Data Center Strategy

Dhritiman Dasgupta (DD)

VP, Data Center

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App is the new business

Multicloud is the new Data Center

App developer is the new Customer

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30,000+ Application developers.

More software developers than Google, and more technologists than Microsoft…

7200+ Apps. 32 data centers.

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80%Employees use software

not cleared by IT.

Study by Stratecast and Frost & Sullivan

83%IT Staff admit to using

unsanctioned software and services.

8%Enterprises understand impact of Shadow IT.

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Forbes CIO Hybrid Cloud Survey. n=300

Role

Region

Company size

Annual Revenue

Source: Forbes Insights Survey Sample: 302 Respondents

CIO & LoB leader 1000+ Employees

500M+ 50% US, 50% RoW

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Forbes CIO Hybrid Cloud Study Summary

42%Data sovereignty

38%Security issues or

concerns

58%Costs per transaction

have increased

43%Concerned about

lock-in62%Multi-Cloud strategy

was crucial

Why?

Source: Forbes Insights: When Clouds Connect- How Hybrid IT is transforming enterprises

Discontinued or scaled back from public cloud65%

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Public

MicroServices

Developers

DevOpsPrivate

Virtualized

ITData Center

Monolithic

The Perfect Storm

Application evolution

Management and operations

Workload locations

“50% Fortune 500 companies are expected to no longer exist within 10 years”

- John Chambers

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1. Modernize infrastructure

3. Build private Cloudand PaaS

2. Open and automated

4. Use Multicloud

Converged HyperConverged

IaaS SaaSManaged

6. P

erv

asi

ve s

ecurity

5. P

erv

asi

ve a

naly

tics

Network Compute Storage

Capturing Customer Intent

Common Application Blueprints

Consistent Policy Model

Developer Friendly

Private

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Intent-based Data Center

1. Modernize Data Center

3. Private Cloud/ Colo

2. Open and Automated

4. Use Multicloud

Public SaaSManaged Service

Common Application Blueprints

Extend Common Policy Model

Instrumented for Developers and DevOps

Private

CloudCenter

ACI

AppD

Nexus UCS HyperFlex

NAE I InterSight I CWOM

Tetr

ation

Tetr

ation

and C

isco S

ecurity

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Customer checklist

Multicloud Mobility Security Modernize Infra.

• Threat Intel

• Multi-layer

• Compliance

• Performance

• Security

• Scale

Analytics

• Infra.

• Apps.

• Ops.

Automation

• Ops

• Provision

• Maint.

• Benchmark

• Policy

• Blueprints

Thank you