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All-in-one Virtualized IT Infrastructure. VM6 VM ex. Who are we?. Over 5 years delivering Virtualization Expertise 100’s of complex virtualization deployments Clear understanding of customers’ pain and required solutions 5+ Years of Development 2 product versions: Standard and Enterprise
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Who are we? • Over 5 years delivering Virtualization Expertise • 100’s of complex virtualization deployments • Clear understanding of customers’ pain and required solutions • 5+ Years of Development • 2 product versions: • Standard and Enterprise • Global Customer Base • 100’s of companies across all industry verticals • Venture Capital funded • Ignition Partners and RBC Venture Partners • Endorsed by Key Alliance Partners in Industry
VM6VMex Only scalable all-in-one IT infrastructure software solution that enables you to realize the full benefits of what virtualization offers by removing significant complexity and cost and not forcing you to: • Centralize your infrastructure • Hire and train specialized experts • Integrate expensive multi-point solutions for • Virtualization (Server and Desktop) • High Availability • Storage • Management
VM6VMex: Four Pillars VM6 storage technology is repurposing the existing internal storage to create a Virtual SAN VM6 provides High Availability (HA) without the requirement of complex hardware and software resources • Active / Active • 99.99% uptime • Support dissimilar chipset • Provide automated failover • High availability in Virtual, Physical, or Mixed environments • Self healing and scalable • No clustering skills required • Patentable technology • Virtual Storage polling • Leverage existing x86 servers and storage • Support physical SAN • Run on Bare metal • Similar functionality and performance as physical SAN • No SAN skills required • Patentable technology Advanced Clustering (High Availability) • Virtual Shared Storage • (V-SAN) VM6 federated VDI feature removes the dependency on low latency and high bandwidth network VM6 allows the management and monitoring of both consolidated and distributed IT infrastructure from a single interface, accessible from anywhere • Integrated and distributed brokering service • Optimize hardware resources utilization • Compatible with leading thin client devices • Manage virtual desktop images for both consolidated and distributed IT infrastructure • No parallel management infrastructure required • Single interface for entire IT infrastructure • Provide Monitoring, Alerting and Orchestration • Remotely accessible via very low bandwidth • Simple to operate and intuitive Integrated Management & Monitoring Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Ideal Customer Profile • Enterprise type: • SME (or autonomous department of Enterprise) • Hosting provider focussed on SME • Enterprise with Remote Locations • Physical environment • Maybe Hyper-V in dev • Maybe Hyper-V in prod and challenges • Early with Virtualization • Low / Moderate IT skills • Leverage partner for advance IT skills • Low number of servers per site
Trigger for VM6 VMex • Out of capacity • Space, Servers, Storage • Need High Availability • Need to contain / reduce cost
Qualification question to identify trigger • Are you out of capacity (space, power, storage, etc.)? • Do you have issues with unplanned downtime? • Are you having difficulty keeping your IT spending within budget? • Do you need to refresh servers and desktops this year? • Has cost or complexity held you back from virtualization? • Are you struggling with support and management of your remote locations?
Qualification questions to identify ideal prospect Yes No Hyper-V Others Yes No Yes No
Customer quotes "VM6 VMex' continuous real-time replication has given us an affordable high availability solution that has mitigated any risk of data loss due to a hardware failure. VM6 VMex worked out-of-the box as advertised and our on-staff MSCE had it up and running within a few hours“ Christian Boivin, Vice-President “We were looking to offer our customers a virtualized environment with high availability. Other solutions didn’t have a total solution under one product. VM6 VMex met those requirements at a price point that we could justify to our customers. We were also impressed with their competent and responsive support team out of the gate.” Mark Hanko, Systems Administrator “We have been a VM6 customer since VMex 1.0 … I have great respect for a software company with a minimalist approach to systems. Instead of having enterprise version requirements, they maximize our investment in the standard versions of software to offer a simple path to high availability” Eric Bowers, IT Manager
How we compare with other solutions? Conventional Virtualization $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Complexity Complexity Cost Cost Shared Storage Network Switches VDI Broker Management VMware ESX No Virtualization Infrastructure Workstation Network Switches x86 Servers VM6 VMex Virtualization VMex VMex $ $ $ Saving $45k Saving $17k Saving $18k Complexity Cost Save $80 000 of acquisition cost per sites Shared Storage Network Switches VDI Broker Management VMex + Windows
Licensing OptionsVM6 VMex v2 • Perpetual License • $3,995 per physical host (min 2 host per site for HA) • 25% per year for maintenance and 7X24 support • Other licensing options available • Enterprise license Customer Satisfaction Guarantee If VM6 VMex Software doesn't perform as advertized, the order can be cancelled within 30 days from purchase without any penalty
TCO Analysis Conventional Virtualization Innovative with VM6 VMex TCO: $58 000 / year over 3 year TCO: $18 000 / year over 3 years TCO is 70% lower than alternative solutions
VM6 Software go-to-market strategy • Marketing (Lead Generation) • Sponsored link to search engine (Google) • Web banner • White paper / Case Study • E-newsletter sponsorship • Analyst briefing • Trade-show • Webinar • Channel focussed delivery • Directly pre-qualify opportunities, then working with Resellers to close and provide services • Supporting partner on leads generated by reseller • Opportunity Registration Program • Market visibility by partnering with key ISV, HIS and SI
Opportunity registration program • Objective: • Increase channel loyalty and market share while decreasing channel conflict • Only for opportunity above $20K • Opportunity Registration Program Structure 45 days < Opportunity Length < 6 months Partner Closes Deal Receives discount + 8% Register Deal Details Sales Cycle Deal Closes Alternate Fulfillment Partner Gets 4% of Deal Value in credits Fulfillment gets standard discount Approved / disapproved
Supporting collaterals Partner Portal • VM6 Authorized Reseller or Premier Partner logo • Product brochure • Presentations • Whitepapers (Distributed vs. Centralized ROBO, etc.) • Recorded demo • Pricing • Pre-qualification question • Quote generator • Installation guide • Best practices implementation guideline (in progress) • EULA • Evaluation/NFR of VMex -- code download link
What’s in it for you? • Addressing a new, unaddressed, market • Increased product portfolio (licence revenue) • Increased PS revenue (including managed services) • Trusted advisor for your customers (Propose innovative solution) • Differentiate from competitors
Next Steps • Create marketing campaigns • Introduce VM6 to prospects that fit the profile • Quickly follow-up on leads from VM6 • Register opportunities once qualified • Product presentation and demonstration to prospects • Close POC • Close the entire opportunity • Have fun doing it!
Your supporting VM6 team Joe Sanchez Corporate Account Manager (CAM) Joe.Sanchez@vm6software.com Office: 289-997-4026 Mobile: 647-449-4985 Kirsten Foon Director of Marketing Kirsten.Foon@vm6software.com Office: 647-476-4410 ext. 1509 Mobile: 647-281-8968 Jeremy Hanlon Sales Engineer (SE) Jeremy.Hanlon@vm6software.com Office: 647-476-4410 x1507 Mobile: 647-502-6638 Eric Courville Founder and COO Eric.Courville@vm6software.com Office: 647-288-0448 Mobile: 416-646-633
Questions?Thanks More info at: www.vm6software.com or sales@vm6software.com