VMware + Lenovo: Streamline Your Business

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Jill Caugherty, Sr. WW Product Marketing Manager, Lenovo Rack & Tower PortfolioKathy Holoman, Sr. WW Product Marketing Manager, Lenovo Mission Critical Portfolio

September 2015

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End-to-end portfolios that map to each other

Personal DesktopBusiness MobilityDesktop & Application Virtualization

Enterprise Mobility ManagementData Center & Cloud InfrastructureStorage & AvailabilityNetworking & SecurityHyper-converged Infrastructure

Data Center & Cloud Management

Solutions

LaptopsDesktopsTablets & All-in-onesMobility (Smartphones)

WorkstationsServersStorageNetworking

SoftwareServices and Warranty

Solutions

From device to data center

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Similar Vision

#1Enterprise

Server Reliability

#3Smart

Connected Devices

Customers in160+

Countries#1

Customer Satisfaction

*** Source: Temkin

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#5Software Company

in the World

>50 Million

Virtual Machines

Fastest Software Company in

History to reach$6 Billion

>500KCustomers

#1in Customer

Satisfaction***

#1PC Companyin the World

AND

$39 BillionPersonal

Technology Company

ITLOBUSERS

Source: ITIC

* Source: TBR

#2PC +

Tablet #3Servers

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More on Lenovo’s Accolades: x86 Server Reliability

Lenovo: 3 years running1

HP: higher failure rate than Lenovo3

Dell: higher failure rate than Lenovo2

Cisco: higher failure rate than Lenovo2

#1

6X10X

1 ITIC 2015-2016 Reliability Survey, July 2015 2 Based on percentage per install population of Lenovo servers versus percentage per install population of HP x86 servers3 Based on percentage per install population of Lenovo servers versus percentage per install population of Dell x86 servers4 Based on percentage per install population of Lenovo servers versus percentage per install population of Ciisco x86 servers

2X

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Enterprise Company

Large enterprise: 5,000+ employees Business Needs:

- “Any device/anywhere” mobility solutions- Reliable infrastructure - Low latency solutions- Simplified

- management & administration- storage provisioning & management

- Lower OPEX and CAPEX- Fast service deployment

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VMware: vCloud Suite & vSphere 6.0 +Lenovo: servers

VMware: VSAN Virtual Storage +Lenovo: servers

VMware: software +Lenovo XClarity

VMware: NSX +Lenovo: networking + servers

THEIMPLEMENTATION

VMware: VMware Horizon Suite (VDI)Lenovo: servers

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Virtualization & Cloud

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Client Needs: Decreased CAPEX & OPEX Smaller data center footprint Virtualization solution

Solution:vCloud Suite 6.0/vRealize Suite 6.0 + Lenovo servers featuring Intel® Xeon® processors

Benefits: Reduced IT costs Increased productivity & efficiency

KEY POINTS:

More VMs and memory for scale-out and scale-up applications

Lenovo infrastructure: delivers extensive storage capacity

Lenovo: #1 enterprise server reliability Lenovo & VMware:

#1 customer satisfaction rankings

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Compute Node (14 blades – 10U Chassis)

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Virtualized Storage

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Client Needs: Ample storage for peak LOB workload Low cost solution -- No budget to

purchase external SAN

Solution:VMware VSAN + Lenovo RD550, RD650, x3650 M5 & x3550 M5 featuring Intel® Xeon® processors

Benefits: Enterprise-class storage performance Better utilization of resources Lower cost

KEY POINTS:

VSAN Ready Nodes – ready-to-go hardware solution for virtualized storage environments

VSAN embedded in hypervisor Lenovo: #1 enterprise server reliability Lenovo & VMware:

#1 customer satisfaction rankings

Lenovo Thinkserver RD650

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Virtual Networking

Client Needs: Deploy services quickly & seamlessly Reduce network provisioning for new

services

Solution:VMware NSX architecturesupported by Lenovo

Benefits: Quickly deploy new services without

changes to the physical network System administrators deploy new

services without involving network administrators

Reduce costs

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KEY POINTS:

Lenovo supports NSX architecture Lenovo networking products

support NSX virtual traffic (VXLAN) Set up virtually/remotely Lenovo: #1 enterprise server

reliability Lenovo & VMware:

#1 customer satisfaction rankings

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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

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Client Needs: Anywhere, anytime access Consistent interface & performance Secure environment Scalability

Solution:VMware Horizon Suite + Lenovo Thin Client + Lenovo x86 servers (Flex System x240 M5 Compute Node, x3650 M5, x3550 M5, NeXtScale) + full range of hardware support from personal technology to servers

Benefits: Best-in-class VM density Better security

KEY POINTS:

• Blade, rack and dense architecture for easy scale-out

• Support for graphics acceleration with NVIDIA GRID GPUs

• Lenovo: #1 enterprise server reliability

• Lenovo & VMware: #1 customer satisfaction rankings

• Lenovo: industry-unique Trusted Platform Assurance security

Lenovo x3650 M5

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Virtualized Management

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Client Needs: Visibility and control over physical

infrastructure from virtualization platforms

Solution:VMware software + Lenovo XClarity Pro

Benefits: Software-defined provisioning and

management of Lenovo infrastructure from VMware software

Reduce unplanned downtime

KEY POINTS:

HW +vSphere Installation Upward integration into vCenter Reduce complexity Speed provisioning Enhance availability Extend cloud orchestration Lenovo & VMware:

#1 customer satisfaction rankings

Lenovo x3850 X6

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Client Needs: Rapidly deploy new client environments Large volume of quality servers at

competitive prices

Solution:VMware vSphere + Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 & chassis, x3650 M4, 10Gb switch

Benefits: Efficient, reliable, cost-effective

The Lenovo solution displaced Dell!

“We are leveraging the keen pricing and quality hardware from Lenovo to service the growing needs of our enterprise clients.” Karthick RajendranManaging DirectorNet Logistics

Net Logistics

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Carolinas IT

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“Lenovo worked hard to understand our needs and our clients’ needs, and that just makes a huge difference.”Richard HelmsDirector of Strategic InitiativesCarolinas IT

Client Needs: Upgrade and expand production data

center and disaster-recovery infrastructure

Solution:• Flex System™ Enterprise Chassis, Flex

System x240 M5, Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches, VMware vSphere, VMware vCloud Air, VMware vCloud Director

Benefits: 320% increase in processing power 42% decrease in Microsoft licensing

costs 30% decrease in data center footprint

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