Vmware Sles For Vmware PP en
Vmware Sles For Vmware PP en
Vmware Sles For Vmware PP en
Agenda
VMware industry leader Customer challenges What is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware The Offer Why Choose SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware Next Steps: Activating your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware entitlement Resources
Company Overview
~$2 B in 2009 revenue ~7,000 employees worldwide 5th largest infrastructure SW company
Gartner: VMware is the Clear Market Leader VMware stands alone as a leader in this Magic Quadrant
VMware is clearly ahead in:
Understanding the market Product strategy Business model Technology innovation, Product capabilities Sales execution
VMware Strengths:
Far-reaching virtualization strategy
enabling cloud computing, new application architectures and broader management
Technology leadership and innovation High customer satisfaction Large installed base (especially Global
2000), and rapid growth of service providers planning to use VMware (vCloud)
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Cause
Overwhelming complexity
5%
Infrastructure Investment
Effect
23%
Application Investment
42%
Infrastructure Maintenance
>70% of IT budgets just maintaining status quo <30% of IT budgets goes to innovation and competitive advantage
30%
Application Maintenance
Increase utilization
Increase automation
Utilization
Increase utilization
Increase automation
Utilization
Efficiency thru Utilization and Automation Pooling From machines to on-demand, highly elastic resource pools
Freedom of Choice
Open & Interoperable Application mobility between clouds, based on open standards
Control Application-aware infrastructure with built-in availability, scalability, security and performance guarantees
Leverage Existing Investments Benefits of cloud computing to existing applications and datacenters
Infrastructure
Desktop IT as
IT a Service as a Service
Platform
Application
Software
as a Service
Redwood
The VMware
vCenter
Private Cloud
vSphere
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Cloud computing is the emerging model that breaks ITs everincreasing complexity and costs that end up consuming 70% - 80% of IT budgets just to keep the status quo running. Virtualization is the foundation upon which cloud computing architectures are and will be built because virtualization is the only technology that offers an evolutionary path to cloud computing. VMware vSphere is the industrys leading and only robust virtualization platform for building cloud infrastructures. Leveraging VMwares industry-leading technology and experience, VMware vSphere delivers agility with uncompromised control in the most efficient manner, while fully preserving customer choice.
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SLES for VMware comes with free subscription to patches and updates at no additional
cost
Ability to run as many VMs per host as you want Why purchase another OS when you can get an enterprise Linux solution at no cost with
vSphere?
Support is available at both Basic (12x5) and Production (24x7) levels To purchase VMware technical support of SLES for VMware:
visit the VMware Store @ www.vmware.com/go/buyslesforvmwaresupport call a VMware representative at 1-877-4VMWARE (1-877-486-9273). Outside of North America,
please dial 1-650-427-5000.
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Accelerates the evolution Recommended by application ISVs including SAP Oracle and IBM to a fully virtualized Supported by over 5,000 applications datacenter
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Lower risk
Up to date support and certification for applications as well as a high degree of interoperability among supported platforms
Improved IT agility
Ability to run as many SLES for VMware virtual machines as you want on every qualified VMware vSphere host
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The most scalable and high performing Linux operating system reliable and secure Interoperability with UNIX- and Windows-Systems Reference platform for enterprise applications, including SAP Optimized to run on VMware vSphere Built-in systems management provides IT with more choices and greater flexibility
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NET-based applications Other custom and legacy enterprise applications IT infrastructure Web, network and storage infrastructure
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SUSE Linux Enterprise The Preferred Linux Platform for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise is the only Linux platform SAP recommends for its customers Market leader with 75 percent market share of SAP on Linux, with more than 1,000 customers Joint development and support of virtualization solutions involving SAP applications on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SUSE Linux Enterprise is the only operating system that runs SAP's Business Warehouse Accelerator. First Linux high availability solution for SAP applications in a virtualized environment. Novell received the SAP Pinnacle Award in the category Technology: Co-Innovation for Core Business.
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Next Steps: Activate your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware Entitlement
Customers entitled to SLES for VMware will receive an email from VMware including the activation code to obtain the subscription to patches and updates to SLES for VMware at no cost To activate the subscription the code must be registered in a Novell portal:
If you are a Novell customer and you have a Novell account go to www.novell.com/register to
activate your subscription
If you are not an existing Novell customer, do not have Novell account, go to
www.vmware.com/go/activateslesforvmware to register and activate your subscription (Note: you will be redirected to a Novell site)
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VMware Store @ www.vmware.com/go/buyslesforvmwaresupport Call a VMware representative at 1-877-4VMWARE (1-877-486-9273). Outside of North
America, please dial 1-650-427-5000
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