Many organizations are not leveraging the full benefits of the cloud. How does your organization fare? And is cloud the right choice for all your applications or should you pursue a hybrid approach? As you navigate the road to the cloud there are five common mistakes not to make to ensure a successful deployment and adoption. Register to attend this webinar to learn the top five mistakes as well as key success criteria needed for cloud adoption. Additional topics include: *How to maneuver around potential hazards *How to build flexibility and security to avoid risks *Cloud success stories

1. Top 5 Mistakes You Don’t Want to
Make When Moving to the Cloud
December 14, 2011
Paul Carmody
SVP, Product Mgmt and Business Development

2. Agenda
Introduction
Is Everything Moving to the Cloud?
Top 5 Mistakes
Questions & Answers
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3. Our intelligent IT
Infrastructure solutions
can take your business
to a higher level.
2,700+ Enterprise Customers 450 Employees 2010 Revenue: $244M NASDAQ: INAP
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4. Internap is intelligent IT Infrastructure
Platform Flexibility
Performance to
the End User
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5. Internap is intelligent IT Infrastructure
Platform Flexibility
Colocation Managed Hosting Cloud
• Space, Power, Cooling • Dedicated Servers • Private Cloud
• Interconnection • Complex Storage • Public Cloud Connectivity
• Security & Monitoring • Integrated Security • Cloud Storage • Enterprise IP
• TCP Acceleration
• Content Delivery Network
Performance to
the End User
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6. Cloud Definitions
Increased customization
Increased agility
“SaaS”
=
Turnkey App
“PaaS” = Code
and Load
“IaaS” = OSaaS/FSaaS
“HWaaS” = MH
“DCaaS” = Colo
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7. Is Everything Moving to the Cloud?
Enterprises tend to migrate
their infrastructure toward
the cloud
Colocation Managed Private Public
Hosting Cloud Cloud
Internet start-ups tend to
migrate toward more
dedicated infrastructure
Cloud is a means to an end, not an end in itself #cloudmistakes

8. Poll Question
Are you currently
leveraging the cloud
(IaaS) for any of
your applications?
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9. As You Evaluate the Cloud, What Are the Five Mistakes
YOU DON’T WANT TO MAKE?
You want this….
Not this….
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10. Mistake #1 – Leaping Before You Look
Cloud is a means to
an end. You want
happy end users
using applications
that meet your
security and
compliance needs.
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11. Mistake #1 – Leaping Before You Look
Key factors to consider:
ü Can
the
cloud
deliver
my
applica3ons
with
acceptable
performance?
ü Do
I
have
any
compliance
considera3ons
that
restrict
my
ability
to
use
shared
infrastructure?
ü Will
the
cloud
meet
my
availability
requirements?
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12. Mistake #2 – Thinking You Have Found the One
Choosing a cloud provider is not like marriage. You may want to
to change providers later on.
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13. Mistake #2 – Thinking You Have Found the One
Key factors to consider:
ü Am
I
going
to
be
using
APIs
to
manage
my
cloud
infrastructure?
ü Are
the
APIs
proprietary
to
the
par3cular
provider?
ü Are
my
images
going
to
be
portable
to
another
provider?
ü Is
my
data
going
to
be
easily
portable
to
another
provider?
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14. Mistake #3 – If It Fits, It Ships
Don’t make the assumption that every cloud supports your
most complex applications.
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15. Mistake #3 – If It Fits, It Ships
Key factors to consider:
ü How
many
3ers
does
my
applica3on
have?
ü Do
I
require
layer
2
connec3vity
between
3ers?
ü Do
I
need
to
cluster
my
DB
for
performance
and
availability?
ü Do
I
need
specialized
networking
devices
in
the
configura3on?
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16. Mistake #4 – Believing Tomorrow Will Be Like Today
The cloud may be what you need today. In all
likelihood, it won’t be the only thing you need
tomorrow.
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17. Mistake #4 – Believing Tomorrow Will be Like Today
Key factors to consider:
ü Do
I
want
to
use
a
single
provider
to
help
manage
my
porFolio
of
applica3ons?
ü As
my
applica3on
grows,
will
I
need
physical
infrastructure
for
performance
reasons?
ü At
larger
scale,
do
the
economics
of
the
cloud
work
out?
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18. Mistake #5 – Not Leveraging the Full Potential of the
Cloud
The cloud is a tool that opens up new possibilities.
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19. Mistake #5 – Not Leveraging the Full Potential of the
Cloud
Key factors to consider:
ü Am
I
sizing
VMs
based
on
previous
physical
specs
or
am
I
op3mizing?
ü Am
I
leveraging
the
on-­‐demand
aspect
of
cloud
to
deal
with
the
“bursty”
parts
of
the
app?
ü Am
I
designing
for
horizontal
scalability
and
Layer
3
communica3on?
ü Can
I
create
an
en3re
test/dev,
staging,
and
produc3on
environment
in
the
same
cloud?
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20. Poll Question
What type of cloud
is your business
most interested in?
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21. Internap is intelligent IT Infrastructure
Platform Flexibility
Performance to
the End User
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22. Questions?
www.internap.com
#cloudmistakes
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