicating successful models & best practices • Balancing standards-based approach with flexibility
What are we doing? • Pilots with researchers • Disaster recovery • Failing fast
What’s next? • More providers
What’s next? • More providers
What’s next?
What’s next? • Get more contracts in place.
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