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2. How to integrate cloud services management into your IT operations David Strom December 15, 2011 [email_address]

3. Getting started

4. Agenda

• Securing your virtual machines

• Keeping track of costs of your virtual infrastructure

• Automating various actions

• Understanding Zenith SmartStyle

5. Who am I?

6. Our guest

• Dan Rock, business development representative for Zenith Infotech.

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8. Security gear needed

• Anti-virus/anti-malware protection

• Access controls

• Firewalls and intrusion prevention

• Auditing and compliance tools

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10. Time for our first poll

• Do you feel that your cloud resources are as well protected as your physical servers?

• • Yes

• • No

• How many different cloud providers do you use?

• • None

• • One

• • More than one

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16. Automating common procedures

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24. SmartStyle features

• Test/dev are separate

• VM collection

• Managed by Zenith NOC

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34. Zenith calculator

35. Cloud costing issues

• As you can see, very complex

• Things often change, especially pricing

• What exactly are you being billed for?

• Read the fine print: surcharges and other stuff

36. Time for our second poll

• Do you feel that you have a good handle on cloud computing costs?

• • Yes

• • No

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47. Conclusion

48. Questions?

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