Speaker: Richard Seroter, Cen­tu­ryLink To learn more about Pivotal Cloud Foundry, visit http://www.pivotal.io/platform-as-a-service/pivotal-cloud-foundry.

2. Making the Leap
Transitioning Enterprises to a PaaS Mindset
Richard Seroter | @rseroter | CenturyLink

3. 42%Targeting cloud

4. Different approach

5. Goal: agility and speed

6. FOCUS ON
THE PROBLEM

7. I.T. concerns
server sprawl
configuration drift
rising costs
pace of tech
inconsistent
architecture
stale skillsets
slow innovation
untested failure
cases
compliance
shifting budgets
aversion to change

8. Strategy decay

9. Not fast enough

10. Why use
Cloud Foundry?
1) Faster delivery cycles
2) Quick experiments
3) Low barrier to entry
4) App-centric

11. CHALLENGE RESPONSE

12. Challenge There are major cultural obstacles to overcome

13. Response It *does* require changes, and teamwork

14. Challenge What am I supposed to do with legacy apps?

15. Response Extend apps and try to share data

16. Challenge Where am I supposed to put this thing?

17. Response May be a progression, but keep data close

18. Challenge This changes how we do config management!

19. Response The focus switches from the hardware to the app

20. Challenge These environments won’t integrate with others

21. Response Look to marketplace to aid transition

22. Challenge PaaS gives developers too much freedom!

23. Response PaaS introduces policies and constraints

24. Challenge PaaS restricts developer freedom!

25. Response Developers work in a rich functional sandbox

26. Challenge You’re making me change how my apps look.

27. Response 12 factor apps are more flexible, cloud or not

28. Challenge I don’t know what apps to put in a PaaS!

29. Response Greenfield apps, API gateway, mobile, blogs

30. WRAP
@rseroter | @centurycld