Solution Brief NetApp Solution for the Private Cloud Make your move to flexible, efficient IT service delivery

IT Flexibility and Efficiency at the • Automate the provisioning process. KEY Features Highest Level You can create self-service portals Cost Reduction Cloud computing is the ultimate desti- so internal groups can request and Reduce IT costs by up to 50% nation for those who seek IT flexibility receive access to IT resources with with the industry’s only unified and efficiency. The cloud takes the minimal IT support, saving time and architecture and leading storage business advantages of virtualization and money while speeding time to mar- efficiency technologies. shared infrastructure to new heights, ket with innovative new services. delivering even greater business agility When projects are completed, shared Enhanced Efficiencies and cost savings. resources can be reallocated, elimi- Improve operational and man- nating overprovisioning. agement efficiencies through Private clouds, which are dedicated • Sharpen IT insights—and business automation of services and to an enterprise for use by its internal decisions. With private cloud com- processes. organizations behind the firewall, are puting, you can monitor and analyze an excellent point of entry to the cloud who’s using which resources, so you Increased Flexibility computing model. Through private can define and meet internal SLAs, Respond faster to business needs clouds, businesses can: optimize your IT service catalogs, by slashing the time required to enable showback or chargeback provision and protect systems • Provide IT resources on demand. models, and make more insightful and activate new applications— Internal organizations and users can business decisions as a result. from weeks to days or hours. securely access pools of shared resources immediately without Private Clouds: Transforming the compromising data protection. For Promise into Results example, R&D engineers can tap For many IT leaders, there is no ques- into their own “personal data center” tion that private clouds can deliver and use resources customized for breakaway business advantages. The their needs on demand, accountants question is how best to move to the can have extra resources during private cloud model. tax season, and marketing can add resources during major sales promotions. “In less than a week, we can transform an acquisition’s complex IT environment into this highly efficient infrastructure with platform, data, and policy consistencies. The cloud infrastructure makes it simple to cross- pollinate—that is, integrate high-value-add processes and applications from our new businesses, and push them back out to other ExamWorks companies.” Brian Denton Chief Technology Officer, ExamWorks, Inc.

• How do you evolve to shared IT 1. Service Catalog. Define your ser- costs by allowing you to leverage infrastructure without sacrificing vices with well-defined policies that your current infrastructure for current previous investments or limiting automatically map service levels to and future workloads as you build future options? storage attributes. your private cloud solution. • How do you automate processes • Scalable and efficient shared IT and align them with services? 2. Service Analytics. Optimize your infrastructure. Take advantage of • How do you scale resources services with centralized monitoring, the full range of NetApp storage elastically without compromising metering, and cost awareness or technologies for cloud computing, security and data integrity? chargeback to enhance visibility and including built-in storage efficiency • How do you determine the right cost and service-level management. features such as deduplication and solutions and technologies to 3. Automation. Rapidly deploy your ser- thin provisioning; integrated data implement? vices by integrating and automating protection; and the ability to scale up, scale down, and scale out to address NetApp can help deliver on the promise provisioning, protection, and opera- tional best practices. dynamic resource needs. of the private cloud model. NetApp and • Automation and analytics. NetApp its solutions partners have the people, 4. Self-Service. Empower IT and your offers a suite of management prod- processes, and advanced technologies end users by enabling services ucts that allow you to manage to help you build and deploy private requests to be fulfilled through a capacity in a shared infrastructure clouds—quickly and efficiently, with max- self-service portal. more efficiently—from policy-based imum benefit and minimal disruption. automation to end-to-end cloud NetApp Private Cloud Technologies An Evolution to Extreme Flexibility management tools from NetApp and NetApp gives you access to the follow- our partners. And our open manage- You can move to the private cloud ing core capabilities and sophisticated ment strategy simplifies third-party or model incrementally, without ripping technologies as the foundation for your inhouse tools integration with NetApp and replacing your current infrastruc- private cloud solution: management products. ture. The path your company takes • Secure multi-tenancy. With NetApp depends on your starting points and • NetApp Unified Storage Architec- software, you can share storage with objectives. ture. Our private cloud enabling technologies are built on the NetApp® maximum privacy and data security. Based on our experience with count- Unified Storage Architecture and the In addition, NetApp with Cisco and less enterprises, we’ve identified four NetApp Data ONTAP® operating envi- VMware helps provide secure, end- fundamental elements that you should ronment, a flexible architecture that to-end multi-tenancy across applica- implement as part of your private cloud supports many applications, multiple tions and data so you can reap all the solution: protocols, diverse workloads, and benefits and business advantages of changing requirements. This unified a shared IT infrastructure for private set of tools and processes can help cloud computing. reduce complexity and drive down Application- Zones of Based Silos Virtualization Private Cloud Public Cloud

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• NetApp Integrated Data Protection. such as BMC Software, DynamicOps, consolidate, standardize, and cut R&D Access a wide range of flexible inte- and Gale Technologies. They work with costs and time frames substantially. grated data protection capabilities us to deliver an integrated private cloud Federal research organization gains directly from NetApp storage. Backup, solution that is tailored to your specific efficiencies with private cloud , and compliance requirements. A federally funded research and devel- capabilities are built in and can be opment center needed to efficiently activated as needed without having to Private Cloud in Action scale storage resources to meet deploy additional complex combina- Financial software provider cuts costs and time to market explosive data growth. With a private tions of software and hardware. cloud based on NetApp storage, the • Cloud expertise. Through hands-on A multibillion-dollar software company organization can now provide internal experience in field-tested deployments, found that it was spending more on business units with infrastructure as a NetApp has the expertise to help you IT than its competitors. After analysis, service on demand. The organization plan, build, and manage your private the company realized that much of its has a flexible, cost-efficient solution to cloud solution. Our expertise is avail- infrastructure was sitting idle except meet its data storage capacity needs. able to you through services that during peak tax season. The solution: A private cloud would allow the company can help you jump-start your private Augmenting Your Private Cloud to scale up and down on the fly and cloud project and knowledge transfer NetApp understands that your cloud to enable your long-term success. help reduce overall IT expenditures. NetApp was selected because of its strategy might include procuring cloud Freedom of Choice Through Strong open approach, strong partnership with services from service providers to Solution Partnerships VMware, and superior security capabili- manage specific workloads, such as messaging or disaster recovery. Enter- Our extensive ecosystem of solution ties. Now the company is saving money prises will make different decisions on partners widens the expertise and and getting better services to market in build versus buy as they evaluate their choices available to you, so that you less time. cloud computing options. That is why can leverage the most innovative Chemical giant takes steps NetApp has cultivated robust partner- technologies across all layers of your to move to ITaaS ships with leading service providers to private cloud solution. In addition, An internationally recognized chemi- offer a broad selection of secure cloud ​integrated solutions, such as FlexPod™ cal company wanted to harness the solutions built on NetApp. Our partners, for VMware® (prevalidated shared IT private cloud model to accommodate such as Rackspace, Siemens, Terremark, infrastructure), help reduce risk and the disparate needs of researchers and and T-Systems, offer cloud solutions accelerate time to deployment. scientists in various R&D divisions. The from data protection and infrastructure Our partners include leading IT vendors company turned to NetApp to trans- services to application services such as such as Cisco, Citrix, , and form its siloed SANs into streamlined, Exchange and SAP®. VMware; global system integrators shared infrastructure. The resulting such as Accenture, CSC, and ; plan: A private cloud based on NetApp and leading IT management vendors storage that will enable the company to Take the Next Step Toward IT Flexibility and Efficiency About NetApp Learn more about NetApp technologies NetApp creates innovative storage for the private cloud and how we help and data management solutions that enable the delivery of IT as a service deliver outstanding cost efficiency and for cost savings, enhanced efficien- accelerate business breakthroughs. cies, and increased flexibility. Visit Discover our passion for helping .com/cloud or contact your local companies around the world go NetApp or partner sales representative. further, faster at www.netapp.com.

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