Why is it that cloud computing operational models haven't taken hold more fully in enterprise IT? In this presentation, I'll explore the reasons I think are behind the problem, and what can be done to address these reasons.

1. Root$Causing$Cloud$Adop0on
A"look"at"the"things"holding"back"the"adop2on"of"automated"opera2ons"
and"self7service"IT
Sco$%Lowe
h$p://blog.sco$lowe.org

2. Before&we&start
• Get%involved!%Audience%par3cipa3on%is%requested%and%
encouraged.
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event

3. Who$am$I?
• Author((7(books),(blogger,(speaker,(geek
• 207year(IT(industry(veteran(who's(worked(in(roles(from(entry7
level(to(CTO
• AcFve(in(the(virtualizaFon(and(networking(communiFes
• Currently(focusing(on(network(virtualizaFon,(open(source,(and(
cloud(compuFng(on(VMware's(NSX(team

5. Let's&start&by&defining
what&we&mean&when&we&say
"cloud"...

7. NIST%defini+on%of%cloud%compu+ng
As#defined#in#SP800-145#(h3p://csrc.nist.gov/publicaBons/
nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf):
• On$demand)self$service
• Resource)pooling
• Rapid)elas6city
• Measured)service
• Broad)network)access

8. Based&on&this&defini-on,&how&many&
of&you&have&a&cloud&in&place?

9. What's'holding'you'back?

10. The$problems$aren't$technical
There%are%lots%of%great%products%and%technologies%out%there%to%help%
you.%Just%from%VMware:
• vRealize)Automa/on)and)VMware)Integrated)OpenStack
• VMware)NSX
• vRealize)Orchestrator
• PowerShell

11. I"believe
the"problem
is"us.

12. We're%afraid%of%
change

13. The$problems$are...
• Organiza)onal
• Opera)onal
• Cultural
We#have#the#power#to#solve#all#these#problems.#Not#easily,#perhaps,#
but#we#can#do#it.

15. Silo%bus)ng,101
• Communica*on,,communica*on,,communica*on!
• Cross0training
• Tool,sharing
• Focus,on,business,goals,instead,of,the,technology

17. Opera&ons*shouldn't*be*manual
• Provisioning*tools
• Configura1on*management
• Scrip1ng*languages
• Orchestra1on*pla9orms
• Documenta1on*(you*do*document*things,*right?*Right?)

19. No,$not$this$kind$of$culture!

21. Crea%ng(great(culture
• Embrace)the)principles)behind)DevOps
• Be)the)change)you)want)to)see)in)others
• Stop)the)finger)poin=ng
• Start)asking,)"How)can)we)fix)this)together?"

22. Q&A

23. Thank&you!
Be#sure#to#provide#feedback#to#the#VMUG#leaders#regarding#this#
session.
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