The document discusses the collaboration between IBM and VMware in leading advancements in IT through a software-defined data center. It highlights the benefits of IT as a service, including cost efficiency, agility, and enhanced reliability for hybrid cloud environments. The partnership aims to empower businesses by combining VMware's virtualization and cloud solutions with IBM's systems for improved service delivery and resource utilization.

1. IBM & VMware —Leading the New Era in IT
Sanjay Katyal
Vice President, Global Strategic Alliances, VMware
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2. Real Business Results: Innovation Velocity
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3. Two Paths to IT as a Service
Cloud
IT as a
Service
Managed
Virtualization
Virtual
Software-Defined Data Center
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4. The same principles that transformed
a single layer of the data center…
What if…
Abstract.
Pool.
Automate.
and delivered unprecedented
value for customers…
were applied to
the entire data center?
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5. The Net Result
Efficiency
Reduce IT costs
– CapEx & OpEx –
through more efficient
utilization of hardware
and human resources.
Agility
Control
Leverage flexible
infrastructure and
automation to speed
delivery of new services
to the business.
Proven reliability and
security for the hybrid
cloud, mobile world.
Without Sacrificing Choice
Any Application, Any Cloud, Any Device.
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6. One Direction: IT as a Service
Redefine Efficiency and
Agility Through the
Software-Defined Data Center
Provide Choice Without
Sacrificing Security & Control
with Hybrid Cloud Computing
Empower the Workforce
with Secure Mobility
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7. IBM & VMware – Leading the New ERA in IT
§ VMware has a vision of a software defined data center enabling
customers to leverage IT-as-a-service.
§ The IBM – VMware Partnership is a very strong partnership … for over
a decade providing customers with world-class solutions.
§ VMware virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions, combined with
the new IBM X6 Systems … virtualizing business critical workloads
while lowering costs and increasing agility and resiliency.
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8. Thank You
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