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1 Gravitant Proprietary & Confidential

Canada Cloud Network Broker Portal Proposal

September 27, 2012

Ilyas Iyoob, PhD Director, Advanced Analytics and Technology Strategy Gravitant, Inc


Agenda

• Value Proposition

• Success Stories

• Technology

• Business Models


VALUE PROPOSITION


Government Challenges

• Traditional IT Challenges

– Low asset utilization, fragmented demand for resources, difficult to manage environments, long procurement times and a decreasing IT budget

• Cloud Computing Challenges

– VM Sprawl

– Unexpected cost

– Provider non-compliance

– Provider lock-in

– Governance issues

These issues have an adverse effect on Agency ability to serve the Canadian Public in a timely & efficient manner.


Gravitant-CCN Solution

Gravitant can instantiate a cloud ecosystem portal for CCN, powered by Gravitant’s cloudMatrix technology to be utilized by the Canadian Government Agencies & Departments.

– This initiative is in line with the Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program (CICP)

– The portal will be completely owned and operated by CCN on Canadian soil

– Only Canadian cloud service providers will be integrated into the portal

– SME cloud providers can be on-boarded to the ecosystem through the Cloud Ecosystem Accelerator Program (organized by the CCN) with the help of Merx


Gravitant-CCN Solution Cloud Ecosystem

Virtual Private Cloud

Bell, Telus, etc

Public Cloud

Cartika, Radiant,

CentriLogic, RackForce, etc

Private Cloud

vCloud Managed Service

Providers

Infra/App Management Security Services

Monitoring Services

VARs/SIs

Migration to Cloud

PaaS

SaaS

Networks

cloudMatrix

Cloud Management

Platform

Cloud Ecosystem Operator

http://portal.canadacloud.net

Sourcing & Procurement Managers

CTO/IT Architects

IT Ops Managers & Sys Admins

CIO

Cloud Solution Design

Spend Analysis & Order Mgmt

Command & Control

Resource Mgmt Dashboards

IT Ops Automated

Provisioning

Government Agencies


Gravitant-CCN Solution Features & Benefits

• Government Agencies can benefit from the following features:

– Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscription or self-service model

– Cloud Architecture Design

– Command & Control

– SLA Compliance

– Continuous Improvement & Recalibration

• SME Cloud Providers can benefit from:

– Visibility in the Government Cloud Marketplace

– Ability to offer competitive pricing and performance SLAs


Gravitant-CCN Solution Outcomes

Government Agencies & Departments can achieve the following values & capabilities using the cobranded portal:

– Increase agency/department responsiveness & availability

– Optimize costs

◦ Number one priority as many of these agencies transition to cloud computing

– Increase efficiencies with capital and operational expenses

– Improve the experience of leveraging IT

◦ Mobility is everything

– Ensure all service providers (big or small) are given a chance to be compared based on performance and cost

– Gain an understanding of which application to migrate to the cloud and the ability to pick a cloud service provider/applications that give the best economic model


SUCCESS STORIES


Texas Cloud Portal

• Gravitant successfully setup the official Texas Cloud Services Portal (TCSP)

http://tcsp.vintageits.com

• This portal is restricted for Texas Government Agencies to plan, source, provision, monitor, and govern cloud services

• Only Texas Government certified cloud providers show up in the marketplace

• Lessons learned document published by the State of Texas in August 2012

https://tcsp.vintageits.com/

http://www.gravitant.com/images/stories/Documents/PTCO_LessonsLearned.pdf


Success Story 1 Government Agency - Legislative

• Applications

– Legal Registry Application

• Issues

– Demand was seasonal based on the fiscal year with low demand when legislature was out of session

– Agency did not want to purchase resources for occasional spikes in demand

• Solution

– On-boarded the agency to the online portal; simulated cloud architecture on design panel of portal; compared Amazon, Savvis, and Terremark pricing for the simulated cloud architecture, and selected Amazon VPC

– Legal Registry Application

◦ Successfully deployed Production environment on Amazon VPC


Success Story 2 Government Agency - Environmental

• Applications

– GIS Application

– EPA Systems Integration Application

• Issues

– Time to secure IT resources was long, resulting in a large backlog of resource requests

– Consequence was that funds were stagnant, which could result in lower budget allocation

• Solution

– On-boarded the agency to the online portal; simulated cloud architecture for both applications on design panel of portal; compared Amazon, Savvis, and Terremark pricing for the simulated cloud architecture

– GIS Application

◦ Successfully deployed Dev/Test and Disaster Recovery on Savvis

◦ Successfully deployed Production environment on Terremark

◦ Successfully deployed Shared Storage on Amazon S3

– EPA Systems Integration Application

◦ Successfully deployed Dev/Test and Production environments on Savvis


Success Story 3 Government Agency - Transportation

• Applications

– GIS Application

– Business Process Management (BPM) Application

– Project Planning & Management (PPM) Application

• Issues

– Storage requirements were increasing and starting to hit capacity limits, but time to secure additional capacity resources was long

– Consequence was fear of data loss due to insufficient capacity

• Solution


– GIS Application

◦ Successfully deployed UAT, Training, and Production environments on Amazon VPC

◦ Successfully deployed Shared Storage on Amazon S3

– BPM Application

◦ Successfully deployed Test and Production environments on Amazon VPC

– PPM Application

◦ Successfully deployed UAT, Training, and Production environments on Amazon VPC


Success Story 4 Government Agency - Technology Infrastructure

• Applications

– Sharepoint Application

– Mobile Business Intelligence (BI) Application

• Objective

– Test cloud functionality

– Evaluate cloud performance

• Solution


– Sharepoint Application

◦ Successfully deployed Production environments on Savvis

– Mobile BI Application

◦ Successfully deployed Production on Savvis


TECHNOLOGY


cloudMatrix Cloud Lifecycle Management

• The underlying technology is a cloud lifecycle management platform called cloudMatrix that integrates provider offerings into a standardized catalog for automated provisioning across providers, consolidated billing and SLA governance.

• In a single unified user interface, you can Design, Order, Provision and Control your cloud services in an end-to-end process.

• This end-to-end process can be dynamically recalibrated at any time to ensure that all requirements including resource utilization, cost and provider SLAs are continually satisfied.

Design Order Provision Control


Design Compare & Select Provider Offerings

Using our comprehensive service catalog, we’ve made it less cloudy for you to compare cloud service providers and their multiple offerings. You’ll be able to compare and highlight key differences and features of these offerings, such as security, SLAs and cost, to ultimately determine the best-fit provider offering for your application needs.


Design Architect your application solution

Design the deployment architecture of virtual resources for your Application to operate in the cloud. This single pane of glass allows you to model and price resources and services from multiple providers into a single solution before you order or spend a dime. Use this rich, visual interface to define and associate resources to applications, deployment environments such as development/test/production, and architecture layers such as web layer/app layer/db layer.


Design Add Value Added Services

The Resource Solution Center is a one-stop shop for all of your virtual resource services needs. Here you can add a myriad of infrastructure services such as shared storage and backup services; network services such as VPN hardware and software; and managed services such as back up administration and security management. Your cloud solution is now complete with all the necessary services coordinated, priced, and managed from a single interface.


Order View Bill of Materials

For every application and virtual data center design, a comprehensive bill of materials is generated automatically across multiple providers based on an extensive catalog of services. This bill of materials enables review of true total estimated monthly cost for services before placing any order. Take the guesswork out of what will a cloud solution for your application cost.


Order Review Terms & Conditions

The terms and conditions for every designed solution are combined into a single view and simplified for review. Only the key terms are correlated and aggregated for review and acceptance prior to placing an order. Now your legal team can be happy too.


Order Approve Workflow

Not only do you design the solution, but you can submit and place the order for this solution directly from this single interface. The consolidated orders can include virtual data centers, virtual machines and even services. Every new order or change order requires a complete technical, financial, and legal approvals which are monitored using a workflow within the portal itself. The headache of managing multiple contracts, orders, and approval processes across providers is gone!


Provision Provision Multiple Changes All at Once

Once virtual data center orders are setup, all of the provisioning tasks are identified as a single set and are automatically provisioned together. Every change in the virtual resource design is identified as a provisioning task to be performed. The changes can be identified for technical and cost review prior to executing the provisioning. You will have complete control of cloud resources across all of your applications and providers. Say goodbye to virtual machine sprawl.


Provision Automated Asynchronous Provisioning

The portal auto-magically manages the complete provisioning process of virtual resources and services using an intelligent asynchronous provisioning engine. The engine invokes APIs directly with the cloud service providers to automatically create, manage, and configure your resources. If the provider doesn't support automation for a service, then our skilled operations staff processes the provisioning on your behalf behind the scenes. In the meantime, you can see regular updates on the portal for the status of your provisioning. Enjoy the benefits of an all-inclusive service!


Provision Access your Service

Once your resources are provisioned, you can view the details for access and management at any time. You can turn the virtual machines on or off, add, remove or change storage, and access the resource using public or private IP address through the internet or securely through a VPN that has been configured. Your resources are always under your control.


Control Manage Bills Across Providers

We know your time is valuable. So as you operate your virtual resources, the cloud service providers will send us the bill and our system will automatically consolidate these bills to present a unified monthly bill. The bill can be easily compared against your order for cost validation and chargeback analysis. You can pay just a single bill for all of your cloud services on a calendar month basis using a credit card or invoice process. The nightmare of managing multiple bills is gone!


Control Control Cost & Capacity Trends

Viewing a long list of bill items can be daunting. Use our capacity and cost monitoring service (included in higher subscription packages) that will automatically aggregate and correlate every bill item cost to the resources and capacity that is designed and ordered. View dashboards of aggregate spend across applications and virtual data centers including deployment environments and architecture layers. You will have complete control of where your money is spent in the cloud.


Control Monitor Resource Utilization

Order our optional system monitoring service for your virtual resources to have complete control of resource utilization. Use the utilization monitoring dashboards to compare utilization of resources versus cost. With this information you can easily see if you are over or under capacity or cost for any of your applications across their environments and layers. You can have control of your SLAs and Quality of Service.


BUSINESS MODELS


Business Models & Pricing

Current business models available

• Option 1:

– One Time Setup Fee

– One Time Platform License Fee

– Annual Maintenance Fees

– Operations Fees (optional)

• Option 2:

– One Time Setup Fee

– Annual Platform License Fees

– Annual Maintenance Fees

– Revenue Share (of Customer Spend)

– Operations Fees (optional)

Alternate business models can be discussed as well.


FOR MORE INFORMATION

Contact: Sowmya Rao Marketing Analyst [email protected]