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?