Cloud Platform: the Intelligent Infrastructure Approach

Technology Cloud Platform: the Intelligent Infrastructure Approach Valerio Romano Communications, Media, High Tech Cloud Global Lead Cloud Confex at Gitex Technology Week Dubai, 21 October 2013

It s time to change the conversation No more a trickle here, a dabble there. It s time to look at your organization holistically and create a strategy for using cloud computing to your advantage. Cloud computing has fundamentally changed the landscape of technology and business, allowing its adopters to better harness other emerging technologies such as social media, mobility, big data and advanced analytics to transform business. How? By doing things cheaper, faster, with more computing power, and with a level of customization customers previously could not have expected Copyright 2013 Accenture All rights reserved. 2

The conversation should not be about cloud. It should be about solving your business challenges. So if you re still talking about the cloud as something separate from your business rather than talking about solving business problems with the latest technologies, it s time to change the conversation. Welcome to your digital future. Copyright 2013 Accenture All rights reserved. 3

En route to the digital future: Navigating the hybrid world While companies are flocking in ever-increasing numbers to cloud s everything-as-a-service promise, a reliance on traditional, in-house IT systems and applications still exists. Cloud + legacy systems = A hybrid world Legacy systems and cloud computing will coexist for foreseeable future Range of services from outside providers, third-party providers and internal IT Organizations will rethink their businesses as a collection of services Copyright 2013 Accenture All rights reserved. 4

Enterprises will face a mix of Cloud deployment models Migration of IT applications and services to the cloud will depend of their characteristics (Is it cost-effective? Is it secure? Is it core? Is it fast enough?) Enterprises will need to release some control to Public Cloud Providers but at the same will need to retain control of the business critical services Copyright 2013 Accenture All rights reserved. 6

An intelligent Cloud infrastructure will be needed to ensure control and smooth execution The mix of private and public clouds creates key challenges to be solved, especially in terms of orchestration & integration capabilities Copyright 2013 Accenture All rights reserved. 7

A sampling of cloud benefits Access New devices automatically accommodated Speed Rapid Application Development Tools and Methods App Store For your business Agility Infrastructure ready when you need It Service not Software Changes are configured, not programmed Knowledge Real-time analytics Collaboration Connecting people, businesses and industries Compliance Processes address new regulations Copyright 2013 Accenture All rights reserved. 9

A cloud-enabled enterprise will be an agile, fierce competitor Current Fixed Costs Cumbersome Capital Intensive High Maintenance and Run Costs Security Issues Business Lagging Outdated Future Pay by the Drink Responsive Capital Light 40%+ Lower Maintenance and Run Costs Managed Security Business Leading New Technologies The Agile Enterprise Cloud is the on-ramp to the Agile Enterprise Copyright 2013 Accenture All rights reserved. 10

Hierarchy of opportunities: Value-add on three levels IT Business Value 3. Let the CEO explore new business models that surpass the limitations of the traditional non-cloud model 3. Create new Cloud-enabled business model(s) Value Value Today 2. Optimize current business processes & model using Cloud Value 1. Optimize existing IT Value Potential Value 1. Leverage IT capabilities to provide more efficient and elastic services to the business 2. Use elastic services to change the way business processes are executed and unlock constrained opportunities Time Copyright 2013 Accenture All rights reserved. 11

Accenture Cloud Offers Accenture is uniquely positioned to help organizations navigate cloud opportunities and challenges. Source: IDC MarketScape Worldwide Cloud Professional Services 2013 Vendor Analysis: I

Accenture Cloud Platform accelerates cloud adoption with the integration and orchestration of cloud services Accenture Cloud Platform is a place to go to get enterprise-ready cloud services Aggregate. Comprehensive catalog of services are offered through a centralized, online storefront Integrate. Cloud provider and value-added services are pre-integrated and available via self-service to users Automate. Services are automated and orchestrated for on-demand request and fulfillment Manage. Services are monitored and managed with online dashboards, and metered and charged-back centrally Copyright 2013 Accenture All rights reserved. 15

Accenture Cloud Platform enables accelerated cloud adoption and integration for enterprise customers Simplicity of Oversight and Stronger Governance One stop shop to request and provision pre-approved services Consistent mediation of service delivery across multiple services and providers Transparency of usage, availability, and performance Increased Business Agility Improve speed of delivery to users Capacity and services when the business needs it Ability to consume pre-integrated services from the catalog, or to accelerate the creation of new services leveraging our cloud platform and tools Reduced Total Cost of Ownership Services are metered and pay-byuse shifting cost structure from capital expenditures to operating expenditures Provides ability to scale not only infrastructure, but enterprise class management services - without long-term IT staff commitments Copyright 2013 Accenture All rights reserved. 16

Accenture Cloud Platform s deployment model is flexible We want to consume ACP On-Demand service(s). We want our own platform to customize services and integrate with our existing IT systems. We need to provide customers with an external service catalog that integrates our own and public cloud services.

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