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CaseStudy:AlliantTechnologiesSwitchestoaUtility-CentricInfrastructureManagementModeltoThriveintheDigitalEconomyBruceFlitcroft– CEO- AlliantTechnologies

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Abstract

Thefuturegrowthandsuccessoftoday’sbusinessisrootedintechnologieswhichtransformproductandserviceofferingsthatdelightcustomers,andaredeliveredaheadofthecompetition.Tomeettheserequirements,ITneedstorapidlyallocateinfrastructureresourcesandservices—onanas-neededbasis—whileavoidingover-provisioningandwastedresourcesandcostsforunnecessaryinfrastructure.Bytreatingresourcesasautility,organizationscandeliverunique,tailoredandrapidservicestotheirusers.Theseutility-centricconsumptionmodelshelpdeliverbusiness-essentialplatformsforpeakperformancerequirements,andlowerTCObyupto20–30percenttosoftentheblowofcontinuouschange.Companiesthatadopttheirimagined,utility-centricmodelcanenjoyanagileITinfrastructurethatcanquicklydelivernewapplicationsandservicesinlockstepwiththecustomer-focusedprioritiesofthebusiness.Inthissession,AlliantTechnologieswillprovideinsightsonhowithasbuiltautility-centricconsumptionmodelwithCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagementthatpowersgrowthforitscustomersandsomeofthebestknownbrandsintheworld.

BruceFlitcroftAlliantTechnologies,CEO

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Case Study: Alliant Technologies Switches to a Utility-Centric Infrastructure Management Model to Thrive in the Digital Economy

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Would you build your own power utility?100 years ago, before the electric utilities, businesses had to build their own power generation.


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Remember data center print rooms?When the IT budget was 10-25% printing?

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Cloud computing introduced the utility model to IT.But so far, it only covers a small portion: compute and storage.



Benefits of cloud utility models

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Faster & More Agile

Lower TCO NMP


Apply that principle to everythingWhat if the rest of your IT infrastructure was delivered as a utility?

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Howdoyoudefineyourinfrastructurewhenyourperimeteriswhatyouusenotwhatyouown?

Whoisresponsiblewhenthere’sanissue?• Administrators• CloudVendors• ServiceProviders• SupplyChainPartners• ITSMApplications


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Operatinginsilosleadstolimitedintegration&eventcorrelation

DATACENTER

NETWORK

HELPDESK

APPSUPPORTAPPDEV

CLOUD


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Focus on data insights, not data collection Hybrid IT infrastructure as a service with CA Technologies software fully embedded

1.PHYSICAL

2.DATALINK

3.NETWORK

4.TRANSPORT

5.SESSION

6.PRESENTATION

7.APPLICATION


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Getanintegratedviewofyournetworkenvironment.

Layers1-4withfullaccesstoasuiteofnetwork&applicationanalyticstoolssoyoucanfocusontrueITSMmanagement


OSILAYERS1-4

MonitoringofIP&MACaddresses

Inventoryallassetsforaddresses

Accesscontrol

Authentication(AAA)

IPaddressmanagement

Syslogcollection

Wirelineanalytics

Applicationflowanalytics

SNMPequipmentmonitoring

Circuittrafficmonitoring

Eventcreation

Eventcorrelation

Ticketcreation

Ticketescalation


Add car

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CreateabettersecurityparadigmWithCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagement

Multi-tenancySupport

Integration&Coverage

SecurityStrategySupport

Share collaboration tools, not data

Single tools to support all CIs in a global

architecture

Minimize surface attack area


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Bruce FlitcroftCEOAlliant [email protected]



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