Architecting a Cloud Powered Business: Cloud Leaders Are Made, Not Born IT Professionals Chris Barbin: CEO, Appirio Eric Dirst: CIO, DeVry Rick Gross: CFO, Merkle, Inc. Steven Bunger: CEO, Mobile Mini
May 06, 2015
Architecting a Cloud Powered Business: Cloud Leaders Are Made, Not Born
IT Professionals
Chris Barbin: CEO, AppirioEric Dirst: CIO, DeVryRick Gross: CFO, Merkle, Inc.Steven Bunger: CEO, Mobile Mini
Objective Today: Learn from Cloud Leaders
The benefits of a business powered by the public cloud
Expectations and questions at different stages of cloud
adoption
Skills and technologies for a cloud-powered business
Lessons from those transforming a business with the
cloud
Chris Barbin
CEO, Appirio
Appirio: Helping Enterprises Accelerate Their Adoption of the Cloud
5000+ Companies… …have turned to Appirio…
…to Adopt, Extend and Connect Cloud
Platforms
• 200 services customers• 5000+ product customers
• Triple-digit year over year growth• Funded by Sequoia, GGV
• 100% focused on bringing leading cloud platforms to the enterprise
Before Appirio: CIO of Borland
1000 people, 1000 servers
There had to be a better way
A first-hand view into the impact of cloud computing
Things Have Changed a Lot in the Past 4 Years
2006 Today
If How
SaaS Cloud
SMB Enterprise
IT on Sidelines IT Transformation
Edge of Business Core of Business
Cloud Applications and Platforms Deliver Results for Business and IT
Changed the role of IT within our business
Helped us significantly lower our IT spend
Changed the way we run our business
Are significantly quicker and easier to deploy
Helped us achieve a specific business objective
Enabled us to respond faster to business needs
8%
6%
10%
6%
6%
5%
70%
75%
77%
81%
82%
83%
Cloud Solution Impact% of Respondents
Somewhat/Strongly Disagree Somewhat/Strongly Agree
Source: 2010 Appirio State of the Public Cloud Survey
Cloud Adopters Plan to Rapidly Ramp Their Cloud Usage
Today
25%In 12 Months
38%In 3 Years
55%
Cloud Adopter Perspective
% Who Have Majority of IT in the Cloud
The Benefits Multiply at Each Stage of Cloud Adoption
Ben
efits
Adopt cloud applications
Single application business case
Maximize the value of cloud apps
Some benefits from using multiple apps together
Transform IT with multiple cloud platforms
Multiplicative benefits or 1 + 1 + 1 = 5
Commitment to Public Cloud Platforms Required to Realize Full Potential
Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud Public Cloud
Virtual Machine
Hardware
Middleware
Software
VM
Hardware
Middleware
Software
+ Cost savings+ Scalability+ Existing skills- Still supporting SW
+ Some cost savings and scalability- Complex integration- Need new skills- Still supporting SW
+ Business agility+ Rapid innovation+ No data center costs- Less mature technology- Need new skills
A Cloud Powered Business Has Different Challenges
Cross-Cloud Integration
76%
MobileAccess
75%
SaaS Silos
73%
On-Premise Integration
77%
Manageability
81%
Security
83%
The End Game Changes the Questions You Should Ask At Each Stage
Single application business case
Multiple apps used together
Multiplicative benefits
Adopt cloud applications
Maximize the value of cloud apps
Transform IT with multiple cloud platforms
Our Panel: Learning from Cloud Leaders
Steven Bunger, CEO Eric Dirst, CIO Rick Gross, CFO
• Technology and business education
• 4,800 employees
• Sales cloud• Service cloud• Custom cloud
• Portable storage solutions
• 2,100 employees
• Sales cloud• Custom cloud
• Customer relationship marketing
• 1,000 employees
• Cloud strategy• Sales cloud
Panel Discussion
How is your company using public cloud apps and platforms to shape your
business today?
What results have you seen so far? What areas of your business has it
impacted?
What was the initial business need that go you on your journey? Did you
start out thinking you wanted to transform your business?
What were your primary challenges early on? How have those evolved
along the way?
How do private or hybrid clouds play in your plan?
Have your needs changed in terms of who you partner with?
How are your team’s internal skills evolving in this journey? What kind of
organizational change have you had to go through?
Architecting a Cloud Powered Business: Cloud Leaders Are Made,
Not Born
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