In any discussion about cloud, there are lots of buzzwords being thrown out by analysts and vendors. "Digital Transformation", "Democratization of IT", "Citizen Developer", and many more. Add in the 'as a Service" explosion and it is hard to make heads and tails over what will add value to your business. This session will cut through the hype and help bring a reality check to how the Cloud can help you. This session is for everyone: Administrator, Developer, IT Executive, or Business User. Plan on leaving with a deeper understanding and ideas of where you can take advantage.

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The Cloud and You –
the 'as a service' disruption you can't ignore
JOHN HEAD - PSC GROUP, LLC

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Three things you are going to learn today …
1. Learn about the Cloud and why
people are moving to it
2. What about the ‘as a Service’
pieces and what they
represent
3. If you are new to the cloud,
where to start

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Agenda
• Who is John?
• Cloud Defined
• Why the Cloud?
• The “as a Service” Components
• Where to start?

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Who Am I?

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Who is John?
• Evangelist & Business
Development
• 24 years experience
• 19 Consulting, 5 sales
• Speaker at conferences and
user groups around the world
• 50+ sessions
• IBM Champion (5 years)
• Specialize in Application
Modernization & Integration

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PSC is a business and IT consulting firm
specializinginstrategyandintegration.
We match experienced professionals with
proven and emergent technology to design,
deliver, and service customized solutions.
We turn IT into an effective strategic
resource that improves efficiencies and
work streams, delivers a measurable return
oninvestment,andgrowscompanies.

7. PSC Group, LLC is proud to announce that, once again, they are home to
multiple IBM Champions. Six top PSC employees were selected for the 2015 list:
John Head, Mark Roden, Shean McManus, Kathy Brown, Brad Balassaitis and
Toby Samples. PSC has more IBM Champions than any other single
organization. PSC has had at least one employee named an IBM Champion since
they started with the recognition 6 years ago.
Congratulations to our six IBM Champions
Brad Balassaitis Kathy Brown Toby Samples Mark Roden John Head Shean McManus

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Cloud Defined

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What is the cloud?
• Cloud is an elastic architectural structure
that delivers its services widely across a
network, sharing or pooling its resources
among multiple customers so it can deliver
rapid capacity growth on-demand and can
be billed as a measured service

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Public vs. Private vs. Hybrid Cloud

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Why the Cloud?

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Why the Cloud?

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What are businesses transitioning?
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Sales and
Marketing
Customer Service
Business Analytics
52%
44%
44%
Front Office is moving fast
Transaction
Processing
Data center
Consolidation
Back Office is lagging
Moving to
Cloud
Not Moving
to Cloud
34% 31%
17%19%
http://www.northbridge.com/2014-future-cloud-computing-survey

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The “as a Service” Components

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IaaS PaaS
SaaS DevOps
Cloud
The “as a Service” Components

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Infrastructure
as a Service
Platform as a
Service
Software as a
Service
Development
& Operations
Cloud
The “as a Service” Components

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IaaS PaaS
SaaS DevOps
Cloud
The “as a Service” Components

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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a
form of cloud computing that
provides virtualized computing
resources over the Internet
What is Infrastructure as a Service?

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Most Popular IaaS Vendors

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IaaS Leaders
• Amazon Web Services
• Microsoft
• Google
• CentruyLink
• Rackspace
• VMWare
• Virtustream
• IBM (Softlayer)

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What about hosting providers?
What is the difference?
In most cases: Multi-tenant, leading
to scale and performance
Hosting Providers?

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IaaS PaaS
SaaS DevOps
Cloud
The “as a Service” Components

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Platform as a service (PaaS) is a cloud computing model that
delivers applications over the Internet. In a PaaS model, a cloud
provider delivers hardware and software tools -- usually those
needed for application development -- to its users as a service. A
PaaS provider hosts the hardware and software on its own
infrastructure. As a result, PaaS frees users from having to install
in-house hardware and software to develop or run a new
application.
What is Platform as a Service?

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Platform as a Service Popular Vendors

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PaaS Leaders
• Salesforce
• Microsoft
• IBM
• Red Hat
• Google
• SAP

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IaaS PaaS
SaaS DevOps
Cloud
The “as a Service” Components

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Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software
distribution model in which applications are
hosted by a vendor or service provider and
made available to customers over a network,
typically the Internet.
Software as a Service (SaaS)

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Software as a Service (SaaS) Vendors

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IaaS PaaS
SaaS DevOps
Cloud
The “as a Service” Components

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DevOps is a software development method that emphasizes
communication, collaboration (information sharing and web service
usage), integration, automation, and measurement of cooperation
between software developers and other IT professionals. The
method acknowledges the interdependence of software
development, quality assurance (QA), and IT operations, and aims
to help an organization rapidly produce software products and
services and to improve operations performance.
DevOps

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Where to Start?

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Where to start?
• ‘The Cloud’ is can be quite easy to get started with … pick an
application, sign up, and start using it.
• Most companies look at the Cloud technically
• Recommendation: Start with the Cloud Strategically

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Cloud Implementation Strategies
• The Cloud impacts your internal environment in three ways
• Data Center - Servicers, Storage, etc.
• End User Applications – Email, CRM, Documents, etc.
• Application Development
• Inventory what you have
• Pick One
• Start tactical, plan strategic

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Cloud Implementation Strategies – Data Center
• Moving your data center to the cloud provides
• No more hardware maintenance!
• “Unlimited Storage’
• Someone else works 24/7 to keep the lights on
• Reduction in power and other costs
• More than just virtualization, containerization allows application
instance movement

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Cloud Implementation Strategies – End User Apps
• Moving an end user application provides
• Newest version of the software all the time
• No more upgrades
• No more patching
• Storage and Processing outside of your data center
• Add-on services automatic
• Delve when using Office365 for email
• Users love it!

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Cloud Implementation Strategies – App Dev
• Moving Application Development
provides
• Developers are using modern
platforms
• NoSQL
• Modern Web Frameworks – Angular.JS,
React, Ember, etc.
• Modern Development Tools
• Easy to move to services-based
architecture
• Easier Integration of third-party
platforms and data
• Respond to feature requests quicker
InvestMigrate
Cloud Infrastructure
Could
Migrate
Don’t
Migrate
Virtualization
Legacy Modernized

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PSC Cloud Offerings
Business
Value
Assessment
Readiness
Assessment
Application
Assessment
39
Roadmap
& Planning
Application
Enablement
Infrastructure
Enablement
Service
Delivery

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Takeaways
• The ‘Cloud’ is modernizing and disrupting all areas of IT
• Three main segments of the Cloud market
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• The cloud has enabled a new methodology (DevOps) that
allows IT and business to work together
• You have options on where to start!

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Final Thought

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ThankYou
Contact:
JohnHead
331.684.7114|jhead@psclistens.com

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