Cloud Dialogues

In this episode of Cloud Dialogues, Matt and Georgia discuss the importance of choosing the right cloud migration strategy to align with your business goals and timelines. They overview the main approaches - rehosting/lift and shift, replatforming/refactoring, and rearchitecting. They also briefly cover other strategies like retire, retain, and repurchase for workloads that may not be migrated. Key considerations for executives are outlined, including cost management, skills development, security, and compliance. Migrating to the cloud provides huge opportunities but requires thoughtful planning. Understanding the range of migration strategies is essential for IT leaders to move their organizations confidently into the cloud.

 

 

00:00 Introduction: Welcoming listeners, introducing topic of cloud migration strategies

 

02:00 Cloud Migration Overview: Definition of cloud migration, the importance of choosing the right migration strategy

 

03:30 Rehosting/Lift and Shift: Definition of rehosting/lift and shift, benefits and considerations

 

10:48 Replatforming/Refactoring: Definition of replatforming/refactoring, benefits and considerations 

 

16:40 Rearchitecting: Definition of rearchitecting, benefits, considerations, and challenges

 

18:30 Other Migration Strategies - Retire, Retain, Repurchase

 

24:40 Key Considerations for Executives:

- Alignment with business goals and timelines

- Cost management 

- Skills development

- Security and compliance

Transcript

Todays episode is “AI for Executives: Navigating the GenAI Frontier”.  Meaning, how on earth did we get here, why is it so useful and where do we think it will take us?

Today we are joined by the incredible Peter Sbarski AWS Serverless Hero extraordinaire, known for his work with A Cloud Guru and Pluralsight.  Pete is also a published author and also one of the founders of the serverless meetup movement in Australia. We both co-run the Melbourne edition of the meetup where we get a consistent turnout each month.

We discuss Pete's new startup, what fascinates him about Generative AI, parallels with serverless when it started, and how he thinks this new technology will evolve over the next year.

 

Chapters

00:00 Intro
04:12 Pete introduces his startup heart hands
07:06 Parallels to serverless
10:58 Petes initial experiences with ChatGPT
12:29 ChatGPT and code
15:04 Hallucinations
17:59 How Generative AI can help with user experience
21:29 Organisation adoption of Generative AI internally
29:07 Generative AI in education
31:51 The future

Transcript

As an executive, your role is pivotal in steering your organization towards cloud adoption that's not only seamless but also maximizes its potential. In this episode, Georgia and Matt unravel the critical questions every leader should ask to ensure they are truly unlocking the value of cloud by cultivating the right mindset within their teams.

1. Strategic Alignment: Discover how to align your cloud strategy with your business goals, leveraging cloud's power to drive cost savings, scalability, reliability, agility, and innovation. Are your leaders incentivized for cloud success? We'll discuss KPIs that matter.

2. Risk Assessment: Understand the potential risks and security concerns of cloud migration and learn strategies to mitigate them. Dive into the shared responsibility model, encryption, compliance, and more.

3. Cost Management: Explore cost optimization strategies, budgeting, and forecasting to prevent budget surprises. Learn how your teams can break down cloud spending by business stream and workload.

4. Talent and Skill Development: Ensure your organization has the skills needed to thrive in a cloud-based world. Discover why training in cloud fundamentals is not just an option but a catalyst for innovation.

5. Operational Excellence: Witness the transformation of operational processes in the cloud era. From automation to DevOps practices, we'll explore how to streamline operations, shorten release times, and embrace a bias for action.

 

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
03:39 Strategic Alignment
12:02 Risk/Security
21:38 Costs
28.38 Skills
33:02 Operational Excellence
41:17 Wrap Up

 

Transcript

Georgia and Matt discuss reasons why the cloud operating model is different to how organisations have traditionally operated their technology business. 

Areas covered include what is an operating model, cloud vision and strategy, what a cloud platform is and common methods of implementing a cloud platform to an organisation.

0:00 Intro
4:30 what is an operating model?
6:10 boundaries of an operating model
8:30 transitioning to a cloud operating model
11:25 when to start thinking about an operating model
12:15 the Cloud Platform
15:20 cloud vision
16:50 staffing your initial cloud journey
19:00 do the right things
20:50 workload teams
21:55 organisation structure
24:15 governance
27:50 key takeaways
30:45 call to action

 

Some key links for further information

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_model

AWS prescriptive guidance: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/strategy-cloud-operating-model/welcome.html

Azure: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/operating-model/