The Reasoning Show The Cloudcast (.net) - Episode 3 - “President of the Private Cloud”
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Feb 28, 2011 Christian Reilly, President of the Private Cloud, discusses the benefits of the private cloud in transforming businesses. They explore motivations for change, the evolution of cloud services, and OpenStack as a customer-driven platform. They emphasize driving growth and creativity rather than solely focusing on cost.
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Business Alignment Is The Real Cloud Catalyst
- Christian emphasized that business alignment is essential: IT transformation must solve explicit business challenges not technology trends.
- Their CIO's board-level engagement let IT translate business drivers into a repeatable platform rather than chasing vendor buzzwords.
Design From Users And Geography Not From Tech
- Christian said design should start with who needs what and where rather than picking a technology first.
- Their geography and user distribution drove decisions like relocating data centers to major internet exchanges.
Consolidation To Three Hubs And 95% Virtualization
- Christian described consolidating many data centers into three internet-exchange colocations and achieving over 95% virtualization.
- That backbone hosts north of 4,000 VMs and let them 'take the data to the network' for global performance.