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The Future of Cloud IaaS
Rakesh L. Kumar
Managing Vice President
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Times of Extreme Change
Nexus of ForcesCloud Social Mobile Information
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1. What is bimodal cloud IaaS strategy?
2. What is the future of cloud IaaS?
3. What is the future of my infrastructure?
Key Issues
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1. What is bimodal cloud IaaS strategy?
2. What is the future of cloud IaaS?
3. What is the future of my infrastructure?
Key Issues
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• One size does not fit all
• Two speeds of IT —Two speeds of infrastructure
• The infrastructure of the past shouldn't dictate the infrastructure of the future
Bimodal IT — Not Hybrid Infrastructure
Cloud IaaS will NOT be a commodity
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Mode 1 Traditional Mode 2 Agile
Leadership IT operations/procurement Enterprise architect
Priority Cost reduction Developer productivity
Viewpoint Efficient infrastructure Infrastructure as code
Expectations Low-cost commodity (?) Highly differentiated
Use cases "Lift and shift"; dev./test New apps; digital business
Scale Static or predictable Dynamic; Web-scale
Management ITIL DevOps
Tools Extend existing tools Adopt cloud-native tools
Bimodal Strategy for Cloud IaaS
You cannot add a little agility to Mode 1 to get Mode 2!
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Mode 1 Traditional Mode 2 Agile
Leadership IT operations/sourcing Enterprise architect
Priority Cost; comfort and familiarity Features
Procurement Formal RFP and selection Ad hoc, then formalized
Budget Central IT Business
Bimodal Sourcing for Cloud IaaS
Mode 1 Mode 2
Stuck in the middle
"Fit for no one"
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Bridge Back From the Island of the Future
Impact on Mode 1
High
LowBimodal Maturity
High
Island
Extend
New Core
Replace-ment
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1. Fast provisioning! = Agility. You can't sprinkle on agility any more than you can add quality.
2. It's not just about infrastructure. Think about the entire application stack.
3. It's not just about the operational benefits. Improve the application life cycle.
4. The infrastructure isn't the hard part. Transforming the organization — That's hard.
Guidelines for Success
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1. What is bimodal cloud IaaS strategy?
2. What is the future of cloud IaaS?
3. What is the future of my infrastructure?
Key Issues
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Cloud IaaS Is Not a Commodity
Compute Storage Network
Management
Solutions Differentiated solutions
Integrated management
Flexible low-cost resources
IaaS naturally pushes up-market to PaaS
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IaaS and PaaS: Control vs. Manageability
SP SP SP SP
Yours YoursAutomation
AssistedSP
Data Center
Virtual Machine
IaaS IaaS+ IaaS++
Yours1-Click
Install
Automation
AssistedSPMiddleware
PaaS
More Control Easier Management
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IaaS Absorbs PaaS Framework Functions
PaaS Converged IaaS + PaaS
ContainersContainers as a service, running
inside VMs
Application runtimesPortable container environments
(Docker)
Request routerContainer-aware load balancing as
a service
Service broker Credentials as a service
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Brutal Competitive Dynamics
The Winners: Hyperscale Megavendors
May 2014 May 2015
From: "Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service," 28 May 2014 (G00261698)
From: "Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, Worldwide," 18 May 2015 (G00265139)
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The Advantages of Scale
Greater efficiency of infrastructure operations.
Better leverage ofsoftware development.
Greater breadth and depth ofecosystem.
Software is a scale game. No scale = Forced into niche.
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• Market share concentrated with Top 2 to 4 providers
• Highly differentiated offerings
• Large number of niche providers
• Niche providers may be more commodity (geographic focus)
• Businesses will use multiple providers
• Businesses will choose 1 or 2 strategic providers
• Most applications will be deployed to a single provider
• Provider for each app chosen by use case
Customers Will Pick Strategic Winners
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1. What is bimodal cloud IaaS strategy?
2. What is the future of cloud IaaS?
3. What is the future of my infrastructure?
Key Issues
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The Hybrid Data Center
PrimaryDC
DR Site
Hosted Site
SaaS
DRaaS
Public Cloud
Social Platforms
PaaS Provider
Branch Office
Second DC
BranchMicroDC
SaaS
It's not about "my data center" — it's about delivering compute resources to the business in the best way possible.
Colocation
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Principles to Keep in Mind
Not everything can or should be cloud
Some workloads must remain on-premise due to regulatory compliance or tie to physical location
Private cloud-building technology will not deliver breadth, depth, innovation of service providers
IT orgs. likely can't update, innovate, reduce costs of internal clouds as quickly as providers
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No One Tool to Rule Them All
Bimodal, hybrid IT portfolio
Not hybrid infrastructure management
Best-of-breed native-oriented tools
Not commoditized resource management
Unified tooling only where it makes sense
Financial management, compliance, etc.
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Build It Yourself? Make It Competitive!
Has the necessary features — Not just for IT ops. but devs./engineers/scientists
Cost-competitive — Now and in 3 years
Serves a distinctive use case
Consider PaaS instead of IaaS
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Establish a Cloud Center of Excellence
Provide cross-functional leadership
Enterprise architect as leaders
Establish policies
Governance, security, use cases
Serve as a broker
Guide to best practice, manage vendors
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Plan a bimodal IT strategy, rather than adopting a one-size-fits-all approach to infrastructure.
Choose cloud IaaS providers strategically.
Take advantage of cloud-native capabilities.
Transform the organization, process, and tools.
Recommendations
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The Future of Cloud IaaS
Rakesh L. Kumar
Managing Vice President