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Cloud Transformation: what you need to know before engaging a providerAlex LalInfrastructure Strategy and SolutionsVelrada

Your Cloud transformation journeyBuilding the benefits caseAligning the organisationDesigning the solutionPlanning the transformation

Today’s agenda

Established in 2009, Velrada is an award winning, Australian-owned, business and technology consulting firm with strong experience in resources around the Asia-Pacific region. Alex is a Managing Consultant in Velrada’s Infrastructure Strategy and Solutions Practice, with 10 years’ experience of major infrastructure transformation projects in the Government, Utilities, Mining, Oil & Gas and EPCM sectors.In addition to our infrastructure consulting practice, we also have strong capabilities in: Operational efficiency and process improvement Rick management and compliance Business change and transformation Information management, Business Intelligence and Big

Data Web, mobile and social collaboration Systems architecture and integration

Alex LalInfrastructure Strategy

and Solutions Consultant

By way of introduction

Questions, questions, questions… Public, private or hybrid Cloud? Which provider? Which pricing model? How will this affect business critical application x or service y? How will it impact my network (performance and costs)? Where will my data be stored and how quickly can I retrieve it? What about ancillary services (BUAAS, DRAAS, MAAS, CAAS…)?

Business Case Vendor Selection Service Design Migration Planning Integration Change Management

Security Service Transition UAT & Training Purchasing & Billing Vendor Management Ongoing Maintenance &

Support

Cloud transformation delivers intended cost savings, but little else due to lack of alignment with business objectives.

Migration effort is more challenging than initially envisaged, leading to erosion of confidence and support.

Business critical applications or services do not function as well in your Cloud environment as they did on premise.

New ways of working require new capabilities to be developed within your ICT organisation.

Common pitfalls

Are you prepared?

Your Cloud transformation journey

Strategy: build support and

momentum through a business-focused

benefits case.

Planning: understand your key

metrics and align your working

practices accordingly.

Design: create an overarching design

and governance framework to

support decisions.

Execution: ‘prime’ your environment and take a risk-

based approach to migration.

Program managementCommercial management

Risk managementChange management

What you should know…

In order to leverage the benefits of Cloud, we should understand and focus on how it will create business value, by aligning with organisational strategies and objectives.

Building the benefits case

DEMAND MANAGEMENT

Business Partnering

Governanc

e

Sizing and Scoping

Pricing Transparenc

y

Translating ‘wants and needs’ into a set of high-level solution or service requirements

New role for ICT organisation – more ‘service broker’ than traditional IT shop

Understanding the ‘wants and needs’ of the business

Frequently overlooked, but critical to ensuring responsiveness and controlUnderstanding the

costs and providing visibility back to the business

Aligning the organisation

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Designing the solution

‘Commodity’ Layer

‘Managed’ Layer

‘Utility’ Layer

Services that can be called off by business teams or users from a service catalogue.

Services that are controlled centrally by the ICT department.

(Typically) infrastructure services that are consumed ‘as a service’ by the organisation as a whole.

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Planning the transformationAssess

Design

Plan Validate

Begin with a comprehensive inventory of current and planned applications, infrastructure services and data sets.

Work with partners to build a picture of what type of Cloud environment(s) will meet your needs.

Identify low-risk candidate applications, services and data for early migration to test and prove transition approach and processes.

Validate this with the business to build confidence and trust in within the organisation.

Look beyond TCO – seek alignment with business (not just ICT) strategy and objectives.Ensure key ‘pieces of the puzzle’ are in place before engaging with your vendor.Start with a comprehensive understanding of your current environment and planned initiatives.Be prepared to realign the ICT organisation to manage the new environment.

Key takeaways

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