TOP 10 CLOUD TRENDS FOR 2018AND ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE NOW

• Michael Crandell• CEO, RightScale

• Ryan O’Leary• VP Product, RightScale

• Kim Weins (Moderator)• VP Marketing and Cloud Cost Strategy, RightScale

Presenters

Two Ways to Manage Cloud

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1. Multi-Cloud is a Given2. AWS Advantage Shrinks3. Top Issue is Wasted Cloud Spend 4. Cost Management to Cost Optimization5. Database Diversity6. Cloud-y Containers7. The New Services8. Orchestrating Cloud Services9. It Takes and Ecosystem

10. The Rise of the Cloud CoE

Agenda Top 10 Trends

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TREND #1:MULTI-CLOUD IS A GIVEN

# of Clouds UsedPublic Clouds

All public cloud users

Private CloudsAll private cloud

users

Running applications 1.8 2.3

Experimenting 1.8 2.1

Total 3.6 4.4

Enterprises Using Multiple Clouds

Source: RightScale 2017 State of the Cloud Report

TREND #2:AWS ADVANTAGE SHRINKS

It’s AWS and Azure (and Google)

State of the Cloud Survey at beginning of 2017:

AWS vs Azure: 23% gapAWS vs Google: 42% gap

RightScale Webinar Polls throughout 2017:

AWS vs Azure: 10% gapAWS vs Google:50% gap

Driver: Other Clouds Close Gap on Services

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AWS Google Azure IBM

Lowest Price 0 24 18 4

Highest Price 15 9 6 19

Driver: AWS Is Not Price Leader

Based on 46 scenarios

TREND #3:TOP ISSUE IS CLOUD WASTE

Cost Optimization Is Top Initiative in 2017

Source: RightScale 2017 State of the Cloud Report

35% of Cloud Spend is Wasted

$10.5B

$19.5B

TREND #4:FROM COST MANAGEMENT

TO COST OPTIMIZATION

The First Step: Cost Management

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Aggregate all your cloud bills in one place

Allocate the right costs to the right parts of your organization

Allow visibility for the right people

The Goal: Cost Optimization

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Identify waste and savings opportunities

Collaborate with resource owners to reduce waste

Automated policies to alert and take action on waste

Leverage Automation to Get There

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TREND #5: DATABASE DIVERSITY

Database Diversity in the Cloud

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AWSAuroraOracleMySQL

PostgreSQLMariaDB

SQL ServerDynamoDB (key-value)Elasticache (in-memory)

Redis (document)Memcached (document)

Neptune (graph)Redshift (DW)

OracleOracle DB

MySQLOracle NoSQL

Oracle In-memoryOracle DW

Old guard New guard

TREND #6: CLOUD-Y CONTAINERS

Use of Cloud CaaS is Strong

Source: RightScale 2017 State of the Cloud Report

Container Options in the Cloud

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Containerorchestration

CloudInfrastructure

CloudInfrastructure

Container orchestration

Container-as-a-Service

Run your own orchestrator No orchestrator

Docker containers

CloudInfrastructure

Docker containers

Docker containers

Container orchestration

Platform-as-a-Service

ApplicationPlatform

Docker containers

CloudInfrastructure

Container-as-a-Service from Cloud Providers

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• AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS)• Proprietary orchestration, APIs for BYO scheduler• Just added support for Kubernetes (EKS)

• Azure Container Service (ACS)• Choose your orchestration• Able to manage Mesosphere DC/OS, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes

• Google Container Engine (GKE)• Kubernetes for orchestration

• IBM Bluemix Container Service (BCS)• Kubernetes for orchestration

TREND #7: THE “NEW” SERVICES

Cloud Services Go Beyond the Basics

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IoT Serverless

MachineLearning

Mobile

TREND #8: ORCHESTRATING CLOUD SERVICES

Cloud Users Leverage Many Services

Source: RightScale 2017 State of the Cloud Report

Access Any Service with RightScale Plugins

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Compute Storage Network Database

Built-In Integration Cloud Service Plug-Ins

AWSLambda

AWSElastic

Beanstalk

GoogleContainer

Engine

AzurePaaS and more…

Created by• RightScale• Customer• 3rd party

RightScale CAT: Orchestrate Cloud Services

RightScale Plugins Extend Orchestration to Any Service

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Capabilities

Stay up with cloud provider innovation

Provision complex systemsAutomate operational actions

• Scale, terminate, backup or any action supported by API of the service

Implement automated policies

TREND #9: IT TAKES AN ECOSYSTEM

FOR CLOUD SERVICE DELIVERY

Managing Cloud Requires Extensibility

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Think: cloud service delivery platform

Leverage the right tools for the right job

Look for API-driven and pluggable architectures

The role of the CMP is to tie it all together for overarching governance and management

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CI/CD

Communications

ITSM / CMDB / Tcketing

Alerts & Monitoring

Reporting / Dashboards

Collaboration

Example: How RightScale Does It

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TREND #10: CLOUD CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

Lack of Expertise is a Key Challenge

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• Build a separate Cloud Team or Center of Excellence• Strong Exec sponsorship is a must

• Combine Architects, IT Ops from the get go

• Treat App Dev and Business Units as your customers

• Break down traditional compute/storage/network silos

• Include some “net new” resources with cloud expertise

Building Your Center of Excellence

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• Define and advance cloud processes and architectures. Act as a focal point to coordinate and collaborate on cloud decisions • Select cloud providers and define relationships

• Define cloud architectures

• Foster DevOps processes

• Cost management and governance processes

• Coordinate with infrastructure and operations

• Create security, compliance and access management processes

• ...and more

The Role of Cloud Architect(s)

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Q&A

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