Next Generation Data Centre - IDC Infravision

accelerate your ambition

Damian Hamilton

Business Lead - NGDC

Evolving your data centre into a next-generation innovation centre

Dimension Data today

2013 global

revenues of

USD 5.8

billion

73% of Global Fortune 100 and

59% of Global Fortune 500

are Dimension Data clients

Client-centric,

services-focused

business

Extensive experience in

emerging

markets

Over 23,000 employees

with operations in

58 countries

across 5 regions

Over

6,000clients across all

industry sectors

Wholly-owned subsidiary of the NTT

Group

The pressures on the data centre

Economically sustainable

Improve experience

for our customersLower cost Reduce risk

Increase competitiveness

and grow revenue

Improve agility and

performance

Out of control data growth

User demands/ mobility

ComplianceManaging complexity

Virtualisation investment not

delivering

Keeping pace

The data centre needs to deliver…The data centre needs to deliver…

Securely and with more agilitySecurely and with more agility

more contentmore content to more devicesto more devices and more regions and countries

and more regions and countries

Technology driven strategy

holistic strategy


holistic strategy

vs

Data

growth

Data

growth

Virtualisation

investment

not delivering

Virtualisation

investment

not delivering

Network cannot handle virtual machines in the same


Orphan

applications /

out of support

versions

Orphan

applications /

out of support

versions

Compatibility

issuesCompatibility

issues

Power

and cooling

issues

Power

and cooling

issues

Inability to

look at new

technologies,

e.g. cloud

Inability to

look at new

technologies,

e.g. cloud

Aging infrastructurein data centre and network


growing5x server spending


StorageAbility to

attract and retaincritical skills

Ability to



holistic strategy


holistic strategy

vs

Data

growth

Data

growth

Virtualisation

investment

not delivering

Virtualisation

investment

not delivering



Orphan

applications /

out of support

versions

Orphan

applications /

out of support

versions

Compatibility

issuesCompatibility

issues

Power

and cooling

issues

Power

and cooling

issues

Inability to

look at new

technologies,

e.g. cloud

Inability to

look at new

technologies,

e.g. cloud





StorageAbility to


Ability to


Do you see these challenges in your IT organisation?

Is IT in your business perceived as efficient today?

Does IT get the budget to address challenges to deliver

improvement?

Do you see these challenges in your IT organisation?

Is IT in your business perceived as efficient today?

Does IT get the budget to address challenges to deliver

improvement?


holistic strategy


holistic strategy

vs

Data

growth

Data

growth

Virtualisation

investment

not delivering

Virtualisation

investment

not delivering



Orphan

applications /

out of support

versions

Orphan

applications /

out of support

versions

Compatibility

issuesCompatibility

issues

Power

and cooling

issues

Power

and cooling

issues

Inability to

look at new

technologies,

e.g. cloud

Inability to

look at new

technologies,

e.g. cloud





StorageAbility to


Ability to



holistic strategy


holistic strategy

vs

Data

growth

Data

growth

Virtualisation

investment

not delivering

Virtualisation

investment

not delivering



Orphan

applications /

out of support

versions

Orphan

applications /

out of support

versions

Compatibility

issuesCompatibility

issues

Power

and cooling

issues

Power

and cooling

issues

Inability to

look at new

technologies,

e.g. cloud

Inability to

look at new

technologies,

e.g. cloud





StorageAbility to


Ability to


Pay as you consume

Departmental budget

Catalogue-based ‘app store’

On-demand

Standardised

Highly available

Abstracted

Secure

Automation and self-service

Outsource non-core

Best practice run books

Service product focus

… towards consuming IT as a service

Driving

IT transformation

Consumption modelConsumption model

IT operations modelIT operations model

Technology modelTechnology model

Most org

anis

ations a

re c

urr

ently in

the

mid

st of a s

ignific

ant tr

ansfo

rmation


holistic strategy


holistic strategy

vs

Data

growth

Data

growth

Virtualisation

investment

not delivering

Virtualisation

investment

not delivering



Orphan

applications /

out of support

versions

Orphan

applications /

out of support

versions

Compatibility

issuesCompatibility

issues

Power

and cooling

issues

Power

and cooling

issues

Inability to

look at new

technologies,

e.g. cloud

Inability to

look at new

technologies,

e.g. cloud





StorageAbility to


Ability to


The next-generation data centre

New users Big data

Security

Facility

Computing Storage Network

Operations

Virtualisation

Converged infrastructure

Cloud services

Global cloud data centre

The next-generation data centre

Internet,

enterprise network

Workloads, applications, storage

New devices New locationsNew applications and workloads

CloudData

growth

Backup, disaster

recovery and

availability

SAP Microsoft

Facilities Virtualisation and

converged

infrastructure

Software-defined

Data centre

outsourcing

Working with our clients in their priority focus areasWorking with our clients in their priority focus areas

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Disaster Recovery & Availability – Active-Active DC


Software-Defined – Developing a roadmap for adoption

� Vendor independent view of

SDN

� Ability to develop an

actionable roadmap for client

in consultative manner

� Developing the right approach

and sourcing strategy for

workloads

Beyond the boundary

Headquarters Internet

Data Centre

Guest

Branch

Mobile

Enterprise

WAN

Workload A

Current enterprise boundary / scope / control

OptimisationVisibility

and control

Differentiated service

Internet PerimeterSecurity

AuthenticationSecurity

DC Network Virtualisation

Cloud Provider

Cloud Provider

Workload B

Workload C

Data Centre(s)

1. So which Services to we need to extend beyond the Boundary

2. Is there anything we should be doing in our Enterprise WAN to get ready?


� LEED® Green Building Rating

System™ Gold rating

� ISO 27001:2005 Information

Security Management System

(ISMS) Certification

� ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management

System Certification by BSI

� Compliance of Payment Card

Industry Data Security Standard

(PCI DSS)

Facilities - Building Efficient & Compliant DC

Data Centre solutionsData Centre solutions

Microsoft Application Workloads

Desktop

Virtualisation

Data Centre Build

Data Centre Consolidation & Relocation

Virtualisation/ Converged

Infrastructure

Storage Backup andRecovery

Virtualisationand Cloud

SAP Application workloads

Core infrastructure solutions Workload infrastructure solutions Data Centre transformation

Cloud and enablement services Data centre outsourcing

Data Centre Managed Operations


StorageSolutions

Backup &Recovery

Virtualised Infrastructure

NGDC Optimised Networks

Data CentreNetworks

Virtualised / Software .Defined Networks

ConvergedInfra

VirtualisedCompute

Data Centre OfferingsData Centre solutions – Core Infrastructure Solutions

• Cisco UCS Servers with

• Microsoft Hyper-V + System Centre, or

• VMware vSphere + VSOM

• Professional Services – Virtualisation Strategy, Design Services

• Managed Services – Uptime for Cisco UCS (specific countries only)

• Storage Solutions

• EMC VNX • EMC Isilon

• EMC VMAX • NetApp FAS

• Backup & Recovery Solutions – DataDomain & Avamar

• Professional Services – Storage Consolidation, Backup & Recovery Strategy, Design

Services

• Managed Services – Uptime for EMC VNX and NetApp FAS

• Consulting engagements on Data Centre Network Design

• Server Networking (Nexus Unified Fabric)

• Storage Networking

• Fibre Channel (MDS)

• Fibre Channel over Ethernet


Data Centre OfferingsData Centre solutions – Workload Infrastructure Solutions

• Reference Architectures for Desktop Virtualisation: FlexPod, VSPEX, Vblock

• Managed Services - Uptime for Cisco UCS, EMC VNX, NetApp FAS

• Professional Services - Workload Migration Services

• Certified Reference Architectures for Microsoft workloads (e.g. SharePoint, Exchange,

Lync) : FlexPod, VSPEX, Vblock



• Certified reference architectures for Contact Centre workloads: FlexPod, VSPEX, Vblock



Microsoft Application

Workloads

Desktop Virtualisation

`

Contact Centre Workloads


Data Centre OfferingsData Centre solutions – Data Centre Transformation

• Data Centre Outsourcing through our ITaaS Portfolio

• Private Cloud, Private Hosted Cloud Managed Hosting (CaaS)

• Cloud Private Network Connection, Tiered Storage, Cloud Backup

• Cloud Migration Services

• Professional Services

• Data Centre Strategy, Data Centre Development Model (DCDM)

• ‘Cloud Build’, DC Build (Active technologies) – Server, Storage and Network

• Deployment Services, Workload Migration Services

• PS - Data Centre Development Model

• Consultancy Services for

• Infrastructure and Application Discovery

• Infrastructure Migration Approach

• App Migration Approach Planning

• Co-Location through NTT Comms (SG, HK) & BSNL (India only)

• Data Centre Plan, Design & Supervision

• Construction & Implementation Project

Data Centre

Facilities

Data Centre

Consolidation

& Relocation

Virtualisation & Cloud

Security

Facility

Computin

g Storage Network

Operations

Virtualisation

Converged infrastructure

Cloud services

Global

cloud

data centre

Internet,

enterprise network

Workloads,

applications,

storage

the starting point

Determine the Data Centre focus area for IT

Understand your baseline and Gaps

Create a Business Case to support your plan

Develop a roadmap and remediation plan