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Building a bridge to the cloud – Phoebe Goh – Ep143

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Tech Interviews
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Oct 22, 2020
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Summary

Avoid creating isolated technology silos by integrating public cloud services with your existing on-premises infrastructure. Learn how to treat the cloud as a strategic extension of your data center rather than a separate, disconnected entity.

Topics

  • Cloud Strategy
  • Hybrid Cloud
  • Data Center Integration
  • Enterprise Infrastructure
  • SaaS
  • Cloud Architecture
  • NetApp
  • Digital Transformation

Highlights

  • Main idea: Cloud adoption should be a gradual, iterative process of 'joining the dots' rather than a sudden, disruptive migration
  • Practical takeaway: Use the cloud to bring high-availability and performance capabilities from your data center to cloud-native workloads
  • Failure mode: Avoid creating 'cloud islands' where public cloud resources exist without integration into your core enterprise ecosystem
  • Main idea: A successful cloud strategy requires a mindset shift, treating the cloud as a flexible extension of your existing capabilities
  • Practical takeaway: Leverage cloud services to reduce operational costs and eliminate the need for over-provisioning hardware

Chapters

  1. 1:00 Introduction to Hybrid Integration: An introduction to the concept of using public cloud to enhance enterprise flexibility and the role of NetApp in this transition.
  2. 6:20 Strategic Cloud Placement: Discussing the importance of placing services and products where your customers are located to drive strategic advantage.
  3. 9:20 The Necessity of a Cloud Strategy: Exploring why a formal strategy is required to prevent technology silos and ensure seamless adoption.
  4. 12:00 Financial and Operational Incentives: How enterprise licensing and cost models can drive the decision to leverage cloud resources for specific applications.
  5. 14:40 Choosing Between On-Prem and Cloud: A framework for deciding which workloads belong in the data center and which should move to the cloud.
  6. 17:10 Mirroring Capabilities Across Environments: How to bring data center-grade high availability and performance to cloud-native environments.
  7. 22:30 Abstracting Complexity: Using tools and processes to mask the underlying complexity of hybrid environments to focus on business outcomes.