Optimizing Cloud Spend with Cloud Cruiser and Accenture Cloud Platform. July 16, 2015

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1 Optimizing Cloud Spend with Cloud Cruiser and Accenture Cloud Platform July 16, 2015

2 Meet our speakers Rodrigo Flores Managing Director Accenture Cloud Platform Accenture Fraser McKay VP of Products Cloud Cruiser 2

3 Key topics for today Introduction to the Accenture Cloud Platform Cloud adoption and the move to IT-as-a-Service Challenges in hybrid cloud services delivery The need for metered billing and analytics

4 Accenture Cloud Platform

5 Accenture and Accenture Cloud Platform Accenture is a global systems integrator Accenture Cloud Platform (ACP) operates as a business within the larger company multi-cloud management capabilities (public & private) value-add services in addition to cloud pay-per-use services for 1000s of customers worldwide

6 What s distinctive about the Accenture Cloud Platform A managed service Supports private and public clouds Your cloud, your way Application and platform blueprinting Strong security and reduced compliance risk Governance, policy management and financials

7 Financial management challenges multiple services multiple pricing plans multiple clients Cloud / non-cloud service offering Large public cloud bills Manual bill processing No ability to scale Complex delivery chain Unique customer requirements Billing accuracy, auditability 7

8 An integrated solution: ACP and Cloud Cruiser public cloud public cloud private cloud Hybrid Cloud multi-cloud management security governance financial management Cloud Platform multi-service metering data transformation cost transparency billing/chargeback 8

9 Automating pay-per-use billing public cloud private cloud meter usage normalize units of measure add ACP service charges produce invoices value-added services 9

10 ACP wrap-up Financial management is core to delivering cloud services Hybrid is a fact of life, requiring single automated solution Scalability is critical to success 10

11 Controlling Your Cloud

12 Finding the Right Balance AGILITY CONTROL self-service provisioning time to value Just in Time IT shadow IT / cost overages capacity optimization security/governance

13 Deirdre Mahon Control Issues Associated with Cloud Attributing usage to user Identifying waste Predicting usage and cost 13

14 Attributing Usage to User Challenges Solution Easily identify largest spend by BU, department, technology, or user Inconsistent tagging Disparate data sources Usage not correlated to meaningful business structures 14

15 Identifying Waste Challenges Lack of real-time visibility Too much data to monitor usage and cost manually Distributed ownership of cloud assets a challenge for enforcing accountability Solution Rules based Insights automatically identify wasteful usage patterns and drive cost optimization 15

16 Predicting Usage & Cost Challenges Solution Predict future usage based on historical usage patterns to improve planning Limited usage history Forecasts need to be done in a way that is meaningful to the business Usage patterns vary by user organization and resource 16

17 Key Takeaways IT-as-a-Service requires transparency of business value Hybrid cloud driving need for single control plane Analysis of usage & spend requires flexible mapping Historical perspective - key to optimization and forecasting Early integration of financial management critical to success 17

18 Q & A 18

19 Join us for our next webcast! Security and Billing with Azure Pack Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Symon Perriman, VP, 5nine Software Paul Zinn, Product Manager, Cloud Cruiser

20 Thank You! For more information: 20