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Transforming for the
Cloud World
Presented By:
Rackspace Enterprise
Cloud Solutions
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Cloud adoption creates the
opportunity for IT to transform,
revise and renew
…IT becomes true advisors to
the business.
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A New Way of Thinking
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Virtualization is a TECHNOLOGY …
Cloud Computing is a
BUSINESS MODEL
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Rackspace will show
you how…
THE 5 KEYS TO CLOUD
ADOPTION SUCESS
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5 Keys to the Cloud
Adopt Service Provider Mentality1
Build a DevOps Engine2
Allocate Resources3
Maximize ROI4
Take Control5
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Adopt Service Provider Mentality1
To win in the cloud, it’s necessary to adopt a service provider mentality
and become a self-service organization. It’s no surprise that all
enterprises endure shadow IT (sometimes known as rogue IT) and there
can be detrimental outcomes when business units source their own
external compute resources. Business units go out on their own and
secure the solutions they need because their internal IT departments
struggle to keep up with the speed and frequency of requests.
By establishing guidelines through service catalog development, IT
departments can create a self-service model that promotes innovation
and frees IT resources to work on driving true business value initiatives.
Build an army of empowered employees who create their own solutions
– with the ability to do so out in the open, with nothing to hide.
Transformation produces great opportunity - IT talent can now become
strategic advisors to the organization by partnering with the business and
creating self-service options. Embracing cloud and partnering with a
service provider is the only way for IT to maintain relevancy in a cloud
world.
That’s why it’s imperative to treat cloud computing like a new
business model, not just a technology.
• The importance of IT meeting the
demands of the business
• How to protect from the dangers of
shadow IT and leverage its benefits
• How to create an army of
empowered employees
• How to approach service catalog
development
• How IT can drive business value
back into the organization through
the apps
WATCH THE
WEBINAR
Audio
Presentation
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Build a DevOps Engine2
There is no way around it… the future of Enterprise IT and the key to
successful cloud adoption is DevOps. Application DNA is
fundamentally changing and cloud-aware application development is
now fueling the IT engine. In this new world, it is imperative that both
developers and IT operations have a deep understanding of the
complexities surrounding true cloud integration. But how are
enterprises supposed to align human resources that are inherently at
odds?
• Developers embrace change; they get paid to write code
• Operations embrace stability; they get paid to keep things up,
running and operational
Different motivation, yet both groups feel that they are doing what is
right for the company. Let Rackspace show you how to implement a
mandate for DevOps and promote healthy cross-functional
collaboration with your Development and Operations organizations.
We will also share best practices developed from our own internal
DevOps implementation. So, tear down those silos and create an
organization where development and operations decisions are driven
by Business Strategy!
You’ll discover the five steps to
DevOps implementation success:
• Rock-solid strategy development
• Organizational alignment & buy-in
• Project definition & experimentation
• DevOps expertise
• Continuous loop feedback &
strategy refinement
WATCH THE
WEBINAR
Let us help you build your
DEVOPS CLOUD SQUAD
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Allocate Resources3
Myth: IT becomes obsolete when enterprises adopt cloud
Myth Busted: IT becomes ADVISORS to the business
It’s no secret that enterprise IT organizations have been resource
constrained for years – personnel, budgets, time - forced to do more with the
same. The adoption of cloud is changing the game for IT and, if managed
correctly, cloud computing can actually give time and resources back to
IT. Can you imagine a world where IT becomes an innovation engine and
drives strategic business value? We can.
Rackspace can show you how to most effectively retool your enterprise IT
organization when adopting cloud. We will show you:
• What an IT department should look like in a cloud world
• How to reallocate internal IT resources after partnering with a service
provider
• How to turn IT into an innovation engine
• How to assess your in house skill sets - what skills to develop and to hire
Most of all… you will learn how to redefine, reorganize and revise roles &
responsibilities to bring the most value to your business. There is a right
and a wrong way to restructure your IT department in a cloud world… we will
show you how driving business value, drives business profit.
Learn how to restructure your IT
Organization to become a profit
center in a cloud world.
• Deep technical expertise is
replaced with business savvy
• The physical data center facility
maintenance army transitions into
a lean layer of technical specialists
• New essential roles emerge: Data
Scientists & Cloud-biz-ologists
(Powerhouse Business Analysts)
• Vendor managers vet vendors
against business needs, like:
• Performance & availability
• Security & cost
• Features & support
WATCH THE
WEBINAR
Rich Murr, Rackspace VP of IT Operations, shares how he is inspiring &
encouraging change in his organization. Read his blog…
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Maximize ROI4
We all know that cloud computing enables both top and bottom line
advantages. Top line benefits come from earlier revenue gains with
increased speed to market. Bottom line improvements come from
efficiently scaling and reducing costs by closely matching capacity to
demand.
But, traditional ROI models that only focus on simple cost benefits overlook
the real value. In a cloud world, we need to look at ROI differently. How do
we track and measure the many other benefits of cloud computing?
• Integration of project-based accounting for real-time ROI
• Benefits of failing fast in the cloud
• The importance of first mover advantage
• Mobility of applications allowing us to target the most ROI rich platforms
• New Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) needed to measure cloud ROI
Let Rackspace show you how to make your dollars work harder for your
business.
WATCH THE
WEBINAR
The Cloud is “making it rain”!
How to Maximize ROI with
Cloud Computing
Discover how to make your
investment yield greater
benefits for your business.
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Take Control of Your Cloud Strategy5
Cloud is disrupting the world in which we live and is forcing the C-suite to
evaluate even the most basic business practices they’ve held sacred. With
the introduction of “cloudonomics”, “consumerization of IT” and real-time
marketing techniques, executives are now forced to examine how they add
value, how their organizations work best together and how to prioritize
initiatives that will provide the strongest competitive advantage for the
business.
There is no question that technology is key to accelerating market growth,
consumer spend and game-changing innovation, but what business
practices and thought processes need to transform so that technology can
drive your business to its greatest potential.
• Is capacity planning dead? Is forecasting and 3-year planning obsolete?
• Should business case development be tossed out the window?
• Is the reign of the CIO over? Who owns the IT budget?
• Can all budget, ROI and TCO reporting transition to real-time delivery?
• Are developers the most essential asset in driving innovation?
• Will one platform satisfy all future IT initiatives?
• Do we attempt to control and manage business units that consistently
work outside of standard protocols?
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WEBINAR
C-Suite Disruption: Reinventing the
executive ranks in a cloud world
Our C-suite is leading the charge in
cloud adoption and is defining best
practices for their roles as they go.
Don’t miss your chance to explore
the reinvention of the executive
ranks in a cloud world.
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Rackspace Cloud Maturity Model
A GUIDED PATH TO SUCCESS
InnovativePragmatic
Test &
Dev.
IT as a
Service
Web Enabled &
Greenfield
Apps.
DevOps
Industry
Standard
Applications
(SharePoint/
Exchange)
Retool IT Rethink ROI
Mission Critical & Legacy App
Migration & Transformation
C-Level
Transformation
Fine Tune ROI and
Optimization
Health Check
ITACTIVITY
CLOUD ADOPTION
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IT Transformation Framework
IT
Evolution
Workshop
Application
Profiling
Workshop
Cloud
Readiness
Assessment
Design
Migration
Services
Solution
Online
Customer
Data Center
Strategize & Assess Design
Migrate
Implement
Support & Optimize
Step by step, pragmatic approach to adopting
cloud as a business model
HOW WE GET YOU THERE…
POC
Pilot
Architecture
Read Rackspace’s own cloud adoption story
– Steve Mills, Rackspace CIO
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TAKE YOUR NEXT STEPS TO
CLOUD ADOPTION SUCCESS
Contact your Rackspace
Representative to schedule!
Your Custom IT Evolution Workshop
Together, we will transform IT…
• Business Objective Definition
• Vision & Strategy Development
• 3-5 Year Roadmap Planning
• Technology Education
• Cloud Business Case Development
Outcome:
Roadmap for Cloud Adoption
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Get SMART on Cloud
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“Our goal is to create the most
CLOUD SAVVY
customers in the industry”
Recommended
Industry Resources:
Rackspace
Knowledge
Center
JOIN US!
OPENSTACK
TRAINING
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Other Recommended Reads
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• Steve Mills (Rackspace CIO), leveraging Advisory Services
• Be a Cloud Native Webinar (Jaret Chiles)
• Turning Big Data into Big Dollars white paper
• Evolve Applications, speed innovation with the cloud
• C-SOA boosts agility and innovation
• Guarding against cloud silos with C-SOA
• Building an enterprise services architecture for innovation,
speed and agility
• 10 ways to win the hearts and minds of developers
• How DevOps supports the paradigm shift of the cloud
• Consolidation: think beyond virtualization… think cloud
• Matching your workload to the cloud
• Cloud evolution: security concerns no longer stall
conversation
• Lurking in the shadows – uncovering the hidden benefits of
shadow IT
Rackspace Use Cases:
• Hybrid Hosting: Dominos Pizza and
watch the video
• RackConnect™: VEVO and watch the
video
• Private Cloud: Lighthouse1
• Advisory Services: Acquity Group
