This document discusses virtualization and the data center. It notes challenges facing private data centers like power constraints and evolving user needs. It discusses how IT is becoming an asset that some enterprises will outsource completely and how computing is becoming a utility. The document presents options for private versus public cloud and levels of cloud service. It discusses benefits of virtualization like improved business agility and lower costs. Finally, it presents Microsoft's virtualization solutions.

1. Virtualizationand the DataCenter Hans Bos National Technology Officer (NTO)Microsoft Nederland hans.bos@microsoft.comtwitter.com/hansbos

2. Challengesto the private datacenter Green IT, power, and space constraints Workplace boundaries stretching and users evolving Services need to support 7x24 global business (SLAs) Governance, risk and compliance issues are on the rise (GRC) Save costs by automating and standardizing processes (ITIL)

3. IT as an asset… A fifth of enterprises will hold no IT assets by 2012 as cloud computing and mobile working practices become commonplace…Gartner

4. IT as a utility… A hundred years ago, companies stopped generating their own power with steam engines and dynamos and plugged into the newly built electric grid. (…) Hooked up to the Internet’s global computing grid, massive information-processing plants have begun pumping data and software code into our homes and businesses. This time, it’s computing that’s turning into a utility. Nicholas G. CarrThe Big Switch

5. This time, it’s computing that’s turning into a utility. Nicholas G. CarrThe Big Switch

6. Choice Private “Enterprise” systems Heritage of typical corporate IT Optimised for transaction processing operation control Integration between different technologies and apps Greater visibility of underlying architectures and processes Public “Global” systems Internet / consumer IT heritage Minimal knowledge / control of users Assume hostile environment Optimised for interoperability Greater scalability

7. Choice PRIVATE (On-Premise) INFRASTRUCTURE (as a Service) PLATFORM (as a Service) SOFTWARE (as a Service) Applications Applications Applications Applications Runtimes Runtimes Runtimes Runtimes Security & Integration Security & Integration Security & Integration Security & Integration Databases Databases Databases Databases Servers Servers Servers Servers Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Server HW Server HW Server HW Server HW Storage Storage Storage Storage Networking Networking Networking Networking

8. "The resources you need are probably growing in someone else’s farm - and they’ll share with you." Forecast: Improved economy in the cloud An introduction to cloud computing in government A Microsoft U.S. government white paper March 2010

9. Taskreliability SLAs ITIL Integration Multiple tools Complexity Workflow by meeting Application inflexibility CapExSavings Speed Standardization Build for peak Manage the VM Duplicateprocesses & tools Datacenter Evolution Today -5 Years -25+Years -15+Years Unified Solution Connected people, Connected processes Application Flexibility Flexible Capacity Separate State Simplified & Automated Processes Operational cost Reliable action Service Defined & Managed Service control & management

10. Virtualization is a key driver Improve Business Agility Lower TCO Increase Availability Integrate physical, virtual and application management Accelerate responses to changing business needs Flexible desktop deployments Migration to a new Windows version Provide capacity on demand Reduce power consumption and data center space Increase hardware utilization Lower upfront cost – including licensing Simplify application and desktop lifecycle management Lower operational costs for maintenance and training Increase service levels Minimize disruption of service Enhance desktop business continuity Reduce application & user data deployment time

11. Microsoft Virtualization Solutions VDI presentation VirtualiSation Server VirtualiSation ApplicationVirtualiSation Virtual Windows XP Desktop Virtualisation

12. From IT as an Asset (CapEx) to IT as an Operational Expense (OpEx)This time, it’s computing that’s turning into a utility."The resources you need are probably growing in someone else’s farm - and they’ll share with you.“Virtualization of the datacenter

13. VirtualizationAND the datacenter Hans Bos hans.bos@microsoft.com | twitter.com/hansbos Virtualization of the datacenter