MANAGING STORAGE GROWTH AND IT TRANSFORMATION

MANAGING INFORMATION
STORAGE–TRENDS,CHALLENGES,
AND OPTIONS 2013-2014
Includes Impact of Virtualization and Cloud
Industry Study Based on a Survey of 1,000+ IT Managers and
Storage Professionals Across 800+ Organizations

Alok Shrivastava
Senior Director, EMC Education Services

© Copyright 2013 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Agenda
• Introduction
• Storage Infrastructure Highlights
• Impact of Virtualization and Cloud Technologies
• Managing Storage Challenges
• Considerations for a Storage Management Organization
• EMC Response and Initiatives


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Introduction: 2013-14 Study
Asia Pacific
20%
Europe Middle
East Africa
35%

Americas
45%

•

Comprehensive Study
–
–

Challenges Faced by IT and Storage Managers

–

•

Global Trends in Storage Infrastructure and Technology Segments, Including
Virtualization and Cloud
Practices Being Used in Building and Developing Storage/IT Groups/Teams

Value for IT and Storage Managers
–

Geographic Distribution

•

Compare, Correlate, and Refine Plans

–

Overall Industry Trends and Practices

Study Coverage
–

Over $1B
17%

–

$500M
- $1B
8%

$100M - $500M
17%

•

Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific
EMC Customers and Customers of Other Storage Vendors

–

Up to $100M
30%

IT Managers (25%) and Storage Professionals (75%) From Over 800+
Organizations

–

Not Known
28%

Data Centers of Large Enterprises and Small & Medium Enterprises

Study Period, January - February 2013

Annual Revenue Distribution


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Storage Infrastructure – Increasing Capacities
• 7% of Data Centers Have More Than 10
Petabytes (PB) of Usable Storage Capacity to
Manage

Over 25PB
4%

11PB-25PB
3%

1PB - 10PB
15%
500 - 999TB
10%

Up to 99TB
48%

100 - 499TB
21%

Distribution of storage capacity
across companies


• 22% of the Data Centers Have over 1 PB of
Usable Capacity (Up 10% Y/Y)
• Nearly 52% of the Companies Have 100 TB or
More Usable Storage to Manage (Up 8% Y/Y)
• Average Usable Capacity Across the
Participating Companies is 2.18 PB (Up 12.8%
Y/Y)

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Technology Segments - Importance
Backup, Recovery, & Archive
Storage Area Networks (SAN)
Server Virtualization
Automated Storage Tiering*
Storage Virtualization
Cloud Computing
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Remote Replication
Big Data (infrastructure and/or analytics)*
Storage Technology for Cloud Environment
Data Mobility*
Flash Drives*
Converged Infrastructure*
Local Replication
Scale-out NAS
Object-based Storage*

66.4%
58.4%
48.2%
31.4%
24.4%
23.2%
19.4%
17.9%
13.6%
9.9%
9.7%
9.6%
9.0%
7.4%
5.9%
2.1%

0%
* New in 2013-14


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Respondents/Organizations

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Technologies Segments Deployed
Local/Remote Replication
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Backup, Recovery & Archive
Flash Drives
Automated Storage Tiering
Cloud Computing
Converged Infrastructure
Big Data (Infrastructure and/or Analytics)
Data Mobility
Scale Out NAS
Object Based Storage

100.0%
88.3%
87.7%
78.6%
74.9%
56.5%
48.2%
46.2%
39.3%
25.1%
23.3%
20.1%
19.4%
16.8%
14.1%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90% 100%

Respondents/Organizations


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Managing Growth and the IT Transformation
Rank

Challenge Identified by IT/Storage Managers and Professionals

1

Managing Storage Growth

2

Designing, Deploying & Managing Backup, Recovery, & Archive Solutions

3

Making Informed Strategic /Big-picture Decisions

4

Designing, Deploying & Managing Disaster Recovery Solutions

5

Designing, Deploying & Managing Storage in a Virtualized Server Environment

6

Lack of Skilled Storage Professionals

7

Designing, Deploying & Managing Storage in a Cloud Computing Environment

8

Lack of Skilled Cloud Technology Professionals

9

Convincing Higher Management to Adopt Cloud

10

Infrastructure Setup for Big Data Analytics


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Year-over-year Comparison
2013-14 2012-13 IT/Storage Managers and Professionals
79%

77%


43%

45%

Designing, Deploying and Managing Backup, Recovery, and Archive Solutions

39%

36%

Making Informed Strategic/Big-picture Decisions

38%

39%

Designing, Deploying and Managing Disaster Recovery Solutions

37%

31%

Designing, Deploying and Managing Storage in a Virtualized Server Environment

(+19%)

29%

27%


(+7%)

18%

16%

Designing, Deploying and Managing Storage in Cloud Computing Environments

15%

15%

Lack of skilled Cloud Technology Professionals

11%

10%


(+10%)

10%

7%

Infrastructure for Big Data Analytics

(+43%)

8%

4%

Managing External Cloud Service Providers

(+100%)


(+8%)

(+13%)

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Impact of
Virtualization and
Cloud

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Data/Storage Movement to Virtualized and Cloud Environments
Traditional/Classic
42%

2013

External
Cloud
3%

2015

-31.3%
External
Cloud
6%

+100%


Virtualized Server
43%

Internal Private Cloud
11%

Traditional/Classic 28%
Internal Private Cloud
16%

Virtualized Server
49%

+13.3%

+56.3%

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IT Megatrend: The Rate of IT Transformation
Percentage of Storage Deployed

Data/Storage Migration to Virtualized and Cloud Environments
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
2011

2012
Virtualized Server Environment

2013

2014

2015
2016
Internal Private Cloud Environment

External Cloud Environment

Traditional / Classic Environment

Expon. (Virtualized Server Environment)

Expon. (Internal Private Cloud Environment)

Expon. (External Cloud Environment)

2017

Expon. (Traditional / Classic Cloud Environment)


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Data Movement by Size of the Company
Percent of Storage Deployed by Environment
Less than $100M

$100-500M

Less than $100M

$100-500M

$500M-$1B

More than $1B

$500M-$1B

More than $1B

60
50

%

60
50

40

40

%

30

30

20

20

10

10

0

Traditional/ Virtualized
Classic

2013


Internal
Private
Cloud

External
Cloud

0

Traditional/ Virtualized
Classic

Internal
Private
Cloud

External
Cloud

2015

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In-house Architecting and Designing Skills
68%

Critical to have in-house skills

40.8%
12%
16.1%

In-house skills critical but will use vendors

14%

Will be critical in 12-24 months

27.0%
2%

In-house skills not ciritical

10.3%
3%
5.7%

Do not know
0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Virtualization


70%

80%

90%

100%

Cloud

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Managing Storage in Virtualized and Cloud Environments
Managers’ View on Current Skills of Storage Professionals
--------------------- Weak----------------------------------

----- Moderate ------ ------ Strong ------

Managers/Organizations

60%
55%

50%

Virtualization

40%

Cloud

30%
20%

16%

10%
0%

26%

23%
18%

18%

17%

13%
7%

Less than 10%

11% - 25%

26% - 50%

7%

51-75%

76-100%

% of Professionals on the Team


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Managing Storage in Virtualized and Cloud Environments
Managers’ View on Current Skills of Storage Professionals

Virtualization Skills

Weak
65%

Strong+
Moderate
35%

No Change Y/Y


Cloud Skills

Strong+
Moderate
14%

Weak
86%

Up 2% Y/Y

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Cross-domain Skills for Cloud Infrastructure

Self Representation of Storage Professionals on Their Cross-domain Skills

OS+Storage+Networking+Virtualization+B/R+Security

17%

OS+Storage+Networking+Virtualization+B/R

25%

OS+Storage+Networking+Virtualization

30%

OS+Storage+Networking

37%

OS+Storage

50%
0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

37% of Individuals Possess Skills in OS+Storage+Networking


16

Cloud and ITaaS Transformation – Management Skills


17

Data Science and Big Data Analytics-Management Skills


18

Building an Effective
Storage Management
Organization


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Storage Group - Tasks & Responsibilities
Storage Group - Tasks & Responsibilities

% Time Spent*

Design and/or Participate in Design of Storage Infrastructure

14.0%

Integration of the Storage Infrastructure, Databases and Applications

13.6%

Storage Provisioning

10.8%

Backup, Recovery and Archiving of Information/Data

10.6%

Managing the Implementation of Storage Infrastructure

10.0%

Trouble- shooting

7.8%

Monitoring of Storage Infrastructure

7.4%**

Evaluating Storage Technologies From Different Vendors
Storage Capacity Planning

6.8%
6.4%**

Storage-related Reporting and Analysis

4.6%

Design, Discussion and Planning of Storage in Cloud Environments

4.3%

Other Storage-related Activities

3.7%

* %Time Spent in Last 12 Months on Specific Activities


** Significant Increase in Time Allocation in Last Year

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Storage Groups and Technology Segments
Backup, Recovery & Archive
Remote Replication
Local Replication
Other
Cloud Computing
Scale out NAS
Data Mobility
Big Data Infrastructure
Object based storage

30.8%
19.6%
9.5%
7.7%
7.2%
4.5%
3.8%
3.4%
3.3%
2.6%
2.5%
2.0%
2.0%
1.1%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

% of Time Invested in last 12 Months


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Skills Mapping by Tasks/Responsibilities
Managers’ View on Their Team’s Skills and Capabilities
Big Data Analytics 4%
Design storage infrastructure for Cloud environment

59%

37%
44%

Cloud Computing

18%

Storage related reporting & analysis

40%

25%


40%

42%

16%

26%

Storage capacity planning

26%

48%

34%

Monitoring of storage infrastructure

14%

60%

11%

55%

40%

Integration of the storage infrastructure, databases, &…

42%

Evaluate storage technologies from different vendors

6%

54%

42%

5%

53%

10%

48%

Backup, recovery, & archiving of information/data

45%

48%

7%

Troubleshooting

45%

47%

7%

Manage implementation of storage infrastructure

49%

Design &/or participate in design of storage infrastructure

49%

Storage Provisioning

50%


Strong


10%

20%

Moderate

30%

8%
5%

45%

55%
0%

6%

45%
42%

8%

37%
40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Weak

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Skills Mapping by Technologies
Managers’ View on Their Team’s Skills and Capabilities
Big Data

5%

Cloud Computing

35%

61%
46%

10%


12%


13%

Data Mobility

13%

Object based storage

50%

44%

38%

49%

37%

48%
41%

21%


38%
50%

23%

Automated Storage Tiering

38%

44%

15%

Scale out NAS

44%

42%

29%

Remote Replication

39%

Storage Platforms/ subsystems

39%

Local Replication

29%
42%

19%

47%

10%

20%
Strong

30%
Moderate

5%

32%

65%
0%

4%

34%

62%


10%
40%

56%


9%

41%

50%

Backup, Recovery, & Archive

14%
48%

44%

Network-Attached Storage (NAS)


27%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

3%
90%

100%

Weak

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Building Storage Groups: Finding Storage Expertise
Preferred Hiring Sources
Hire Experienced

81.1%

Hire Certified

63.1%

Internal Appointment

52.4%

Engage Consultants

34.1%

Hire Fresh College Graduates

33.8%
0%


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

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Challenges Identified by IT/Storage Managers
•


•

Storage Consolidation

•

Designing, Deploying, and Managing Backup, Recovery, and Archive

•

Designing, Deploying, and Managing Disaster Recovery Solutions

•

Making Informed Strategic/Big-picture Decisions

•

Designing, Deploying, and Managing Storage in Virtualized Environments

•


•

Designing, Deploying, and Managing Storage in Cloud Environments

•

Lack of Skilled Cloud Technology Professionals

•


•

Infrastructure for Big Data Analytics

•

Managing External Cloud Service Providers

And . . .
Rapid Shift from Classic to Virtualized and Cloud Environment
•

Widening Knowledge Gap Due to Virtualization and Cloud

•

Plans to hire additional 36.4% storage professionals

•

Shortage of Storage/Cloud-educated Workforce in the Industry


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Education
Solutions
EMC Education Services


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Education Solutions
 EMC Proven Professional Learning Framework and Certification
–

Quality Assurance, Formal Validation and Recognition

–

‘Open’ curriculum and certifications

–

EMC Products and Technology Specific Curriculum and Certifications

 EMC Technology-specific Learning Paths
–

Leverage Extensive Capabilities of EMC Technology and Solutions

–

Comprehensive Coverage for All Segments of EMC Technology

 EMC Academic Alliance
–

1,100+ Universities Across 60+ Countries;175,000+ Students Educated

–

Storage Technology, Cloud Infrastructure, and Data Science Curriculum

‘Open’ – Unique Approach Focused on Technology Concepts, Principles, and Case Studies That Can be Applicable to Any IT Environment


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–

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–

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and Cloud Environments

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–

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to Become Part of Their Organization’s Cloud Transformation

 Cloud Architect
–

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 Data Center Architect
–

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 Data Science and Big Data Analytics
–

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Data Science Skills

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Audiences

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and Managers

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New

Architects
and
Designers

IT-as-a-Service Planning and Design 5 days

All IT Professionals


Virtualized Data Center and Cloud Infrastructure
Planning and Design 5 days
Cloud Infrastructure and Services 5 days

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EMC Proven Professional Learning and Certification Framework


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