1. Data Centre Operations Build, Operate, Deliver. Lee Fisher VP Products @abiquo @bootdisk

2. 2012 – Cloud comes of age? The year ‘everyone’ got the ‘cloud’….. Benefits Efficiencies Cost Savings ….was the year it became a dirty word.

3. Data Centers are go! A significant proportion of the average organisations IT budget is allocated solely to data center operations (excluding software) 25% Of all applications run in 2 or more data centers 80% The rate of data growth per year 60% Of current workloads are being processed in data centers 50%

4. Are we there yet?

5. How has IT helped me? Of businesses make technology/cloud decisions without getting IT involved 47% Have no single unified management platform for their virtualisation/cloud platform 78% Of businesses feel that their IT strategy isn’t under control 60% Of businesses feel that virtualisation/cloud has not delivered on its key promises 84%

6. The new customer The Mobile Computing era 3 Core Elements : Mobile, Social, Cloud Changed more than the way we consume music High Street shelves less important than digital shelves Can do, Need to, Right now The ‘power’ has shifted from IT, to user

7. Is it any wonder? End users in the business see little, or no benefit of virtualisation or cloud “Endless approval forms and processes” “IT still says no” “Why do things take so long?” “We try our best to avoid IT and procurement because of the hassle” They want a frictionless experience

8. Why?

9. What’s the hold up? The technology exists You could automate IT You could adopt new controls You could adopt new technology You could do things faster You could do things simpler You will remain in business

10. Integrate this!

11. IT perception – this is difficult! What do we do with the legacy software suites we’ve acquired? Consulting costs will be very high We have to rip and replace the kit and processes Our perpetual licenses don’t work in the cloud Our partners are competing with each other Do we build it ourselves or use someone else’s? The business case is weak

12. Silo Processes Very little integration today between technology and processes Different management consoles, managed by different teams/groups Many authority levels across the business Little automation between technologies

13. Rip and Replace is not compatible Business needs to evolve existing processes into cloud Not bin them Most new clouds are bolt on services to existing business Forces virtualisation and cloud to play a part at the edge of the business, not at it’s heart

14. Our Approach

15. Build your cloud, from tech you have

16. Provide a range of services to enhance your business

17. Adopt Public cloud – when you are ready

18. Integrate with operational processes you have in place today

19. Put cloud at the heart of your business Not on the fringes of it

20. How we can help Education – how the cloud can revolutionise your business Technology Independence Fast integration of existing tools, processes Integrate your existing workflows into your virtual computing model Simple migration to cloud model Don’t just build a cloud, operate it

21. Data Centre Operations Build, Operate, Deliver. Lee Fisher VP Products @abiquo @bootdisk