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Think about what workloads could move to #cloud today. There will be some. Move the standalone ones first

Heavily integrated workloads will be hard to move so cut your teeth on the easier ones first to gain experience

Experience is the best teacher so I believe private - Cloudburst - is a great starting point for those with a budget for R&D. Otherwise, partnerships (IBM) are key.

first step is culture then to reset and standardize then design operational model imho

Organizations need to first define a cloud strategy in the context of their overall IT infrastructure strategy

I´d say staring with a deployment of highly optimized dynamic infrastructure i.e virtualization

Educate yourself and the biz about the biz oppty, cultural shifts and tech realities of cloud

look at simple, easy workloads such a dev & test, cut your teeth here first then grow, trying a hybrid multi-platform workload first is doomed to failure...

@IBMSDE Yes. Cloud strategy has to come AFTER understanding application performance, availability and recovery requirements, and AFTER assessing information governance, security, and privacy requirements.

understand that cloud is an architecture not just a delivery mechanism

@JohnPEaston Yes, you can move stand alone apps more easily, but you first have to understand the availability, performance and governance requirements.

@IBMSDE Also think about whether the organisation can consume standardised services. I see many organisations struggle with this one.

Seek out open standards communities to take advantage of flexibility enabling greater choice and faster innovation cycles

@furrier Agreed, John. I've talked to organizations that have NO global IT infrastructure standards and others that have standards completely nailed down.

Information management and security strategies

I just interviewed @alan_nance from Philips he sees compliance and security with native cloud offerings

Information governance requirements that vary by country.

agree with @kenjm0154 but would also add building for service and TCO....

Steve, good point. I agree.

I think the other challenge is that you have different legal frameworks to operate within that doubtless conflict / disagree somewhere

One challenge with global stuff is how to scale to it. Very often solutions that work well when small scale OK to big but then fail badly at global scale

over the past year, it's become clear that location of information is very important for compliance and security.

talent is the constraining resource

@allan_nance just introduced the concept on @theCUBE called Consumption based Infrastructure which is the new model for global cloud

Thinking of people/processes: A top challenge is the ability to keep up with increasing pace of biz req'ts

will take a look @theCUBE after this chat thanks for the head up...

@IBMSDE that is why the study indicates - Less than one-third of IT executives believe they are effectively collaborating with the business to provide IT infrastructure solutions

Cloud enabling compliance and security? Or did he say clouds increase compliance and security concerns?

@jtmcarthur56 Phillips is doing massive POC for 7 clouds all standarized with their suppliers spanning their commercial and enterprise businesses. Massive transformation but security/compliance is huge

Yes - many clients I work with are building "codes of connection" that any cloud provider has to work with

@IBMSmrtrCmptn Regulatory compliance analytics, customer insight, and mobile banking

Each represents a risk that must be mitigated whether it be Op Risk, Fraud risk, Compliance Risk, or Competitive Risk

Tactical savings due to modernization, particularly in storage.

To tackle the next wave of technology trends - Cloud, Analytics, Mobile, Social and Security (CAMSS)

need to gain competitive advantage is biggest driver and IT can be the fastest way to achieve this...

Demand from customers to improve the customer experience and the value received.

Interesting stat: 2/3 of IT exec leaders look beyond costs as a top driver for infra investment #IBVstudy

@kenjm0154 If not regulation then external factors certainly. Just been working with a client who as a result of a change in the law has had part of their business impacted hard

Things like speed to market, capturing revenue oppty, eliminating unplanned downtime, increased flexibility are top of mind

@JohnSchloss Absolutely! Sometimes investment is cheaper than current state...and we do a pretty good job showing that in our IT Optimization Assessments. http://tinyurl.com/o...

Inertia is the key driver

interesting point, I can't think of a business today that doesn't need to connect their customer-facing IT systems with their applications that manage product/service info. customer records, etc. This requires investment.

Met with an organization last week that was required by some countries to do all data processing in country. They operate in over 50 countries. No cloud service there.

Using a car analogy: how effective of a driver are you by only looking through the rear-view mirror?

@IBMSmrtrCmptn Recognize the org’s tactical and strategic pressures and provide integrated solutions that respond to those pressures

Tip: Look to automate manual processes and use repeatable best practices to free time and focus on strategic initiatives

By anticipating the future needs of their customers, putting offerings in place to help. If the customer can't look forward then the provider maybe can

take small simple steps rather than promise to feed the worlds poor and deliver world peace with the first project...

Key here is making this easy for the customer to consume whilst delivering real value in a short time

@IBMSDE love the car analogy it's like texting and driving while looking in the rear view mirror - disaster happens

@Crowdfather Texting, driving, looking in rear view mirror, while assuming there's nothing but straight open road ahead and the car will just drive itself.

1) Identify the challenges, needs 2) Educating them 3) Provide end-to-end IT infrastructure solutions