In this presentation, Paul Strong of VMware delivers a talk on how the cloud helps businesses spend less time worrying and more time creating.

1. © 2014 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.
The Grand Challenge…
Simplifying IT To Unleash Innovation
Paul Strong
VP & Chief Technology Officer, Global Field, VMware Inc.

2. Applications

3. Applications

4. Applications

5. Applications

6. Applications

7. Applications
Installed
Monitored
Tested for fail over
Regularly restored
Tested, Tested Again, and Again
If it’s ERP, Tested Again And Again
Created
or Purchased Integrated Architected
Archived Business Continuity
Managed

9. Change

13. Thousands

15. Software People
Infrastructure
Cap Ex
Op Ex
Legacy
economics
People
Software Infrastructure
Cloud
economics

17. Standardize

19. Services/Applications
Java Services/Virtual Applications
Container
Middleware Services
Java Virtual Machine
OS Container
Operating System
Operating System
Virtual Machine
Hypervisor
Another example of
containerization
E.g. Messaging, Application
Servers, JVMs etc.
Quickest container to
start, lowest overhead,
less secure
e.g. LXC, Solaris
Containers etc.
Type 1 hypervisor, most
isolated container
e.g. ESXi
Machine
Machine

20. The Datacenter Of Things
E-Bookstore ERP Service Online Bank
Federation Clusters Load
Balanced
Farms
Web Server Application
Server
Java Virtual
Container
Java Virtual
Machine
e.g. Linux Containers,
Solaris Containers etc.
Operating System – e.g.
AIX, Linux, Solaris,
Windows etc.
VMs & Hypervisors
Hardware Partitions
VIPs
IP, TCP, UDP
etc
NSX & Virtual
Networks, vSwitch,
vNIC…
VLANs, VXLANs
Switches,
Routers, NIC
etc..
Based on Copyright ©2008 Open Grid Forum
Biz Process/-
Service
Virtualized
Platform
Platform
Instance
Virtualized
Operating Sys.
Operating
System
Virtualized
Physical
Physical
Aggregations
Web Server
Farm
Database
Network
Filesystems -
NFS, CIFS
LDAP
File Systems
LUNs,
Volumes
Disks, Array Controllers,
SAN Switches
Virtualized OS
Servers,
Blades etc.
Storage Compute Network

22. Virtualize
Automate, like crazy!

24. Same People, Processes & Tools… Low Risk
Internal External

26. Self-service
Instant provisioning
A New Consumption Model for IT!
Pay-per-use
Cost-efficient
Elastic

32. Transform the Apps

34. Old World
Presentation
Stateless client
Business Logic
Business logic
Persistence
OLTP database

35. Old WorldNew World
Stateless client
Business logic
OLTP database
Rich, mobile client
with context
Business
process mashup
Real-time
streaming
analytics, big data

36. Transform the Business
Transform
The Business

37. Current IT Use Cases
Labor
automation
Individual worker
productivity
Non-human-scale
computing

38. Current IT Use Cases New IT Use Cases
Business model
transformation
Team and
corporate
productivity
growth
Data-based
products and
services
Labor
automation
Individual worker
productivity
Non-human-scale
computing

39. The Impact of New IT
Changing the
cost of inputs
Eliminating value chain
intermediaries
Introducing new
monetization model
Driving customer preference in an
existing market
Serving an underserved market in a
new way

41. Applications
Curator of SaaS application and
integrator to legacy
Secure
virtual
enterprise
Curator of external services
Integration of data
sets and data streams
Subscription and managed services
Custodian of
corporate information Enable Biz
to build better
Real-time ingestion and experiences
analysis of multiple data sources

42. The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm!

43. Consumer
Devices
Consumer
Expectations

44. Instant Gratification
My Device,
Any Time, Any Place
Socially

45. So how does IT
safely and securely
enable all of this?

46. It’s all about
the Apps

47. Software Defined
Data Center
Hybrid
Cloud
Apps
End User
Computing

48. Thank You!