1. An Infrastructure for the Future Sajid Naqvi

2. Resource Maximization Changing Business Environment Cost Factors Infrastructure Transformation Network That Supports Transformation Building an Extraordinary Network Pitfalls

3. Resource Maximization Greater Business Value with Leaner IT Resources

4. The Changing Business Environment Network Traffic Growing Faster Than Ever Web Based Applications Increasing Mobile Computing on the Rise Partners and Business Units are Doing More and More Business Over the Network Business Expanding from Local to Global

5. Cost Factors There is Tremendous Pressure to Reduce Operational Costs and Increase ROI Major Costs That Can be Reduced Cooling & Power Data Center Space Management & Administration Underutilized Resources

6. Infrastructure Transformation Data Centers are getting Re-architected Virtualization Convergence Network Infrastructure Becomes a Critical Supporting Factor for Data Center Re-architecture and Gaining Operational Efficiency

7. Network That Supports Transformation Resilience High Availability to Meet SLAs as Diversified Applications Share Virtualized Resource Pools Flexibility Virtualized Machines Can be Moved Across Physical Devices Scalable Grow with the Organization Manageable Efficient Network Management Tools Secure More Open and Collaborative Networks Require Stronger Security Features

8. Building an Extraordinary Network Collaborate with a strong and experienced partner Find out what your current network is capable of and where you want to take it Take a holistic approach of how your current network is performing Make informed decision based on valid data

9. Pitfalls New applications and services implemented without thorough testing Operations staff not thoroughly trained on new applications and how they perform Lack of Knowledge related to existing traffic patterns and loads

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