In our experience, extending the adoption of virtualization to business critical applications, such as
Oracle, SQL, Exchange, SAP or Enterprise Java, often requires executive sponsorship—sometimes
from multiple organizations. Unfortunately, breaking down siloes, misperceptions and other barriers
to virtualization and getting consensus about how to deliver critical business resources requires both
time and validation. Fortunately, we’ve got you covered.
6. All Clouds Are Built on Intelligent Virtual Infrastructure Public Hybrid Private Intelligent Virtual Infrastructure
7. What is Virtualization? Application Application Application Virtualization Operating System Operating System Operating System ˃ Hardware ˃Software license utilization ˃Operational efficiency Improves
8. The Proven Platform for Virtualization Application Application Application VMware vSphere Operating System Operating System Operating System >85% on installed virtual machines are VMware-based
9. The Proven Platform for Virtualization Application Application Application VMware vSphere Operating System Operating System Operating System Achieve better availability and greater agility 80% savings in datacenter energy costs 50 – 60% reduction in capital expenditures
10. Virtualizing Business Critical Apps is Crucial Your Cloud Business Production IT Production Self-service provisioning for faster application lifecycle Virtualizing business critical applications for higher availability and better service levels Basic consolidation for infrastructure workloads (file, print…) CloudComputing Oracle Exchange SQL SAP Custom Java 96% of CIOs view the virtualization of business critical applicationsas a foundation for enabling cloud computing* *VMware customer study. Business and Financial Benefits of Virtualization, IDG Research, March 2011
11. Companies Are Already Virtualizing Business Critical Apps What applications do you run in your virtual server environment? 2009 2010 Microsoft SQL Server 68% 53% Email 29% 51% Oracle DB 28% 33% Ref: Forrester Research, Inc. Storage Choices for Virtual Server EnvironmentsQ1 2011; March 15, 2011, Survey respondents = 104 43% of organizations have virtualized Tier 1 applications* *VMware customer study. Business and Financial Benefits of Virtualization, IDG Research, March 2011
12. Virtualizing Apps Delivers Significant Improvements For each of the benefits your company has achieved by virtualizing business critical applications, please approximate the amount of improvement compared to before virtualization. The Hidden Truth of Virtualizing Business Critical Apps, IDG Research, March 2011 Companies who have virtualized their apps have seen significant improvements, specifically over 60% in BCDR, security/compliance, and test/dev cycles
13. All the Top ISVs Support Their Apps on VMware >95% of Tier 1 apps matched or even exceeded native performance on VMware 98% saw positive or no impact to app performance andISV support across all applications* (Oracle, MS, SAP, Java) *The Hidden Truth of Virtualizing Business Critical Apps, IDG Research, March 2011
14. “We have been able to virtualize our most demanding Oracle Databases on x86 servers. We now have the confidence that vSphere can handle our largest transaction-processing databases with ease.” — Rob Lowden Director of IT
15. Increase Efficiency Production Test/Development Training ERP Email Database File Web Java Database Email OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS
16. Increase Efficiency Production Test/Development Training ERP Email Database File Web Java Database Email OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS VMware Run legacy apps on the latest hardwarewithout migrating or re-writing
17. Production Test/Development Training Production Test/Development Training Increase Efficiency ERP Email Database File Web Java Database Email OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS VMware Automate resource optimization Eliminate the need to provision dedicated testing,staging, training and data recovery servers
18. Production Test/Development Training Increase Efficiency ERP Email Database File Web Java Database Email OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS VMware Achieve 5x – 10x server consolidation Increase utilization of software licenses
19. Improve Quality of Service App App OS OS VMware Ensure application availability, performance and security At the lowest cost
20. Improve Quality of Service App App App App OS OS OS OS VMware Scale up on-the-fly Scale out in minutes
21. Improve Quality of Service App App App App OS OS OS OS VMware Built-in high availability Automated disaster recovery
22. Accelerate Time-to-Market App App OS OS VMware On-demand self-service provisioning Automated release cycles Streamlined testing and troubleshooting
23. Accelerate Time-to-Market App App App App App App OS OS OS OS OS OS VMware Deliver legacy applications as dynamic, cost-efficient, and reliable IT services
24. “When you add it all up, it just makes sense to run applications like Exchange on VMware VMs instead of physical boxes.” — Harvey Warren Infrastructure Analyst
25. ˃ Improve business agility ˃Virtualize business-critical applications ˃Enable an intelligent virtual infrastructure
In today’s technology-driven global marketplace, a business can only be as effective as its IT infrastructure. Put simply, business agility depends on IT agility.
Yet, studies have shown that 70% or more of IT resources are spent maintaining the status quo, leaving less than 30% for new innovation and business requirements.
Caught between shrinking resources and growing business needs, organizations are looking to cloud computing…
…to deliver IT as s Service, a more efficient, flexible and cost-effective model for IT.
Whether your cloud is private, public or a combination, it must be built on an intelligent virtual infrastructure.
Virtualization frees applications, middleware and operating systems from underlying physical hardware, dramatically improving hardware and software license utilization and operational efficiency.
The proven platform for virtualization is VMware vSphere. More than 85% of the installed virtual machines in enterprises are VMware-based.
Using vSphere, companies have achieved better availability and greater agility, saving up to 80% in datacenter energy costs and reducing capital expenditures between 50 and 60%.
But virtualizing infrastructure and basic workloads, like file and print management, are only the first steps towards cloud computing. Your organization won’t be able to deliver IT as a Serviceuntil it virtualizes its business-critical applications, such as Oracle, Exchange, SQL, SAP, or custom Java.According to a recent IDG study with CIOs, 96% of all respondents view the virtualization of business critical applications as a foundation for enabling cloud computing.
Many companies have already made this transition. A recent VMware Virtualization Benchmark Study revealed that 43% of organizations have successfully virtualized Tier 1 business critical applications. And those numbers are increasing, as more and more companies run their Oracle, email, and SQL applications on VMware.
Companies who have virtualized their apps have seen significant improvements, specifically over 60% improvement in BCDR, security/compliance, and test/dev cycles.
All the top Independent Software Vendors provide support for their apps running on VMware. More than 95% of Tier 1 apps matched or even exceeded native performance on VMware.And , in the IDG Research report already cited, 98% of responding CIOs saw positive or no impact to app performance and ISV support across all applications (Oracle, MS, SAP, Java).
The benefits gained from virtualizing business-critical applications are essential to staying competitive in today’s global marketplace.
Legacy ERP systems, email, databases, and other applications frequently consume large pools of servers that span not just production but test, development and training.
Virtualizing these types of applications allows IT to run legacy apps on the latest hardware and OS without migrating or re-writing.
IT can also automate resource optimization and eliminate the need to provision dedicated testing, staging, training, and data recovery servers.
And virtualization cuts infrastructure and software license costs. Using VMware, IT can achieve 5 times to 10 times server consolidation for large applications and increase utilization of software licenses.
VMware automatically ensures application availability, performance, and security at the lowest possible cost.
IT can respond to changing demands by scaling up on-the-fly or scaling-out in minutes, as needed.
And VMware provides built-in high availability and automated disaster recovery to ensure availability without the complexity of app-specific clustering.
Virtualization accelerates the delivery of your applications from weeks to minutes with on-demand self-service provisioning, automated release cycles, and streamlined testing and troubleshooting.
It enables IT to extend a flexible cloud-ready infrastructure that can deliver legacy applications as dynamic, cost-efficient, and reliable IT services.
Improve your business agility. Let VMware help you virtualize your business-critical applications and enable an intelligent virtual infrastructure. Take the next step to Your Cloud.
