In this session we will cover key areas for building a business case for the Cloud. Topics covered will include: Goals in moving your infrastructure to AWS. Challenges faced along the way. The 5 steps to achieving visibility and control of AWS across business functions. Craig partners with Cloud leaders such as Amazon to build Innovative Solutions for the local and international market. His first company Cloud business Devnet was acquired by Cloud Sherpas / Accenture. He is active in the AWS users group and many startup groups. He is currently Founder & CEO of CloudMGR - AWS Advanced Technology Partner Speaker: Craig Deveson, Founder & CEO, CloudMGR

1. Visibility and Control in the Cloud:
How to get your boss comfortable with AWS

2. AGENDA
Why are organisations moving to AWS?
What it takes to maximise the Cloud opportunity
The AWS Adoption Journey
The 5 steps to achieving organisation-wide visibility and control of AWS
How does CloudMGR help?

3. Why Visibility and Control are
essential for maximising the
benefits of AWS ?

4. Cost Savings
Speed
Agility
The right choice
of Cloud
Visibility and
Control
Efficiency
Innovation

5. Explore Adopt Expand Transform
THE AWS ADOPTION JOURNEY
V i s i b i l i t y & C o n t r o l

6. Develop a visibility framework
Moveculture from CAPEX to OPEX
Create a governance structure
Build self service capability
Tap into the partner ecosystem
5 REQUIREMENTSFOR VISIBILITY AND CONTROL

7. DEVELOP A VISIBILITY FRAMEWORK
What’s actually running?
Use tools to bring visibility
to Cloud consumption:
• AWS Console
• AWS API
• Third party billing and cost
management tools
Standardise which services are
used so that business units can
build on and adapt them
Control Shadow IT
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8. TAP INTO THE PARTNERECOSYSTEM
Use partner tools to simplify:
• Billing and cost management
• Setting up a self service portal
• Performing optimisation tasks
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Technology Partners
Leverage the consulting partner
network to:
• Perform migration tasks
• Develop governance practices
• Outsource service management
Consulting Partners

9. MOVE FROM A CAPEX TO OPEX CULTURE
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CAPEX has been the main business budgeting mechanism for IT
OPEX requires a change in thinking from IT and Finance:
• Comfortwith distributed access
• Resource responsibility beyond IT
• Avoid “out ofsight, out of mind” thinking

10. CREATE A GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
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Maintain compliance with best practices, corporate governance requirements
and security by corporate users and service providers:
• Develop a usage and control policy
• Control risk with Cloud governance
• Manage access and permissions
• Review compliance via regular audits

11. BUILD SELF SERVICE CAPABILITY
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Give teams controlled access to manage their own resources:
• On demand access
• Automation tools
• Cost control mechanisms
Self services gives teams the agility to experiment and be innovative

12. Develop a visibility framework
HOW DOES CLOUDMGR HELP?
Create a central
control
Dashboard

13. Move from CAPEX to OPEX culture
HOW DOES CLOUDMGR HELP?
Chargebacks and
Cost Centers

14. Build self service capability
HOW DOES CLOUDMGR HELP?
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15. Craig Deveson
CEO, CloudMGR
+61 438790035
craig@cloudmgr.com