Overcoming Barriers to the Cloud
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The document outlines the motivations for cloud adoption among CEOs, emphasizing cost reduction and increased efficiency. It discusses the barriers to cloud adoption, such as security, performance, and compliance issues, and offers strategies to mitigate these risks. Additionally, it provides a roadmap for moving to the cloud, including the selection of providers and defining business requirements.
Overcoming Barriers to the Cloud
- 1. Overcoming Barriers to the Cloud Andy Milsark
- 2. Andy Milsark • Fpweb.net • Lead SharePoint Engineer • Private Cloud Architect • @amilsark • [email protected]
- 3. Agenda • Why CEOs are pushing cloud • Barriers to cloud adoption • How to mitigate risk and break down the barriers • SharePoint in the Cloud • Your roadmap to the cloud
- 4. CEOs Want the Cloud • Reduce Costs • Reduce IT Overhead • Boost company agility/productivity/efficiency • Get products to market faster
- 5. CEO Goals • Increase the value of the company • Mitigate Risk • Be strategic
- 6. CEO to IT Leadership • Let’s move to the cloud now • IT - It is not always a quick implementation • IT - We need to fully explore the solutions, vendors, risk, etc
- 7. Influencers of the Cloud • US Government - Cloud First Policy • Microsoft big cloud investments in Azure and Office 365 • Subscription vs. up front
- 8. Cloud Adoption Trends • More organizations are willing to house data externally • A common questionnaire (RFP) is the most utilized risk evaluation method • 50% or less have a formal cloud provider evaluation process
- 9. Cloud Use Cases Function Migration Now Migration in 2 Years Email/Collaboration 57% 31% Sales/Marketing 54% 32% Office Productivity Tools 46% 37% IT Management 41% 40% Customer Care 41% 45% BI / Analytics 32% 46% Content Management 30% 53%
- 10. Poll • Who is using cloud services? • What are some barriers/issues you’ve come across?
- 11. Barriers to the Cloud 1. Security 2. Performance 3. Reliability 4. Contractual Legal
- 12. Security • Information Security • Data Ownership • Regulatory Compliance • Malicious Attack Protection
- 13. Performance • Performance Standards • User Authentication • Caching Services
- 14. Reliability • Uptime SLA • Support Procedures, SLA • Incident Escalation Process • Technology Stability
- 16. Possible Risks of Cloud Computing • Loss of data or service availability • Loss of application control – Change control, integration, migration costs • Compliance violation • Loss of confidentiality
- 17. Government Access To Cloud Data • Patriot Act -The US Govt. can seize data • Other countries such as Canada, Australia, UK can seize data even if servers are in another country as well • Private hosting companies are less of a target of terrorists/hackers due to higher price point and more isolated hardware/network
- 19. Removing the Barriers • Define detailed requirements • Set expectations with moving to a new subscription model and giving up some control • Find qualified providers • Gain trust in the provider • Verify the provider
- 20. Define Requirements • Moving applications or replacing? • Business critical app requiring high availability? • What amount of data, users, bandwidth? • Expected growth? • Does it need to be compliant?
- 21. SharePoint in the Cloud • Which SharePoint version do you need? • Customizations, 3rd party apps • UserSystem integration • Data compliance, retention needs • Vendor supportadmindev services • DR Options - RTO,RPO
- 22. O365 vs. On-prem/private cloud • No full trust code (many 3rd party apps require this) • No Content Search WP • No PerformancePoint • WCM features lacking for public sites (cross site publishing, faceted nav, image renditions) • No analyticsAuditing • No Content Type Hub
- 23. Set Expectations • No you will not lose your job • How will this affect change control, backups, monitoring, alerts? • Budgets may change with a pay as you go model (or up front for long term contracts) • Educate users and administrators on the cloud solution
- 24. Find Providers • Get references from Microsoft, partners, other organizations in your industry • Attend trade shows (cloud, Gartner, SP Specific, etc) • When in doubt goo(Bing) it • Look for expertise in the type of application or platform you need
- 25. Gain Trust in the Provider • Murphy's Law – things break sometimes • Transparency and communication • Technology experience • Remember that they are an extension of your IT team. – If not evaluate other providers
- 26. Verify the Provider • Run a POC! • Verify the provider meets your requirements and SLA (these may be different in a smaller POC) • Test out support processes and transparency through communication
- 27. Road Map to the Cloud for the CEO • Identify IT pain points and Applications that can be offloaded • Thoroughly plan and define requirements • Analyze the costs, benefits, and risks • Choose a vendor and run a POC! • Move the applications to production
- 28. Reference • SharePoint Private Cloud Hosting – Fpweb.net • CDW - 2013 State of the Cloud Report - http://bit.ly/XJLk5F • US Federal Cloud Computing Strategy • Gartner Research on Cloud Computing • KPMG – 2012 cloud Providers Survey
- 29. Questions? • Fpweb.net booth / experts lounge • @amilsark • [email protected]