Best Practices for Building an Enterprise Private Cloud

IT@Intel White Paper Intel IT IT Best Practices Private Cloud and Cloud Architecture December 2011

As we begin the final phases of development for our enterprise

private cloud, we have identified best practices in several areas that have helped us maximize the business benefits of cloud computing, introduce solutions

quickly into our environment, and pursue our business goals.

Most Intel business groups now run production applications in our private cloud, giving them capabilities they did not have in the past. Through extensive automation, we have made self-service infrastructure provisioning the norm, delivering 80 percent of new servers inside our cloud in less than three hours, and most within 45 minutes.

We are actively expanding our use models for cloud beyond infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and have outlined a roadmap to implement hybrid clouds for even higher agility and efficiency. As we begin the final phases of development for our enterprise private cloud, we have identified best

practices in several areas that have helped us maximize the business benefits of cloud computing, introduce solutions quickly into our environment, and pursue our business goals. These goals include:

80-percent effective utilization of IT assets

Consistent increase in business velocity

Zero business impact from IT infrastructure failures

Going forward, these best practices will continue to unlock the full power of cloud computing at Intel.

Sameer Adhikari Cloud Business Intelligence Architect, Intel IT

Greg Bunce Automation Engineering Lead, Intel IT

Winson Chan Software Engineer, Intel IT

Ajay Chandramouly Industry Engagement Manager, Intel IT

Das Kamhout IT Cloud Lead, Intel IT

Brian McGeough Managed Cloud Engineering Manager, Intel IT

Jon Slusser, Jr. Cloud Services Operations Manager, Intel IT

Catherine Spence Enterprise Architect, Intel IT

Bill Sunderland IT Cloud Foundation Engineering, Intel IT

Executive Overview

Intel IT has achieved significant progress on our multi-year initiative to build

an enterprise private cloud. By implementing a cloud strategy, we have saved

USD 9 million to dateand we anticipate approximately USD 14 million net present

value (NPV) over the next four years.

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