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APPLYING THE AS-A-SERVICE MODEL TO THE FULL IT STACK It's clear the on-premises cloud services model works for infrastructure – but it can also be applied to software and management services. For example, the infrastructure provider may offer a catalog of cloud services — such as SAP HANA, data protection, VDI, cost optimization, compliance, etc. Companies can choose which services they'd most like to run as-a-service, then only pay for those options. And herein lies another significant benefit: cost savings. In the same way that forecasting for capacity is improved, so too is budgeting. Although she's not using an on-prem cloud services model at the University of Tulsa, CIO Paige Francis gets the value proposition — and how the conversation with her CFO would ultimately change. "It would be a lot easier for me to sell this to our CFO, where every single piece directly ties into how it's being used and consumed across the campus," she said. "I'm not having to offset the physical hardware piece, trying to explain why we need it, and why we can't wait another one or two years to refresh." The shift from IT capital expenditures to an operating expense model gained traction with public cloud. And yet, similar savings can be achieved in the data center, colocation facility, or at the edge, while also improving IT's ability to deliver resources as-a-service. Agility is achievable when resources are delivered on-demand, including a buffer of capacity when needs change. Businesses can move faster when availability and performance of mission-critical workloads in the data center are instantly scalable. As CIOs struggle to find talent to manage their newly emerging hybrid cloud environments, they can lean on the cloud services provider for exper- tise in integration across public and private infra- structure. Not only can management services fill a gap, companies can also achieve greater insights into their IT environment. With on-premises infrastructure — including resources and cloud services supplied in a consumption model — organizations still control their applications and data. That includes compliance and security risk mitigation. Here again, if staffing to meet these requirements is one of the reasons for turning to a public cloud, manage- ment services can serve as an extension of the IT team. Faster time to market Gain new expertise Using an as-a-service model allows IT to offload infrastructure management to an outside partner – in turn freeing up internal IT staff for high-value, priority projects. Free up IT staff Maintain security and application controls Learn more about the edge-to-cloud platform from HPE GreenLake here. Additional benefits from an on-prem cloud services model include:

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