Welcome to Staying Ahead Webinar

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1 Welcome to Staying Ahead Webinar Migrating to NNMi 1 Footer Goes Here

2 Agenda 1. NNMi features and benefits 2. PSQS / Education offerings around NNMi 3. Q&A 2 Footer Goes Here

3 Streamline your network operations with HP NNMi 9 Stefan Danisovsky EMEA Marketing HP Software and Solutions 3 Footer Goes Here

4 Agenda Is network still business relevant? HP approach to comprehensive network management HP NNMi 9 highlights Customer case study Next steps 4 Footer Goes Here

5 High-profile network outages underscore the importance of network management Average cost of downtime is $70,000 per minute* 8-Day IT Outage Would Cripple Most Companies** 5 Footer Goes Here Sources: * Aberdeen; ** Gartner (2008)

6 NNMi The consolidation point for fault, availability, performance and advanced d services ispi Perf Metrics ispi IP Telephony ispi Perf Traffic NNMi ispi MPLS 6 Footer Goes Here ispi Perf QA ispi NET ispi IP Multicast

7 The HP difference Streamline NNMi - software for unified fault, availability and performance Enhance NNMi software for advanced network services Control HP Software for Automated Network Management Consolidate HP Software for Business Service Management 7 Footer Goes Here

8 Unify fault, availability and performance Extreme scale, unified polling, a single configuration point and a common console reduce your costs Workflow-based navigation Extremely low administrative overhead Key incidents aligned with your environment Common presentation style for Metrics, Traffic and Quality Assurance ispi Performance Metrics ispi Performance Traffic ispi Performance Quality Assure NNMi Increased operator efficiency i and reduced MTTR 8 Footer Goes Here

9 Discover and monitor virtualized environments Continuous discovery and monitoring for fault, availability and performance of your virtual and physical infrastructure Support of VMware ESX Virtual Machines and physical network connections Automatic node groupings for ESX servers and Virtual Machines Comprehensive discovery and monitoring i of Link Redundancy d Protocols and Router Redundancy Protocols 9 Footer Goes Here NNMi Advancedd Common administrative interface saves time and training

10 Smart Plug-ins for advanced services Consistent presentation of IP Telephony, MPLS and IP Multicast information in the context of your network topology Easy association of network faults to interruption in advanced services Threshold based performance monitoring helps ensure service quality and availability End-to-end performance monitoring of infrastructure used for service delivery ispi IP ispi ispi Telephony MPLS Multicast NNMi Reduced network outages increased services availability 10 Footer Goes Here

11 Automated Network Management Capabilities Complete control of your infrastructure Node Discovery & Unified Deploy Changes & Configuration i Fault & Maintain Diagnostic Detection Performance Compliance Automation Monitoring Workflow Automation Auto-discover network devices and capture audit trail of all device changes Monitor network device and interface metrics Automate changes and enforce, audit and report on compliance Automate common tasks and processes for network engineers Dynamic discovery for model based management Snapshot and store device configuration information Real-time change Single poller for fault, availability and performance monitoring Contextual launch from incident to performance reports Navigation between Metric, QA and Traffic data Configuration and software changes Enforce best practices and security standards Easily remediate violations Automate the process of capturing diagnostic information Easily associate hosts to switches or switches to hosts Export discovered topology into Visio 11 Footer Goes Here

12 Business service management HP Software comprehensive approach Business availability Top-down business view UCMDB integration benefits Prioritized response based on service impact reduces MTTR ITIL support reduces business risk and improves efficiency Business transaction management Business service level management End-user experience Diagnostics and guided problem isolation Consolidated infrastructure operations Service impact analysis Cross-domain correlation and root cause Consolidated event and performance Infrastructure lifecycle management Bottom-up infrastructure view End User Mgmt integration Diagnose applicationperformance problems over the network Efficient hand-off between teams, eliminating IT War Rooms 12 Footer Goes Here

13 Case Study: US-based Global Consumer Products Company It s a solid and well-manufactured product. It does everything we ve asked it to do and more, and does it very well. It s always up and running, doesn t break, and has increased our network performance and stability. -IT Director Challenges Solution Results To achieve better visibility and detail into the cause of network faults Allow geographically distributed teams to identify and react faster to network issues Improve MTTR Reduce IT staff duplication of effort 13 Footer Goes Here HP Network Node Manager i Software Cumulative benefits*: $1.4M savings over 3 years ROI of 265% Payback in 5.8 months * As calculated by IDC Annual benefits: 60% reduction in hardware/software costs 36% reduction in vendor support calls Reduction of escalated incidents (from Level 1 to Level 2) from 75% to 1%

14 Case Study: State of Kansas HP NNMi software saves our networking group hundreds of hours a year thanks to its sophisticated functionality and ease of use. Our mean-time-to-repair has improved by 15-20% and we re delivering operational cost savings to our state taxpayers as well we re truly doing more with less. - Scott Steves, Systems Network ksoftware Consultant, Network kanalysis Group, Division of Information Systems and Communications, State of Kansas Challenges Solution Results Drive operational efficiencies to help keep Information Services and Communications budgets in check Improve network availability 14 Footer Goes Here HP Automated Network Management: -Network Node Manager i -ispi Performance plug-in -HP Network Automation Payback within 6 months of deployment Improved network availability and reduced business risk Reduced operational costs by tens of thousands of dollars Save 3300 man-hours per year, Reduced administrator training costs MTTR up by 15-20%

15 Case Study: Southeastern Freight Lines Our business depends on our technology, so we can t tolerate unscheduled network downtime. HP NNMi software gives us a broad, yet highly granular view into the status of our network devices, allowing us to proactively address issues before they impact our users. - Wyman Cook, Manager of Technical Services, Southeastern Freight Lines Challenges Solution Results Need comprehensive, centralized network monitoring i Minimize downtime, which can affect transit operations 15 Footer Goes Here HP Network Node Manager i Software and ispi Performance Plug-in HP servers & software Installation, configuration & discovery in a matter of hours Reduced risk of network downtimes Improved services to users, business Improved ability to identify vulnerabilities Increased likelihood of identifying issues prior to user impact Single console makes monitoring network simpler, easier

16 NNMi migration experience European partner s feedback Customers like it a lot! Great look and feel Reduces MTTR implies improved up time Reduced operational costs (admin) ispi for Performance functionality is great! Product is stable, ready for prime time HP Support is doing a good job supporting it 16 Footer Goes Here

17 Summary : Why upgrade to NNMi? Increase service levels and efficiency while reducing costs Continuous Layer 2 discovery and mapping essential for physical and virtual environments Ease of maintenance and ease of configuration N-tier architecture; single database; application failover; LDAP Integrations: HP Network Automation; HP Business Availability Center; HP ucmdb; AlarmPoint; NetScout; IBM Netcool; SIM; HPOM Increased scalability Web-based GUI with user roles Unified fault and performance (ispis for Metrics, Traffic and QA) Automated diagnostics (ispi for NET) Parallel l entitlements t through h Footer Goes Here

18 Next Steps Please visit the NNMi Portal for all things NNMi including: license upgrade, product information, whitepapers, services, technical information, etc Visit the new Network Management Center blog for discussion topics and the latest news from the Network Management Center: Visit the new Network Management Center product pages at 18 Footer Goes Here

19 19 Footer Goes Here Outcomes that matter.

20 PSQS / Education offerings - NNMi Fiona Katherine Foster EMEA Program Manager HP Software Education Services 20 Footer Goes Here

21 THE VALUE OF TRAINING REDUCE COSTS REDUCE RISK REDUCE TIME 21 Footer Goes Here

22 TRAINING FOR NNMi Network Node Manager i- Series 9.0 Essentials Network Node Manager i- Series Operators For additional details visit: / 22 Footer Goes Here

23 Get expert help with professional services Migration services to help you move to the latest software with minimal risk QuickStart implementation packages to get you up and running fast 23 Footer Goes Here

24 WHY HP FOR YOUR NNMi MIGRATION Based on HP s experience deploying our products in thousands of engagements Helps you develop the skills needed to maintain, enhance and expand your NNMi implementation after the engagement is complete Initiate Plan Execute Close Provides the shortest path to achieving returns on your investment Fixed price/fixed scope approach Proven methodology to mitigate migration risk 24 Footer Goes Here

25 25 Footer Goes Here Q&A