Virtualization and Cloud Management Solutions
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The document discusses the transformation of IT through cloud automation, highlighting the efficiency gained by virtualizing resources and utilizing self-service cloud options. Key benefits include accelerated service delivery, improved operational efficiency, and cost reductions, with a focus on automating resource reclamation and management. The findings suggest that companies can achieve significant operational savings and better resource utilization by implementing cloud automation strategies.
Virtualization and Cloud Management Solutions
- 2. Improved IT eficiency IT has become more eficient by virtualizing compute, storage and networking of traditional infrastructure.
- 3. 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.
- 4. 1 Driving IT transformation : Cloud automation IT e‰ciency is continually improving at a rapid rate, specifically in the following areas: 2. Accelerated Service Delivery Virtualization cuts delivery time even further, from days down to minutes. 4. Improved Operational E‰ciency With automated resource reclamation, new resources are delivered quickly, boosting productivity and reducing lengthy tasks. 3. Reduced Complexity via Standardization The complication of delivering and accessing resources is nearly eliminated. 1. Optimized Resource Utilization Automated workflows allow for resources to easily and e ‰ciently be maximized. 2 3 4
- 5. 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.
- 6. Click to edit the outline text format − Second Outline Level Third Outline Level − Fourth Outline Level Fifth Outline Level Sixth Outline Level Seventh Outline Level Horizonta l scaling Hybrid environmen ts Vertical resource scaling Service orientatio n On- demand provisionin g 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. This is ahead of:
- 8. 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.
- 9. Improve operational e ciency Horizontal scaling Vertical resource scaling Hybrid environments Cloud automation should support both private and hybrid clouds, optimizing horizontal and vertical scaling. 10
- 10. Ease deployment and management Automated resource reclamation Enforce governance with policies, not people Automating your cloud accelerates deployment times and cuts overall management costs. 10
- 11. Reclaim and reuse inactive resources Leverage tiered service levels Reduce over- provisioning Optimize resource utilization 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. 11
- 13. 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. Increase VM count by 20% with minimal CapEx Reduce System Admins provisioning and reconfiguration task time Reduce over-provisioned VMs Reclaim inactive VM capacity Improved service delivery from days to minutes $106K resource reclamation $49K reclamation e ‰ciency $261K total resource e ‰ciency 80% improvement in operational e‰ciency $132K in operational savings Improve operational e ciency Business Requirements: Cloud Automation Provided: System Admin availability to focus on new business opportunities Optimize resource utilization Accelerate VM deployments Improve service delivery times to meet increased demand
- 14. Lowered operational costs 80% | $132K in savings Optimized resource utilization 20% | $261K Savings Implementing cloud automation resulted in the following ROI: Accelerated service delivery 98% | 4 days to 1.5 hrs. “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.” Cloudsyntrix Goals
- 15. Want to learn more about how automating cloud service delivery can save cost while access to IT resources and applications?