Presentation slides from F5 Networks' Super Session at VMworld 2011. The slides illustrate the importance of IT-as-a-Service, and how dynamic networks, applications, and user environments can be managed effectively.

1. Catching up to the Cloud:The Network’s Rapidly Evolving Role In ITaaS VMworld Super Session

2. Is IT-as-a-Service a Good Idea? Our survey shows 43% say somewhat/extremely attractive Source: F5 survey of 538 Enterprise IT professionals, July 2011

3. The Shift to The Dynamic Data Center The static data center used to work Then came virtualization & cloud Then the era of applications Then traffic diversification And now IT is buckling …

4. Cloud Computer: IDG Global Cloud Study 88%: Cloud is a priority within next 18 months 70%: Security is critical for cloud 68%: High availability is key for cloud

5. The Shift to The Dynamic Data Center 64% of developers including video in apps 1,912 average web transactions per user per day 28% of developers use HTML5

6. Traffic Diversification Amazon: 100 billion objects stored in S3 Google: 5 billion API calls/day Facebook: 5 billion API calls/day npr: 1.1 billion API-delivered stories/month

8. How Far Along are You? Source: F5 survey of 538 Enterprise IT professionals, July 2011

9. When will IT-as-a-Service become common? Source: F5 survey of 538 Enterprise IT professionals, July 2011

11. Problem: Networks Aren’t Adaptable Enough New Security Hole High Cost To Scale Slow Performance Network Administrator Application Developer Applications Focus on Business Logic and Functionality Traditional Networks are Focused on Connectivity

12. How Do You Fix the Problem? Multiple Point Solutions More Bandwidth Network Administrator Application Developer Hire an Army of Developers? Add More Infrastructure?

13. How Automation Helps – Automated Policies Optimizing the network for specific applications takes weeks … and can be frustrating Automated application policies reduce process to hours Applies to applications, the network, cloud, etc.

14. Will Your Organization Achieve IT-as-a-Service? Our survey shows 43% say somewhat/extremely likely they will Source: F5 survey of 538 Enterprise IT professionals, July 2011

15. A Brave New World … Applications are complex, composite, distributed Workplace is mobile, non-PC endpoints abound Traffic is diversified Everything creates and consumes data

16. Applications Are Central The network used to manage applications In the future, applications will manage the network

17. IT Must Change Today you configure the network largely by hand Tomorrow, if you don’t change, you will drown Instead, build a dynamic data center And manage the manager

18. Dynamic Data Center Reconfigure dynamically Manage by policy, not device Context-aware policies ADC manages services

19. Application Control Plane Architecture 10-100x faster deployment of applications Reduces CapEx Reduces OpEx Enhanced scalability Enhanced security