Cloud Computing: The Next Big Thing?

Cloud Computing: The Next Big Thing?

Where we are. What lies ahead.

About Performance

• For more than 15 years, we architect, implement and deliver state of the art solutions and services for virtualization, data center

computing & storage, disaster recovery & business continuity, information security and IT systems and services management

• Achieved YoY growth in 2013 - despite continued recession

• Expanded clientele: now includes all banks, major financial institutions, Telcos, Greek Fortune -150 companies and public sector

• About 30% of revenue is ‘value add’, reflecting our ability to provide advanced services

Company’s values and strategy

Results have been achieved by consistent execution of

adopted strategies:

#1

Built world-class competences in key solution areas:

• virtualization & data center computing • IT resilience: backup/restore, DR & BC • ITSM processes and IT automation

Company’s values and strategy

#2 Forged business partnerships, alliances and direct cooperation with top IT vendors, at the highest possible level.

Partners include (alphabetically): Cisco, Dell, EMC, HP, IBM

Citrix, Microsoft, Red Hat, Symantec, VMware

#3 Ensured ability to engage and execute well on complex, demanding projects, delivering business value, fast.

#4 Developed lasting customer relationships, based on trust and mutual respect.

IT Transformation

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Key theme in our client engagements:

“IT transformation”

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Virtualization & Cloud Computing are essential

ingredients to achieve this

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CIO Business & IT priorities – Global Survey

Top 10 Business Priorities rank _{Top 10 Technology Priorities}

Increase enterprise growth 1 Analytics and business intelligence Deliver operational results 2 Mobile technologies Reduce enterprise costs 3 Cloud computing (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) Attract and retain new customers 4 Collaboration technologies (workflow) Improve IT apps and infrastructure 5 Legacy modernization Create new products/services – innovate 6 IT management

Improve efficiency 7 CRM

Attract and retain the workforce 8 Virtualization

Implement analytics and big data 9 Security

Expand into new markets/geographies 10 ERP Applications

Virtualization in Greece

• Virtualization has gained wide acceptance

• Drives “IT transformation”; enables consolidation, cost reduction, manageability, agility

• Robust technology; deployed in production since 2004 (VMW esx 3.0)

• VMware vSphere is maintaining its lead of the market with lion’s share

• Microsoft HyperV, now with a high degree of maturity, is gaining acceptance in data centers

• KVM and Red Hat have established presence in several data centers

Virtualization in Greece

• PT has virtualized the majority of large companies

• Early adopters often grew piece-wise their virtualized environments; there is an incentive to redesign, consolidate further and increase efficiency

• Very few sites have exploited the automation & management capabilities and built private clouds

• Several sites have implemented automated DR processes

• Most large sites faced Storage I/O issues & backup issues

Private Deployment Model Public Hybrid Provider Owns Provider Operates Customer Owns Provider Operates Customer Owns Customer Operates Operating Model

Multiple Options for Cloud Services

Applications Platform Service Model Infrastructure (SaaS) (PaaS) (IaaS)

Cloud Service Deployment Models

Private, Public, Hybrid

Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud Public Cloud

 OpEx only

 Fast & inexpensive to start

 Outsourced services

 Multiple tenants sharing resources

 Reduce CapEx/OpEx,

admin/mgment costs

 Increase agility

 Control & visibility

 Multiple apps sharing resources

 Cloud bursting –

overdraft for peak loads

 Dev/Test & production

 B2B integration

 DRaaS, BaaS….

Exclusive/single tenant, on-premise and/or provider on-premises

Multi-tenant,

'Cloud First' Government policy for IT sector

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The launch of an expanded G-Cloud supplier framework

will support growth in cloud computing.

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Purchases through the cloud should be the first option

considered by public sector buyers of IT products and

services, the government has confirmed today.

Cloud Computing in Greece

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Some organizations are building private clouds (IaaS)

for:

Rapid provisioning of services to business users (internal or external); meter/allocate expenses; business resilience,

backup/DR; increase efficiency; decrease costs.

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Market is at an early adopter stage:

PT has been engaged for building private clouds for clients in Telecom, digital media & services sectors.

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Public Cloud providers have emerged; market at infancy

Cloud Computing in Greece

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Structured project approach for building and operating

private and public clouds

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Developed and now offer public Cloud Services:

• Enterprise Cloud / Virtual DataCenter (vSphere & vCloud Director) • Enterprise Backup aaS

• Enterprise DR aaS

• Enterprise email & collaboration services (Zimbra) • Desktop & Application Delivery platform for SaaS

Cloud Computing in Greece

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Value proposition: Why consider Bronet Enterprise

Cloud service?

• deploy readily your own advanced virtual datacenter, to host your business critical apps and data

• cost effective, secure, highest quality, security, stringent SLAs • incorporates condensed know-how, advanced technology • no CapEx, pay-per-use model

• avoid spending precious resources and time to build functionality from scratch (your private in-house cloud)

Cloud Computing in Greece

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Enable adoption of hybrid cloud model for organizations

that deploy ‘on-premise’ virtualization: they can readily

consume Bronet Enterprise Cloud services, as needed

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Enable affordable and effective DRaaS for virtualized

data centers: critical VMs with apps and data are

continuously replicated to Bronet EC; an immediate

failover from the primary site will be orchestrated and

executed, when needed

Cloud Computing in Greece

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Help organizations embrace mobility for their workforce:

• offer powerful “post PC era” email & collaboration as a service, on any user device, smartphone or tablet

• offer efficient desktop and application delivery service, enabling end-user mobility (on any device) and ISVs to transition to a SaaS licensing model for their legacy apps

Next

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Virtualization adoption, and barriers

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Virtualization as the enabler for Cloud Services