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On-Demand IaaS

DJ Harris, Development DirectorSoftLayer TechnologiesMay 27, 2010

Glue Conference

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Agenda

About Us IaaS Defined IaaS Benefits Role of On-demand Summary

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About Us Infrastructure as a Service Provider Focused on automation and innovation Compute and Network resources available Datacenters in Seattle, Dallas, & Washington DC 26K+ Physical Servers In Top 5 of IaaS Providers Worldwide Listed in Gartner Magic Quadrant

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IaaS Defined “Rather than purchasing servers,

software, data center space or network equipment, clients instead buy those resources as a fully outsourced service. OpEx vs CapEx” (wikipedia)

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IaaS Defined

Compute Services Virtual Machines – single/multi-tenant Bare-Metal (Dedicated) Servers Servers with Hypervisors (Virtual

Dedicated)

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IaaS Defined

Network Services Traditional Network Appliances “Soft” Routers and Switches Robust DNS Services Secure Access to Infrastructure (VPN,

IPSEC)

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IaaS Defined

Storage Services Direct Attached Network Attached Object-based Data Stores “Big Data” services like Hadoop

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IaaS Benefits

OpEx vs. CapEx Datacenter maintenance Alignment to core competencies

Application Scalable Production Environment High Availability/Disaster Recovery Development/Test

Seasonality of an industry/business

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Role of On-demand

Relative to Consumer’s needs Application/Usage Lead-time

Relative to Solutions Dedicated vs. Virtual Standard vs. Custom

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Role of On-demand

Consumer’s needs and Solutions Frame the context of expectations Quantify the concept of “on-demand”

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Role of On-demand

Changing expectations drive Product innovations & improvements Delivery process refinement

provisioning Total cycle time reduction

from order to access

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On-demand IaaS “Flip the switch and there's the

extra capacity. Pay for what you use and shut it off again," Steven Peltzman, CIO of the Museum of Modern Art

(MoMA) in New York. (CIO.com)

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Summary

IaaS Defined Compute, Network, Storage

IaaS Benefits CapEx/OpEx, Application, Seasonality

Role of On-demand Relative to needs and solutions Evolves through innovations and

expectations

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