NextGenHCI

HCI: A Foundation for Cloud
What's the role of HCI in accelerating IT transformation to cloud operating models?

By 2022, what % of IT infrastructure spend will be allocated for hyperconverged solutions?

Dave Vellante
The purpose of HCI & what @wikibon calls True Private Cloud is to bring the cloud operating model to your data...and cut IT labor costs - see the ops staffing area http://www.via-cc.at...

Dave Vellante
We see $150B coming out of IT Labor costs over the next 10 years...
Chad Dunn
That's stunning!
Rob Steele
do you think that $150B shifts to other IT related jobs ?
Chris Weis πŸš΄πŸƒπŸ’»πŸ·
I don't think it'll come out, but I do think it'll be re-distributed. It's a competitive advantage for organizations that can get there first.
Chad Dunn
I agree @ccweis If it doesn't differentiate the business why do it?
Dave Vellante
@RobSteele It definitely shifts to other activities - digital business initiatives, app dev and sometimes to the bottom line
Dave Vellante
@ccweis shift is more accurate chris I agree
Dave Vellante
The point is it shifts to vendor R&D in the form of capex or opex (I buy a better mouse trap) and moves into more strategic areas to fund innovation
Dave Vellante
I mean - what do you want your resume to say? "I'm a rock star at provisioning LUNs?" 0r "I led a team of Digital Transformers"
Chad Dunn
Someday we'll laugh at that like when we used to have spreadsheets to track Ma
Chad Dunn
@VXchad Someday we'll laugh at that like when we had spreadsheets to track MAC address to IP address mappings
Ralph Finos
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Demartek
Things such as connection speed to the cloud and sensitivity of data play a role.
Demartek
We see HCI solutions with cloud APIs or connectivity built-in. Allows applications to have data on-prem and in the cloud as it makes sense. It sort of blends the on-prem and cloud together.
Peter Burris
What role does HCI play in moving to the cloud operating model for both early adopters and new-comers? http://www.via-cc.at...

Peter Burris
Can't move to a new operating model if your technology forces you to the old one.
Peter Burris
HCI is an organizational test-bed for cloud operating model.
Rodrigo Gazzaneo
#HCI accelerates integrated operations of compute and storage
Dave Vellante
key is to bring the cloud model to the data to reduce undifferentiated IT Labor costs
Chad Dunn
Curious as to whether the key barriers are technology or people (old habits die hard)
Aaron Buley
Dell EMC is #1 in hyper-converged and is based on the latest technology and innovation from VxRail, PowerEdge, VMware, and Intel - so if you’re in the market for a server refresh, this is the perfect opportunity to transform your infra
Rob Steele
HCI is a critical step towards a cloud operating model, having to manage a 20 year old IT architecture will not get you there any time soon.
Rodrigo Gazzaneo
breaking the administration silos is key to a successful #Cloud organizational transformation
Peter Burris
Big issue for CIO: I can converge technology easier than I can converge my organization.
Chris Weis πŸš΄πŸƒπŸ’»πŸ·
It's really hard to build a city on quicksand, and the same thing applies to private clouds. The underlying infrastructure needs to be simple, predictable, and automateable (not a word, but should be.) :-)
Peter Burris
@VXchad Big issue for CIO: I can converge technology easier than I can converge my organization.
Chad Dunn
Likewise don't try to use your old operating model on new tech!
Peter Burris
@VXchad Good point, but people do -- and still get good (if not optimal) value.
Chris Weis πŸš΄πŸƒπŸ’»πŸ·
@VXchad This is the biggest hurdle I've seen. The technology works. Silo'd organizations and operating models are the biggest roadblocks.
Rodrigo Gazzaneo
technology evolution is easy, processes and people is always hard
Aaron Buley
it allows you to be more fluid in terms of creating pools of resources (cpu, ram, storage)
Rodrigo Gazzaneo
if you don't converge operations with #HCI you are missing the biggest opportunity
Stuart Miniman
My favorite result from HCI is hearing all of the new projects and initiatives that customers kick off that they couldn't when they were turning knobs, and fixing things. Security, new apps, modernization!
Bert Latamore
To what extent is hyperconverged a reaction by traditional hardware vendors to the hyperscale model created by #AWS, #Facebook, #Twitter, etc., to run their huge IT operations efficiently?
Peter Burris
Agreed, but still HCI catalyzes superior value streams in IT, whether optimized or not. May increase internal IT tension, but app performance/reliability improve day 1.
Rob Steele
What seem to be the biggest barriers stopping your organization from adopting #NextGenHCI ?
Dave Vellante
politics - server guys want to buy servers, storage guys want to buy storage and network guys want to do networks
Rob Steele
when I talk with the community I try to tell the "storage guy" or the "network guy" to become the "infrastructure guy" or even better... a Hyperconverged Ninja
Demartek
http://www.demartek....
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Demartek
We're a test lab. We have tested several HCI solutions. A couple of these are in public reports on our website.
Ralph Finos
Question #3 coming up.