Presidio's Data Center Practice focuses on delivering advanced data center solutions through virtual data centers (VDCs) to help customers reduce costs and complexity while improving service levels. Presidio specializes in VMware, Cisco, and EMC technologies and can rapidly deploy VDCs using its expertise in server virtualization, virtual desktop infrastructure, converged networks, unified computing, storage, and backup/recovery solutions.

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Presidio’s Data Center Practice is focused on delivering Advanced Data Center
Solutions for its customers. The Virtual Data Center (VDC) allows customers of
any size to reduce cost, and complexity, while increasing service levels. The basic
architecture can be described in three core tiers, Servers/Software, Networks,
and Storage. To that end, Presidio specializes in VMware, Cisco, and EMC (VCE
Consortium) and combines key technologies to make the Virtual Data Center a
reality. Presidio is uniquely qualified to help customers rapidly deploy the Virtual Data
Center with extensive engineering expertise in all tiers of the Virtual Data Center.
Solutions from the
Northeast’s Most
Advanced and
Innovative Information
Technology Team
Server Virtualization
Server Virtualization is quickly becoming the
de facto standard for the data center. The
technology has enabled organizations to
reduce the server sprawl that has overtaken
the data center and has allowed them to
get the most out of their technology invest-
ments by increasing utilization. VMware’s
vSphere (ESX 4.0) software has accelerated
this momentum by increasing physical-to-
virtual consolidation ratios and by providing
new technologies like Fault Tolerance that
provide no-hassle, zero-data-loss solutions
in a virtual environment.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
The popularity of server virtualization has
created an equally compelling business case
around desktop/laptop virtualization. With a
greater number of desktops in comparison
to servers, there is a larger opportunity to
reduce cost and streamline management
tasks. VMware’s View 3 (VDI) software
introduced new technologies such as linked
clones that allow organizations to save
upwards of 80%-90% of the storage cost of
a VDI deployment. By easing the manage-
ment of desktop images and allowing access
to these images even while disconnected
from the network, View 3 has caused
a resurgence in discussions around VDI.
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Presidio is helping customers
successfully deploy VDI infrastructure,
leveraging core technologies from
VMware, as well as complementary
technologies such as Wyse thin clients.
Converged Networks
To further simplify the Virtual Data
Center, converged network technolo-
gies have evolved leveraging 10Gb
speeds. Converged Network Adapters
(CNAs) are merging the functionality of
Ethernet cards and FC/iSCSI HBAs into
a single interface card running at 10Gb
speeds. Rather than continuing
to run with 4 or more interface cards
per server, we can now leverage 2
CNAs and virtualize traffic across the
redundant links. By combining CNA
technology with Cisco’s Nexus
product family, the number of cards
and ports in the switch fabric are
dramatically reduced.
Unified Computing
With all the focus on network and
storage technologies, the server
platform is often overlooked. Much as
VMware has abstracted the applications
and operating systems from the server
hardware, Cisco’s Unified Computing
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System (UCS) has removed the configuration
settings and created truly stateless comput-
ing. With all the talk about cloud computing
Cisco’s UCS is actually delivering on it.
The latest addition to the VDC stack is
continuing to simplify the management and
administration of the VDC by leveraging
key technologies such as embedded
management, unified connectivity (FCoE),
extended memory support (384GB), and
virtual adapters. Presidio is the first UCS
partner in the Northeast.
Storage
In order to support the Virtual Data Center,
Storage architectures need to be scalable,
flexible, reliable, and easy to manage.
Storage arrays need to support not just the
standard connectivity options comprising of
iSCSI, FC, NFS/CIFS, but also the connec-
tivity options on the horizon like 8Gb FC
and 10Gb Ethernet. Equally as important as
connectivity are the varieties of disks that
are supported. It’s no longer as simple as FC
and SATA. Enterprise Flash Disks (EFDs) are
dramatically altering the storage landscape.
Software functionality like Virtual Provision-
ing allows customers to simplify day-to-day
administration tasks by automating
storage expansion as needed. EMC
Storage arrays combine all of these
advanced technologies in an easy-to-
manage unit with an intuitive user inter-
face. Presidio is certified across all areas
of EMC Storage Infrastructure, and is the
top partner in the Northeast.
Backup and Recovery
Virtualization is disruptive technology
that forces us to rethink how we protect
our data. The dirty little secret of all
virtualization products is that eventually
backup becomes a challenge.
Organizations must now backup the same
amount of data as before, but across
fewer hardware resources, causing backup
windows to creep over agreed-upon
service levels. A next-generation backup
strategy is needed to combat this
challenge. Through a series of free
assessments Presidio can identify what
advanced technologies such as Data
Deduplication, high-speed Virtual Tape
Libraries, and Archive, can get those
backup windows back in check.
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What our partners are saying about Presidio’s Data Center
“What Presidio can bring to the
table, as evidenced by this world-
class lab they’ve built here in
Woburn, is the ability to bring
together multiple vendors who can
really help solve customer problems
when you put it together as a
whole solution.”
Matthew Jonson
Adv. Tech and Vertical Lead
Sr. Systems Engineering Manager
US/Canada Channel Sales
“Presidio is one of EMC’s most
valued and long-standing partners.
They have extremely strong design
and implementation expertise, and
when you couple this with the
investments they’ve made in the
EMC Velocity Solution Center around
EMC and VMware infrastructures,
they’re going to be able to provide
their customers the maximum value.”
Gregg Ambulos,
VP, Channel Sales
EMC Corporation
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EMC Velocity Solution Center
In Woburn, MA, Presidio has built out
the country’s first EMC Velocity Solution
Center. It is a state-of-the-art lab with over
$3 million worth of hardware and software.
The VDC includes the entire EMC storage
family of platforms (DMX, CLARiiON,
Celerra, Centera) and Enterprise Flash
Drives, VMware software (ESX 3.5, 4.0),
Cisco storage and networking products
(MDS, Nexus) as well as the Unified
Computing System (UCS), and a full
spectrum of Replication, and Backup
and Recovery technologies. Presidio
uses the lab not only to ensure our
technical resources are experts on all the
technologies we sell, but also to perform
product demonstrations and implement
customer Proofs of Concepts (POCs).
Let Presidio demonstrate the VDC in
person, or remotely, and put our lab to
work for you.
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