Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) offers organizations software-centric data center infrastructure that seamlessly integrates compute, storage, networking and virtualization technologies. This briefing explores the HCI market, who the top players are, what are the appropriate use cases, what differentiates the different vendors and commonly asked questions when evaluating or integrating HCI. As part of the briefing, we will also include a live demonstration of our on-demand HCI labs and explain how to access them.

In this briefing, we will look at VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) — both the strategy and the practical implementation. Understanding how VCF works, what its strengths/weaknesses are and how to best utilize VCF within your organization is key to properly leveraging VMware's portfolio. This briefing will help you decide if VCF is correct for your organization and how to get the most out of the software. We will also walk through a live VCF environment. You will see how VCF is built and what the "bring-up" process is like. Additionally, we'll leverage our Dell Tech SDDC Showcase to demonstrate a semi-production state for VCF and review the Day 2 state.

This briefing gives your organization the opportunity to better understand the considerations for building a software-defined data center (SDDC) architecture. SDDC is a foundational element to all cloud services (public and private) and has implications for cost optimization and modern application support.

Cisco HyperFlex with Intersight coupled with Cohesity DataPlatform replaces inefficient, costly and legacy point products with a software-defined web-scale data management platform. In addition to providing optimal scaling capabilities, the solution has been designed to grow as the business needs— meaning less investment up front for both hardware and software for lower capital expense.