Cloud adoption strategy - building the foundation for digital transformation

You’ve made the decision to migrate to the cloud as the cornerstone for their digital transformation strategy and are ready to initiate the cloud adoption process, but where do you begin? What foundational elements are necessary to ensure your cloud adoption is successful and sustainable? In this session I want to talk to you about building your cloud adoption strategy.

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1. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Ricardo Sueiras | Principal Advocate at AWS Follow me @094459 Cloud adoption strategy Foundation for your digital transformation
2. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Foundation for business transformation Cost savings (TCO) Staff productivity Business agility Operational resilience Infrastructure cost savings/avoidance from moving to the cloud Efficiency improvement by function on a task-by-task basis Benefit of improving SLAs and reducing unplanned outages Deploying new features/ applications faster and reducing errors Business/value Most compelling cloud benefits Typical focus What is it?
3. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Cloud adoption journey V A L U E T I M E Project Continuous Reinvention Foundation Migration Cloud native Retire technical debt Modernization
4. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. “Infrastructure-less” Environment IT as a Utility Business Alignment Plan for Failure vs. Encourage Failure Why Prevent the Inevitable? Governance and Policy What Are Others Doing? Operational Integration Continuous Deployment Talent Optimization Application Optimization On Demand Why? When? Security How? Compliance Industry Cost Control Reporting Core Competency DevOps
5. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) Helps organizations: • Understand how cloud adoption transforms the way they work • Leverage experience of 1000’s of cloud adoption journeys • Customize a collaborative, executable Action Plan CAF starts with: • Identifying critical stakeholders • Grouping related stakeholders into six perspectives Perspectives allow to: • Identify barriers and gaps to Cloud Adoption by stakeholder • Recognize cross-organizational dependencies Learn more about the CAF online: https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws_cloud_adoption_framework.pdf
6. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. • Better understandings of Cross-Functional Issues and Risks • Prioritized Concerns and Problems across stakeholders • Practical and Realistic Action Plan for tackling blockers Key Actions Dependencies Dependencies Dependencies Dependencies Dependencies Dependencies Identify Roles, skills and capabilities for Cloud-based IT Helen A Review current support model and identify skills gaps and training plans Bob Z Establish skills matrix and track Cloud certifications Helen A Engage training partner to identify suitable training plans Bill G Review how cloud governance will integrate into current Governance Team Bruce C Review RACI Model for Cloud Managed Services and align to wider Support RACI George F Agree priorities for Interim Governance Dashboard Bruce C Map out timelines and adoption process for initial cloud projects James H Establish patterns and standardization for the cloud Julie B Review patterns for shared services / Retail Integration components Julie B Review stack delivery mechanism requirements for AWS- MS Bryan N Review and investigate networking architecture designs Jim W Review SecOps and Service Management integration patterns (Cross) Tim A Review security operations skills and capabilities and identify gaps Tim A Create and agree a RACI model around security operations Alice H Undertake a Security Assessment to determine control framework Eve E Review end to end authentication mechanisms Barb L Identify BANK service operations processes and align to current operations Dan N Identify Interim and Target Operating Model requirements Bob B Skills Process Dependencies Learn about reporting services for billing Brad X Learn about to variable cost models for IT John A Establish a process for billing enquiries Brad X Establish process to review Cloud funding options within IT Finance John A Identify Communication Strategy for cloud adoption Mark A Establish process to create Cloud Evangelists Helen A Undertake Service Catalog Immersion Day Geoff M Review existing operational multi-party processes that cloud will touch Dan N Conduct CAF Workshop
7. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Setting up for success Executive sponsorship 1 Cloud strategy and vision 2 Organisational change 3 Adoption roadmap 4 Cloud centre of excellence 5 Principals and Standards 6 “In my experience, it can be fatal if you don’t have the support of a single-threaded executive leader during the transition.” —Jonathan Allen, former Chief Technology Officer, Capital One Banks UK
8. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Migration foundational to Cloud adoption Assessment Readiness & planning Migration Operations & optimizations
9. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. MAP customer journey Assess Mobilize Migrate & Modernize Mobilization through experiences Accelerate migration at scale Rapid discovery TCO report Briefings & workshops Migration Readiness Assessment Create a case for change Operate Migrate Modernize Discovery and planning Landing zone Skills/center of excellence Migration experience Business case/ Mig. Evaluator Migration plan Operating model Security and compliance Immersion day
10. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Assess
11. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Assessment phase – building the business case • Online self-service tool • 16 questions across 6 perspectives • Custom report (URL or PDF) • High-level recommendations on what is required to adopt the cloud successfully • Suitable for early-stage discussions and small-scale migrations • 1-day workshop • ~70 questions to identify readiness and gaps for a large-scale migration • Action plan proposal to close the gaps Annual on- premises cost Direct match to AWS Rightsized to AWS • Leverages existing inventory or agentless discovery tool • Acquired by AWS in December 2018 • Highlights the financial impact of different software licensing strategies • Complete business case and TCO analysis • Optimize compute, storage, and database Cloud Adoption Readiness Tool Migration Readiness Assessment Workshop TSO Logic Assess your readiness Build directional business case
12. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Migration readiness assessments highlight key areas of focus Readiness assessment results Customer data sources Self-service and guided assessments Stakeholder conversations Technical capability assessment Platform Applications & infrastructure Security Risk & compliance Operations Hybrid & dynamic Business capability assessment Business Value realization People Roles & readiness Governance Prioritization & control Assessment focus
13. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Mobilise
14. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Migration readiness Discovery and planning Landing zone Skills/center of excellence Migration experience Business case Migration plan Operating model Security and compliance
15. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. APN Partners to help you AWS Migration Competency Partners (40+) Established AWS migration practice Current Managed Services or DevOps competency APN Consulting Partners (Expertise level: Advanced & higher) AWS certifications and certified consultants Audited annually against competencies
16. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. AWS can help reduce the skills gap to accelerate your cloud journey. 80% Faster adoption to the cloud* 30% Increased employee satisfaction Curated & flexible training programs to accelerate success • Free Learning needs analysis • Over 20 instructor-led courses • Migration-specific Training • 12 Certifications to validate skills • AWS Solutions Architect-led Workshops 4.7x More likely to improve IT staff productivity* * Source: IDC White Paper, Train to Accelerate Your Cloud Strategy, October 2017 ** Source: 2018 Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report Learning Needs Analysis helps customize to your specific needs • Collects and analyzes skill data • Uncovers AWS skill gaps for organizations, teams, and individuals • Visualize skill gaps through Heatmaps • Yields prescriptive skill enablement plans 4.4x More likely to overcome operational concerns**
17. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Getting started
18. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Business value of cloud adoption Cost savings (TCO) Staff productivity Business agility Operational resilience Launch of new products 75% faster (Unilever) Critical workloads run in multiple AZs and regions for robust DR (Expedia) 50%+ reduction in TCO (GE) Over 500 hours per year of server configuration time saved (Sage) Infrastructure cost savings/avoidance from moving to the cloud Efficiency improvement by function on a task-by-task basis Benefit of improving SLAs and reducing unplanned outages Deploying new features/ applications faster and reducing errors Business/value Most compelling cloud benefits Typical focus What is it? Examples 31% average infrastructure cost savings 62% in IT staff productivity boost 7x fewer downtime hours (Amazon EC2) than the next largest cloud provider 3x more features delivered per year
19. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Take the Cloud Readiness Assessment Actions to get started https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-migration 1 3 Select an AWS Partner who can help Identify and engage your executive sponsor and learn more about the Cloud Adoption Framework and workshops 2
20. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Insights from those who have travelled this path
21. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Thank you! Please follow me on Twitter if you have any further questions - @094459