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DynamicOps ROI Optimizing the value of private cloud computing
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DynamicOps ROI: Optimizing the value of private cloud computing
Contents Cloud Computing Challenges ....................................................................................................................... 3 DynamicOps Software ................................................................................................................................. 3 The ROI Behind DynamicOps ....................................................................................................................... 4 Lower OPEX.............................................................................................................................................. 4 Greater Utilization ................................................................................................................................... 4 Faster Virtualization................................................................................................................................. 4 Testimonials................................................................................................................................................. 5 Customers ................................................................................................................................................ 5 Industry.................................................................................................................................................... 5 Now, Prove It to Yourself............................................................................................................................. 6 No-‐Obligation 30-‐Day Trial ...................................................................................................................... 6
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DynamicOps ROI: Optimizing the value of private cloud computing
Cloud Computing Challenges Increasingly, businesses are striving to use IT as a competitive advantage—which requires greater IT responsiveness to business units. At the same time, data center and desktop computing are becoming more complex, compromising IT agility. A private-‐cloud computing environment comprised of virtual machines enables greater responsiveness as well as improved resource utilization. Servers and desktops can now be delivered in minutes and resources dynamically allocated and reallocated to meet changing business priorities. On the other hand, cloud computing adds complexity. Without management capabilities at the cloud level, higher operating costs and inefficient resource utilization can quickly offset the benefits of a virtualized infrastructure.
DynamicOps Software DynamicOps provides the industry’s most flexible platform for rapidly automating the delivery and management of private cloud services. Built-‐in use cases mean you can be up and running day 1. Or, quickly and easily integrate custom services with your existing tools and processes. DynamicOps also uniquely combines user agility with IT control. Users get delegated self-‐service access to shared infrastructure under IT control by resource type, service tier, process, policy, group, or even by individual. This means that IT can easily be responsive to the diverse needs of business lines, server and desktop users, development and production, and other groups—likely for the first time. Moreover, consistently delivering the right-‐sized machine at the right service level optimizes resource utilization for proven savings. DynamicOps also preserves existing technology investments. Interoperability orchestrates service delivery across multi-‐vendor hypervisors, image deployment tools, and connection brokers. In addition, extensibility ensures that DynamicOps can be readily integrated into your current and future ecosystem. Avoiding rip/replace saves both time and money.
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DynamicOps ROI: Optimizing the value of private cloud computing
The ROI Behind DynamicOps DynamicOps software lowers OPEX, increases utilization, and accelerates virtual infrastructure.
Lower OPEX Even with virtualization, most companies still spend four to six hours spread over three to four days provisioning a new machine. The same is true for reprovisioning, decommissioning, snapshots, and archiving. Errors introduced via these manual processes, and the associated rework, further contribute to operating expenses. Moreover, additional administrators are required as the virtual environment scales, for yet more costs. An ROI calculator developed by DynamicOps with customers and industry analysts reveals that a company managing 1,000 virtual machines can achieve annual OPEX savings of $200,000 with DynamicOps software.
Greater Utilization Virtual machine sprawl concerns companies that have deployed virtualization. The ability to create VMs without the management of the physical world results in machines provisioned unnecessarily, over-‐ provisioned, and consuming resources when no longer required. A company with 1,000 VMs, five percent provisioned unnecessarily and five percent over-‐provisioned, could save $100,000 to $150,000 annually through reducing the number and size of machines deployed. The same company with five percent of its VMs used for temporary applications can save $60,000 to $70,000 by automating their reuse. If 10 percent of machines are archived on a yearly basis, additional savings of $30,000 to $50,000 are expected from reclaiming and reusing storage resources after the archive period has ended. The company can recoup $80,000 to $100,000 in annual capital expenditures and $20,000 in operating costs by recycling the 10 percent of its VMs that are inactive and abandoned.
Faster Virtualization There is little argument that virtualization can improve IT responsiveness and business agility while reducing CAPEX and OPEX. Companies have not virtualized a greater percent of their IT infrastructures to avoid losing control of these virtual resources. DynamicOps software provides the governance and control needed to speed virtualization. A company with 2,000 physical servers and 1,000 VMs could save $400,000 to $500,000 by accelerating its virtualization plan by just five percent.
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DynamicOps ROI: Optimizing the value of private cloud computing
The table below highlights the potential savings that are achievable with DynamicOps:
Testimonials Customers “Moving to a system of virtual machines managed by DynamicOps was the ideal solution for us. We now have a flexible IT infrastructure that can grow to meet new demands. Our central IT Services department is no longer needed to re-provision workstations, giving us more time to focus on other IT projects.” Anthony Cole, Head of IT, The University of Buckingham “DynamicOps has reduced the provisioning cycle from days to minutes. As we expand to thousands of VMs, this reduction will greatly improve initial service delivery and ongoing management, while lowering operational costs.” Neil Smith, Virtualization Engineer, Man Group “In the case where self-provisioning for virtualized servers has been deployed, DynamicOps enabled us to reduce our provisioning lead times from weeks to minutes. This has resulted in more efficient server utilization and lower capital costs.” Stephen Hilton, Managing Director, Enterprise Servers and Storage, Credit Suisse "DynamicOps has made desktop virtualization a win/win for Credit Suisse. We are able to improve the user experience through rapid service delivery, while maximizing the operational ROI through automation and standardization.” Brad Novak, Managing Director of End User Platforms, Credit Suisse
Industry “DynamicOps software’s open architecture, operational roots, and proven use in production environments help to set it apart from other virtual infrastructure management products on the market.” Taneja Group
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DynamicOps ROI: Optimizing the value of private cloud computing
“With automated, policy-based provisioning, VM sprawl control, and transparent chargeback, Credit Suisse spinoff DynamicOps finds itself well placed to meet growing customer demand for self-service IT.” The 451 Group “The upshot for Credit Suisse, which has made the self-service portal available on thousands of desktops, is that business developers can try out riskier ideas in a virtual test environment and bring ideas from concept to reality much more quickly.” Network World “DynamicOps breaks ranks with most other V-management vendors by looking at both server and desktop infrastructures as well as across VM platforms. It's also one of the few companies in the market launched by an end-user company that liked its home-grown management app so much executives decided to make it a product.” CIO “Our work with DynamicOps shows how a solution like theirs can accelerate the adoption of virtual desktops by reducing deployment and management costs.” Citrix “IT teams are in for trouble if they don't focus more on managing virtual environments, especially as virtualization moves beyond servers.” Information Week
Now, Prove It to Yourself No-‐Obligation 30-‐Day Trial Includes an up-‐front consultation to determine your unique pain points and objectives along with a fully supported installation. A value analysis conducted before and after your DynamicOps pilot will identify time and cost savings that could be extended across your virtual environment.
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