1. PEAK 101 Presentation Slides
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2. PEAK Resources Overview
Who is PEAK and what do we do?

3. PEAK’s Mission Statement and Core Values
“PEAK Resources is a customer-centric Solutions Provider that delivers tangible business value through consulting and professional services focused on the successful implementation of technology.”
INTEGRITY
In all relationships, internally or with clients and partners, we adhere to a policy of honesty and integrity.
COMPETENCY
We will only engage in projects where we are able to deliver the highest levels of skills and expertise.
GUARDIANSHIP
We approach every project or solution area in a proprietary manner and with the utmost care and oversight for all of our clients’ assets.
RESPONSIBILITY
We take responsibility for our work and for the partnerships we represent. We will exhibit social responsibility in our actions and in the acceptance of diversity in individuals and organizations.
RELIABILITY
We will always strive to be dependable and accountable for all of our actions. In everything we do, we will put forth our best effort.

4. PEAK Resources Inc.
PEAK Resources is an award-winning systems integrator.
Headquartered in Denver, CO
Innovation Center / Lab and Integration Facility located in Central Denver
CRN Solution Provider 500 – 18 Consecutive Years (’00 thru ‘18)
IBM Partner of the Year, STG Rocky Mountain Region
NetApp Rocky Mountain Partner of the Year
Avnet RSVP Program Investment in support of Cisco, Top Performer
IBM Top Performance Leadership Award Winner
4-time IBM Beacon Award Winner
CRN Triple Crown Winner (Growth, Technical, Size)
6 Consecutive years, CRN Tech Elite 250 (’13 thru ‘18)
100+ Technical and Sales Certifications in core technology areas

5. PEAK’s Partnerships Core Partnerships IBM Premier Business Partner
Storage Specialty Elite
Power Specialty Elite
NetApp Platinum Partner
VMWare Premier Solutions Provider
Cisco Select
Complimentary Partnerships
Security
- Splunk
- Palo Alto
- Gemalto
- Checkpoint
- F5
Storage / Compute / Converged
- Nimble
- Nutanix
- Lenovo
- HP
Cloud, Hosting, Managed Svcs
- SoftLayer
- FNTS
- Faction
- Fortrust
Software
- Veeam
- Commvault
- RedHat
- Vision
- Atlantis
Network
- Juniper
- Brocade

6. PEAK’s Partner Ecosystem From Point to Solution
PEAK’s Core OEM partners for:
Compute:
x86: Cisco UCS
UNIX: IBM Power Systems
Storage:
File: NetApp, IBM v7 Unified
Block: IBM v5, v7
Virtualization:
X86: Vmware
UNIX: PowerVM
Security:
Firewall: Cisco, Palo Alto
SIEM, Splunk, IBM
DB: Gemalto
Load Balancing: F5
IP Networking: Cisco
Cloud: SoftLayer

7. 25 Years, Implementing Enterprise Class Solutions
Specializing in:
Systems Architecture & Solutions Design Consulting
Complex Infrastructure Implementations
Project Management
Backup-Recovery, Security, Virtualization, Systems Management and Disaster Recovery
Cloud Readiness and Infrastructure Assessments
Deployments / Logistics / Roll-outs
Contracts and Enterprise Agreement negotiations and management
Serving clients within:
Healthcare
Energy
Telecommunications
Banking / Finance / Insurance
Government (State, Local, Federal, Education)
Scientific Research and Technology
Transportation
Manufacturing
Retail
Oil and Gas

8. PEAK’s Area’s of Expertise
Infrastructure
Converged Infrastructure
Compute
Storage
IP Networking
SAN Fabric
Virtualization
Storage Management
Backup / Recovery
Disaster Recovery
Print / Output Mgmt
Security
SIEM
Endpoint Mgmt
Device Security
Firewall
Remote Access
Intrusion Prevention
Identity / Access Mgmt
Fraud Detection
Consulting / Services
Solution Architecture
Implementation Services
Healthcheck & Assessments
Security Assessments
PCI/HIPPA Analysis
Vulnerability Scanning / Pentesting
Staff Augmentation
Project Management
OEM Contract Management
OEM Maintenance Renewals
Education & Training
Logistics / Operations
Leasing / Financing Options
Denver based Solutions Lab
Denver Integration Facility
Denver Warehouse
National “roll-outs”
Custom Integration / Builds
Asset Management
Warehouse Services

9. Converged Infrastructure
PEAK Converged Core and
PEAK Security Architecture

10. PEAK’s Value Proposition in the Converged Market
PEAK’s Enhances Converged Solutions Utilizing its Ecosystem Partners
VersaStack
FlexPod

11. Application Delivery - The Business Requirements
Primary Requirements
Applications Available when needed
All Application Dependencies Included
Application Performance Consistency
Application Dependencies Included
Easily Scalable over time for Growth or Business Changes
Application Delivery Options for Local or Remote Users
Integrated Remote Desktop (Citrix, VDI) options
Application Security Options
Independent Policy Points for each Application Access point
Application Supportability
Both Application and Infrastructure

12. PEAK’s Converged Business Value
The goal of PEAK’s Converged Solution Practice is to enhance PEAK’s track record of delivering enterprise infrastructure solutions by providing our clients with a “Supportable Converged Application Delivery Platform” that is standardized, scalable and highly available.
We do this by delivering the following “building blocks” of PEAK’s Converged Core:
A proven methodology around the actual hardware “build” – Based on CVD
Rigid Standardization
Creation of a “predictable performance domain”
Operational Management Enablement
Presentation of virtualized compute/storage/networking resources into application-prescribed tenants
Pre-defined growth methodology
We turn implementation time from months into weeks!

13. Firewall /Load Balancer
Converged Hardware
Firewall /Load Balancer
Cisco Nexus Switching
Storage
NetApp –FlexPod
IBM-VersaStack
Cisco UCS

14. PEAK Converged Core (PCC)
Based on jointly created Cisco / IBM VersaStack, or NetApp FlexPod, CVD
Storage Solutions
2nd Gen IBM StorWize V7000 array, or
NetApp 8040 Controllers
vSphere 5.5+ based
External virtualization ready
Storage Clustering
Other Storage OEM enhanced solutions
Enhanced to offer External Network Attachments
Layer 3 interconnection via Nexus VRF
Hardware Firewall Integration Option
Load Balancer Option
Enhanced Management Capabilities
VCenter Operations
Network/Device Management Options
Automation & Orchestrations Options
Standardized BOM
Scales with Blades and Disks

15. PEAK Converged Core, VersaStack CVD

16. PEAK Converged Core, FlexPod CVD

17. Application Dependencies : The Performance Domain
Enterprise Network AD
DNS DB
Web
PCC

18. Multi-Tenancy What is a Tenant Network
Firewall Interface (Policy Point)
A number of Vlans, each with a Defined Purpose or Protocol
Client Access Vlans (External Access)
Storage Vlan(s) (Large MTU Networks)
Special Purpose Vlans (Heartbeat, Control, VMotion..)
Tenant Support Vlan (ESX Host to NFS/iSCSI Datastores)
Compute
Vlans (All as above)
Bare Metal Blades assigned
Optional Vmware Cluster assigned
Storage
Vlan Interfaces (Protocol Defined)
Storage Virtual Machines (vServers)
Volumes/LUNs Assigned to SVM’s

19. Tenant : Technical Architecture

20. Firewall/Load Balancer
PCC: Base Build
Firewall/Load Balancer
Global
Services
Tenant
(GST)
DNS AD
NTP
Anti Virus
Monitoring
Infrastructure
vCenter / SQL
vRealize
On Command
Vlans 5-9
Vlans 10-19
Vlans Available
Network Services
Compute Services
Storage Services

21. Next-Generation Firewall
Next-Generation Firewall Capabilities
Next-Generation Firewall

22. Security at the DB (SafeNet)
From Traditional to Next-Generation and Beyond
Next-Gen Firewall
Traditional Security
Security at the DB (SafeNet)

23. PEAK Converged Core with Integrated PEAK Security Architecture
NSX_AVS
NGFW
North South
Load Balancing
Full proxy
Micro Segmentation
NGFW
East - West
Configuration &
Patch Management
Encryption
Database
Storage
NFS/CIFS
Tape
Application
File
Virtual host

24. Multi-Application : PEAK Tenant Catalog
Security Services
Cisco ASA, F5 , Palo
Exchange 2013
GST
Infra
SharePoint
Network Services
Nexus 5k,7k,9k
Compute Services
UCS
SAN Boot
VMware
Storage Services
FC, FCOE, iSCSI
NFS,CIFS

25. PEAK’s Application Tenant Portfolio
PEAK’s Converged Solution Practice provides a Flexible Infrastructure Platform that successfully supports countless single and multi-tenant application environments.
We have specific, recent expertise in the following areas:
SAP / HANA
Oracle
Exchange
Private Cloud
SharePoint
Healthcare (EMR/Clinical/Lab/Imaging)
SCADA
VDI
Business Intelligence

26. PCC Tenant for Microsoft Exchange
Tenant Catalog Sample
PCC Tenant for Microsoft Exchange
Description
Tenant to support Microsoft Exchange Production Environment
Software Versions
Tested with Exchange 2010 , 2013
Server Type
Windows Servers 2012 , MS SQL 2012
Hardware Sizing
3 – B200-M4 , 20 Core , 384G Memory, IBM v7000 StorWize (40Tb) Increase X 1 for +500 Users.
Vlans*
Client, Storage, Database zone, Database Storage, Replication
* As required by application
Network Features
Replication Network for direct sync , VM-FEX for Performance
Storage Features
Spectrum Control - VSC, Flashcopy Manager, EasyTier
DR / EBR
Active / Active Replication / Global Mirror – VSC Spectrum Control bundle.

27. PCC Tenant Growth Sizing requirements start with the PCC and grow
The Standardized Tenant Structure is based on /16 Networking
Tenant Sizes are based on 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64 Subnets (VLANs)
Application Tenant Sizing includes base requirements for compute / storage – can be increased based on specific application requirements / demands
Rigid Standardization of tenant structure and methodology provides the groundwork for automation and orchestration

28. Application Installation
PEAK Delivery Process
Application Installation
Ready
Solution
Consulting
Order
Processing
Receiving
@ PEAK
Integration
Lab
Build
Shipped to Datacenter
Implementation
Onsite
Operational
Training
Varies
2-5d
10-14 Days
Requirements
Analysis
Architecture
Sizing
DC Requirements
Validation
Presentation
BOM Reviews
Lead Times
P.O.’s
Tracking
Shipping /Receiving
Unpack / Rack Stack
Cable
Power On Testing
Remediation
Base Configuration
Advanced Configuration
Pack / Ship
Position and Power
Network Integration
Complete Failover Tests
Services Integration
Full Documentation
Full Operational Training

29. PCC Delivery Pre-validated Design Delivery Pre-Validated BOM
Customer Build Questionnaire
Cabling and Interconnection based on CVD with Bandwidth Scaling options
Cabling Diagrams and Cabling Labels Generated
Rack cabling runs and standards consistent
Real world power metrics available and published
Delivery
Pre-Racked options as available
Minimized delivery and customization time
Customer Delivery Worksheet to capture required information