Technology Lifecycle Management Mohamed Elrefai Vice President, Enterprise Solutions Group GTSI

Technology Lifecycle Management Multi-phased approach based on proven, repeatable processes, enabling government agencies to extend the value of their IT infrastructure

Technology Lifecycle Management Assess and Identify Decouple organizational requirements from system requirements Communities of interest First step toward SIS is to build baseline – policy driven Build business case – high-level design Driver of consolidation Build a detailed solution for the short and long term Assess – Pain Points: End of life/warranty issues Out of data center space Power, cooling, maintenance, and operations costs too high Running too many different types of hardware/platforms

Technology Lifecycle Management Technology Acquisition Decouple security imperatives from traditional budget constraints Create a performance-based services contract Leverage technology innovation Build in flexibility for both information sharing and new threats Procurement schedules: Phased purchase/implementation of servers Server consolidation frees up your operating and maintenance budgets so you’re able to buy the latest technology Establish SLA’s that are actionable, have low upfront costs and are scalable

Technology Lifecycle Management Integrate and Implement Traditional integration methods apply Tuning security and information sharing Multi-layer integration, entire stack Implement Production Server Consolidation and Containment. Contain server sprawl by running software applications in virtual machines on fewer, highly scalable, reliable enterprise-class servers. Customers of VMware Infrastructure have been able to consolidate 10 or more virtual machines per physical processor, thereby drastically increasing server utilization and containing server sprawl. Provide Advanced Business Continuity Protection at Lower Cost. Deliver high availability for critical applications with cost-effective virtualization-based solutions. With VMware Infrastructure, customers can implement a unified disaster recovery platform that allows many production virtual machines to be recovered in the event of hardware failure without investing in costly one-to-one mapping of production and DR hardware. Streamline Software Test & Development. Consolidate disparate development, testing and staging environments involving multiple operating systems and multi-tier applications. Set up self-service developer portals to increase developer productivity. Secure and Manage Enterprise Desktops. Secure enterprise desktops of geographically dispersed workforce by providing a standard corporate desktop image in a virtual machine. At the same time, provide standardized enterprise desktop environments hosted in virtual machines accessed through thin clients or PCs. Simplify Infrastructure Provisioning. Reduce the time for provisioning new infrastructure to minutes with sophisticated automation capabilities. Virtual appliances combine simple deployment of software with the benefits of pre-configured devices. Centralize control and responsibility for hardware resources while giving business units and application owners complete control over how resources are utilized. Re-host Legacy Applications. Migrate legacy operating systems and software applications to virtual machines running on new hardware for better reliability.

Technology Lifecycle Management Support Services Quarterly audits – policy Security management Patch management Application performance Network/server/storage Configuration optimization Ongoing onsite engineer/support Maintenance Break/fix support Synchronize maintenance contracts Schedule quarterly audits – make sure customer is in compliance with best practices Provide ongoing administration – onsite engineer/support Maintenance – provide break/fix support Optimization – provide configuration changes to continually improve performance and reliability

Technology Lifecycle Management Technology Refresh Technological rate of change Content management Security management Virtualization Assess new requirements Information sharing threats Refresh end of the lifecycle hardware Assess and identify pain points and business drivers again Assess new technologies and the impact they could have to the current environment

Technology Lifecycle Management Asset Disposal Disposal costs of security equipment significant Avoid cutting into operational budgets Comply with security, environmental, and DoD requirements and regulations Migration of data or systems Decommission: Scrubbing disk drives Reclaiming IP assets Warehousing of equipment Deinstallation – breaking down/uninstalling systems Packaging/Prep: Unracking equipment Figuring out buy-back/trade-in value

Technology Lifecycle Management TLM offers Framework to proactively manage all phase of the IT environment Flexibility to respond to security requirements and government mandates Determination of price/performance ratio for lower total cost of ownership Ability to contract for IT as a service