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Devon Energy
A Transformation in Progress
Corey Lea
IT Architecture Professional
Background on me…
Experience
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15+ years in Calgary IT
12 years at Devon
IT Architect for the last 6 years
Been focused on Cloud and IaaS for the last 2 years
Brief stint on the Canadian Cloud Council
Experience
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Calgary native
Graduated S.A.I.T.
Married with two great kids
Passion for technology & sports
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@coreymlea
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[email protected]
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Technology is changing
the world around us
IT Trends Impacting IT in the E&P
Industry
Disruption is everywhere!
•  Consumerization
•  Mobility
•  Cloud
•  Internet of Things
•  Big Data
These “disruptive” themes are changing how E&P operates its
business and what demands it is placing on IT.
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Embracing disruption and
preparing for change
Change is Required Everywhere
Data, Infrastructure, and Systems
Devon’s Next Gen Infrastructure is focused on…
•  Cost Effectiveness
•  Faster Delivery
•  Appropriate Quality
Additional IT Themes at Devon: R&D/Innovation, Mobility, User
Experience, Quality Data, Simplified Access to Data and Systems,
Operational Excellence
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Cost Effectiveness
Breaking the Linear Trend of Infrastructure Costs
Is Open (Source) the Answer?
Cost $
Today (traditional): Cost
increase as you scale
Tomorrow: Cost decline
or level off as you scale
Scale
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Faster Delivery
Speed: Infrastructure Anytime, Anywhere
Agility
Hurry
Promptly
Faster
Quickly
Time is Money
Fail Fast
Real-time
Urgent
Speedy
Iteration
Immediate
No more bottlenecks at Infrastructure Layer
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Time to Market
Instantaneous
Right Now
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Priority
Quicker
Rapid
Time to Business Value
Need It Yesterday
High Tempo
Velocity
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Appropriate Quality
Diverse Infrastructure: Better Alignment to Workloads
The Right Class of Service
https://richardwiseman.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/square-peg-round-hole.jpg
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Devon & Red Hat –
Building a Brighter Future
Devon & Red Hat
Devon values Partnerships not a Vendor-Client Relationship
•  RHEL is our x86 Linux Operating System
•  Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS)
•  Hadoop on RHEL
•  Oracle Databases on RHEL
•  Openshift (PaaS)
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Thank You