01. Bob Dussault, Hallmark Business Connection, visits #theCUBE!. (00:17)
02. Greg Smith, Nutanix, visits #theCUBE!. (01:12)
03. Infrastructure Challenges at Hallmark Before Nutanix. (01:35)
04. The IT Staff and Organizational Changes at HBC. (03:05)
05. Details of the HBC Transition to Nutanix. (04:27)
06. How Much of Nutanix is VDI. (06:31)
07. The Real Savings with Nutanix, the Reason for Hyper Converged. (08:04)
08. Concrete Examples of Life After Nutanix. (09:21)
09. Advice on What to Do Differently in a Similar Transition. (10:54)
10. Changes in Security with Nutanix. (11:58)
11. The DevOps Mindset and Its Effect on Decision Making. (12:59)
12. The DevOps Story from Nutanix. (14:21)
13. The Experience of Being Both a Nutanix and VMWare Customer. (15:40)
14. How the Cloud Environment fits with Hallmark Business. (16:53)
15. The Driving Conversations at Nutanix. (17:55)
16. Final Word: What's Exciting About VMWorld 2015. (19:01)
Track List created with http://www.vinjavideo.com.
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Doing more with less: A shrinking IT footprint with Nutanix | #VMworld 2015
by Heather Johnson | Aug 31, 2015
When Bob Dussault, information security officer for Hallmark Business Connections, joined the company a few years ago, it had a mandate to do more with less. Dussault found a solution in the IT space with infrastructure delivery company Nutanix, Inc..
“We had to untangle a traditional three-tier infrastructure and make it more scalable,” Dussault told theCUBE cohost Stu Miniman during SiliconANGLE Media’s live coverage of VMworld 2015. “We wanted to leverage the concepts of DevOps and realize its value chain.”
An established company such as Hallmark has ample capital tied to legacy products. Dussault sought out additional technology that would help shrink its footprint. Virtual desktop infrastructure didn’t fit the company. Management wanted analytics capability. Nutanix provided a workable solution.
Time savings significant
Dussault reported savings of about $2,200 per rack per month after moving workloads to the Nutanix infrastructure. In terms of time saved, builds that would take two hours now take about 22 minutes. “Hallmark can start provisioning workloads the same day,” said Greg Smith, senior director of product and technical marketing for Nutanix, who also joined theCUBE.
Smith added that Nutanix brings the power of Web-scale to DevOps in multiple ways. “One, by simplicity of platform. We break down silos of organizations,” he said. “Two, by the exposure of REST APIs.”
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Bob Dussault & Greg Smith | VMworld 2015
01. Bob Dussault, Hallmark Business Connection, visits #theCUBE!. (00:17)
02. Greg Smith, Nutanix, visits #theCUBE!. (01:12)
03. Infrastructure Challenges at Hallmark Before Nutanix. (01:35)
04. The IT Staff and Organizational Changes at HBC. (03:05)
05. Details of the HBC Transition to Nutanix. (04:27)
06. How Much of Nutanix is VDI. (06:31)
07. The Real Savings with Nutanix, the Reason for Hyper Converged. (08:04)
08. Concrete Examples of Life After Nutanix. (09:21)
09. Advice on What to Do Differently in a Similar Transition. (10:54)
10. Changes in Security with Nutanix. (11:58)
11. The DevOps Mindset and Its Effect on Decision Making. (12:59)
12. The DevOps Story from Nutanix. (14:21)
13. The Experience of Being Both a Nutanix and VMWare Customer. (15:40)
14. How the Cloud Environment fits with Hallmark Business. (16:53)
15. The Driving Conversations at Nutanix. (17:55)
16. Final Word: What's Exciting About VMWorld 2015. (19:01)
Track List created with http://www.vinjavideo.com.
--- ---
Doing more with less: A shrinking IT footprint with Nutanix | #VMworld 2015
by Heather Johnson | Aug 31, 2015
When Bob Dussault, information security officer for Hallmark Business Connections, joined the company a few years ago, it had a mandate to do more with less. Dussault found a solution in the IT space with infrastructure delivery company Nutanix, Inc..
“We had to untangle a traditional three-tier infrastructure and make it more scalable,” Dussault told theCUBE cohost Stu Miniman during SiliconANGLE Media’s live coverage of VMworld 2015. “We wanted to leverage the concepts of DevOps and realize its value chain.”
An established company such as Hallmark has ample capital tied to legacy products. Dussault sought out additional technology that would help shrink its footprint. Virtual desktop infrastructure didn’t fit the company. Management wanted analytics capability. Nutanix provided a workable solution.
Time savings significant
Dussault reported savings of about $2,200 per rack per month after moving workloads to the Nutanix infrastructure. In terms of time saved, builds that would take two hours now take about 22 minutes. “Hallmark can start provisioning workloads the same day,” said Greg Smith, senior director of product and technical marketing for Nutanix, who also joined theCUBE.
Smith added that Nutanix brings the power of Web-scale to DevOps in multiple ways. “One, by simplicity of platform. We break down silos of organizations,” he said. “Two, by the exposure of REST APIs.”
