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Key Management ConsiderationsFor Cloud DeploymentsFor Cloud Deployments
Stephen ElliotpVP, Business Unit StrategyInfrastructure Management and Automation
The Transition to “Elastic” IT
• SaaS, IaaS, PaaS• Virtualization, SOA,
• Network• e-mail based groups
, ,Web 2.0
The Cloud:•Elastic
g p• Moving data
Distributed
Web 2.0:•Collaborative•Mobile•Dynamic
•Elastic•Self-provisioning•Pay per use•Virtualized•Simplified
• Minicomputer• Unix
Mainframe
Distributed x86 Computing
y p
2009
E i h k h l d h f h
2
Economic shock has accelerated the pace of change
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Key Cloud Management Challenges
• “Linux boxes will not run themselves” Operations
• Who will configure, tune, certify, schedule and make updates to virtual appliances?
• Ensure application vulnerabilities map 1:1 on production host (e g QA runs Microsoft
• Virtual machine configuration management
• Account management• Public life cycle management• Infrastructure outsourcing support on production host (e.g. QA runs Microsoft
Hyper-V, Prod. may run Xen)
• A new asset class (Virtual Machine) that is prone to sprawl, rogue instances and unapproved usage
• Infrastructure outsourcing support• Application outsourcing support
Applications• Application/web server security
• Is there a plan to develop a new set of operational processes, procedures and standards?
• Are there guidelines to harden a cloud-based OS?
• Application/web server security• Database security• Message-level security• Local file system encryption• Log file encryption
It’s better to rely on a known software stack configuration. We’re still probably a few years from a Trusted Computing Platform Cloud.
• How important is it to the end users to know Hardware• Operating system hardening
• Network security
pwhere, geographically, their data is stored?
p g y g• Physical server segregation• Perimeter security• Virtual (hyper-visor) firewall
configuration
July 29, 2009 Copyright © 2009 CASource: Accenture
What Your Peers and Analysts Tell Us
Cloud Scalability is Critical to Success
> Top-down approach
> Integrated, end-to-end fault andperformance management
> Model-based root cause and impact analysis
> Virtualization management
> Service provider class
> Integrated APM> Integrated APM
> Customizable business service views
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Virtualization a Driving Factor for Automation in the Cloud
Value Maturity
• Dynamic Virtualization Management
• Self Service • Application Deployment
Agility/Speed
Business-DrivenBusiness Driven Assurance & Automation
• Server & ApplicationProvisioning + Configuration Mgt
Risk Reduction
Automation
ResponsiveService AutomationConfiguration Mgt.
• Virtualization Provisioning• Workload Automation• Process AutomationCost
ReductionEfficientDomain A t ti
Automation
• Application/Systems Discovery• Physical and Virtual
Availability & Performance Mgt.QualityActiveDiscovery & M it i
Automation
Inform Conform(A )
TransformPhases
y g• Configuration Monitoring
Quality Monitoring
5
(Automate)
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Management Will Enable Broad Virtualization Rollouts in the Cloud
Management “Tipping Points”
Development and Test
LimitedProduction
ExtensiveProduction
EnterprisePlatform
• Few mgt. needs
• Little exec. visibility
• No process impact
• P+V Systems Mgt.
• Performance Mgt.
• Business Continuity
• Provisioning Change
• Integrated Network Mgt.
• Application Performance
• Private & Public Clouds
• Service Oriented Infrastructurep p
• Few compliance, security concerns
• Provisioning, Change& Configuration Mgt. • Chargeback
• Compliance & Security
• Capacity Planning
• Predictive Orchestration
• Next Generation DC
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Integration Is Critical For Maximum Efficiency
Public Clouds:(Provider-Internet)
Private Clouds:(Data Center-Intranet)
Federated Clouds:(Public and Private)(Provider Internet) (Data Center-Intranet) (Public and Private)
Use a common set of toolsf i d f ffi i i
NetworkNetwork Data CenterData Center Database Database SecuritySecurity Application Application
for a myriad of efficiencies
& Systems Mgt.
& Systems Mgt.
Data CenterAutomationData CenterAutomation
Database Mgt.
Database Mgt.
SecurityMgt.
SecurityMgt.
Application Mgmt.
Application Mgmt.
•Voice/Video/Data •Workload automation •End-to-end •Transaction mgt.•ID and access mgmt.
•Models-based
•Automated
•Thresholding
•Self-service
•Business policy driven
• performance
• integration
•Automatic detection
•Multi-threshold alarms
•Root cause analytics
•Business impact
•Information mgmt.
•Threat management
Virtual and Physical Management
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Recognizing the Cloud Service Buyer
Management Delivers Service Quality
Business Users
Customer
Consumers IT Administrators Development/Test
Cl dCloudServiceModels
IAAS PlatformAAS SAAS ProcessAAS
Management
SecurityProcessAutomation
InfrastructureOptimization
ApplicationPerformance
Root CauseAnalytics
Models-based
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Cloud Strategy Guidance
Global Use Case: 40K servers, 50K MIPS, 20+ PB
> Pricing: to clients must be competitive vs benchmarks
> Service quality: reliability business impact service > Service quality: reliability, business impact, service restoration
> IT capabilities: good is “good enough” versus customization> IT capabilities: good is good enough versus customization
> Risk management: understand security requirements/entitlements, protect against accidental actsq / , p g
> Team/Organization: right people and right partners
Can these principles be YOUR Cloud scorecard?
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Key Recommendations
> Virtualization is a critical architecture for cloud services
> Budget for management that lowers costs, but more importantly positions for long term but more importantly positions for long term growth
i i k h i i> Automation is a key theme ⎯ incorporate it throughout the discussion
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Proven Results Across All Business Segments
SERVICE PROVIDER
GOVERNMENT
FINANCIAL SERVICES
HOSPITALITY RETAIL HOSPITALITY, RETAIL & SERVICES
EDUCATION
TRANSPORTATION & MANUFACTURING
HEALTHCARE
& MANUFACTURING
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Thank You