Enterprise Cloud Strategy: Enterprise Cloud epUB _1

How do you start? How should you build a plan for cloud migration for your entire portfolio? How will your organization be affected by these changes? This book, based on real-world cloud experiences by enterprise IT teams, seeks to provide the answers to these questions. Here, you'll see what makes the cloud so compelling to enterprises; with which applications you should start your cloud journey; how your organization will change, and how skill sets will evolve; how to measure progress; how to think about security, compliance, and business buy-in; and how to exploit the ever-growing feature set that the cloud offers to gain strategic and competitive advantage. Introduction Acknowledgments Errata, updates, & book support Free ebooks from Microsoft Press We want to hear from you Stay in touch Chapter 1: The cloud, efficiency, and innovation Economics of the cloud Daily efficiencies Innovation Telenor Aviva 3M Parking Systems Heineken Learnings Chapter 2: Journey to the cloud: the roadmap Don’t miss the opportunity to modernize Evolution of the five R’s of modernization Cloud migration: three stages Chapter 3: Experimentation Microsoft IT’s first cloud application Experimentation and the problem of “shadow” IT Chapter 4: Migrating IT to the cloud Establish strategy and goals Organizational responsibilities in creating the strategy Enterprise architecture Information security and risk management Data classification Enterprise Risk Management Finance Operations Human resources and the evolution of roles Applications teams Business units Building the catalog Top-down portfolio analysis Bottom-up portfolio analysis The cloud migration plan Microsoft IT’s experience Cloud governance Data governance Financial governance Security and compliance Change management Information Technology Infrastructure Library and the cloud Chpater 5: Transformation Platform as a Service architecture Containers and microservices Storage Relational databases in the cloud NoSQL (nonrelational) storage Analysis Integration Using services to create rich end-to-end applications Conclusions Appendix A: Cloud architectural blueprints Data analytics BI and analytics Live media streaming Video on demand (VOD) Line-of-business applications in infrastructure services Hybrid cloud storage E-commerce website Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce Multichannel marketing DevOps Appendix B: Sample technology scenarios Hybrid cloud scenarios Hybrid cloud connectivity Using the cloud for data backup and recovery Hybrid database scenarios Development and test Application development Microsoft SharePoint High availability in the cloud Connected devices Identity and authentication Mobile applications Enterprise mobility management Websites Azure Media Services Migration strategies Appendix C: Recommended references Storage references Application development and insights references Performance best practices references Other cloud migration references About the authors