Factors to Consider When Choosing Accounts Payable Services Providers.pptx
How Cloud Providers are Playing with Traditional Data Centers
1. LUNCHEON KEYNOTE:
HOW CLOUD PROVIDERS ARE PLAYING WITH
TRADITIONAL DATA CENTERS
MAY 15th - 1pm
CAPRE’S 2nd ANNUAL GREATER PORTLAND DATA CENTER SUMMIT
Emil Sayegh, CEO, Hostway Services, Inc.
2. DISCUSSION POINTS
Economics of the cloud: Should everything move to the Cloud?
Workload selection: What goes where? What should go to Amazon, Azure, Google, Hybrid, or
remain on premise?
Analysis of how end-users are approaching the various cloud offerings (public-private-hybrid,
etc)
What are Google, Azure, Amazon offering to clients that might not be offered otherwise?
Agility of the cloud coupled with tools: How are cloud solutions making the impossible reality?
Migration to the Cloud: How do end-users get over regulatory and compliance challenges?
Security, Compliance & Consolidation: The factors affecting big-picture Cloud Migration
decision making
Actual stories of cloud migrations. What went right, wrong, and what can be learned along
the way?
What are the hybrid cloud models that are working in practice in production environments?
3. Classic Two Tiered Architecture
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CUSTOMER SCENARIO: The Case For Cloud
YOUR
TRAFFIC START UP
Firewall
Server
Server
Server
One DC
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CUSTOMER SCENARIO: The Case For Cloud
START UP EASY
GROWTH
One DC
Nice Easy Growth Phase
Web Server
Web Server
Web Server
Web Server
Firewall Proxy
YOUR
TRAFFIC
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CUSTOMER SCENARIO: The Case For Cloud
START UP EASY
GROWTH
DIG
Yikes! People Dig it!
Firewall
One DC
YOUR
TRAFFIC
Web Server
Web Server
Web Server
Web Server
DB Server
DB Server
Proxy
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CUSTOMER SCENARIO: The Case For Cloud
START UP EASY
GROWTH
DIG CRUNCH
Quick! Fix the Database!
Web Server
Web Server
Web Server
Firewall Proxy
Multiple DCs
YOUR
TRAFFIC
Web Server DB Server DB Server
DB Server
DB Server
DB Server DB Server
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CUSTOMER SCENARIO: The Case For Cloud
PANIC!!!
START UP EASY
GROWTH
DIG CRUNCH PANIC!!!
DC 1
YOUR
TRAFFIC
DC 2
DB Server
Firewall
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But Wait…
IT is Hundreds of Applications…
| Mobile Apps | Blogs | Shopping Carts | Forums | CMS | Wikis | Streaming |
| Big Data | Security | Health | Photo Galleries | CRM | ERP | Email/Webmail |
| Databases | Ticket/Support | Accounting | Test Dev | Many More…
13. TRADE-OFFs 13
Home Owner
(Own DC)
Rental Home
(Colocation)
Apartment
(Managed Hosting)
Hotel
(Public Cloud)
BACK OFFICE APPS
Legacy ERP, OSS,
Workflow,
SW Apps (custom),
Website (complex
CUSTOM APPS
ERP, OSS, Workflow,
SW Apps (custom),
Website (complex),
Database, Big Data
PACKAGED APPS
Blogs, Wikis, Subversion,
Test/Dev, SaaS, Website,
Regulatory Compliance
STANDARD APPS
Email, Workspaces
Chat, IM, CRM,
Social Media
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STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
Total Control
Full control over
facility location
Maximum
customization
Security can be as
good as you design it
Scaling can only be
as good as you
design it
You own it!
Requires capital
Requires your own IT team
Requires significant non-core
in-house expertise
Requires you to focus real
estate, your application and
your hosting
Low economies of scale
Have to design your scaling and
security configuration
DIY
TRADE-OFFs
15. Co-lo
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TRADE-OFFs
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
Maximum
customization
Security can be as
good as you design it
Scaling can only be
as good as you
design it
Full control over
facility location
Requires significant non-core
in-house expertise
Requires you to focus on both
your application and your
hosting
Low economies of scale
Support comes from Google
search
You actually have to design your
scaling and security
configuration
16. Managed Hosting
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TRADE-OFFs
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
Mature, well
understood platform
that works
Security compliance
and consulting
services
Best support
Customization to
match needs
Uptime
On-demand costing in non-
standard
Works best when combined with
some expertise
Scale on a per-server basis;
requires foresight and lead-time
Limited control over facility
location
Can be some trouble for start-
ups
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STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
Flexible costing
Scalability built-in
Easy to get started
Lets customer focus
on application
No systems expertise
required
Overpaying 3X for constant
workloads
Regulatory and compliance
limitations
Limited software flexibility
Security tied to the platform
Some control over facility location
Support for only what’s included in
the system
Less maturity than Dedicated
Must trust the cloud for uptime,
performance, and scale
Cloud, Elastic Computing, On-Demand
TRADE-OFFs
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EXPERTISE & SCALE MATTER
Startup SMB &
Departments
Hyper Growth
web 2.0
Company
Enterprise/Large
Scale
COMPANY TYPE
EXPERTISE
Cloud Managed &
Cloud
Managed &
Cloud
In-House/
Colo/
Dedicated
/Cloud
In-House/ColoIn-House/ColoIn-House/Colo
Colo,
Dedicated &
Cloud
Dedicated
&/or Cloud
Software
Development
Sys-Admin
Large
Infrastructure
+
+
Dedicated
&/or Cloud
Dedicated &
Cloud
Managed &
Cloud
SCALE
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YOUR NEEDS CHANGE!
Cloud Cloud +
Dedicated
DIY
Start-up
Require More
Flexibility or to
Save Money
Grow to Find
Economies
of Scale
Cloud +
Dedicated
Dedicated Cloud +
Dedicated
Established
Require More
Scalability
Colo/DIY Dedicated
Cloud +
Dedicated
Start-up
Require Less
Capex
Require More
Scalability
28. HYBRID CLOUD IS THE THIRD
GENERATION CLOUD
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Colocation
Public Cloud Hybrid Cloud
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DEVELOPING YOUR STRATEGY
TOO EASY TO GET LOST BY:
► Not focusing on where you deliver value
► Not partnering with experts across technologies
► Overspending based on cloud hype
► Locking into false choices
► Spending valuable time on wrong details
► Delayed thinking about scale & architecture
IT IS CRITICAL TO FIND THE RIGHT HOME WHERE YOUR
APPLICATIONs CAN GROW SAFELY and CONOMICALLY
30. 500k Customers
Across Diverse
Service Offerings
40% of Fortune 500 Service
Providers Resell Hostway
Service to SMBs
76 Million Emails
Processed Daily
10 Data Centers Worldwide
Geographically Dispersed
Across The World
20,000+
Managed Servers
Online
600,000+
Websites Hosted
Backed by Marquis Investors
LittleJohn Company, Centre Lane
Partners; Solar Capital; Stellus
Capital; Main Street Capital
Deep knowledge
across technologies
and platforms
Trusted Cloud Expertise and
Infrastructure for Over 20 Years
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