The document discusses the evolution and benefits of cloud automation in IT transformation, highlighting improved efficiency through virtualization and optimized resource utilization. It emphasizes agility and cost savings as key drivers for organizations, with specific examples like Dow Jones illustrating significant operational improvements and accelerated service delivery. Cloud automation is presented as essential for enhancing productivity and addressing business needs while managing both private and hybrid cloud environments.

1. The Power
to Change

2. Improved IT
efficiency
IT has become more efficient by virtualizing compute,
storage and networking of traditional infrastructure.
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3. Driving IT
transformation:
Agility
According to a Gartner Data Center Poll on Private Cloud
Computing Drivers, 58% of respondents indicate agility and
speed as the most important driver in moving to private clouds.
Gartner, Private Cloud Matures, Hybrid Cloud is Next, Thomas J Bittman, September 6, 2013.
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4. Driving IT
transformation:
Cloud
automation
IT efficiency is continually improving at a rapid
rate, specifically in the following areas:
1. Optimized Resource Utilization
Automated workflows allow for
resources to easily and efficiently
be maximized.
2. Accelerated Service Delivery
Virtualization cuts delivery time even
further, from days down to minutes.
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3. Reduced Complexity via
Standardization
The complication of delivering
and accessing resources is nearly
eliminated.
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4. Improved Operational Efficiency
With automated resource reclamation,
new resources are delivered quickly,
boosting productivity and reducing
lengthy tasks.
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5. Driving IT
transformation:
Self-service
cloud
A customized self-service approach enables faster
delivery times and allows IT executives to maintain
control over the cloud experience.
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6. Cloud
technologies
driving
operational
change
New data from the VMware 2013 CloudOps
Transformation Benchmark Survey revealed that
automation is the #1 most substantially impactful
transformation for IT.
This is ahead of:
Horizontal
scaling
Hybrid
environments
Vertical resource
scaling
Service
orientation
On-demand
provisioning
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7. Automating cloud
management
Automation enables IT to:
Accelerate service
delivery times
Improve operational
efficiency
Reduce cost
Ease deployment
and management
Optimize resource
utilization
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8. Accelerate service
delivery times
Automated work flows allow for resources to be
easily and efficiently maximized.
Improve productivity
Increase profitability
by responding to new
business opportunity
70% of IT projects are over
budget or behind schedule
Virtual desktop and
server scalability
Achieve your
deployment goals
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9. Reduce cost
Private cloud cost savings are much easier to quantify.
Improvements in IT efficiency are the foundation for the
enhancements in agility and speed necessary to improve
productivity and address new business opportunities.
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10. Improve operational
efficiency
Hybrid environments
Cloud automation should support both private and
hybrid clouds, optimizing horizontal and vertical scaling.
Vertical resource scaling
Horizontal scaling
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11. Ease deployment
and management
Automated resource reclamation
Automating your cloud accelerates deployment
times and cuts overall management costs.
Enforce governance with policies,
not people
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12. Optimize resource
utilization
Most companies assume a percentage of their
resources will be wasted because the costs to control
and reclaim manually is greater than the savings.
However, it can account for between
15 to 25% of company resources.
Reduce
over-provisioning
Leverage tiered
service levels
Reclaim and reuse
inactive resources
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13. Case study:
Dow Jones &
Company
Improve operational
efficiency
Optimize resource
utilization
Accelerate VM
deployments
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14. Dow Jones &
Company:
Goals
Private cloud cost savings are much easier to quantify and
justify. Improvements in IT efficiency are foundational for the
enhancements in agility and speed necessary to improve
productivity and address new business opportunities.
Business Requirements:
Cloud Automation Provided:
Improve operational efficiency
Increase VM count by 20% with
minimal CapEx
80% improvement in operational
efficiency
Reduce System Admins provisioning
and reconfiguration task time
$132K in operational savings
System Admin availability to focus
on new business opportunities
Optimize resource utilization
Reduce over-provisioned VMs
$106K resource reclamation
Reclaim inactive VM capacity
$49K reclamation efficiency
$261K total resource efficiency
Accelerate VM deployments
Improve service delivery times to
meet increased demand
Improved service delivery from days
to minutes
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15. Dow Jones &
Company:
Results
“With VMware, we have reduced the time needed to
deploy virtual machines, as well as the effort of individuals
required to focus on manual steps to provision. This is
saving money by refocusing towards strategic activities
rather than building servers.”
Altaf Tupani, Vice President of Global Systems, Dow Jones
Implementing cloud automation resulted in the following ROI:
Accelerated service delivery
98% | 4 days to 1.5 hrs.
Lowered operational costs
80% | $132K in savings
Optimized resource utilization
20% | $261K Savings
ROI results shown are for Dow Jones Private Cloud for all of News Corp: www.MyNC3.com
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16. Want to learn more about
how automating cloud
service delivery can save cost
while accelerating access to IT
resources and applications?
VMware can help.
Find more information on Cloud Automation:
vmware.com/products/vcloud-automation-center