A no nonsense discussion of 21st century IT
Very often I receive that question, are public clouds secure? The answer is actually simple, yes they are, up to the level of their responsibility. What this means is that for IaaS, security is guaranteed up to the OS level, in PaaS up to the tool level. It's your responsibility though to ensure the end-to-end …
In my previous podcast I started discussing the key questions you need to ask yourself when planning the development of your hybrid IT environment. Deciding and agreeing on these topics are critical to ensure the implementation of a well integrated, secure and easy to manage environment. Often companies start experimenting and en-up with independent silos that …
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Many companies end up with hybrid IT environments by accident. They have decided to use Office 365, SalesForce, Workday or another SaaS application, while some of their developers have started experimenting with public cloud. It's time to take a step back, review 15 topics and take decisions that will be embraced by the whole organization. …
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In my previous podcast, I talked about a company deciding to migrate a portfolio of 1000 applications to cloud as part of a move to digital. Public cloud is their first option. We reviewed what to do with the applications they labeled digital, adamant in their journey to the digital enterprise. In this podcast we …
Continue reading "Applications to Cloud – Lets get practical – part 2"
I've highlighted in previous podcasts the importance of analyzing your application portfolio in depth and plan the migration of each application carefully. Let's get practical this time. I've reconstructed, from actual use cases, an enterprise application portfolio of 1000 applications. Let's use this portfolio to discuss how we should look at application migration for each …
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In my previous podcast I describe how to develop a Hybrid IT Strategy. This strategy will define the blueprint of your environment moving forward but it will not quantify the size of each environment. To do that you need to start from your application portfolio and understand which apps will be moved and where to. …
Continue reading "Applications to Cloud – Try before you Buy"
Public cloud providers do not do everything for you as it may seem. You still have plenty of responsibility set aside, and the complexity of the hybrid environment you are building makes your role even more important. This leads to the need of thinking end-to-end, of looking at use cases and see by whom each …
Continue reading "Go cloud, think Service Integration and Management"
CIOs wanting to support the business as highlighted in my previous podcast need to review the IT environment they will be confronted with and make some decisions early on, regarding what will be used for what and which functionalities are OK or not. Particularly using public cloud does not relieve the IT department from all activities …
Continue reading "Creativity or Standardization, what approach for public cloud?"
Are you a cloud native, a start-up or existing company using cloud to develop your new business approaches, or are you a cloud migrant, a company migrating their existing IT assets to cloud environments? In both cases a number of decisions are required. Two are critical for the future of your digital endeavors. First, are …
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Most companies today are using public cloud as part of their IT environment. The configure one or many compartments in Azure, AWS, Google and/or Softlayer. Each and everyone of those environments is done separately, often by different teams that are or are not part of the IT organization. The result is multiple environments that each …
Continue reading "Cloud Consumption, the return of the silos."
I'm better off because I put 50% of my workloads in public cloud. Why 50, why not 75. Such comparisons don't make sense. Defining ratios upfront, just thinking about infrastructure are not helpful and may result in the inability for the company to achieve its digital transformation in the long run. Designing a hybrid cloud …
Continue reading "4 key items to keep in mind when identifying the perfect cloud for an app."
As companies embrace cloud in general and public cloud in particular, they open up their environments. This requires a thoughtful thinking because they are adding new workload locations, but in most situations, without removing the existing ones. Beside the public cloud, SaaS services are increasingly consumed, making the IT landscape the end-user interacts with complex. …
