This slideshow presentation features the top five use cases companies should consider for deployment in the cloud, including developing and testing applications, extending existing applications, disaster recovery, developing Web and mobile applications, and delivering cloud-hosted desktops. The presentation includes industry research statistics, vCloud Air customer examples, and video links.

1. 5 OPPORTUNITIES
TO DELIVER
BUSINESS VALUE
WITH THE CLOUD

2. Thinking about moving your
workloads and applications to
the cloud?
You’re not alone.
According to an IDG survey, global IT budgets
dedicated to public cloud are expected to grow
from 16% to 33% over the next 2 years. Source: IDG Research Services:
Public Cloud Adoption, 2015
Top 3 Benefits Expected:
• Cost Efficiencies 64%
• Reduced IT Overhead 62%
• Speed of deployment/
faster time to market 50%

3. PLANNED ADOPTION RATE
WITHIN THE NEXT 12-18 MONTHS
60%
69%
63% 63%
57%53%
DATABASE
64%
INFRASTRUCTURE
DESKTOP
Develop
and test
applications
Deploy
existing
applications
Disaster
recovery
Develop
web and mobile
applications
Deliver
virtual desktop
and applications
But where do you start?Source: IDG Research Services: Public Cloud Adoption, 2015

4. Quickly spin up
DEVELOPMENT
AND TESTING
environments
Let’s break it down.
1
TOP 5 MOST COMMON USE CASES:
CONSIDER THESE
Run EXISTING
APPLICATIONS
and free up
onsite IT
resources
Implement
flexible,
affordable
DISASTER
RECOVERY
Deliver new
customer
experiences with
WEB AND MOBILE
APPLICATIONS
Improve end-user
productivity with
CLOUD-HOSTED
DESKTOPS
2 3 4 5

5. • Get instant compute resources that are
production-ready
• Eliminate inconsistencies across
development, testing, and production
• Develop, test and run applications in the
cloud with complete interoperability with
your vSphere data center
“We started the testing
phase immediately, creating
an image in the cloud and
moving it back to our on-
premises VMware
environment.”
1 QUICKLY SPIN UP DEVELOPMENT
AND TESTING ENVIRONMENTS
Watch the video
Kevin Turnbull
Head of IT, Bluefin Solutions

6. • Run your existing applications and
operating systems certified to run on
vSphere, no changes required
• Use the same tools, templates, catalogs,
and skills
• Get the same level of security, availability,
and performance you get with your
applications running onsite
2 RUN EXISTING APPLICATIONS
AND FREE UP ONSITE IT RESOURCES
# 1 CAPABILITY: Seamless
application portability from
your data center to the cloud
(50%)
Source: IDG Research Services: Public Cloud Adoption, 2015

7. • Get simple, secure asynchronous
replication, failover, and failback
• Determine what to protect and when with a
high level of self-service capabilities
• Eliminate the need for underlying
infrastructure hardware or data center
mirroring
“By utilizing vCloud Air Disaster
Recovery technologies, we have
reduced our existing Recovery
Point Objective (RPO) by 74
percent and our Recovery Time
Objective (RTO) by 90 percent.”
3 IMPLEMENT FLEXIBLE,
AFFORDABLE DISASTER RECOVERY
Bryan Graven
CEO, National Physician
Watch the video

8. • Integrate your Web and mobile apps with
data and services running on premises
• Get the elastic, on-demand scalability of the
cloud to expand during peak demand and
scale back as demand lessens
• Develop on a compliant platform with
familiar tools of choice
#1 REQUIREMENT:
Seamless integration with
on-premises data and
application services
(55%)
4
DELIVER NEW CUSTOMER
EXPERIENCES WITH
WEB AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Source: IDG Research Services: Public Cloud Adoption, 2015

9. • Simplify the delivery of desktops and hosted
apps to end users on any device, anywhere
• Deliver virtual workspaces to your end
users as a monthly subscription service
• Deliver a premium end-user experience on
any device, with a look and feel that users
are familiar with
TOP RATED CAPABILITY:
Meeting security and
compliance standards,
policies, and processes
(56%)
5 IMPROVE END-USER PRODUCTIVITY
WITH CLOUD-HOSTED DESKTOPS
Source: IDG Research Services: Public Cloud Adoption, 2015

10. VMware vCloud® Air™
The public cloud with hybrid capabilities that enable a seamless
extension of your on-premises vSphere data center to the cloud.
COMPATIBLE
Get the security,
availability, and
performance you expect
from VMware while using
the same tools,
processes, and support
AGILE
Set up, tear down, test,
and deploy production-
ready IT environments
without building new
infrastructure
SECURE AND
COMPLIANT
Extend your on
premises IT security,
control and compliance
settings, and networking
topologies to the cloud

11. For companies running
VMware on-premises,
the opportunity to deliver
value with the cloud
has NEVER BEEN EASIER.
“We started virtualizing with vSphere onsite. Moving
to the cloud with vCloud Air was an obvious next step.”
Jeff Wilson, IT Director, Nevro Corporation
Watch the video

12. LEARN MORE
about the top use cases for getting
started with the cloud with vCloud Air.
VISIT
www.vmware.com/go/startingpoints