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Logo Klant Transforming the datacenter with Windows Azure

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Tim Van Broekhoven Manager Project Team

Tim Colman Marketing Manager

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ASPEX facts & figures

7,2 million revenue

Business Unit

SaaS since 2002

100+ partners

27 employees

130.000 Users

International

3 Datacenters

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Product Brands

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More Than The Sum Of Its Parts

Shared Open

Pay-per-Use Data Abroad

Public

Dedicated Closed

Fixed Cost Data in BE

Private

Combines the benefits of both

Hybrid

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Hybrid Benefits

One size fits all

Highest possible Service Difficult to Scale

Data in BE

Custom Sizing

Flexible Service Easily Scalable

Data in BE and/or abroad

Private

Hybrid

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3 Main Drivers for choosing Microsoft & Windows Azure H

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• Cloud OS

• Integrated platform

• Seamless user experience in terms of identity & access

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• 1 view on private & public

• Covers legacy

• Management Across Clouds

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• Transparent pricing

• Ready to translate templates

• Off the shelf automation processes

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Hybrid with MS System Center 2012

Monitoring

SCOM

Maintenance

SCCM

Orchestration

SCORCH

Backup

DPM

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Required skills to get the best out of Windows Azure

Architecture

Automation skills Networking

Windows 2012 MS System Center 2012

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Microsoft Azure Hits & Misses

Hits

• Excellent Uptime

• Consistent change communication

• High level automation

• Detailed Documentation

• Active Online Community

Misses

• I/O performance

• Configuration flexibility

• Lack of advanced network capabilities

• Virtual only

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At the customer’s pace

Customer Datacenter

Service Provider

Datacenter

Windows Azure

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Customer example

Online desktop Integration with 1

line of business application &

SQL

Windows Azure

ASPEX Datacenter

Application

Server

Online Desktop

SQL

Instance

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Recap: Our Journey to Hybrid

Double Trigger

POC

Industrialization

Research

Product Development

Go-To Market

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Questions?

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Questions?