This webcast is the third in a monthly series on why I/O is strategic for the data center. Rick Villars, vice president, Information and Cloud, IDC will present on the critical role I/O presents for public cloud service provider environments.

1. Why I/O Is Strategic
for Cloud
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2. Webcast Housekeeping
1. All attendees will be on mute during the presentation
2. Please submit your questions via the text/chat feature
3. We will do all Q&A at the end of the presentation
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3. Why I/O Is Strategic
Shaun Walsh
SVP of Marketing and
Corporate Development
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4. Why I/O Is Strategic?
Building a Virtual Panel of Experts!
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5. Topics for the Virtual Panel
Server Cloud Big Network
Virtualization Computing Data Convergence
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6. Making Cloud Work
Key Role of I/O In The Cloud
Richard Villars
Vice President, Datacenter & Cloud
rvillars@idc.com
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7. Intent to Adopt More Cloud Is Strong
In THREE YEARS, what %
of your overall IT service
delivery do you guess will
be through some form of
the cloud delivery model -
including public and private
clouds?
Source: IDC CloudTrack Survey, Winter 2012 n=493
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8. Intent to Adopt More Cloud Is Strong
In THREE YEARS, what %
of your overall IT service
delivery do you guess will
be through some form of
the cloud delivery model - 45.5%
including public and private
clouds?
Source: IDC CloudTrack Survey, Winter 2012 n=493
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9. Intent to Adopt More Cloud Is Strong
In THREE YEARS, what %
of your overall IT service private public
delivery do you guess will
be through some form of
the cloud delivery model - 45.5% 36%
65%
including public and private
clouds?
Source: IDC CloudTrack Survey, Winter 2012 n=493
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10. Expanding Variety of Cloud Options
Cloud Services Deployment Models
Customer site
Managed
Private
Cloud
Dedicated/Single-tenant
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11. Expanding Variety of Cloud Options
Cloud Services Deployment Models
Customer site Service provider site
Hybrid Datacenter
Managed Dedicated
Virtual Private Public
Private Private
Cloud Cloud
Cloud Cloud
Dedicated/Single-tenant Shared/Multi-tenant
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12. Expanding Variety of Cloud Options
Cloud Services Deployment Models
Customer site Service provider site
Hybrid Datacenter
Managed Dedicated
Virtual Private Public
Private Private
Cloud Cloud
Cloud Cloud
Dedicated/Single-tenant Shared/Multi-tenant
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13. Spending on Cloud Infrastructure
$B
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
2012 2013 2014 2015
Private Clouds Public Cloud SP (manufactured systems) Public Cloud (self-built)
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14. Spending on Cloud Infrastructure
$B
25.0
Service Providers will account for
a quarter of high end DC space in
20.0 use in 2015
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
2012 2013 2014 2015
Private Clouds Public Cloud SP (manufactured systems) Public Cloud (self-built)
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15. Winning in the Cloud
Innovation
Wide portfolio of services
(Compute, Content, Analytics, Archive)
Agility
Rapid/automated service provisioning
Quality
Meeting performance and
availability SLAs
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16. Winning in the Cloud
Innovation
Wide portfolio of services
(Compute, Content, Analytics, Archive)
Agility
Rapid/automated service provisioning
Quality
Meeting performance and
availability SLAs
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17. Winning in the Cloud
Innovation
Wide portfolio of services
(Compute, Content, Analytics, Archive)
Agility
Rapid/automated service provisioning
Quality
Meeting performance and
availability SLAs
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18. I/O Is Key to Cloud Success
Innovation
 Converged Systems are at the core of the cloud
 Rapid data movement across the hybrid datacenter
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19. I/O Is Key to Cloud Success
Innovation
 Converged Systems are at the core of the cloud
 Rapid data movement across the hybrid datacenter
Agility
 The network is the “new” bottleneck
 Software defined networks and faster I/O are the new solution
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20. I/O Is Key to Cloud Success
Innovation
 Converged Systems are at the core of the cloud
 Rapid data movement across the hybrid datacenter
Agility
 The network is the “new” bottleneck
 Software defined networks and faster I/O are the new solution
Quality
 “Trust, but verify” is the standard
 The network is the key to cloud reliability
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21. The New IT Destination
A Hybrid IT Organization
Custom Custom Custom
Application Application Application
Your
IT Custom
Org Application Custom Your
Application
Datacenter
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22. The New IT Destination
A Hybrid IT Organization
SaaS PaaS IaaS
Your
New Hybrid
IT Org
Custom Custom Custom
Application Application Application
Your
IT Custom
Org Application Custom Your
Application
Datacenter
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23. How To Reach Me?
rvillars@idc.com
Thank You!
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24. Q&A
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