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Ten Tips To Run IT And The Data Center In A Converged, Intelligent Infrastructure
Vernon TurnerSenior Vice President
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Agenda
Define A Converged Infrastructure
What Are The Key Requirements For Converged Infrastructure
The Ten Tips
Essential Guidance
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A Converged Infrastructure treats server, storage and network infrastructure resources as pools, to be assigned as needed to Business Services
What Is A Converged Infrastructure
Converged Infrastructure Maturity MapPhase 1• Integration Of Traditional Hardware Functionality ( e.g. Combining servers and network equipment)
Phase 2• Tight Integration Of Systems Management and Control Software Into Hardware Functionality
Phase 3• Integration of IT Services ( e.g. Outsourcing, SaaS, PaaS, Cloud Computing) Blended Into A Unified Computing Framework
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Hypervisor
Mobility
Metering & Chargeback
Without A Converged Infrastructure, Is There A Cloud?
ProvisionConsolidate Virtualize Automate
Hypervisor Hypervisor
Mobility
Hypervisor
Mobility
Metering & Chargeback
Self Provision
Cloud
Increasing Level Of C
onverged Infrastructure
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Is The Customer Ready For The Converged Infrastructure?
Time
Visibility
Where On The Adoption Cycle Are We?
What is your organizations’ approach to Converged computing?
2010
8
15
27
35
14
0 10 20 30 40
Consider
Plan
Against
Unheard
Never Consider
% Respondents
Source: IDC Enterprise Platforms Survey, Jan 2010 (N=255)
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The Importance Of Virtualization & Systems Management
Virtualization Adoption Rates Are A Leading Indicator For Converged Infrastructure Plans
Systems Management & Automation Has The Most Appeal
Virtualization Adoption Rates
0
10
20
30
40
50
NeverHeard
NeverConsider
ConsiderBut NotUsing
ConsiderUsing
Plan CurrentUse
Low ( <15%) Medium (<49%) High ( +50%)
0
30
60Server & Storage
Storage &Network
Server & Network
Fiber Channel &Ethernet
Systems Mgmt &Automation
Other
Not Sure
High Virt. Adoption Large Enterprise Technology Leader
Source: IDC Enterprise Platforms Survey, Jan 2010 (N=255)
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What Are The Top Two Benefits Of A Converged Infrastructure?
Total N=250
Cost Reduction/Saving 52%
Simplified Management 36%
Better Availability 12%
Increased Flexibility 11%
Higher Utilization 10%
Don’t Know 10%Save On IT Staff/ Headcount 7%
Lower HW Costs 7%
Disaster Recovery 6%
Lower TCO 3%
Better Energy Use 2%
Source: IDC Enterprise Platforms Survey, Jan 2010 (N=255)
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What Are The Top Two Challenges Of A Converged Infrastructure?
Total N=250
Cost Prohibitive 39%
Skilled Staff 32%Difficult To Integrate To Existing Infrastructure 29%
Cultural Barriers 15%
Security 12%
Don’t Know 10%Technology Maturity/ Imaturity 9%
Vendor Lockin 5%
Source: IDC Enterprise Platforms Survey, Jan 2010 (N=255)
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0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
What Will It Take For Customers To Implement A Converged Infrastructure?
Rate how likely is it that your organization will utilize a Converged computing environment over the next three years? Use a 0-10 scale where 0=Not at all Likely and 10=Extremely Likely.
7 865431 20 9 10
Customers need to be convinced that this will improve their business, not just IT
Organizations will need a mature approach to management operations.– Service Management
Move from focusing on managing individual devices, to defining what they manage in terms of services.
Converged Infrastructure demand automation and standardizationSource: IDC Enterprise Platforms Survey, Jan 2010 (N=255)
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Individual Markets Impacted By Converged Infrastructure
Server Storage Network
Systems Management
Storage Systems SW Management
Network Management
Virtual Machine SW Management
Security SW Management
Systems SW Management
2010 2013
$13.6B $16.7B
$19.4B $25.1B
$1.4B $2.0 B
$3.0B $4.0B
$13.0B $16.2B
$35.0B $41.0B
$100 B $115 B
$198 B $220 B
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The Impact On Individual Markets By Converged Infrastructure.
Server Storage Network
Systems Management
Storage Systems SW Management
Network Management
Virtual Machine SW Management
Security SW Management
Systems SW Management
CI Impact 2013
$26 B
$101 B
$18 B
$43 B
$17 B
$2 B
$5 B
$212 B
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Customers Are Still Deciding Who To Work With
0% 50% 100%
Cisco
Dell
EMC
HP
IBM
Microsoft
Others
Don't Know
Financial Manufacturing Infras Svcs Distribution Professional Svs Health Gov/Ed
The Vendor Opportunity IBM and Cisco have leading
mind-share in large business HP has gotten off to a fast
start in small and medium business
Microsoft and EMC ( with VMWare) lack customer awareness
Dell’s best opportunities lie in medium sized businesses within manufacturing and professional services
Which vendor has the best opportunity to deliver on this objective?
Source: IDC Enterprise Platforms Survey, Jan 2010 (N=255)
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Tip 3: Invest In Performance Monitoring & Analytics
Applications & Workloads Will Become More Intelligent And Proactively ‘Call’ For Resources– Traditional Resource Allocation Automation Relies On ‘Reaction On
Action’
The Ten Tips To Run A Converged, Intelligent Infrastructure
Tip 1: Implement A Mature Approach To Management Operations
Move From Individual Device / Application Management To Defined Service Management– Go Beyond ITIL And Get To Policy-Based Services– Dynamically Automate Resource Allocation To Workloads.
Tip 2: Embrace Standardization
The More Diverse The Infrastructure, The Harder It Is To Automate– Demand Highly Standardized Workloads & Virtual Images
Implement Consistent Patch,Upgrade Management, Automated Discovery and Compliance
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Tip 6: Train IT Staff To Support IT Resource Planning.
Storage Managers and Capacity Planners will need to take on new roles and responsibilities due to the increased level of Systems Management and Automation:– Will we see a reduction in staff?– Will we see new attributes where staff now manage information?
Tip 4: Revamp The IT Organization Structure.
IT doesn’t have a Converged Infrastructure Business Model – they still have P&L structures. The CFO has to be sold on the concept as much as the CIO.
Tip 5: Legacy Systems Need A Seamless Transition Path.
Converged Infrastructure has limited or no support for multiple platforms. Legacy systems inherently no dot integrate with other management systems
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Tip 9: Clearly Understand The Impact Of Network Convergence
Vendors will have to explain their Converged Infrastructure strategy in conjunction with the IT department’s Converged Network implementation.
The Ten Tips To Run A Converged, Intelligent Infrastructure
Tip 7: Install A Charge Back System Granular and measures resource consumption at the smallest
unit of work. Simple annual ( or semi-annual cost allocation processes won’t work).
Vendors will be expected to have the ability to provide easy to access usage statistics across multiple metric dimensions
Tip 8: Promote The Benefits Of Web-based Service Catalogs
IT organizations understand they must be able to communicate to end users what they are allowed to get and at what frequency and in some cases for how much. Converged Infrastructures and Cloud Computing adoption will be hampered without an IT service catalogue."
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Tip 10: Converged Intelligent Infrastructures will demand Foundational Network Services
Definition: A Virtual Network Service is a network service, traditionally deployed as an appliance, that is now deployed in a virtual machine form factor. It is a virtual appliance with network functionality.
The Ten Tips To Run A Converged, Intelligent Infrastructure
Server Storage Network
Systems Management
Storage Systems SW Management
Network Management
Virtual Machine SW Management
Security SW Management
Systems SW Management
PotentialMarket
Opportunity
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Essential Guidance
1. Converged Infrastructure Needs Evangelists – This Is A New Market.
2. Vendors Will Need To Demonstrate A High Degree Of Market Agility – The Industry Is Ripe For Consolidation.
3. Don’t Let A Broad Product & Go To Market Portfolio Assume You Have A Leadership Advantage.
4. Vendors Who Bring Sophisticated, Service Oriented Automation and Workload Management, Provisioning & End-To-End Performance Optimization Will Take The Lead.
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