reaching for the cloud craig mckay and derek bradley / qad carl ramsey and kent lipschultz / hp hp...

Reaching for the Cloud

Craig McKay and Derek Bradley / QADCarl Ramsey and Kent Lipschultz / HP

HP and QAD

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The following is intended to outline QAD’s general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, functional capabilities, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functional capabilities described for QAD’s products remains at the sole discretion of QAD.

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HP and QAD: Reaching for the Cloud

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• This breakout session discusses the strong relationship between HP and QAD… and how they are working together to deliver a co-operative CloudSystem strategy to the benefit of QAD’s customers

Introduction


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• IT Management• IT Planners• IT Technical Installer• Survey

Aim / Audience


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• QAD’s commitment to green computing and cloud based technology

• QAD’s strong history working with HP• QAD and the HP PTAC• Our working partnership• HP’s CloudSystem and BladeMatrix• Reaching for the clouds – the solution

Agenda


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• HP is committed to green computing• Sustaining the future

- Develop a sustainable green computing plan- Recycle- Make environmentally sound purchase

decisions- Reduce paper consumption- Conserve energy

Green Computing


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• Data centers are high power consumers• About 60% of the power costs are due to

inefficiency• HP solutions

- Virtualization- Blade computing- Consolidating workloads- Private cloud

Green Computing


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• HP BladeSystem matrix• HP cloud service automation• HP Storage Works Data Services• One Touch Provisioning

- Self service portals

Private Cloud


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• Common management environment• QAD specific cloud maps• Cloud consulting services

Private Cloud


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• Help customers transition to cloud infrastructures- A single interface to connect home office,

mobile and enterprise users via any device to always available infrastructure

- Integrated technology architecture for supporting today’s explosion of data and connectivity

Public Cloud – The Vision


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• Favorable system hosting economics- Reduced management and network

infrastructure costs

- Removal of CAPEX

- Pay as you go provisioning

• Improved user satisfaction- Process automation and application mobility

• High availability- Service level agreements

- Storage and network scalability

• Security and trust

Private Cloud – The Business Case


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• Flexible model offers standard and optional services

• Global, agile resource pool provides expertise when and where you need it

• Regular reporting gives full visibility and accountability to SLA adherence

Private Cloud – QAD On Demand


Service Delivery Management

Infrastructure Management

Systems Management

Application Lifecycle

ManagementHelp Desk

Support

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HP and QAD – Working Together

HP and QAD: The Partnership

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• QAD has a long history of working with HP - Technical validation- High user count performance testing

• PA-RISC (originally)• HP integrity• HP Proliant (blades and rack optimized)

- High availability testing- Virtualization- Sizing and rapid deployment



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• Recent highlights- Over 3500 concurrent users on HP integrity

super dome 2• Per hour day• 80k orders• 10k invoices• 15k journal adjustments

• PTAC matrix validation

HP and QAD – Recent Highlights


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• QAD is working with HP to replace legacy server and storage equipment in their labs with HP infrastructure to provide state of the art development and testing environment- HP Virtualized Storage- HP Proliant BladeSystem- HP Integrity Server Blades

HP and QAD’s Product Lab




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“AllianceOne” (fka: “DSPP”) (Thousands)

“MEGA” (2)

- A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP

“Managed Partner” (a few dozen)

HP PARTNER Resources (strategic)

QAD CLIENT Resources (deal driven)Direct Access to HP Labs expertise (OS,CL…)

Equipment Loans

Kent. LipschultzHP - St.Paul MN

Technical Alliance Mgr

HP Partner Division Sales/Marketing & Technical Services

Steve LapeHP - New Hampshire

Global Alliance Manager

CUSTOM SERVICESPREMIER PARTNERS ONLY

DSPP TECHNICAL PARTNER SUPPORT

PTAC SERVICES

- Porting (assessments, assistance) - ISV/HP Tech Integ - 64bit Application Migration - OS (validation, perf, tuning) - APP Virtualization - APP (validation, perf bm) - APP Specific Sizing - BladeSystem Validation & Scalability Service - High Availability Validation

SOLUTION CENTERS(aka: ASC, SC, CPC)

- Available to us along with a client - Deal driven (linkage required) - PoC - Client specific implementation tests - Client issues, client request

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HP’s “Team QAD”


• Ensure tight integration of QAD solutions with relevant HP technologies. (Servers, OS, Mgmt, HA, Virtualization, SOA, etc…)

• Ensure that QAD solutions are optimized, benchmarked and documented on HP platforms.

• Position HP as the preferred technology provider for end-to-end solutions for QAD customers.

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HP’s “Team QAD”


Delivering real technical reasons why HP is the preferred QAD technology infrastructure.

Enhance and add functionality to the QAD enterprise.

Maximize choices while simplifying the vast infrastructure, configuration and management options.

Define a solution set that is highly scalable, available, applicable, tested, optimized, and documented.

Strategic projects with a focus on the near future designed to keep QAD on HP enterprises happy.

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HP and QAD – Technology


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*HP BladeSystem


Rack Mount

A

B

C

D

Blades

Stand AloneAPP APP APP APP A B C D

A B C D 1) Blade EVERYTHING server, storage, interconnects, power/cooling2) Virtualize EVERYTHING apps, storage, interconnects3) Automate EVERYTHING compute resources, mgmt / app provisioning / installation / support / updating / optimization

HP’s Strategy “In A Nutshell”

Rack-mount

3 servers x 3 generations

= 9 different power supplies= 9 different fans= 9 different install procedures= 9 different service procedures= 9 different ways to do things

HP BladeSystem

1 power supply1 fan1 install procedure1 service procedure1 way of doing things

Across multiple server generationsProLiant, Integrity, interconnectsand storage.

- BladeSystem is our strategic platform.- Rethinking 20yrs of racked, stacked and wired.- Built on industry standard (economics).

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http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_1950_3?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_2970_rack?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_6950?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz

UX / OVMS AND/OR NSK on INTEGRITY blades (ITANIUM)

AND/OR Win / Linux AND/OR Solaris

on PROLIANT blades (x86-64)

Server & Storage Blades

Server Blades

Enclosures

Fiber ChannelHBAs

SAN Interconnects

EthernetNICs

Infiniband4X DDR

Virtual Connect

LAN Interconnec

ts

Storage Blade

Workstation

Blade

Step 1: BLADE EVERYTHING

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http://www.brocade.com/index.jsp

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/hmpgs/index.html

www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/hp/vol3/article7/article7.html

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HP CloudSystem


• HP CI products • HP Services – build/host• HP Management + HP

Software

• Integrated solutions for easy deployment

• One SKU ordering• Customizable

HP AppSystemHP VirtualSystem HP CloudSystem

Workload OptimizedInfrastructure to applicationVirtual Pools of Resources

Hybrid Service Catalog Application - Multi Tenancy

HP CloudSystem


SECURING PHYSICAL & VIRTUAL

SCALABLE UTILTY STORAGE

HIGH PERFORMANCE FABRIC

MISSON CRITICAL COMPUTING

HP 3PAR

HP Cloud Service

Automation

HP BladeSystemMatrix

+ HP Networking

Service provider enhancements

SaaS AGGREGATION

Choice (OS & Virtualization)

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Integrated system builton provenHP Cloud service automation & converged infrastructure

HP CloudSystem


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Service catalog

ConvergedInfrastructure

Orchestration

Provisioning, monitoring, & lifecycle management

Traditional IT(HP or 3rd party)

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Public Clouds

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HP CloudSystem


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HP and QAD – Solutions


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QAD – Matrix Validation


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• HP Cloud Maps accelerate automation of business applications on Blade System Matrix- Hardware and software templates

• Saving you days or weeks of solution design time

- Sizing solutions- Workflows and scripts to automate installation- Reference whitepapers

QAD – Matrix Validation


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• VMware ESX4 is recommended by QAD

• For sizing and deployment considerations, please contact QAD - Performance tuning and deployment for

optimal database performance is not trivial

QAD – Notes on Virtualization


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• QAD and HP work together to ensure that QAD’s customers :- Can grow their computing environment with

their business- Achieve greater value with their IT investments

• Reduced cost, greater ROI

- Simplified, streamlined deployment

QAD and HP – The Benefit To You


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Metrics Affected


Process Benefit Value

More efficient servers

•Reduced power consumption •60% less energy consumption

Faster response times

•Happier users, more efficient processes •$000’s

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• Stop by the HP booth in the EXPO center and learn more about HP’s BladeServers, CloudSystem and green computing initiative

• Ask your account manager about the benefits of On Demand and HP hardware

Next Steps


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Steve Lape [email protected] Lipschultz

[email protected] Craig McKay [email protected] Bradley [email protected]

www.qad.com/ERP/HPwww.hp.com

Questions & Answers


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