Pete Malcolm, CEO of VMware, proposes an open cloud ecosystem called the Resource Cloud to address issues with current IT infrastructure management. The Resource Cloud is based on separation of resources, multi-tenancy, and workload policy to give IT teams control over resource provisioning while allowing flexibility. This would reduce IT load, increase agility and utilization, and improve security, compliance, and cost savings over the long run.
2. History 1999: VMware Workstation VMware $2.63-$2.73 Bn 1983: Novell, Inc Local Area Network Cloud 1980 2010 2000 1990 1990: Tim Berners-Lee World Wide Web 2006: Amazon Web Services 2000: Salesforce.com Launched
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4. Contention The unprecedented growth of both applications, and their complexity, renders the current IT infrastructure management model unsustainable. The model must evolve.
5. Vision ‘Top Down’ Strategic Vendor Neutral Non-Proprietary Solution vs ‘Cool Technology’ No Buzzwords
10. Policy Based Allocation Functional Hypervisor Resources Corporate Standards Data Security Compliance /Segregation Cost Operational Overloading Enterprise Preferences Performance Resilience
11. Stakeholders IT Infrastructure Team Controls provision of resources to the Resource Cloud Maintains physical infrastructure Purchases additional resource as required Ensures service levels are met Creates Virtual Enterprises and sets Resource Limits Virtual Enterprise Administrators Control consumption of Resource Cloud Manage Enterprise Users Manage/Delegate Virtual Datacenter Management CIO Dictates Workload Policy
12. Benefits Reduced IT Infrastructure Load Focus on physical infrastructure & service levels Drop ‘disconnected’ virtual machine management Eliminate deployment risk Standardization maintained Capacity planning becomes a reality Increased Agility On demand VM deployment in seconds Temporary projects, “what/if” scenarios Increased Utilization Enforced resource limits encourage efficiency Security/Compliance Policy based workload allocation
13. Resource Use Cases Enterprise Datacenters Centralized Management Elasticity Local physical infrastructure Remote physical infrastructure Purchased resource Development Teams Rapid Deployment and Flexibility Hosting Providers Sell Virtual Enterprises Sell Resources SMEs Fully Cloud Located
14. Extensions Billing and Chargeback Allocated Resources Consumed Resources Brokered Resource Provision Standards Resource Marketplace Dynamic Load Shifting Active Load Monitoring Energy Efficiency Dynamic Resource Power Control
