TM
VBLOCK INFRASTRUCTURE
PLATFORMS
Reach the Cloud Faster
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MEGATRENDS:
 Deployment of ubiquitous IP networks
 Expansion of networked consumer electronics
 Movement to unified communications
 Advancement of highly scalable, low cost compute
 Convergence of networks, compute and storage
 Recovery of the economy yields technology refresh
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Desirability of a IT utility model
Appetite for new applications
GETTING IT RIGHT: THE JOURNEY
STARTS WITH VIRTUALIZATION
IT Production
Lower Costs
Business Production
Improve Quality Of Service
IT-As-A-Service
Improve Agility
85%
95%
50%
30%
15%
Platinum
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Gold
LOWER OPEX, REDUCE RISK, MAKE IT
FASTER
IT Production
Lower Costs
Operate
Migrate
Migrate
Deploy
Deploy
Integrate
23%
Integrate
Application
Investment
Acquire
Plan
Architect
IT-As-A-Service
Improve Agility
5%
Operate
Infrastructure
Investment Migrate
Operate
Acquire
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Business Production
Improve Quality Of Service
Deploy
42% Integrate
Infrastructure
Acquire
Maintenance
30%
Plan
Plan
Application
Architect
Architect
Maintenance
VCE CHARTER
Accelerate adoption of converged
infrastructure and cloud-based
computing models that dramatically
reduce the cost of IT while improving
time to market for our customers.
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VCE VALUE PROPOSITION
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Complete System Integration – Deliver integrated product roadmaps inclusive of all major
components of the Vblock converged infrastructure. VCE benefits from selecting the best
products from its parent companies.
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Solutions Optimized on a Vblock – Deliver and actively promote specific solutions for the
Vblock converged infrastructure including application ports and differentiated solutions for
targeted use cases
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Seamless Support – Provide single point of configuration validation, ordering, delivery,
support and warranty for the coalition converged infrastructure solutions
4.
4
Partner Enablement – Enable partners and coalition sales forces with product/solutions
support, training, competitive intelligence, configuration and delivery support while ensuring
global consistency and customer satisfaction
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Market Catalyst – VCE catalyzes the market through innovative thought leadership
programs, competency centers, best practice replication, mentored installs, and technical
assistance but does not operate or aim to become a service company in itself
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VBLOCK INFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORMS
 Enables incremental scaling
with predictable performance,
capability and facilities impact
 Best of breed technologies
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Compute: Cisco UCS family
Network: Cisco Nexus family,
Cisco MDS 9000 series
Storage: EMC Symmetrix or EMC
Unified Storage (Celerra,
CLARiiON)
Virtualization: VMware vSphere 4
Unified Infrastructure management
framework
Pre-Engineered,
Pre-Integrated and Validated
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VBLOCK: A NEW WAY TO DELIVER IT
 Roadmap interlocked, rapid
deployment model
of virtualized infrastructure
 Pre-integrated and validated
solutions reduce total cost
of ownership
 Floor Tiles become “unit of IT” with
predictable performance
and operational characteristics
 Single point of accountability with
improved compliance/security and
reduced risk
Solution Packages
Rich APIs
Resource
Management
Security
Network
Compute
Virtualization
Accelerate Time to Results—Reduce TCO
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Storage
VBLOCK CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE
 Best of breed, highly automated components lower OpEx
 Vblock performance envelopes cover a wide spectrum of workloads and
are applicable to all deployments
 Vblock is easier to plan, deploy, provision, secure, manage, monitor,
protect and diagnose
 Vblock simplifies and compresses support process
 Vblock eliminates most software release, new feature uptake and
interoperability burdens
 Vblock for on-premise data center or through choice of service providers
Greatly Improve Service Levels!
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CUSTOMER BENEFITS
VCE’s best of breed, standardized infrastructure with roadmaps for
platforms, solutions and services…
 dramatically lowers IT costs,
 improves services levels and workload density
 eliminates most planning and configuration burdens
 enables IT to respond fast to the needs of the organization
 creates new ways for the organization to innovate in their business
 provides unparalleled market choice for customers
 maximizes customer ability to leverage future industry innovation
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VBLOCK SOLUTIONS
Horizontal Application Solutions
• Virtual Desktop
• ERP (e.g. SAP)
• Collaboration (e.g. UC)
• Messaging (e.g. Exchange)
• Analytics (e.g. Greenplum)
Vertical Application Solutions
• Service Providers
• Financial Services
• Energy
• Public Sector and Federal
• Healthcare
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Application Development Solutions
• Cloud Application Lifecycle
Management (e.g. SpringSource)
• Cloud Application Platforms
Converged
Infrastructure &
Service Oriented
Architecture
Infrastructure as Service Solutions
• Service Management
• Chargeback
• Security
• Capacity Planning
VBLOCK SEAMLESS SUPPORT
EXPERIENCE
Enabling Pervasive Virtualization and Private Cloud
 Unified inter-company
collaboration tool
 Joint problem
re-creation labs
 Single experience for onsite
and remote support
 Cross-company,
cross-product-trained
support experts
 Cooperative Engineering Groups
 Common metrics and alignment
 Shared problem resolution and escalation processes
 Documented processes via best practice Support
Implementation Plan
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ACCELERATING VIRTUALIZATION…
Accelerate IT Standardization and Simplification
Database
V V V V
V V V V
V V V V
V V V V
Virtual Desktops
Email
Custom
Enable Virtualization at Scale—Simplify IT
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Web
BALANCING BUSINESS CHOICE
AND IT CONTROL
IT
Business
Governance,
and Security
your SLA
Simplicity and
Choice
Database
os
Virtual
Desktops
os
Email
Custom
Web
os
os
os
Control
Flexibility
Aligning
IT to the
Business
Rich APIs
Private Cloud
Security
Scalability
Management
Availability
Performance
Vblock Infrastructure Platforms
Enable Virtualization at Scale—Simplify IT
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Service
Level
Agreement
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Traditional Apps
“Next-Gen” Cloud Apps
Federation
Enterprises
Private
Cloud
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Virtualization - Information - Security
Cloud Service
Providers
Public
Cloud
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