Why FlexPod?

Why Flexpod?

Built on groundbreaking technology from NetApp and Cisco and F5, FlexPod simplifies and modernizes IT with continuous innovation, delivering unmatched application performance, the broadest support for any cloud strategy, and improved operational efficiency to accelerate data F5 and Cisco and NetApp

Built on groundbreaking technology from center transformation and business evolution.

F5 can help you get the most from your FlexPod deployment, with more application capacity, faster deployment, and always-on availability.

Why Sell FlexPod?

FlexPod® presents you with a unique opportunity to capitalise on a growing trend within the industry. When you sell FlexPod, you’ll:

1.Expand Your Business

Drive new technology. Shipping with clustered Data ONTAP
Gain the opportunity to brand your own FlexPod offerings based on specific applications, support, services, etc.

2.Partner with the leaders

IDC – 300+ IT managers and execs ranked FlexPod #1 in deployment interest out of 17 vendors 1
Gartner – FlexPod is a leader in the Integrated Systems Magic Quadrant 2
Gartner – F5 is a leader for Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs)
Forrester –Total Economic Impact analysis calculated FlexPod ROI of 120%; payback in 9 months 3

3.The Market Opportunity

Cloud and virtualization consistently rank among CIOs’ top priorities.
The adoption rate of converged and integrated infrastructures is sharply rising.
ESG research shows that two-thirds of respondents expressed interest in a converged infrastructure
Converged systems revenue is expected to grow to over $12B by 2019

1. Source: IDC – IDC’s Converged and Integrated Systems: End-User Survey Report (January 2014).

2. Source: Gartner – Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems published June, 2014.

3. Source: Forrester – The Total Economic Impact of NetApp’s and Cisco FlexPod Data Centre Platform (January 2013).

FlexPod Advantage

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Talk the Talk: Drivers Pushing End-Users to Go FlexPod

Customers are interested in cloud, virtualisation, and converged infrastructures because their existing data centres are ill-equipped to help them overcome several considerable roadblocks. As a result, you should target organisations experiencing these key business and operational challenges:

Business Challenges

Slow, complex, expensive application deployment
Applications that require faster storage response and higher IOPS
Inefficient orchestration and cumbersome network automation
Complex multitenancy support
Transitioning workloads to cloud data centers
Ensure business continuity

Operational Challenges

Cutting energy consumption
Improving asset utilization
Simplifying complex, time-consuming provisioning cycles
Ensuring ongoing system and application integrity, and availability
Scale further and faster
Supporting growth of Internet of Everything (IoE) device data