Where s my Data Centre?

Where’s my Data Centre?

Greg Share

Senior Cloud Architect

Pete Hulme

New users Big data

Security Data centres

Computing Storage Network

Operations Virtualisation Converged infrastructure Cloud services Cloud data centres

The ICT industry is going through the biggest transformation in decades...

Networks / Internet

Workloads Applications & Storage

New devices New applications New locations and workloads

Next generation Automation & Process Management

Storage virtualisation Compute virtualisation Network virtualisation

…and leverages new virtualised components in every area

Application virtualisation

The next-generation data centreis foundational to hosting and enabling the software-defined journey:

• software-defined data centre (SDDC) • enterprise hybrid cloud

• big data, fast data • etc.

SDN, SDDC, SDE and NGDC –

How do they relate?

‘Software-defined’

definitions

“What all these ‘software-defined’ concepts really boil down to is: virtualisation of the underlying component and accessibility through some documented API to provision, operate and manage the low-level component. Analysts are talking about Software-definedanything/everything (SDx) changing the enterprise workplace.”

-- Softwaredefined-enterprise.com

Common SDx themes:

Software-defined enterprise

Software-defined data center

Software-defined networking

SDx is an important

enabling

approach

to the

next-generation

data centre

…

The next-generation data centre

is …

A transformational ICT approach that enables and securely

delivers on-demand services to the business by leveraging

virtualised resources and shared services that can be

Next-generation data centre | details

A unique approach to ICT balancing the network, cloud and data centre

The next-generation data centre…

• Extendsbeyond the traditional data centre to include the network and cloud in an optimised fashion • Intentionally, proactively, and predictivelyputs together specific systems and services in context to

achieve specific business outcomes, each of which can be unique to a given organisation

• Can span multiple locations and include endpoint devices, depending on context

• Relies on and integrates several enabling technologies, methodology and concepts, including SDx and IoE, as foundational principles

• Is business requirements and desired outcomesdynamically driving ICT strategy, use and

consumption– it’s not just a wave of new technology and systems

• Is capable of using consumption based models (even intended to do so), although some organisations may choose not to use this capability

• Reduces cost in most cases, but cost is not the sole adoption driver – business agility, control, and

Data is the Centre of Everything!

Data has to be available to Applications and Users wherever they are

In the next-generation data centre…

• Data moves between on premise, cloud, hosted and mobile devices based on business needs • Traditional Backup, DR and HA models don’t apply in these scenarios

• New technologies provide completely different ways of addressing business needs for data management

• New organisational models and operating processes provide new challenges and requirements

• Data growth continues unabated and needs to be factored into operating models and processes • Data Protection and Lifecycle Management (DPLM) becomes business critical practice

• Reduce costs of data storage and management

• Reduce Risk (Security and Availability) to critical data • Improve business effectiveness

Next generation desktop and enterprise mobility Applications and workloads

Data centre Architecture Service Architecture Virtualisation Platform Storage Platform Compute Platform Security Platform Network Platform Facilities Security Architecture Data Centre Interconnect Cloud Services DCDM Maturity Business Aligned Service-based Automated Standardised Basic

11 Domains of the NGDC

How mature should I be?

Maturity required is directly dependent on desired business outcomes

Not everyone needs to achieve the highest level of maturity, but everyone needs to reach a level that can be justified as meeting specific business needs.

Desired or required maturity in any particular area can be impacted by:

Specific business goals and desired outcomes

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appetite for risk

Available Technology

Government and industry laws and regulations Industry the organisation is a part of or trying to enter Geographic Location Client Expectations … Just to name a few

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When technology and organisational maturity don’t align…

Infrastructure becomes chaotic and almost impossible to manage

• Lots of tools for individual point solutions with little to no strategic oversight • No integration or coordination or management between systems

• Technology and infrastructure sprawl (including VMs) • Overly complex systems and configurations

• Greatly increased operational risk • Increased costs

Like giving the keys to the McLaren MP4 to

a teenager who just got his driver’s license…

When technology and organisational maturity don’t align…

Bureaucracy reigns and becomes a “wet blanket”

• Processes become overbearing (process for the sake of process) • Air of “nothing gets done without someone else’s approval”

• Loss of agility – process overrides capability

• “Shadow IT” becomes a common way of doing things • Increased costs

When

processes and organisation

get too far ahead:

Like making an elite F1 race driver

compete on the track with a Trabant…

Maturing to NGDC

achieving business goals

Understand

business goals first

Tools add many layers of abstraction DON’T add layers in the organisation

Keep organisational maturity aligned and slightly ahead of technology maturity • Business and IT leadership mustbe strategically aligned • Implement services management capability in IT operations

• Align servicesprovided by NGDC to business goals

• Abstraction in technology maskscomplexity whilst adding flexibility and agility

• Abstraction in organisations can lead to more bureaucracy

while adding control and consistency

• Infrastructure architecture and organisational design alignment is key to reaping the full benefits

• Higher maturity is not higher complexity

• Resist technology for technology’s sake

• Resistprocess for process’

sake

• Understand the implications

of the changes you make

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Where’s my Data Centre?

Pete Hulme

Technical Lead – NGDC-BU

[email protected]

thank you

Greg Share

Senior Cloud Architect

[email protected]