64Tq Education - Convergence, Standards & Loyalty

The May 2015 gathering of Educational IT professionals in London and this time I'm talking about Convergence, Standards & Open-ness and Loyalty.

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1. EtherealMind.COm humanity of technology Convergence, Standards and Openness, Loyalty
2. EtherealMind.COm about me ‣ 30 year survivor of corporate IT as “Human Infrastructure” (Network Architect/Engineer) ‣ Analyst & Writer ‣ Co-Founder of PacketPushers.net ‣ Blog - EtherealMind.com ‣ Slides: speakerdeck.com/etherealmind 2
3. EtherealMind.COm Agenda Convergence Standards and Openness Loyalty
4. EtherealMind.COm Convergence • Things that were separate become combined • Disrupts vendor strategies, client architectures • leading form of change or disruption in the technology market 4
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6. EtherealMind.COm Silicon Convergence • CPUs, southbound / northbound • Disk controllers (IDE, SCSI) now integrated PCI-x SSD. • Network adapters - now integrated on motherboard. • Integration is signal of convergence 6
7. EtherealMind.COm Convergence and Abstraction • Abstraction manages complexity • Creates multiple layers of interoperable elements • Each elements operates with defined interfaces • Example: car gearbox made the engine independent of differential • Example: credit cards abstract us from cash 7 Hardware Operating System Virtualization Application Software Infrastructure Operations Middleware Manage complexity through defined interfaces Abstraction compute storage network compute storage network MS Linux DB Email File Runtime
8. EtherealMind.COm Convergence & Abstraction 2 • Virtualization creates abstraction from server hardware and operating system • Docker abstracts the application from the operating systems • Overlay networks abstract packet forwarding from the physical network hardware 8
9. EtherealMind.COm Public Cloud as Convergence • Azure / Amazon / Google • hosted email is “convergence” • hosted documents • Cisco is getting into servers, storage, security and more • Dell is getting into software products 9
10. EtherealMind.COm Encryption as Convergence • Apple IOS9 will default to HTTPS in the API for Apps. • developers must request exception to use unencrypted HTTP • installing root certificates to IOS ? • US Government is mandating HTTPS on all sites • Google is preferentially SEO ranking HTTPS enabled sites 10
11. EtherealMind.COm Private Cloud Convergence • Rack scale computing • Nutanix • EVO:Rail & EVO:Rack • Cisco UCS • Data Centre Operating Systems • Mesosphere • vRealize • SCVVM • Compute / Storage / Network no longer “separate” disciplines • integrated skills • still need experts but many skills will disappear 11
12. EtherealMind.COm End of Knob Twiddling • Convergence changes several things about Enterprise IT • Value derived from “preparing the platform” • analysing • No more knob twiddling • custom vendor features that don't really add “value” • “I could do this” or “implement this hack” • If you have to develop a software API to deploy a one- off trick ….. 12
13. EtherealMind.COm Vendor Values • Commoditisation trend • If I’m not using vendor-specific features …. • then products become less differentiated • Value shifts from knobby features to software integration & orchestration • Which brings me to …. standards & integration 13
14. EtherealMind.COm Agenda Convergence Standards and Openness Loyalty
15. EtherealMind.COm Standards, Open-ness • Linux - open source • IETF, IEEE etc - open standards • Published APIs - open access • vendor specific • product specific 15
16. EtherealMind.COm What is Open ? • Define open ? • Open source • Open Access • Open Standard • Open Process • Open API • Examples • Linux • OpenStack, Open Daylight • An “open box” must have only one open side to be useful 16
17. EtherealMind.COm Why Standards ? • Critical to market success • eg. Roman success of standardised weights & measures • standard railway gauges • Reliability - open tends to better • open standards are often more considered, better thought through. • Interoperability • reduces customer risk which creates demand • modular exchange of components • Open Markets are bigger than closed markets • less risk on investment • customers are more likely to buy (no “training the market”) 17
18. EtherealMind.COm Slow but Necessary • use of radio spectrum and access to emergency services are multi-decade commitments • some create legal precedents and rules • But startups are driven to move fast or die • 5 to 10 years of standards process • do or die 18
19. EtherealMind.COm Standards Development Organisations • MEF, ITU, DMTF, IEEE, IETF, • Have SDOs passed their “use-by” date ? • A question of relevance and NOT existence • Linux Foundation, Apache Foundation • ship first, ship fast, ship anything • Who sends delegates to Standards Bodies • Universities & Vendors • Which people are selected ? • hint: not always the best or brightest 19
20. EtherealMind.COm New Laws ? • Law of OpenSource: quality and strength of the project is 100% dependent on the interests, energy and capability of the developer community • Law of OpenStandards: importance, validity and timeliness of relevant specification is 100% dependent on interests, energy and compromises of the individuals who have been empowered to manage, organize and complete the work effort of the SDO 20 Reference: Open Standards, Open Source, Open Loop
21. EtherealMind.COm Its up to You • Do something in public to support standards • Tell vendors, constantly • Tell resellers, constantly • Blog / Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn 21
22. EtherealMind.COm Agenda Convergence Standards and Openness Loyalty
23. EtherealMind.COm Loyalty • Whats changed about loyalty ? • its a two way thing 23
24. EtherealMind.COm Partnerships • Reseller, Vendors, Suppliers • I put great value in building relationships with people • and the companies they represent 24
25. EtherealMind.COm Quid Pro Quo • In return for my loyalty …… • access to resources • priority service • flexibility, break process, go harder ? 25
26. EtherealMind.COm Career Loyalty • Employer loyalty • how much loyalty does a modern employer offer ? • how much, what loyalty should you offer your employer ? • Career loyalty • will you have the same career all your life ? • Vendor Loyalty • who supports a sports team all their life.. • what the quid pro quo ? 26
27. EtherealMind.COm Thats It thanks to questions / discussion or just have a coffee