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Cloud Literacy for the Enterprise
How to achieve full cloud literacy
in the enterprise world?
11/1/2017
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About Me
@alex_casalboni
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Master in Computer Science
Sr. SoDware Engineer & Web Developer
Cloud Evangelist @ Cloud Academy
Serverless Enthusiast
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Cloud Literacy
Global Trends
Unsolved Challenges
The role of EducaNon
Agenda
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Cloud Literacy
What is Cloud Literacy exactly?
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What is a “Cloud”?
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What’s “Literacy"?
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What’s “Cloud Literacy"?
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A specializaNon of “Digital Literacy”
It’s a moving target
Not limited to engineers/developers
It’s connected to knowledge and culture
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Global Trends
What’s going on up in the Clouds?
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Who’s NOT using the Cloud?
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MulN-Cloud is the new normal
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Side note on “Hybrid Clouds”
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IT PrioriNes are evolving
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How do you even MulN-Cloud?
Source: Hashicorp - Enabling Cloud Adoption
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How do you even MulN-Cloud?
Source: Hashicorp - Enabling Cloud Adoption
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Unsolved Challenges
What is slowing down Cloud Literacy?
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What are the root causes?
Heterogeneity (complexity)
Lack of real-Nme service discovery
Lack of automaNon (IaC)
Lack of agnosNc tools (vendor independent)
No perimeter-based security anymore
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Cloud Challenges are evolving too
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Cloud Challenges are evolving too
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One does not simply “Hire more Cloud Experts”
42% of US/UK businesses are looking
to hire for Cloud Compu@ng skills
43% of these companies say they struggle to
find candidates with Cloud Compu@ng skills
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The Lack of Skills dominates
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Focus on company culture and skills
Skills rapidly become obsolete
Training has never been more important
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No Cloud, No Party
“71% of IT decision makers report that
their organiza@ons have lost revenue*
due to a lack of cloud exper@se.”
[Rackspace]
* 5% of global revenue
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The role of EducaNon
How to fill the lack of skills and exper>se?
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When should you stop learning?
“Lifelong learning is becoming
an economic impera@ve”
[The Economist]
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What should you learn next?
“70% of the technical skills jobs require
today become obsolete with 5 years”
[LinkedIn Research]
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What should Cloud educaNon look like?
ConNnuous Learning
Learn by doing (pracNcal skills)
Self-paced Learning
Vendor-neutral Learning
Periodic skills assessment
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