Hello to Hybrid. Leveraging Specialized Hardware and Expertise to Create a Hybrid Mid-Market Cloud

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1 Hello to Hybrid Leveraging Specialized Hardware and Expertise to Create a Hybrid Mid-Market Cloud Presented by: Karyn Price, Industry Analyst, Frost & Sullivan October 23, 2014

2 The Mid-Market Cloud Dilemma Hyper- Competitive Marketplace Limited IT Resources 2

3 The Benefits of Cloud Computing % of IT decision-makers rating criteria as important to the decision to use cloud Improve IT flexibility/agility 80% Deliver services and applications faster 78% Reduce costs 77% Improve business continuity/disaster recovery 77% Reduce hardware/software maintenance burden 77% Manage data growth 77% Improve scalability of infrastructure and apps 77% Better support business needs Better position your company to take advantage of new technologies 76% 75% Shift costs from capital to operating budget 66% N=319 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Source: Frost & Sullivan 2014 Cloud User Survey 3

4 The Challenges Preventing Cloud Adoption Top-ranked challenges to implementing a cloud strategy Changing operational processs 33% Ensuring backup and recovery processes cover cloud workloads Integrating a cloud development platform with infrastructure services Integrating premises-based and cloud environments 26% 29% 28% Acquiring budget to implement strategy 26% Reorganizing the IT department 25% Managing multiple cloud and SaaS providers 25% Aligning workloads with the appropriate cloud environment 24% Gaining support from business leaders or line of business managers N=401 Insufficient cloud expertise in my own organization 21% 20% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% Source: Frost & Sullivan 2014 Cloud User Survey 4

5 The Hybrid Cloud Answer Hybrid Clouds: - Combine public and private resources that are virtual, hosted, or on-premises. - Managed through a central platform - Tailored environment for each workload hosted 5

6 The Hybrid Cloud Answer U.S. Mid-Market Businesses are Deploying Hybrid Cloud A hybrid cloud that links all of the above 45% A hybrid cloud that links different vendors' cloud services 38% A hybrid cloud that links hosted cloud services with on-premises traditional data center configurations 50% A hybrid cloud that links hosted cloud services with on-premises private clouds 57% A hybrid cloud that links hosted cloud services with hosted traditional services such as managed hosting or colocation 52% A hybrid cloud that links hosted public and private cloud services 69% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 6

7 Business Needs Supported by Hybrid Cloud Bursting The flexibility and elasticity of cloud environments makes them an attractive option for workloads that may experience temporary or seasonal traffic spikes, or where traffic is unpredictable. Disaster Recovery In a hybrid configuration, an enterprise may both back up and fail over data to a cloud-based environment. Split Application Many workloads draw code and data from multiple sources. For many reasons, placing all of an application s components into a cloud environment may not offer the best configuration. 7

8 Optimized Hybrid Cloud Hardware IBM PureSystem IBM FlexSystem IBM PowerSystem Public Cloud Service Provider Hybrid Cloud Public Cloud Service Provider 8

9 Specialized Hybrid Cloud Expertise Mid-Markets Turn to Different Providers for Help with Cloud Programs Other 13% A security services provider 7% A cloud services provider 40% A managed services provider 17% My data center infrastructure provider 7% My IT provider 7% A cloud enablement platform provider 9% 9

10 Key Benefits of MSPs Comprehensive IT Provider High-Touch, Consultative Approach Data Center Optimization and Hybrid Deployments Guaranteed SLAs 10

11 Choosing the Right MSP Design & Deployment Infrastructure Lifecycle Services Managed Services 11

12 Step 1 - Build Your Private Cloud Control Plane a.k.a. Portal or UI Provisioning vcloud Director, OpenStack, CloudStack, etc. Virtualization VMWare, Xen, Hyper-V Physical Infrastructure Capture the basic goodness of the cloud model in-house 12

13 Step 2 - Ask and think about Why am I considering hybrid? (capacity, capability) What does success look like? (agility, less capex, etc.) How will I operate it? What data/processes can be in the public cloud? Is my first mile adequate? What do I need to add, buy, or build? How much do I want to do myself? Who can help me get there? 13

14 Step 3 - Connect to Public Cloud Your Web UI Provider s Web UI Control Plane Provisioning Virtualization Physical Infrastructure Control Plane Provisioning Virtualization Physical Infrastructure Private Internet or Private Connection Public 14

15 Step 4 - Migration Physical to Virtual* Virtual to Virtual* Establish deployment policies Adjust operational procedures Adjust DR/BC plans *Not all MSPs will help you do this. 15

16 Hybrid IT for the Mid-Market Hybrid Cloud Links multiple environments Common management Tailored per workload Cloud can be complex MSPs can help Optimized hardware designed for cloud 16