The Power to Change
Improved IT eficiency
IT has become more eficient by virtualizing compute, storage and networking of traditional infrastructure.
Driving IT transformation : Agility
According to a Gartner Data Center Poll on Private Cloud Computing Drivers, 58% of respondents indicate agility and speed as the most important driver in moving to private clouds.
Driving IT transformation : Cloud automation
IT e‰ciency is continually improving at a rapid rate, specifically in the following areas:
1. Optimized Resource Utilization Automated workflows allow for resources to easily and e ‰ciently be maximized.
2. Accelerated Service Delivery Virtualization cuts delivery time even further, from days down to minutes.
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3. Reduced Complexity via Standardization The complication of delivering and accessing resources is nearly eliminated.
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4. Improved Operational E‰ciency With automated resource reclamation, new resources are delivered quickly, boosting productivity and reducing lengthy tasks.
Driving IT transformation : Self-service cloud
A customized self-service approach enables faster delivery times and allows IT executives to maintain control over the cloud experience.
Cloud technologies driving operational change
New data from the VMware 2013 CloudOps Transformation Benchmark Survey revealed that automation is the #1 most substantially impactful transformation for IT.
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Automating cloud management
Automation enables IT to:
Accelerate service delivery times
Improve operational e ‰ciency
Ease deployment and management
Reduce cost
Optimize resource utilization
Reduce cost
Private cloud cost savings are much easier to quantify. Improvements in IT e‰ciency are the foundation for the enhancements in agility and speed necessary to improve productivity and address new business opportunities.
Improve operational e ciency
Hybrid environments
Cloud automation should support both private and hybrid clouds, optimizing horizontal and vertical scaling.
Vertical resource scaling
Horizontal scaling
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Ease deployment and management
Automated resource reclamation
Automating your cloud accelerates deployment times and cuts overall management costs.
Enforce governance with policies, not people
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Optimize resource utilization
Reduce overprovisioning
Most companies assume a percentage of their resources will be wasted because the costs to control and reclaim manually is greater than the savings. However, it can account for between 15 to 25% of company resources.
Leverage tiered service levels
Reclaim and reuse inactive resources
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Cloudsyntrix Goals Improve operational e ‰ciency
Optimize resource utilization
Accelerate VM deployments
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Cloudsyntrix Goals
Private cloud cost savings are much easier to quantify and justify. Improvements in IT e‰ciency are foundational for the enhancements in agility and speed necessary to improve productivity and address new business opportunities. Business Requirements:
Cloud Automation Provided:
Improve operational e ciency Increase VM count by 20% with minimal CapEx Reduce System Admins provisioning and reconfiguration task System Admin availability to focus ontime new business opportunities
80% improvement in operational e‰ciency $132K in operational savings
Optimize resource utilization Reduce over-provisioned VMs
$106K resource reclamation
Reclaim inactive VM capacity
$49K reclamation e ‰ciency $261K total resource e ‰ciency
Accelerate VM deployments Improve service delivery times to meet increased demand
Improved service delivery from days to minutes
Cloudsyntrix Goals
“With VMware, we have reduced the time needed to deploy virtual machines, as well as the e¦ort of individuals required to focus on manual steps to provision. This is saving money by refocusing towards strategic activities rather than building servers.”
Implementing cloud automation resulted in the following ROI:
Accelerated service delivery 98% | 4 days to 1.5 hrs.
Lowered operational costs 80% | $132K in savings
Optimized resource utilization 20% | $261K Savings
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