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Peter E. Poolsaar, P. Eng — Executive Cloud Advisor, IBM Cloud

poolsaar@ca.ibm.com

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Mapping your Cloud Journey

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What disruption killed off the horse and carriage?

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Cloud has evolved into a platform for innovation across industries.

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BankingHealthcareRetail

Insurance Government Education …

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Wherever you are on your cloud journey, how do you rapidly transform and innovate?

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Business Models

Data PlatformsInfrastructure Platforms

Application and Delivery Platforms

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A successful cloud undertaking is comprised of steps that produce these key outcomes during the journey.

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1 Envision 2 Evaluate 3 Outline 4 Design

Gap

analysis

Architectural

decisions Governance and

organizational

impact

Cloud

design

Management

framework

Cloud direction

and scope

Identify cloud

opportunities

Business

case

Cloud service

delivery strategy

Prioritized

workloads

Pilot feedback Pilot feedback Pilot feedback

Initial roadmapCurrent state

Updated roadmap

Portfolio planning

Technical decisionsTransition plan

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1. Envision the Possibilities

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How can we best leverage cloud

for business value?

What is success?

What is the right delivery

model for me?

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2. Evaluate where you are and where you need to be

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Where are my gaps?

Which workloads to move to cloud?

How can I build a plan to close my gaps?

How will they perform once in cloud?

Current State Required Future State

Gap to be closed

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3. Outline your service delivery strategy and technical blueprint

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How do I approach my services portfolio or make cloud decisions?

What are my requirements or critical decisions for my architecture?

What new tools & techniques do I need to adopt and master? What non-core activities can I hand-off…?

R&D Strategy

Portfoliodecisions

Develop

and deploy

Operate

Continual

improvement

Business

imperatives Enterprise

Portfolio

Lifecycle

Service

Lifecycle

ServiceTransaction

Lifecycle

Design

Strategy

Transition

Operations

Continualimprove

Inquiry/request

Commitment/subscription

Provisioning

ExecutionValue/satisfactionappraisal

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4. Design Your Roadmap for Success

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What is the cost/ benefit analysisof implementing a cloud solution?

Do we have the appropriate roles and governance for cloud?

What would my cloud solution and design look like?

What will my operation and service management models look like?

• Business Strategy

• Technical Strategy

• Governance

• Infrastructure Readiness

• Service Management

• Integration

• Application Development

• Dev Ops

• Mobility

• Social

• Analytics

• …

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Learn More

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Join us at the roundtable discussion to further discuss mapping your cloud journey.

Resources:

1. Learn how 500 CIOs are accelerating their digital transformation with hybrid cloud and IT consulting.

2. Online Cloud Adoption Advisor tool