Postgres Vision 2018: The Pragmatic Cloud
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This document discusses taking a pragmatic approach to cloud strategy. It argues against extreme views that everything or nothing will move to the cloud. Instead, it advocates designing hybrid strategies that evolve over time based on an organization's unique needs and digital priorities. The document also addresses challenges around migrating applications and data to the cloud. It emphasizes that people changes during a cloud transition can be a significant barrier and that strategies should be tailored rather than copying every case study.
Postgres Vision 2018: The Pragmatic Cloud
- 1. © 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. The Pragmatic Cloud Lauren E. Nelson, Principal Analyst June 5, 2018
- 2. 2© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. “Everything will be cheaper in the cloud” “Cloud is only cheaper for a few new, variable workloads” “Cloud is where all my data will live” “Nothing is going to cloud” “Cloud is not suitable for my data” “Everything is going to cloud” Extreme cloud thinking falls short of reality.
- 3. 3© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. Cloud is here. $95.5B Global market for SaaS subscriptions 76% of enterprises consider SaaS a critical or high priority for 2018 On average, 18% of North American app portfolios are SaaS today 64% of enterprises public cloud users leverage a standalone PaaS platform atop a private cloud or public cloud 69% use native public cloud PaaS services 31% of enterprise developers use containers 58% use public cloud 63% use private cloud 30% of workloads live in public or private cloud today 69% of North American enterprises consider migration to be part of their cloud strategy 62% use multiple public clouds SaaS PaaS/CaaS IaaS Source: SaaS Adoption 2017: If You Aren't Using SaaS Broadly, Your Business Risks Falling Behind Forrester’s Global Business Technographics Software Survey, 2017 Forrester’s Global Business Technographics Infrastructure Survey, 2017
- 4. 4© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. Vastly expanded past early use cases • DNA sequencing • Websites and mobile applications • Test & dev • New product sampling • Short-term marketing initiatives • High-performance computing • Start-ups gaining low-commitment resources • Disaster recovery for mid-size orgs. or less critical workloads • Archiving or low-cost file storage • DC migration for acquired companies • Hybrid applications spanning edge, local, and/or cloud • Video streaming for millions of simultaneous viewers • SAP and ECM hosting • Platform for rebuilding mainframe applications • Commodity outsourcing for end of life or less critical workloads Traditional examples Today’s examples
- 5. 5© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. • Creates innovation lab • Rank and uniforms considered counterproductive to DevOps • Simple application proves multi- million dollar savings/year • Using PaaS to implement process and contracting efficiency. • Processing data gathered by tractors • Launch of the “Digital Farm” • Decision planning leveraging data from satellite images, crop insights, etc. to help decide crops for season • Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines delivering mobile app to avoid printing fees and improve CX • Built through microservices architecture on AWS and edge computing • Target millennials Exciting examples emerge every day
- 6. 6© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. Cloud migration encapsulates two concepts • Expert that knows your application • Platform finely tuned to support that workload by a specialist • Higher expected performance • Includes a data solution • Complete management of application • Updates on a standard cycle • Complete change of the application to a microservices based architecture • New UI and capabilities • No app specific knowledge • Generic platform • Lower expected performance • Requires you to solve for data • Shared security and management model • Updates not off-boarded to vendor • Application is the same monolithic architecture but you’re trying to run it in a horizontally scaling world • Same UI and end user experience SaaS Public cloud platform (IaaS)
- 7. 7© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. 56% Faster time to deploy 53% Quick and easy scaling 46% Free up admin time 44% Outsource tasks 43% Fine-grained cost control Migrating existing application to public cloud today 31% Regulatory governance 31% Migration costs 26% Unpredictability of costs 26% Approvals from security team 26% Dev. man hours for app design 29% Security 24% Privacy 24% Network design 23% Differences btwn clouds 23% Portability btwn clouds Perceived challenges Drivers Actual challenges Source: Forrester’s Global Business Technographics Infrastructure Survey, 2017 Base: 680 North American and European IT decision-makers whose cloud strategy includes migrating existing applications to cloud environments TIME SPEED AGILITY SCALE Base: 671 North American and European IT decision-makers whose cloud strategy includes migrating existing applications to cloud environments SECURITY NETWORK PRIVACY KNOWLEDGE REGULATION DESIGN COSTS APPROVALS Base: 680 American and European IT decision- makers whose cloud strategy includes migrating existing applications to cloud environment
- 8. 8© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. Two concepts must blend together NEW EXISTING SaaS Public Retire Leave as Is Lift and Shift Rewrite Hosted Private Public Build Public Buy Workload Types Modernization Options Destinations Internal SaaS Replace
- 9. 9© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. But what about the data?
- 10. 10© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. Big data in a public cloud is an immediate win
- 11. 11© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. Among big data investors, it’s a top priority
- 12. 12© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. The pace is faster than anticipated
- 13. 13© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. State of cloud data migration • Store, process, and access either on-premises or in a cloud environment • Data lakes, data warehouses, databases • Database engine • Specific database technology • Vendor supplying or supporting that specific technology • Method for transfer • Management approach • Variations between collection methods • Genomics • Archiving efficiency • AI/ML early tests • Customer data analytics • Oil & gas machinery and conditions analytics • Navigating complex CX before, during, and after engagement • Website and mobile app analytics • Real-time data collection • Timeliness of processing • Deletion methodology and resiliency • Zero-downtime • Security and access strategy • Identifying value of data • Technical limitations of the database • Cost intensive at scale • Anticipating evolution of the dataset or app • Regulation (HIPAA, GDPR, etc.) The decisions at hand Use cases Areas for due diligence
- 14. 14© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. Wrong. Get out in front of your cloud usage!
- 15. 15© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. Take a pragmatic approach to your cloud strategy
- 16. 16© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. Hybrid-by-design Hybrid-by-accident Hybrid-by-evolution Cloud strategies are an evolution
- 17. 17© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. You don’t need a best-in-class cloud strategy… You need a cloud strategy that supports your best in class digital strategy.
- 18. 18© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. Are you a unicorn? Your strategy should be unique to you
- 19. 19© 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. People changes are the hardest barriers to overcome But don’t reinvent after every case study
- 20. FORRESTER.COM Thank you © 2018 FORRESTER. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. Lauren E. Nelson @lauren_e_nelson [email protected]