Enabling a Dynamic IT Infrastructure

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Reducing IT Cost and Complexity via Grid, SOA & Virtualization

The Situation: Look Familiar?

IT Architecture Challenges

Application infrastructure silos lead to:• Poor server and storage

utilization• Higher maintenance costs• Difficulty adapting to changing

needs• A struggle meeting SLAs• Inability to scale as data

MiddlewareMiddlewareMiddleware

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Service OrientedArchitecture

InfrastructureServices Consolidation

Virtualization

Range of solutions

EnterpriseGrid Computing

Trends Address Challenges

The Dynamic IT Infrastructure

• Consolidate and poolhardware resources

• Leverage virtualization

technologies

• Use SOA to integrate and automate business processes

Increased flexibility & higher availability at reduced costs

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• Standardize and consolidate infrastructure

• Pool and share software, servers, and storage

• Dynamic resource provisioning

• Automated monitoring & management

CustomApplication

ERPApplication

DataWarehouse

CRMApplication

Storage

Database Tier

Mid-Tier

Service Oriented Applications

Management

Handle Changing Workloads with Grid Computing

• Abstraction of resources

• Decouple the physical hardware from the operating system

• Deliver greater resource utilization and flexibility

Improve Scalability and Utilization with Virtualization

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VIRTUAL LAYERVIRTUAL LAYER

What is SOA?

• Evolution of distributed computing

• Application functions are modularized and presented as services

• Services are loosely coupled– Service interface is independent of the

implementation

Functionality DrivenFunctionality Driven

Long development cyclesLong development cycles

Tightly CoupledTightly Coupled

Application SpecificApplication Specific

Designed to lastDesigned to last

Object OrientedObject Oriented

Traditional Architecture

Process OrientedProcess Oriented

Iterative developmentIterative development

Loosely CoupledLoosely Coupled

HeterogeneousHeterogeneous

Designed for changeDesigned for change

Message OrientedMessage Oriented

SOA: A Paradigm Shift

More agile IT systems that can be adapted to change faster 38%

More reuse of IT 36%

End users have access to more relevant business information in real time

Shortened application development cycle 29%More efficient business partner collaboration 24%Automation of otherwise manual business processes 24%

End users are using fewer application interfaces to accomplish the same task

Other 2%None 2%Too early to tell/still in planning stage 2%Don’t know 23%

Benefits of SOA

Source: InfoWorld survey, July 2006

Increased Agility and Reduced Costs

"The virtualization and automation of applications presents organizations with a tremendous opportunity to consolidate workloads, reduce operational costs, and adapt more quickly to changing customer requirements and industry demands … the organizations that move to a robust, scalable adaptive computing platform first can gain a competitive advantage."

Grid + Virtualization + SOA =

Dynamic IT Infrastructure

Jean S. Bozman, Vice President IDC's Global Enterprise Solutions Group

Blueprint for Success

Increased flexibility and agility at reduced costs

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Key Factors to Consider

• Standardization and consolidation• Grid computing capabilities • Virtualization technologies• Support for SOA

Storage

Storage is the foundation of a dynamic IT infrastructure

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• Easy Provisioning• Dynamic Scaling• High Availability• Simplified Data

Management• Improved Productivity

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Optimized use of cost effective blade server technology

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• Optimize Resource Utilization

• Increase Quality of Service

• Reduce TCO

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Database and Middleware

Develop SOA using comprehensive software

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• Interoperability• Comprehensive

lifecycle support• Performance and

scalability• Standards-based

Grid + Virtualization + SOA = Dynamic IT Infrastructure

Real and available today Dramatically improves resource utilization Significantly improves availability Scales with your data growth Enhances business agility Improves staff productivity Reduces costs

“Enterprises with higher profitability over the long term have greater IT infrastructure capability than less successful competitors.”

Source: Accenture and MIT IT Center for Information Systems Research, 2006

Next Steps

• Start with a single project• Standardize and consolidate

• Low cost blade servers • Unified storage

• Improve utilization with virtualization• Use a dynamic infrastructure to support your

SOA goals

Thank You

Enabling a Dynamic IT Infrastructure

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