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Server Foundation: Integrated Suite for Data Center Management

Learn about the evolving data center environment and our strategy to deliver an integrated suite that addresses server management challenges. Explore our current capabilities, future direction, and the potential of Server Foundation to simplify system deployment and maximize availability.

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Server Foundation: Integrated Suite for Data Center Management

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  1. Server Foundation Overview:SE Interlock 2006Mark Lohmeyer1/25/06

  2. Agenda • Data Center Evolution • Our Strategy • Current Capabilities & Future Direction

  3. The Data Center Environment is Changing • Server footprint is growing • Scale out Linux/Windows • Scale up + partitioning • Application complexity is increasing • Multi-tiered applications  SOA • More business critical applications • Server virtualization is emerging • Across all server platforms • Moving into production Environment is more distributed Environment is more complex Environment is more dynamic

  4. A Real Customer Example: SYMC IT

  5. This Presents a New Set of Challenges • Controlling admin / server costs • Increasing server utilization • Accelerating app roll-outs / updates • Achieving internal & external compliance • Delivering data center wide availability Current Model # Servers / Apps Cost to procure Cost to manage Desired Model # Servers / Apps Cost to procure Cost to manage

  6. Our Strategy for Server Foundation • Vision: Deliver an integrated suite that is THE solution that system admins rely on to manage EVERY server in the data center: • Enhance visibility & control • Automate labor-intensive tasks & reduce errors • Ensure end-to-end application availability • Drive down costs (people & hardware) • Leverage strong position of VCS • XX% revenue growth in 2005 (!) • Best-in-class solution for HA/DR • Investment in focused areas (DR, etc.) to fuel growth • Significantly extend Provisioning Manager (OpForce) capabilities • Best-in-class provisioning, success in specific use-cases; YY% growth • Given us a good understanding of broader customer problems

  7. Server Foundation Capabilities • Configuration management  Key customer decision driver today • Environment discovery; CMDB population, change tracking, and execution • Patch management  Customer decision driver today • Windows, Linux and Unix OS and Application patches • Server provisioning  Differentiator, but not a driver • Bare metal OS builds; deploy & configure apps (Provisioning Manager) • Network integration  Differentiator, but not a driver • Remote calls to switches, VLAN’s (Provisioning Manager) • Application control & optimization  Future differentiator • Control start/stop/move of apps, optimize server utilization (VAD focus now) • Application availability  Large business now, oppty to leap-frog • Mission critical apps today, entire DC in future (VCS today, VAD future) Key: Symantec offering today, Gap in Symantec offering today

  8. Diving in to Configuration Management Tools that allow IT managers to discover, track, make changes to, and audit/report on IT components • Environment Discovery & Dependency Mapping • All open system OS’es, applications, & dependencies • Logical grouping of multi-tiered app’s into “business applications” • Configuration Collection • Find, parse, and store configuration data at granular level • Large libraries of application templates to automate collection • Change Tracking and Reporting • Find and track changes to configurations • Report for auditing purposes • Change Execution • Change specific granular configurations (vs. package delivery) • Ability to rollback to previous state

  9. Bringing It All Together Simplify system deployment, patch and upgrade. Get real time control over your application resources today & deliver availability as part of the architecture Maximize availability of mission critical applications and databases Roadmap: Build full server configuration management solution

  10. Summary • We think the future potential for Server Foundation is great • Focused on solving a whole new set of customer problems • Extends our reach to every server in the data center • Delivering an integrated suite is key to winning • We’ve got differentiated technology now, and filling remaining gaps • VCS is the best solution for HA/DR and the growth proves it • VPM is the best solution for provisioning and the growth proves it • VAD is a totally new way to deliver app control, optimization, & availability • Configuration management & patch management are gaps, but not for long • We’re going to be in a very hot market • Growing at 70%+ per year • Should be relevant to almost every customer

  11. Questions?

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