Delivering the Digital Institution
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Ability to embrace digital will decide the winners and the losers for the next decade Only 14% of education decision makers are completely confident they can meet application delivery SLA s during peak periods, compared to 29% across all sectors 85% of decision makers in the education sector agree that Ensuring that application performance is high enough to meet user expectations is a bigger challenge than deploying new applications as quickly as users demand (Brocade study via Vanson Bourne 2015) 4
75% of CIOs say the network is an issue in achieving their organisations goals A quarter say it is a significant issue 5
Laggard Differentiated Business Transformation Leader/ Innovator IT Transformation Reactive Service-Oriented Agile IT Infrastructure: Cost and Complexity IT / Staff Budget Consolidation Rationalisation Virtualisation Diminishing Returns Agility Gap Growth in Demand Transformation Tipping Point Automation Orchestration
A New IP? A new network Optimised today for: Immediate application and cloud deployment and use Super-fast performance Zero downtime Virtual machine mobility and hypervisor management Complete cost-efficiency Reduced management burden Future-proof innovation to: Support software-defined solutions Scale up significantly and adapt, simply, at speed Optimise open standards for customer choice, speed of change and security Be SDN-ready Enable advanced analytics Underpin IT-as-a-Service
The Five Fundamentals you need from your network Zero downtime Automation & Analytics Availability & Performance Softwareenabled Open for innovation 8
Build the network you need A business-centric network for now and the future: Audit what you have Align with the business Plan with change in mind Fit for today, flexible for the future 10
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Optimise for applications & cloud An operationally aligned infrastructure to reduce risk and improve productivity & performance: Immediate application deployment Application performance acceleration & protection Controlled cloud connectivity A foundation for virtualisation & software
Optimise for speed & efficiency A virtualised data centre infrastructure: Increase operational efficiency Accelerate speed of change Cut cost A platform for innovation adoption 13
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Optimise for opportunity & growth An intelligent IT ecosystem: Make investments informed by insight Proactively deliver differentiated services Accelerate differentiation through innovation Flexibility & stability for sustained growth, reduced risk 15
Always optimised with IT-as-a-Service A software-enabled ecosystem: Be ready for the next big thing, whatever it may be Adapt with ease in real-time with elastic IT services IT as business, not business IT The right investment today, the right infrastructure for an uncertain tomorrow 16
: Laggard Differentiated Business Transformation Leader/ Innovator IT Transformation Reactive Service-Oriented Agile 1 2 3 4 5 Discovery Optimisation Network Tipping Point Virtualisation Analytics Orchestration Transformation Tipping Point 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Industry s first OpenDaylight SDN controller 1.3+ million OpenFlowenabled ports Demonstrated compatibility with more than 900 leading network products $300+ million invested in interoperability and scalability labs BUSINESS CENTRIC NETWORKS 450+ software engineers focused on SDN and NFV Most widely adopted NFV solution Strategic relationships with industry leaders including: Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, HDS, HP, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, NetApp, Oracle, RedHat and VMware The #2 vendor in data centre networking market share 18