IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack Private cloud and Service Provider options Client Overview Jeffrey Borek WW Program Director, Cloud Computing, STG May 19, 2014 @jeffborek jborek@us.ibm.com 2013 IBM Corporation
Both Private and Public cloud IT infrastructures are significant revenue opportunity Now and in the long-term Clients & SPs have the money and motivation to move rapidly with Cloud adoption Worldwide Private Cloud IT Infrastructure Forecast Deployment of IT assets within private cloud architectures is becoming increasingly popular with enterprise IT decision makers who want to improve datacenter operational efficiency, launch new strategic application platforms, or reduce IT operational costs* IT infrastructure hardware will experience a 13.4% CAGR from 2012 to 2017 and is expected to total $12.0 billion by 2017 IT infrastructure software will experience a 24.3% CAGR from 2012 to 2017 and is expected to total $10.2 billion by 2017 Worldwide Public Cloud IT Infrastructure Forecast 2 The enabling IT infrastructure hardware and software used to deliver MSP/CSP services are generally architected to support large-scale, multitenant environments. Many service providers rely on a mix of off-the-shelf licensed IT infrastructure software, free open source software, and custom-built software* IT infrastructure hardware will experience a 13.1% CAGR from 2012 to 2017 and is expected to total $12.4 billion by 2017 IT infrastructure software will experience a 25.3% CAGR from to 2017 and is&expected to total $7.7 billion by 2017 2013-2017 Forcast, April 2014 * IDC 2012 Worldwide Private Public Cloud Enabling IT Infrastructure #240624 & #240635
You need a partner that s helped tens of thousands of clients to.. 3 Think it. Build it. Tap into it. Strategize how to use cloud to drive revenue growth and efficiencies. Build and run your private or hybrid cloud. Utilize cloud services delivered from IBM SmartCloud.
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Many clients elect to start the cloud journey with a private cloud Clients are looking for benefits from private clouds And are preparing infrastructure to build the foundation Higher availability of systems and applications Lower total costs and better utilization of hardware Labor savings and improved quality of IT services Secure start behind enterprise firewall Highly virtualized infrastructure Standardized virtual workloads Web-based provisioning Dynamic resource scaling Half of the leading cloud adopters plan to include multiple platforms in their private cloud infrastructures 5 Source: IBM Market Development
Organizations deploying cloud have a choice to make 6 Open Source Only Proprietary Open Plus Some Assembly Required Vendor Lock-in Assured Enterprise-ready out of the box
IBM is building it s cloud management software on the fastest growing open technology - based on OpenStack community* COUNTRIES COMPANIES 325 Members: 27 Total Sponsors: 60 Total Supporters: 238 Total TOP 10 COUNTRIES INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS >16k TOTAL DEVELOPERS (12mos) 1410 138 United States, China, India, Great Britain, Australia, France, Russia, Canada, Ireland, Germany MONTHLY CONTRIBUTORS (2013 avg) COMMITS 354 >49k (in prior 12 months) OpenStack is a global collaboration of developers that seek to produce an open IaaS open source cloud computing platform for public & private clouds OpenStack has the largest active open source, cloud project community 7 Open technologies fuel the business & IT renaissance *Metrics as of May, 2014
IBM led the formation of the OpenStack Foundation, is a Platinum Sponsor and Board Member, and is a leading contributor to OpenStack Why is this good news for our clients? #1 Open, Modular Design Flexible architecture with open components enables options Platinum Sponsors #2 Vendor Interoperability High quality, multi-vendor & user community = freedom from lock-in #3 Rapid Innovation Gold Sponsors 8 Large community effort enables faster developmental effort
Introducing IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack An easy to deploy and use cloud management software offering based on OpenStack with IBM enhancements and support Enables rapid IT response to ever-changing demands of business via self-service provisioning of infrastructure services, as end users can re-deploy virtual servers with an easy to use interface Yields improved virtualization operational efficiency and greater overall business effectiveness. Administrators capture & manage standard VM images with support for common business processes Provides capability to track/correlate cost of infrastructure to department usage via basic usage metering, so Organizations & Managed Service Providers (MSPs/CSPs) can align service to expense Supports production-grade cloud operations & interoperability at scale via enhanced foundation and full OpenStack API compatibility. Open computing cloud alternative to proprietary vendors, with world-class support from IBM 9 Hybrid capability to IBM SoftLayer through a Services offering
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack, v4.1 offers rapid time to value (formerly offered as IBM SmartCloud Entry) IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack is an easy to deploy, simple to use cloud management software offering based on OpenStack (Icehouse) with open cloud APIs. Importantly, we include IBM enhancements that features a self-service portal for workload provisioning, virtual image management, and monitoring. It's an innovative, cost-effective approach that also includes automation, Cloud solution supporting Heterogeneous Compute, Storage, & metering, and security. Network Single point management across multiple domains & hypervisors All IBM server architectures & major hypervisors supported Accelerate Time to Market: Time to market improvement for new applications Integrated Management: Approvals, metering, billing, users and projects through a single pane of glass Flexible, modular design: Based Additional features enabling more efficient use of Cloud upon OpenStack IaaS -- Access to resources OpenStack APIs. Extensible via Dashboards show Cloud admin resource capacity, VM utilization REST API allowing partners to Metering/Billing and reports, Resource expiration & project approval policies, Network configuration & mapping Hybrid Enablement & Multi-cloud Federation Federation to multi instances of OpenStack and Hybrid Clouds 10 easily customize the UI Open Simple Innovative
IBM systems management offerings support multiple user roles The transition to cloud has empowered end users to perform tasks previously restricted to admins A distinct cloud admin role has emerged (separate from virtual/physical resource management) Skilled virtual resource management is required for virtual compute, storage and network infrastructure As always, skilled physical resource managers (either offsite or on-premise) are as critical as ever IBM Cloud Manager with Openstack supports these user types End users Platform manager 11 Self-service IT requests Manage cloud workloads via mobile & Web clients Manage cloud users Manage cloud environment Manage physical resources (servers, storage and networking) Manage virtualized resources (servers, storage and networking) Cloud manager Virtualization manager
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack delivers cloud usage benefits to users Easy to access, easy to use Service Request Catalog Hides underlying infrastructure from user, shifts focus to services delivered Enables the ability to provide standardized and lower cost services 12
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack delivers cloud admin benefits to managers Tailor workload options for users and groups Monitor usage with workload metering Provides project level customization 13
Positioning Cloud Management Solutions from IBM Modular Capabilities Common Cloud Management Services IBM Cloud Orchestrator IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack 14 enables basic Infrastructure Cloud Services: Cloud provisioning and automation based on OpenStack Simplified implementation, lifecycle management, resource management, self-service portal, monitoring & metering Full access to OpenStack APIs All IBM server architectures and major hypervisors now available to choose from Integrated platform management, backed by IBM enterprise-grade lab services and support Orchestration Services Platform Level Services IBM Added Value enables Infrastructure, Platform & advanced Orchestration Services: Eases coordination of complex tasks and worklflows, necessary to deploy applications Deploy application topologies or patterns Take advantage of the huge pattern library in the IBM PureSystems Center (Image Lifecycle Management) (Pattern Services) Infrastructure Level Services (Provisioning, configuration, resource allocation, security, metering, etc.) Hypervisors VMware, KVM, Hyper-V*, PowerVM, zvm Cloud Resources Storage Compute Network * On IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack today, SoD for SCP & SCO in 2014
IBM Platform Resource Scheduler v2.2 Enhance your IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack environment. Improve service levels with automated, policy-based management and increase utilization up to 20% WHAT S NEW : Support for Icehouse the latest open-source OpenStack software release Extended Hypervisor support: VMware, PowerKVM, PowerVC support Cinder API support schedule both compute and storage resources Enhanced integrations with IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack and IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enhanced policies for automated management of VMs CLIENT BENEFITS: Increase asset utilization up to 20% to boost efficiency and reduce costs Improve performance and quality of service to cloud tenants Reduce administration effort through policy-based automation 15 15
Yildiz Technical University Enhanced availability, improved service levels, and reduced costs with a flexible private-cloud on Power The need: Yildiz Technical University (YTU) had increased needs for IT services as a result of a growing number of students and faculty members and newly established campus locations. YTU sought to upgrade its existing Power Systems servers, and also update their application environment. The solution: Working with ComPro Information Technologies (ComPro), YTU incorporated two new IBM Power 740 Express servers, Active Memory Expansion, PowerVM Enterprise Edition and SmartCloud Entry for Power Systems software. PowerVM Live Partition Mobility migrates LPARs from one physical server to another without disruption to the running applications. PowerVM Micro-Partitioning feature optimizes CPU resources. Shared, uncapped CPU mode with business-aligned priority settings and entitlements so that LPARs can easily handle workload spikes by using more CPU resources when needed and immediately releasing them for other applications needs without any administrative intervention The benefits: Significantly increased the IT environment performance Flexible platform to accommodate future growth Enhanced availability, improved service levels, reduced power and cooling costs Scalable and efficient virtual-server infrastructure 16 Solution components: Hardware: SAN24B-5 Power 740 Express w/aix EE Software: PowerVM Enterprise Edition IBM SmartCloud Entry Solution Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Ed WebSphere Application Server DB2 for AIX Lotus Notes
Zetark Deployed a fully integrated solution that includes IBM SmartCloud Entry, StorHouse and KVM in two weeks The need: Established at the end of 2012, Zetark is a specialist provider of cloud-based storage and infrastructure-as-a-service solutions. Zetark was founded to offer hosted data storage services to local and regional businesses of all sizes, and had an ambitious deadline to bring its innovative cloud storage offering to market. It wanted to rapidly deploy an infrastructure combining storage performance, flexibility and efficiency.. The solution: Thanks to IBM PureFlex System, we went live in two weeks rather than the two months it would have taken with a conventional infrastructure solution. Zetark chose IBM PureFlex System with Red Hat Linux, open source KVM virtualization technology and FileTek StorHouse software to power its new strategic platform for enterprise cloud storage services. Using IBM Flex System Manager, Zetark can rapidly provision new virtual servers for specific customer requirements, and can even migrate live servers from one physical PureFlex node to another. Maxime Aernout, General Manager, Zetark The benefits: Flex System Manager Flex System x240 Full deployment in two weeks instead of the anticipated two months for a typical infrastructure; PureFlex seamlessly integrates hardware and software, offering easy deployment and management. The company also deployed IBM SmartCloud Entry Solution for System x, using the solution to create a self-service private-cloud option for customers. With SmartCloud Entry, Zetark customers can use a web portal to configure and start a new, fully configured Linux virtual server within just 30 seconds. 17 Solution components: Storage: Storwize V7000 Storage: TS1140 Tape Drive Storage: TS3500 Tape Library IBM SmartCloud Entry
Agilisys Revolutionizes the way it delivers services to customers, offering rapid provisioning and near-limitless scalability The need: Agilisys serves both the public and private sectors, and has earned a strong reputation for deep domain expertise within local and central government, healthcare, and financial services. To deliver better service levels for its clients and reduce overhead, Agilisys wanted to find a flexible, scalable, easy-to-manage platform that would be capable of supporting multiple types of IT applications. The solution: Agilisys implemented an IBM PureFlex System to act as both a consolidation platform for clients existing systems, and a private cloud environment for new requirements The solution provides a single platform capable of hosting and managing all these different systems. The company will install new services on the new platform: a pair of UNIT4 Agresso ERP systems owned by two local authorities. These will run in Windows and VMware environments on PureFlex compute nodes. The benefits: Enhances scalability, helping to support clients requirements seamlessly. Accelerates provisioning of new systems by 98 percent. Simplifies management of multiple platforms via a single console. Reduced their operational costs while also improving the levels of service they could provide to their clients, enabling them to deliver even great business value. Enables the ability to create and provision new environments much more rapidly than ever before, going from a four-day lead time for new environments to just a couple of hours. 18 IBM SmartCloud Entry is built into the PureFlex architecture, and provides sophisticated scripting capabilities that will allow us to create and provision new environments much more rapidly than ever before. We will go from a four-day lead time for new environments to just a couple of hours, which is about a 98 percent improvement.. Dougie Reid, Service Director, Managed Services, Agilisys Solution components: PureSystems Flex System BTO Flex System Manager PureFlex Standard PureFlex System running hypervisor VMware 2014Entry IBM Corporation IBM SmartCloud
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack PID and Pricing Summary Power System pricing w/1 yr. S&S Power System Channel VRM PID #s Small Cloud Manager with OpenStack for Power Medium V4.1 5765-OSP $80 per core Cloud Manager with OpenStack for IBM Flex System V4.1 5765-OSF $1280 per managed server Xcc PID #s w/ S&S System x & Flex Systems Channel (s) 3 Year V4.1 5641-OX1 5641-OX3 Cloud Manager with OpenStack for IBM Flex System V4.1 5641-OF1 5641-OF3 Passport Advantage Channel Cloud Manager with OpenStack 19 $400 per core HVEC Part #s w/ S&S Pricing w/ Cloud Manager with OpenStack for System x Cloud Manager with OpenStack for System z $200 per core VRM 1 Year System z Channel Large VRM V4.1 VRM V4.1 1 Year 3 Year 1 Yr S&S 00JY329 00JY330 00JY333 00JY334 $1280 per managed server 00JY331 00JY335 $1280 per managed server 00JY332 00JY336 PID # Pricing w/ 1 Year S&S 5648-OSZ $1280 per engine (per IFL) PID # Pricing w/ 1 Year S&S 5725-R05 $80 per Resource Value Unit (processor core)
IBM Cloud Infrastructure positioning with IBM Services zbc12 for high scalability, security, and availability Flex PureSystems for Enterprise Power System for integrated Systems for capacity flexibility systems and rapid on demand, existing and app/cloud UNIX or IBM I, scalable deployment alternative to x86 growth SoftLayer Elastic, multi-tenant, APIenabled Bare Metal as a service, Private cloud, Public IaaS 20 NeXtScale for ultimate costefficiency and scalability System x and BladeCenter for reduced costs and complexity Entry Power Systems for cost-competitive high performing alternative to x86 XIV Storwize family New Flash Systems IBM Cloud Managed Services Robust cloud infrastructure for enterprise-class workloads Common Open Standards Technology and Industry Ecosystem
What is Dynamic Cloud? The ability to dynamically consume, interconnect and orchestrate all types of clouds and IT to speed innovation and adapt to changing business conditions Benefits: Fully customizable Robust management Scalable Private and Traditional IT On Premise Match workloads to best-fit infrastructure Hit the right balance of risk to speed Meet seasonal capacity without CapEx Add new capabilities quickly Dynamic Benefits: Rapid access Pay-per-use Highly elastic Public Managed Private Off Premise By 2017 50% of enterprises will have full blown hybrid clouds* 21 *Gartner: Jan 2014
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack Hybrid Capabilities Combine with SoftLayer & implementation services to enable Hybrid clouds today Independent Workloads Private Public Social & Mobile Integration Private App D App C App B App A App Ａ Self-service portal, monitoring & metering OpenStack based VM and image provisioning Private and public OpenStack cloud management All IBM server architectures and major hypervisors Public App B Production Systems of Record workloads on on Private and Private and Test/ Systems of Development on Engagement Public on Public Private Dedicated Public 22 System z Power Systems: Linux, AIX PureFlex PowerVM, PowerKVM PureFlex x86, Hyper-V, VMware, KVM Enables IT department to monitor / approve all public and private deployments of VMs Lower cost of ownership by deploying workloads on the best optimized environment Provides existing operational capabilities while enhancing their competitiveness (Time-to Value).
OpenStack Cloud Design and Implementation Services Improve your overall business effectiveness with options for Hybrid solutions Service Overview: IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack is an innovative, cost-effective approach for organizations and service providers that also includes basic security, automation, usage tracking metering and integrated platform management. The engagement begins with design services to customize the OpenStack solution to client or IBM Business Partner requirements, including single or multiple/hybrid clouds. The resulting (and agreed upon) solution is documented before skilled consultants develop and plan for implementation and provide the subject matter expertise to implement it. Key Features: A modular, flexible solution designed for rapid innovation, vendor interoperability, and freedom from lock-in Provides design and implementation services on OpenStack cloud management software Distributes IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack based on OpenStack and it s open cloud application programming interfaces (APIs) Includes follow up or remote services for up to six months after initial installation to ensure the solution is running as expected Service Benefits: 23 Technical consulting services and skills transfer on IBM Cloud Manager for OpenStack Open computing cloud alternative to proprietary vendors, with world class IBM support Enables rapid IT response to ever changing demands of business via self service provisioning of infrastructure services; users can re deploy virtual servers with ease of use IBM Systems Lab Services - ibm.com/systems/services/labservices - stgls@us.ibm.com - Download Solution Brief
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack: More information IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack on SMC http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/servicemanagement/cvm/sce/index.html Service Management Connect (SMC) Connect, learn, try, and share with Service Management professionals. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/servicemanagement/ IBM Systems for Cloud Computing Infrastructure http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/infrastructure/us/en/cloud-servers/ Cloud Computing with IBM Overviews www.ibm.com/cloud http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud/ IBM and the Importance of Open Computing for Cloud 24http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/us/en/learn.html
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Turk Telecom Group Slashes provisioning time with IBM SmartCloud Entry Ease of use and cost savings make the difference The need: As the leading telecommunications company in Turkey, Türk Telekom Group provides converged communications services ranging from public switched telephone network (PSTN) and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) to broadband Internet. Türk Telekom Group needed an internal cloud to help speed innovative solutions to market, as well as to provide tight security, easy accessibility, high performance and ease of management to users. The solution: To support its private cloud services, Türk Telekom deployed IBM SmartCloud Entry on an IBM System x 3650 class server with intelligent Intel Xeon processors, using IBM Systems Lab Services This system hosts automated cloud provisioning and manages the company s development and test environment. The IT environment also includes 7 TB of thin-provisioned storage. The self-service feature of IBM SmartCloud Entry on System x servers has helped lessen the burden on our system administrators shoulders. Moreover, we have delegated server administration to the internal end users which means even fewer headaches for our IT staff. Mehmet Selçuk Karaca, consultant, Türk Telekom The benefits: To support its private cloud services, Türk Telekom deployed IBM SmartCloud Entry on an IBM System x 3650 class server with intelligent Intel Xeon processors, using IBM Systems Lab Services. Solution components: In addition to time savings, the solution has enabled significant cost savings for the Türk Telekom IT department. System x System x3650 M3 The solution, as a whole, has also improved relations with the company s internal users, and beyond moving production applications into the environment they intend to extend the solution to existing IBM Power servers. IBM Storage Tape and Optical IBM SmartCloud Entry 29