2. The IT infrastructure management model has changed little in 30 years Landscape Cloud computing has many benefits but also many challenges How can you bridge the gap?
3. Virtualization 1.0 Too hard to manage Virtual Machine sprawl High provisioning effort / lack of agility Poor capacity planning Security / governance / compliance Vendor lock-in Does not deliver promised cost benefits Utilization goals not achieved Wasted power and cooling
4. Enterprise Cloud Management What We Do Transforming Virtualized Environments into Global Clouds Virtualization 2.0
7. Abiquo Solution Infrastructure Management Global infrastructure management Owned, outsourced or hosted (public cloud) Supports commodity or specialist server, storage and networking hardware Simultaneous support for all six major hypervisor technologies Full integration with existing management tools Virtual Enterprises True self-service management of compute, storage and networking Appoint own users and sub-delegate authority Virtual to virtual conversion ends vendor lock-in Operate within allocated resource limits No direct access to hardware
8. Abiquo Solution Business Policy Eliminates human inefficiency Ensures corporate goals are met Load balancing Utilization Security Compliance Governance Allows operational requirements Reserve hardware for specified tasks Control access/usage of physical datacenters Meets application goals Co-locate for performance Remotely locate for resilience
13. A Solution which: Safely Delegates Authority Empowers Application Teams Eliminates Delays and Restores IT Agility Dramatically Improves Utilization and Lowers Cost Ensures Operation According to Business Policy Provides Progression Path to Public Cloud Eliminates Vendor Lock-in Conclusion
