The data center enterprise solution continues to evolve and transform in 2017. Learn the fundamental concepts underlying the transformation. What impacts the corporate/management decision of the data center solution? A vendor neutral overview of total cost of ownership vs. risk.
Hello! If you missed Mark Evanko present “Data Center Enterprise Transformation 2017” @AFCOM Data Center World or if you need a refresher, you are in luck! Over that next few weeks we will break down the parts of Mark’s presentation and share!
Below is the Intro and Agenda of the presentation.
Learn about the continued transformation of data center “solutions” in the year 2017 and beyond!
The presentation:
1) Defines the elements of the data center transformation.
2) Identifies the underlying factors of the cause of transformation.
3) Summarizes how risk and total cost of ownership impact the final decision.
AGENDA
I. The 2017 and Beyond Data Center Transformation
II. The Eighteen (18) Elements of the Comprehensive Data Center Solution
III. Evolving 2017 “Factors” Impacting the Data Center Transformation
IV. The Decision Process of Total Cost of Ownership vs. Risk (Short Term…Long Term)
V. Commentaries/Examples of 2016/2017
VI. Closing – Summary – Recap
Check back in for Part I, coming soon!
PART 1: The 2017 and Beyond Data Center Transformation
1) Data center “business as usual” continues to transform in 2017 at an accelerated pace
2) Enterprise data center solutions look for the most:
3) Types of data being directly categorized and mapped to compliance/security:
4) Dominating theme of 2017 and beyond:
5) Why would board members, trustees, and/or government be concerned:
6) The role of 3rd party providers/partners:
7) Data breaches dominating 2016/2017 and beyond
8) The total cost of ownership opex vs. capex discussion
9) Current 2016+ (Uptime Institute 2016 Survey):
10)Transformative industries and their impacts:
I. How do the “eighteen elements” combine to optimize the data center enterprise solution? – Total cost of ownership – Risk – Scalability – “Critical vs. non-critical” application data – Best Practices
II. The dominating theme of #10 – Communications/Network, #11 – Server Level Agreement, #16 – Legal Repercussions, #17 – Cybersecurity, and #18 – Compliance
1.Facility Infrastructure
2. Energy Efficiency
3) Computer Hardware
How do the “eighteen elements” combine to optimize the data center enterprise solution? – Total cost of ownership – Risk – Scalability – “Critical vs. non-critical” application data – Best Practices
4) Cloud
A. Managed services
B. Internal vs. external
C. Migration to the cloud
D. Migration Back?
E. Moves/adds/changes
F. Trouble shooting
G. True “partner” of equal financial stability
H. Downtime: Who Pays?
I. Security Breach: Who Pays?
J. Terms and conditions (Legal Beagles!!!) 2016+ in motion
K. Production vs. Test/Development
L. Applications Conducive to Cloud – General Common Platform – Candidacy
M. Where is My Data? Who Manages? Do You Care?
N. “New” 2016/2017 United States Legislation – “Company” Liability for Data
O. Speed to delivery of applications
P. The 2016 / 2017 contract language for cloud contracts
Q. Critical vs. non-critical data R. Moves/adds/changes S. Amazon, Microsoft, Google, etc. If Interruption – What is Impact?
5) Disaster Recovery
A. Downtime Tolerance – critical None to 2 days
B. Synchronous Data Replication Impact to Data Center Facility Infrastructures Hardware, Software, Network, and Personnel Consideration
C. “100 Mile” Disaster Recovery vs. Multiple “Regional” Recovery Centers
D. Testing
E. Testing of Disaster Recovery Plan
F. Government Regulations for Uptime
6) Co-Location
A. Leased data center constructed space
B. Capex schedule of delivery minimized
C. ROI – see total cost of ownership – 4+?
D. Other tenants? – Impact of security – Dominating 2016/2017
E. Downtime: Who pays? – Dominating 2016/2017
F. Security Breach: Who pays? – Dominating 2016/2017
G. Terms and conditions (Legal Beagles 2016/2017!!!)
H. “New” 2015 United States Legislation – Progressing – Class Action Lawsuits
I. Financial strength of service providers – see Cushman Wakefield survey of “economics” 2016 report – DANGER!
J. Moves/add/changes
K. New 2015/2016/2017 “Internal” Self Funded Co-location “Lease” Data Center Solutions
The Eighteen (18) Elements of the Comprehensive Data Center Solution, this week we feature Elements 7-10:
7) Migration / Relocation
A. Move existing or buy/lease new?
B. Asset swap outs – seed equipment
C. General hardware life cycle ± 3-4 years?
D. Maximize uptime
E. Multiple phases
F. Consolidation strategies
G. Physical cost vs. planning costs (Larger)
H. Impacts of the network
I. Move it? – Plan to migrate back? – Resume update!! DANGER!!–Bowling tournaments-Fly Fishing-General Retirement?
J. Risk of Move Existing Co-location Cloud
8) Computer Software
A. Continues emphases on large scale corporate “procurement” effort to leverage one (1) license where possible
B. Production (Critical) vs. Non-Production Software
C. SPOF Consideration
D. Examples: Patient Care Pharmacy Surgical Banking Stock Trading Grading Diagnostics
E. Data Analytics – TREMENDOUS! 2017 and Beyond F. Tier I-IV Applications – Candidacy
9) Modularity / Scalability / Reliability
A. Optimize Computer hardware Computer software Telecommunication (network) Facilities Service level agreements Disaster Recovery Cloud/Co-location/Container Scale with growth!
B. Defray CAPEX/OPEX dollars until needed across the board
C. Scale without interruption D. Reliability past/present/future E. In house vs. outsource
10) Communications / Network – Dominating 2017 and Beyond – #1 Factor Dominating
A. Redundant / isolated paths?
B. Multiple carriers
C. Data breach? Who pays? Significant dominant focus 2016 / 2017
D. Data security? Who is responsible?
E. – Hillary Clinton Server – “Chinese and Russians have everything anyhow” – WOW! – Classified Top Secret Emails? – “Pokémon”
F. The power of the cloud – iPhone®
G. Impact of network loss
H. Who manages the network?
I. Dominating the news media 2016/2017
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The Eighteen (18) Elements of the Comprehensive Data Center Solution. Elements 11-13
11) Service Level Agreements
A. Internal vs. external (client) based
B. Government imposed guidelines/performance (i.e. HIPPA, etc.)
C. Co-Location / Cloud – 2016/2017 transformation – fine print – who pays? – how much? – damages (Legal Beagles 2016/2017!!)
D. What does 99.999 availability mean to me when “I go down?”
E. Example – 3rd Party Provider – Contract 99.999 (32 seconds?) – What if I go down – Your Risk!!!
F. See Part III
12) Personnel
A. Employee vs. contract personnel
B. Data Breaches
C. The Staffing Costs
D. Why Not Outsource? Share Personnel Costs with Others Share Benefits E. Wiki Leaks
13) CAPEX vs. OPEX
A. CAPEX – Capital dollars spent to build/deploy data center across (18) elements
B. OPEX – Operating dollar “expense” to financial statements – very attractive
C. New trend of internal “OPEX” data center solution 2016 / 2017 / 2018
D. Cloud/Co-location OPEX?
E. Migration Cost – OPEX
F. Relocation Cost – OPEX
G. Network (Recurring) Cost – OPEX
H. Seed Equipment – CAPEX or OPEX
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September 2017
Dear Data Center Decision Maker:
Today’s “data centers” run the gamut from traditional large-scale facilities for business computing to web-scale IT and cloud-based applications. Think one design/build firm can’t handle all of your data center needs? Think again.
BRUNS-PAK has been designing and building data centers for over 37 years. And our services have kept pace with the changing face of your data center and the evolving IT needs of your business. Our team of IT and facilities professionals provide a total technology solution. We offer data center infrastructure evaluation, design, and implementation to deliver the secure, cost-effective, efficient, and scalable storage platform you need. What’s more, we provide IT strategic planning and implementation services to provide the comprehensive support you need to ensure your technology investment is delivering exceptional business results. You see, over the years we’ve learned that IT/computing/storage and the infrastructure needed to support them go hand in hand.
The bottom line? BRUNS-PAK can help you get to the heart of your cost and performance concerns and create the secure, cost-effective, scalable enterprise your current and future IT operations depend on. J&J, CVS, Dell, Darden Restaurants, CSX, Nielsen Media, University of Miami, Great West Life, Harvard University, Tyson Foods, and University of Virginia are just a few of our clients that have utilized our IT methodology and approach for their modular/scalable data center ‘hybrid” solution. Our 37 years on the front lines of data center evolution enables us to work with you on any challenge:
·Need to ramp up or scale back your traditional data centers? Check.
·Considering ambient air systems to decrease energy costs? Let’s talk.
·Looking at a “hybrid” approach to decrease your operating costs and increase scalability and responsiveness? We’ll find the mix that’s right for you.
·Need to understand the real, long-term costs associated with migrating all or specific workloads to the Cloud? We can help.
·Want enhanced protection against data breach? We’re on it.
·How about help mining your data and turning it into actionable business processes or new products or services? Done.
Now more than ever BRUNS-PAK is equipped to help you create an enterprise that is agile, secure, and cost-effective. Think about it. Under one roof – with a total technology solution – we can provide you with IT planning and implementation as well as facility infrastructure planning, design, construction, and commissioning. Working with BRUNS-PAK brings you reliable options, alternatives, and cost projections to support your decision making and a proven partner when it’s time for implementation.
To find out how the BRUNS-PAK total data center technology solution can support you, call Paul Evanko, VP of Sales and Marketing, at 732-248-4455/888-704-1400 or email us at pdevanko@bruns-pak.com. We look forward to discussing your 2017 data center and IT strategy initiatives and supporting your IT/Facilities/C-level team in developing your optimized data center “hybrid” solution.
Containers, Government/Corporate/University/NonProfit and Legal Repercussions to consider in the Eighteen (18) Elements of the Comprehensive Data Center Solution
14) Containers
A. Speed to Market?
B. Regulatory Agency Review – AHJ Temporary vs. Permanent
C. Cost of Pre-Fabricated vs. “Stick Build”
D. ADA Compliance
E. Remove World Quality Control Issues
F. High Performance Compute vs. Work Flow
15) Government/Corporate/University/Non-Profit
A. Data Center Global Initiatives
B. The Impact/Goal of Being “Green”
C. Government Regulations to Continue to Roll-Out Regarding “Data” Safety Security Liability Storage
D. The Role of Downtime
E. Parallel – The “Drone” Legislation
F. “In the News” Highlights each evening
16) Legal Repercussions
A. The most dominant theme of 2016 / 2017 data center optimization impacting in house vs. outsource
B. The 2016 “Reaction” of 3rd Party Provider “Contracts” (i.e. Cloud/Co-location Companies) to the Liability Issue – Example: $35 per sq. ft. per month to $350 per sq. ft. per month – Trend
C. Government fines – No More “Life Lock” – Good Luck!
D. Stockholder lawsuits
E. Individual lawsuits
F. Fiduciary responsibility
G. “Non-disclosed” trends
H. Mark Evanko – Data “permanently borrowed – see limited law school” – disqualified mortgage?
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The Eighteen (18) Elements of the Comprehensive Data Center Solution
The last two elements that Mark Evanko outlines in his presentation focus on Cybersecurity and Compliance. Cyberattacks target business, no matter the size and companies today even need to protect their vendors and third parties as well. International Data Center projects, such as storing data in the countries near the customers to which it belongs is a trend worth learning more about in this article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/business/apple-china-data-center-cybersecurity.html?mcubz=3
See bullets below from Mark’s presentation. This information is to educate one another about the kind of Cybersecurity attacks that occur against enterprises and the key element of compliance so that enterprises can protect their operations within the latest guidelines.
17) Cybersecurity – 5 Types of attacks evolving
A. Malicious messages that really look like the real thing.
B. Ransomware moves into the cloud and onto your phone
C. Point of sale attacks
D. Targeting the “1%” individuals – wealth – DANGER! Tommy Lawrence, Robert Sharp, Paul Brandenburg!
E. Espionage and cyberwar
CNA HARDY
18) Compliance – Data protection compliance – 5 points
Personal information protection and electronic documents act PIPEDA
A. Seeing the personal information
B. Collecting the record
C. Considering a complaint
D. Filing a complaint
E. Going to court – SSAE Standards A. SOC 2 Type 2
1. Security
2. Availability
3. Processing integrity
4. Confidentiality
5. Privacy
Jatheon Email Archiving Blog
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What it means to us to be a Thought Leader in Data Center Industry? Mark outlines the vision that we at BRUNS-PAK extend to our clients. His ideas about key elements that are required to develop a successful data center solution for today’s complex enterprises has been a model that we copyright and protect. He shares these ideas at conferences and shows around the country each year so that more and more organizations can identify their needs and get the assistance they need. Hopefully this leads to a close working relationship that continues over time. In our experience, watching Mark present at shows….he educates and then empowers Data Center Decision Makers with a solution that they helped identify. Let us put your organization Data Center ahead of the curve, hope to see you in the audience at one of Mark’s upcoming Speaker Engagements!!
Tuesday, October 17
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Breakout B:
Data Center Enterprise Transformation 2018 with Cyber Security (session)
Mark is the principal and one of the founders of BRUNS-PAK. BRUNS-PAK’s 37+ year/5500 project experiences in design/building high technology data center projects serve as the basis for the evolution of the ultra-reliable facility. Mark continues to actively participate as a BRUNS-PAK project director integrating facilities with information systems in developing technically proficient solutions.
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