1. DATA CENTER MODERNISATION – what are YOUR Challenges?
Complexity
Performance
Availability
Security
(Encryption)
Compliance (GDPR)
Data Protection (Ransomware)
SLA Monitoring
Cloud (SaaS/IaaS)
Budgets
History
/01/17 – Updated Challenges slide and merged “Cloud Ready” slides into one
/01/16 – Updated Information Retention and Governance section
/12/16 – Added date for GDPR and changed some of the Challenges
/12/16 – Minor updates
/12/16 – Minor updates
/12/16 – Removed all legacy slides
/12/16 – Initial version

2. SOLUTIONS FOR A "CLOUD READY” DATA CENTRE
Deploy as SaaS, IaaS or on-premises solution
Enable point-in-time recovery of SaaS and IaaS objects
Restore IaaS VMs back on-premises or to another IaaS cloud
Support all leading SaaS and IaaS services
Backup of Cloud Applications
Deploy as Managed Service or IaaS cloud solution
Enable point-in-time recovery of application objects
Restore across hypervisors, IaaS clouds and on-premises infrastructures
Backup and Archive as a Service
Eliminate the need for a second data centre
Deploy as Managed Service or IaaS cloud solution
Simple to test fail-overs, and perform live fail-overs and fail-backs
Disaster Recovery as a Service
Replace or extend your Data Centre into the cloud
Pay for just what you want when you need it (Cloud Bursting)
Move applications and data between on-premises infrastructures and IaaS clouds
Infrastructure as a Service
Eliminate the need for tape for long term retention
Deploy as a gateway that can be used with any application
Deploy as a software-defined solution with its own connector
Enable cloud to cloud backup by deploying in an IaaS cloud
Backup and Archive to the Cloud
Tier cold data to cloud (or on-premises) object storage
Automate tiering of inactive sub-LUN and sub-file data
Automate tiering of file data using metadata policies
Enable Flash to be used for all on-premises data
Tier Inactive Data to the Cloud
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Backup of Cloud Applications: EMC Spanning, NetApp Cloud Control for Office 365, Commvault and Veeam Backup for Office 365
Backup and Archive as a Service: Commvault (Oriium), Asigra (Iomart), EMC Avamar/Data Domain (Iomart) and Veeam (Covenco)
Disaster Recovery as a Service: vCloud Air DR, Commvault (leverages Azure/AWS), RP4VM (Iomart), Zerto (Iomart) and Veeam (Covenco)
Infrastructure as a Service: VMware vCloud Air (DR & Desktops) and Cloud for AWS (coming soon), EMC Virtustream, Iomart and Commvault (leverages Azure/AWS)
Backup and Archive to the Cloud: EMC Data Domain Cloud Tier and CloudArray, NetApp AltaVault and Commvault
Tier Inactive Data to the Cloud: EMC CloudArray, Unity Cloud Tiering Appliance and Isilon CloudPools, NetApp FAS Fabric Pool (coming soon)
Future
Monitoring as a Service
Enable end-to-end visibility of Performance & Availability
Across on-premises, IaaS clouds and SaaS applications
From the application, through the network and hypervisor, to the storage
Cloud based Distributed File System
Microsoft Azure
Amazon Web Services
Office 365
Google G Suite
Salesforce

3. SOLUTIONS FOR ON-PREMISES DATA CENTRES (PART #1)
Combine Compute and Storage into a single platform
Enable simplified Provisioning, Management and Upgrading
Available in All-Flash and Hybrid-Flash
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
Utilise low-cost Commodity Hardware
Move licences to new or upgraded hardware
Replicate between storage platforms, hypervisors and clouds
Software-Defined Storage and Replication
Eliminate downtime with a Stretched Cluster
Automate disaster recovery fail-over
Non-disruptively move workloads between sites
Continuous Availability
Significantly improve application performance
Simplify storage provisioning and management
Reduce data centre footprint, power and cooling
All-Flash Storage
Comply with GDPR* across production and backup data
Enable Content-aware Retention, Erasure and Search
Across files and s, on-premises, endpoints and cloud
Information Retention and Governance
Protect Laptop and Desktop Data
Empower end-users to access and restore their own data
Share files and folders within and across organisations
Endpoint Protection and Collaboration
vSphere
Hyper-V
Windows
Linux
Exchange
SQL Server
SharePoint
Oracle
SAP
Horizon
Citrix
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure: VCE VxRail and VMware vSAN
Software-Defined Storage and Replication: VMware vSAN, EMC ScaleIO and RecoverPoint for VMs, Commvault Live Sync Replication and Zerto
Continuous Availability: EMC VPLEX and VxRail, NetApp MetroCluster and VMware vSAN Stretched Cluster
All-Flash Storage: EMC Unity and XtremIO, NetApp All-Flash FAS and EF
Information Retention and Governance: Commvault and EMC DPS
Endpoint Protection and Collaboration: Commvault and EMC Mozy
* General Data Protection Regulation – comes into effect 25 May 2018

4. SOLUTIONS FOR ON-PREMISES DATA CENTRES (PART #2)
Rack space for hosting your own equipment
WAN circuits to link your data centres
High-speed low latency layer 2 networks for stretched clusters
Direct Connect circuits to the leading cloud providers
Data Centre Hosting
For when public cloud storage cannot be used
Provides full compatibility with standard public cloud APIs
Simple to deploy, manage, upgrade and scale (to PBs)
Data is replicated so that a backup is not required
On-premises Object Storage
Storage Resource Management – reporting & data analytics
Encryption – data at rest and in flight
Monitoring – end-to-end visibility for DCs, IaaS and SaaS
Data Protection – protect against Ransomware with point-in time-recovery
General Software
Storage arrays – Hybrid-Flash and All-HDD
Backup appliances – eliminate the need for tape
Servers – many leading brands and “white-box”
Networking – Edge to Core, FC and Ethernet
Desktops, Laptops & Tablets – many leading brands
General Hardware
vSphere
Hyper-V
Windows
Linux
Exchange
SQL Server
SharePoint
Oracle
SAP
Horizon
Citrix
Data Centre Hosting: Iomart
On-premises Object Storage: EMC Elastic Cloud Storage and NetApp StorageGRID Webscale
General Software:
Storage Resource Management: Commvault, EMC, NetApp
Encryption: VMware, EMC, NetApp
Monitoring: VMware and Blue Medora
Data Protection: Commvault, Veeam, EMC
General Hardware:
Storage arrays: EMC and NetApp
Backup appliances: EMC and NetApp
Servers: HP, Dell, Quanta
Networking: HP, Dell, Cisco and Netgear
Desktops, Laptops and Tablets: Dell

5. PARTNERs – PROVIDING PREMIUM & VALUE SOLUTIONS

6. CUSTOMER CASE STUDIES
London based international specialist staffing organisation deploys cloud-integrated storage, to eliminate tape, for long term retention of data.
Backup and Archive to the Cloud
European rail transport company deploys HCI appliances in their London and Paris data centres to simplify on-premises infrastructure, and provide inter-site backup and DR.
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
Italian global banking and financial services company deploys file system archiving solution with retention lock capabilities to meet regulatory compliance requirements.
Compliance
British rolling stock operating company transforms business continuity with disaster avoidance and automated disaster recovery stretched cluster solution.
Continuous Availability
Leading UK based pet food manufacturer transforms the performance of their core 24x7 application with all-flash unified storage.
All-Flash Storage
International intellectual property attorneys deploys virtual infrastructure with replicated unified storage in Glasgow and London hosting centres.
Data Centre Hosting
Backup and Archive to the Cloud (SThree): NetApp All-Flash FAS and AltaVault, and Commvault Intellisnap
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (EuroStar): VCE VxRail
Compliance (Unicredit): Commvault and EMC Data Domain
Continuous Availability (Angel Trains): EMC VPLEX and Unity
All-Flash Storage (Butcher’s Pet Care): NetApp All-Flash FAS
Data Centre Hosting (Murgitroyd): Iomart hosting of NetApp FAS
Other
UoW – Isilon, XtremIO, Unity, VPLEX
Unicredit – NetApp MetroCluster, VPLEX, VMAX, VNX, Data Domain
Viacom - ?
Havering – Commvault and E-Series
University of Birmingham – E-Series and EF

7. ABOUT SNS
Head office in Shepperton Studios covering the entirety of the UK market
Specialists in Virtualisation, Cloud, Storage, Data Protection, Business Continuity and Networking
Ability to service our customers global sites through our partners
End-to-end Professional Services - Design, Deployment, Testing, Handover and Post-deployment Remote Support, Monitoring and Health-checks
Evolved from a consultancy firm into a multi-million pound reseller providing a wide range of technologies
Founded by IT Managers whom enforced a strong technical DNA into the company to ensure we provide a true consultative approach