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Cloud-in-a-Box (CIAB) Appliance

Cloud-in-a-Box (CIAB) Appliance . Andrew Johnston 11 th October 2012. Agenda. Welcome and House Keepin g Introduction to Cloud in a Box Live Demonstration How does it work? Q&A Call to Action Networking & Lunch. Cloud-in-a-Box for Development & Testing. Ian Wales - Solution Lead

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Cloud-in-a-Box (CIAB) Appliance

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  1. Cloud-in-a-Box (CIAB) Appliance Andrew Johnston 11th October 2012

  2. Agenda • Welcome and House Keeping • Introduction to Cloud in a Box • Live Demonstration • How does it work? • Q&A • Call to Action • Networking & Lunch andrew.johnston@avnet.com

  3. Cloud-in-a-Boxfor Development & Testing Ian Wales - Solution Lead Ben Coleman – Presales Consultant Rob Stock – Presales Consultant

  4. Agenda • Introduction to Cloud in a box • Solution Overview • Scenario based demonstration • Q&A • Lunch

  5. Agility and the Cloud • The Agility Bottleneck • More Releases • - Weekly testing cycles • Composite Applications • - Pre-production sandbox > 5 servers • - Exact environment matters • Business Expectations • - Faster delivery • - Mobile devices • - Magic cloud

  6. What if... • Trial Cloud in a safe environment • Introduce leading automation tools • Improve the quality of your systems • Accelerate time-to-market • Immediate ROI • No CAPEX requirement

  7. Introducing Cloud-in-a-Box for Development and Testing • What’s in the box? • HP CloudSystemautomation tools • HP Quality Center quality assurance & test management tools • HP BladeSystem Matrix adaptive infrastructure • Pre-installed, pre-configured for immediate productivity……at an incredible price

  8. 6X more efficient than typical methods Time-to-market Predictable, repeatable environments Development to production assurance Pays for itself in automated provisioning alone

  9. Add benefits of HP Quality Center

  10. HP Quality Center Industry-leading quality assurance and test management tools Requirements Definition Test Planning Test Execution Defect Management

  11. HP CloudSystem Rapid, accurate provisioning of Development & Test environments Infrastructure Design Portal for Infrastructure Selection & Automated Deployment

  12. HP BladeSystem Matrix HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure 5 x G7 Blades with 128GB RAM each 10 x 146Gb 6Gb/sec SAS Disc Network Switch 28TB Storage

  13. How does it scale?

  14. Cloud-in-a-Box for Development and Testing Unique Avnet & HP joint offering Single part number includes hardware, software, support, services Optimized for development & test environments Aggressive price, subscription model

  15. Subscription Options Customer returns the appliance at the end of the 3-year term*Guide Price: £7,550 / month Customer keeps the appliance at the end of the 3-year termGuide Price: £7,946 / month * Customer can choose to keep the system for £15,750

  16. Cloud In A BoxSolution Overview Ben Coleman Cloud Solution Consultant

  17. HP Converged Cloud Integrated by design Private cloud Managed cloud Traditional Public cloud

  18. Private Cloud: greater agility, lower cost Primary use: quickly deliver IT services for testing and development • Benefits • Fast access to IT services • Fully automated • Reallocate administration resources • Pooling infrastructure • Characteristics • Self-service portal for ordering services • Predefined services with configuration options • IaaS and PaaS • Provisioned with internal resources • Secure environment

  19. HP CloudSystem Integrated system, proven technology… High performance servers Scalable utility storage HP 3PAR HP Cloud Service Automation Securing physical & virtual + High Performance fabric HP Networking HP BladeSystem with the Matrix Operating Environment Heterogeneous, mission critical Unique SaaS aggregation Service provider enhancements

  20. Cloud In A Box Functional Architecture Insight Orchestration Application Lifecycle Management Portal Demand Templates SiteScope Server Automation Software Library OS Build Plans Delivery HP CloudSystem Matrix - Operating Environment VMware vSphere HP CloudSystem Matrix - Converged Infrastructure Resource Supply

  21. Provisioning Process – High Level Overview User Request Insight Orchestration Workflows PXE Boot Server Automation Unprovisioned VM vCenter OS Deployment Server Automation Insight Orchestration Provisioned VM SoftwareDeployment Workflows SiteScope Provisioned & Monitored VM Monitoring

  22. HP Application Lifecycle Management Deliver optimal business results through high-quality applications • Single, scalable platform that enables a consistent, repeatable process for: • Requirement management • Test planning, scheduling & execution • Release & cycle management • Defect management • Real time reporting of progress and status • Integration with Developer Environments • One common platform Facilitates distributed collaboration and communication between QA teams, developers and business analysts on a single platform Allows organizations to lower costs by capturing critical defects before they reach production Enables organizations to manage release process and make informed go/no go decisions through real time reports Supporting key stakeholders from across IT & the business Business Analysts Development Teams QA Teams

  23. Introducing HP Server Automation Datacenter Automation Secure and scalable architecture Communications: Authenticated and encrypted Managed Data Centers Core: Runs on Linux or Solaris Agents: Supported on Linux, Windows, Solaris, HP-UX and AIX Remote Office Multimaster: Real-time event-based synchronization between all HP SA cores Complete & heterogeneous server lifecycle management Satellite: Management of remote offices and servers on slow links

  24. Agentless monitoring for your IT infrastructure and applications HP SiteScope

  25. HP CloudSystem Matrix An integrated offering of hardware, software and services + + + + Virtual Connect Matrix Operating Environment SAN Storage Blades Services Virtual Connect virtualized LAN and SANconnections Integrity andProLiant blade servers = Choice of Storage HP storage or 3rd party offerings Integrity andProLiant blade servers Capacity PlanningInfrastructure OrchestrationDisaster Recovery Application provisioning & monitoring Factory, tech integration plus financing options All-in-One Services plus financing options CloudSystem Matrix Enables fast implementation and support of one integrated private cloud solution *Matrix recovery management bundled for ProLiant. For HP-UX customers optional: HP Serviceguard and Metrocluster. ** Application provisioning and monitoring is delivered optionally for CloudSystem Matrix through Server Automation and Sitescope. ***FC SAN storage required for physical & virtual environments, iSCSI SAN for VM data stores- HP storage provides more integrated support of recovery & storage pool mgmt.

  26. Demo Scenario The business quality and efficiency of their online travel system • Define requirements, scope, project and application releases • Carry out automated deployment of server and app • View operational health of servers and applications • Carry out testing against defined tests • Deploy application code fix • View quality report and dashboard

  27. Demo Scenario – Who’s involved? • Business Analyst • Infrastructure Designer • Development/Build Manager • Quality Assurance • Business Owner/Project Manager

  28. Summary • Cloud-in-a-box • Reduces time to provision applications • Streamlines processes • Minimises errors and improves quality • The business case • End to end demonstration scenario • Requirements gathering • Deployment of environments and applications • Testing of application • Removal of environment • Provision environments in hours not days!

  29. Resources Avnet SolutionsPath Portal: www.ts.avnet.com/uk/hp-securelogin Cloud-in-a-Box for Dev & Test white paper Cloud-in-a-Box for Dev & Test customer facing deck ROI Calculator HP Quality Center white paper Quantifying the value of HP ALM HP CloudSystem Matrix Overview

  30. Help • Bonnie Littlewood • HP Marketing Manager bonnie.littlewood@avnet.com • 07748 707493 • Chris ReynoldsHP Partner Development Business Mgr • christopher.reynolds@avnet.com • 07880 548 450 • Ben Riley • Partner Business Manager • ben.riley@hp.com • 07795 265 573 • Ian Wales • Product Manager • ian.wales@hp.com • 07917 226992

  31. Thank you Q&A

  32. Call to Action • Invite your customers to our CIAB end user event on 1st November • Take away and peruse the collateral • Spot some opportunities using the following 10 key questions to ask your customers – andrew.johnston@avnet.com

  33. 10 Key Questions • Do you have in-house application development and/or test capabilities? • How many people are working on these activities? • What are the top issues you/they are experiencing:  need to control costs / pressure to deliver applications to market quicker / time taken to redeploy hardware etc from one project to the next / project prioritization and resourcing / other • Have you already adopted a Cloud Strategy :  yes – all in hand and going down the private/public Cloud route / no, not currently planned / currently looking into it / other • Have you considered how the Cloud could be applied to your development and test functions to help ease the issues you mentioned above? andrew.johnston@avnet.com

  34. 10 Key Questions (cont.) • What are your organizations biggest concerns regarding adopting Cloud: security / control / proving ROI / time to set up / cost justification /  • Is your organization looking to reduce its CAPEX budgets – switching IT etc to OPEX? • What percentage of your IT budget (or IT Software budget) is spent on developing custom applications? • And what percentage of your IT budget (or IT Software budget) is spent on supporting those custom applications? • Does your organization currently have a self-service/catalogue model for self-service deployment of IT infrastructure and services? andrew.johnston@avnet.com

  35. Bonnie Littlewood • HP Marketing Manager bonnie.littlewood@avnet.com • 07748 707493 • Chris ReynoldsHP Partner Development Business Mgr • christopher.reynolds@avnet.com • 07880 548 450 • Ben Riley • Partner Business Manager • ben.riley@hp.com • 07795 265 573 • Ian Wales • Product Manager • ian.wales@hp.com • 07917 226992

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