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Comprehending the Convolution of Converged

Comprehending the Convolution of Converged Understanding Dell EMC Converged Platforms and Systems Positioning Chris Weis | World Wide Technology, Inc

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Who is Chris Weis EXPERIENCE

• Global Technical Solutions Architect and CI Practice Lead at World Wide Technology, Inc.

• 15+ years working in IT infrastructure services, management, sales and architectural roles

INTERESTING FACTS

• I live in Iowa, the technology capitol of the Midwest (#sarcasm)

• I’m a recreational runner, cyclist, and photographer

• Husband and father to two boys

• @ccweis on the Twitters


Who is WWT With $9.3B in annual revenue, WWT is a financially strong, privately-held technology solution provider

$9.3B

2016 1990

#3 #5

#45 Founded in 1990, now

more than 4,000 employees around the

world

Technology provider to more than 50 of the

Fortune 100

$1.3 billion In international

business

SIX YEARS IN A ROW


Why is this whole CPS thing so important?

• Integrating standalone products is hard – ain’t nobody got time for that.

• SaaS and IaaS are good fits for some

applications but not most of the apps that exist in enterprise datacenters.

• CI and HCI can provide simplified

implementation, better operational efficiency and much lower risk.

All IT ~$2.7T

On Prem Infrastructure

~$1T SERVERS

NETWORK

STORAGE

-6% CAGR

-2% CAGR

-8% CAGR

CI +20% CAGR

HCI +100% CAGR

SaaS +60% CAGR

Cloud Native AWS Azure +60% CAGR

+2% CAGR

-3% CAGR


Technology Trends

Reference Architectures

HCI Appliances (VxRail, XC Series)

Converged Infrastructure (VxBlock and Vblock)

From Build to Buy

From S

cale-Up to S

cale-Out

Hyper-Converged Rack-Scale Systems (VxRack SDDC and Flex)

From C

omplex to S

imple M

anagement


Vendor Trends RA CI HCI HCIS

Bare Metal

Bare Metal

Bare Metal

Bare Metal

Bare Metal

Bare Metal

Bare Metal


VxRack vs VxBlock

I need infrastructure

Do you need array-based data services?


VxRack vs VxRail (and XC Series)


Do you want an

engineered system?


VxRack SDDC vs Flex


Are you running

something other than VMware?


VxRail vs XC Series


Are you running

hypervisors other than VMware?


The Advanced Technology Center


Cisco HyperFlex Nutanix

HPE HC380 Simplivity

NetApp FlexPod FlexPod Select

Hitachi UCP HPE Synergy

VxBlock VxRack Flex

VxRack SDDC VxRail Hybrid

VxRail All Flash Dell XC

EHC on VxRail and VxBlock VMware Cloud Foundation

--------Converged Lab------- Dell Technologies CPS Showcase --------Hyper-Converged Lab-------

We’re designing, building, and testing the converged

datacenters of the future, based on converged, hyper-

converged, composable, rack-scale, and software-defined

technologies.

Dell EMC CPS Showcase in the ATC

And more to come…


THANK YOU

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