Lessons Learned - The Journey from Virtualization to Cloud

Most IT organizations are now heavily invested in virtualization, with the majority now on a journey to their “Cloud” – whether private, public or a hybrid combination.

While the journey can be complex, it is now a well-traveled path littered with both successes and failures that we can all learn from.

This session will leverage case studies and real world lessons gathered over the past eight years from working with 100’s of IT organizations (enterprises and service providers). The focus will be on representative journeys that others have taken including recommendations, common pitfalls and repeatable patterns for success.

Specific topics will include enabling IT-as-a-Service, self-service provisioning, multi-cloud management, showback vs. chargeback, controlling virtual sprawl and overcoming the inevitable friction points related to organizational change.