Cloud Computing Homework!

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Cloud Computing

Homework!

Ten Steps towards the Cloud

Mahesha Pandit

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About the Speaker - Mahesha BR Pandit

Programme Manager – Scalable Computing

Digital Systems KTN, Intellect

• Scalable Computing Programme

• Five Focus Areas

• Cloud Computing Workshops

• Byte Size Scalability

• Special Interest Groups

• Newsletter

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Scalable Computing Review

• Blog:: Let IT Scale

This is a blog of mine Let it scale, Let it scale

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The Checklist

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Checklist Overview

Expectation

Setting

1 IT Cleanup

2 Data Cleanup

3 Virtualisation

4 Service

Distribution

5 _Exploration

Service

6 Service

Selection

7 Visualisation

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9 Process

Alignment

Communication

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1, 2, 3

• Initial Expectations

• What to expect?

• -ves

• +ves

• Untangle your IT

• Integration

• Shared Services?

• IT as a child company?

• Understand

• Liberate

• Package

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4, 5, 6

• Virtualise

• What?

• What not?

• What goes where?

• Explore

Available

Services

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Service

Exploration

6 Step 6: Exploring Available Services – 1

• Examples

• Calendar and Schedulers: Calendars on Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Live, Apple MobileMe, AOL– AppointmentQuest –hitAppoint – Schedulebook – CalendarHub – Hunt Calendars – Famundo – eStudio Calendar – 30Boxes – Trumba – Calendars Net – Jotlet – Jiffle – Presdo – Diarised – Windows Live Events – Schedulebook – Acuity Schedule – iPrioritize – Bla-Bla List – Hiveminder – Remember the Milk – Ta-da List – Tudu List – TaskTHIS – Vitalist – TracksLife – Voo2Do – HiTask – Zoho Planner • Event Management: 123 Signup – Acteva – Conference.com – Cvent – Event Wax –

eventsbot – RegOnline – Setdot – Tendenci

• CRM: Salesforce.com – BigContacts – HighRise – bConnections – eStudio Contact Manager – AppleMobileMe Contacts – MyEvents – Plaxo – People Matrix –

PipelineDeals – SalesBoom – SalesJunction.com – SalesNexus – Zoho CRM

• Project Management: @task – AceProject – Basecamp – CopperProject – eStudio TaskTracker – onProject – ProjectDrive – Vertabase – Wrike – Project Insight – Zoho Projects

Cloud Computing

Web-based Applications that change the way you work and

collaborate online

Michael Miller

Que Publishing ISBN:978-0-7897-3803-5

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Step 6: Exploring Available Services – 2

• Examples – continued

• Collaborative Editing, Reporting: Google Docs – Adobe Buzzword – ajaxWrite – Docly – Glide Write – iNetWord – KBdocs – Peepel WebWriter – ThinkFree Write – WriteBoard – Zoho Writer – EditGrid – eXpresso – Glide Crunch – Num Sum – Peepel WebSheet – Sheetser – ThinkFree Calc – ZohoSheet

• Presentations: Google Docs – Preezo – Zoho Show – BrinkPad – Empressr – Presentation Engine – PreZentist – SlideRocket – ThinkFree Show –

Thumbstacks

• Web-based desktops: ajaxWindows – Deskjump – Desktoptwo – eyeOS – g.ho.st – Glide – Nivio – StartForce – YouOS

• Cloud Storage: Amazon S3 – Egnyte – ElephantDrive – Microsoft Office Live Workspace – Mosso – myDataBus – Nirvanix – StrrkR – Windows Live SkyDrive • Databases: Blist – Cebase – Dabble DB – Lazybase – MyWebDB – QuickBase

– TeamDesk – Trackvia – Zoho Creator – Zoho DB & Reports • Expense Management: Concur – ExpensAble – ExpensePoint –

TimeConsultant

• Budgeting, Financial Statements: Host Budget – Host Consolidator

Cloud Computing

Web-based Applications that change the way you work and

collaborate online

Michael Miller

Que Publishing ISBN:978-0-7897-3803-5

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7, 8, 9

• CSP

• What Sort?

• At what maturity?

• Checks and Balances

• Key Questions

• As is – To be

• Check “ity”s

• Processes

• Procurement

• M & A

• Infosec

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Communication

10 Step 10: Communicating to Stakeholders

• What

Communicate both “As-Is” and “To-Be” models

• Why

Communicate the business case

• How

Clarify the approach

• What-if List perceived risks and proposed mitigations

• Not all stakeholders understand cloud based business

• Check their bias, risk appetite and resistance to change

• Don’t you read papers? Cloud is just a hype. • Kiddo ... ain’t broken – don't fix it

• Will I lose my job? Or you want 10% improvement in productivity? Should I warn the Union?

• Articulate benefits for the benefit of each stakeholder

• If we subscribe to that SaaS thingummy, do we all get

Nectar points ?

• Facing difficulty in communicating?

• Check the underlying business case

Expect the

unexpected

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Risk Assessment & Mitigation at Each Step

• Application Performance Reliability

• Delivering the promise

• Integrated Business Functionality

• Ensuring that whole machinery works .... continuously

• Compliance Risks

• Legal, Financial, Technical

• Data Security Related Risks

• Integrity, Confidentiality, Privacy

• IPR Related Risks

• Ownership, protection

• Contractual Risks

• Service quality, liabilities, penalties

• Governance Risks

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Summary

• Ten steps are proposed as a check list for your “Cloud Homework”

• “Set Expectations Right” and “Set Right Expectations”

• Cleanup your IT infrastructure, data and attempt virtualisation

• These provide their own benefits whether you go to cloud or not

• Put right things at right places

• Pick low hanging fruits

• Choose partners carefully:

• Test their product, operations and business model

• Choose SaaS maturity level

• Put together everything and visualise the future

• Review business processes, write new ones where needed

• Communicate ....

Few Tips

• Customise this

checklist for your context • Assess Risks at each step • Stop and go back if you cannot visualise the “to-be” model • Measure the