The Power of 3 - IBM PureApplications, SoftLayer and General Operational Effectiveness

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The Power of 3: IBM PureApplications, SoftLayer and General Operational Effectiveness

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Agenda Why are we here ? - IT Spend Why so much

…and what can we do about it ? Simplify Automate Adapt

Discuss – Question and Answer






Why are we here ? - IT Spend

Source: 2012 IBM Data Center Study: www.ibm.com/data-center/study ( http://www.ibm.com/data-center/study )

According to Gartner’s analysis worldwide IT spending in 2013 was about $3.7T

IBM’s 2012 Data Center Study showed that only 1 in 5 organizations allocate more than half their IT budget to new projects and innovation

65%

New projects

Maintaining existing infrastructure

35%

Least efficient data centers

Use of new technology:

Results:

~ $2T in IT OPEX annual spend

Maintaining existing infrastructure

Most efficient data centers

Use of new technology:

Results: New projects

47%

53%

http://www.ibm.com/data-center/study






Why so much …and what can we do about it ?

General Purpose Components

Custom Built System

Design / Deploy Manage / Maintain

What to do… ? Simplify Automate Adapt (change the culture)

Time, resource capacity, and costs at every stage of the

process designing, building, testing, deploying,

verifying, managing and maintaining






#1. Simplify






PureApplication Patterns = Simplification

- Cloud

- Infrastructure Patterns

- Monitoring

- Log agents

- Security agents

System Infrastructure

Application Platform

Integrated Server, Storage, Network

Power Management Storage & VM Optimization Virtualization Integrated System Mgmt

Provisioning Security Monitoring IT Lifecycle Management System design

Application Optimization System wide Management Automation & Scaling Caching & Elasticity Application Centric

Provisioning Usage Metering

Security Monitoring App. Lifecycle Mgmt License Management Self-service Data management

A large number of ISV business applications Business intelligence Business process management Web experience (Portal)

Patterns of Expertise






On-premise, Cloud or Hybrid






Automated Testing = Continuous Testing






Patterns on IBM SoftLayer MarketPlace






#2. Automate






Build, Deploy, and Configure






#3. Adapt






Continuous Delivery, Integration, & Testing

Since Time, resource, and expense are spend though out the process and to be honest the traditional IT separation of function does not help the overall efficiency.

Initiatives such as Continuous Delivery/Integration, Shift Left, and DevOps, etc. are trying to improve the entire lifecycle.






DevOps

DevOps means breaking down the barriers between development and operations






Discuss – Question and Answer

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Mike HastieVP Technical Sales

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Brad HertensteinEnterprise Architect Prolifics Software Group

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