Innovate or Die - changing your mindset about cloud @scottsanchez

SCOTT SANCHEZ DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY @scottsanchez

Innovate or DIE!

CLOUD

IS ABOUT ON-DEMAND RESOURCES

VIRTUALIZATION

WAS SOLD AS A COST-SAVING MOVE

VIRTUALIZATION DIDN’T CHANGE

THE DEVELOPER MINDSET

CLOUD IS ENABLING

DEVELOPER IMAGINATIONS

DID VIRTUALIZTION ACTUALLY

SAVE ANY MONEY?

TRUE OR FALSE?

CLOUD IS CHEAPER

88% OF COMPANIES

SAVED MONEY WITH CLOUD

56% OF COMPANIES

BOOST PROFITS WITH CLOUD

32% OF COMPANIES

INCREASED INNOVATION WITH CLOUD

ENTERPRISES

HAVE THE MOST TO GAIN FROM CLOUD

YOUR DEVELOPERS

ARE SMARTER THAN YOU ARE

YOUR DEVELOPERS

ARE BUILDING AMAZING THINGS WITH CLOUD

JUST NOT

FOR YOUR COMPANY

RISK-AVERSE COMPANIES

DO NOT LEAD

IMAGINE IF THERE WAS

NO LIMIT TO WHAT YOU COULD BUILD

JUST FIVE YEARS AGO

YOUR BUSINESS RAN ON SOMEONE ELSE’S ROADMAP

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TIME

UPGRADE

MASSIVE EFFORT

NO INNOVATION

THIS IS THE STATUS QUO…

 •  Infrastructure  and  provisioning,  configura6on  

•  Complete  applica6on  tes6ng  

•  End-­‐to-­‐end  applica6on  deployment  

•  Deep  applica6on  monitoring  and  pro/re-­‐ac6ve  response  (i.e.  scaling)  

AUTOMATING YOUR APPLICATIONS  

WHY NOW?  

AUTOMATING THE APPLICATION LIFECYCLE  

WITH CLOUD

SOFTWARE IS THE NEW HARDWARE

CLOUD GIVES YOU

A REAL CHOICE

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NEW MODEL + NO LIMITS = ACCELERATION

THIS IS THE NEW WAY

CLOUD IS ABOUT

HOW YOU CAN USE IT

CLOUD ISN’T ABOUT

WHAT YOU BUY AND FROM WHO

YOUR DEVELOPERS

ARE SMARTER THAN YOU ARE

WITH THIS

YOU CAN ONLY KILL PLANETS

WITH THIS

YOU DO DO ANYTHING

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED

STOP THINKING ABOUT CLOUD

AS A COST SAVER

CLOUD WILL COST LESS

PER UNIT

BUT IF YOU’RE DOING IT RIGHT

YOU WILL SPEND MORE LONG TERM

LET YOUR TEAMS USE CLOUD

TO INNOVATE

TAKE OFF

THE HANDCUFFS

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QUESTIONS?