Brief introduction to RISC Networks, our company, our products and our growth.

1. Workload Migrations
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Automated, SaaS Delivered
Cloud Assessments

2. SOME THINGS
ABOUT US
RISC Networks was founded in
Chicago, Illinois by Jeremy Littlejohn
and Greg Watts in 2007. Over the
last 7 years RISC Networks has built
a powerful SaaS based analytics
platform that has helped over 70
solution partners and more than
5,000 customers in strengthening
their businesses and IT
infrastructures with the actionable
data presented from our analysis
BACKGROUND PHILOSOPHY
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Our vision is to unlock business
potential by delivering more meaninful
data analysis; information that helps
guide IT leaders in solving their
problems, tools that help prepare for
change, and to take immediate action.

3. AREAS OF
ANALYSIS
CLOUD
STRATEGY
Full Infrastructure analysis,
price modeling,
competitive cost
comparison
CLOUD/DATA CENTER
MIGRATION PLANNING
Dependency Mapping with
Communication Density,
Workload Analysis and Move
Group Construction
NETWORK
INFRASTRUCTURE
Discover and uncover
issues, proactive analysis
of performance and best
practices
VIRTUAL SERVER
PERFORMANCE
Enterprise VMware
performance and issue
identification
DATA CENTER
MIGRATIONS
The worlds biggest companies
rely on our analytics for their
data center consolidations
APPLICATION
DEPENDENCY
The industry’s only
dependency mapping
with protocol profiles
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4. WHY CHOOSE
OUR ANALYTICS ?
 SaaS based analytics platform, simple user interface
 Comparative Analytics, compare against industry peers
 5,000+ organizations have relied on the benefits
 Extensive network of trusted cloud, SI and technology partners
 Deliver results, with actionable information
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 Ongoing or One-Time-Analysis, aligns with business needs

5. OUR
OFFERING
Product IT HealthCheck CloudScape- Analyze CloudScape -Migration
Target Audience Solution Providers
Cloud Providers/Consultants/
Solution
Providers/Integrators/Direct
Cloud Providers/Consultants/
Solution
Providers/Integrators/Direct
Analysis Area IT Infrastructure Analyis Cloud IaaS Assessment
Cloud/Data Center Migration
Developement
Software Delivery Annual Subscription One-Time, Fixed Cost
Per Workload (3 months
minimum project, volume
discounts)
Capabilities
Discovery, Inventory, Solution
Mapping, Server, UC, Flow
Analysis, Traffic Simulation
Flow based Cloud Modeling,
Traffic Simulation, Usage vs.
Inventory Price Modeling, Price
Comparison, Cloud Consumption
(Shadow IT)
Cloud Dependency Mapping with
Protocol Profiles, Workload
Analysis, Move Group Analysis &
Planning
Types of Customers
Centurylink, Cisco Systems, IBM
Global Service, Dimension Data,
etc
IBM GBS, Cisco Systems,
OneNeck, Dimension Data,
Corporations, etc.
SLED, Corporations, HealthCare,
Financial Services, AWS, IBM GBS,
Cisco Systems, OneNeck, etc.
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6. ANALYSIS
PROCESS
STEP1
Virtual Appliance
Data Collector
Deployed (No Agents)
SaaS based Platform
RISC Networks’ analytics are delivered in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) mode, which results in
a faster implementation, no software maintenance, the application is constantly updated and
offers easy access. Secure, Fast, Proven!
STEP2
collection period,
across the entire IT
infrastructure (virtual
& physical)
Collection Period
STEP3
Analysis completed
in the cloud, results
delivered through
SaaS portal
Analysis Period
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7. TopIT
AWARDS
OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS
Using over 10 Million checks.
Performance, Reliability, Scalability
and Security
COMPARED TO PEERS
Each organization is compared to
thousands of other organizations by
size and vertical market
BASELINE METRIC
CIO’s use this baseline score to
measure their teams over time
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http://www.riscnetworks.com/customer-success/topit/how-topit-works/

8. WHAT FUELS OUR
GROWTH
REACTIVE vs PROACTIVE
IT leaders are looking at analytics as a way
to change their posture from reactive to
proactive IT management
CLOUD COMPUTING
There are no comprehensive cloud readiness
and planning platforms on the market today.
There is a lot of assumptions being made
STRATEGIC PROJECTS
CxO’s are demanding IT focus on more
strategic projects. They can’t do this
while still fire fighting! 2010 2013 2015
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9. EXPERIENCE
COUNTS
GROWTH
Over 5,000 organizations have
relied on our platform
PARTNERS
70 + Partners including
AWS, Cisco, IBM and others
RENEWALS
High Subscription
renewal rate 90+%
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10. SOME OF OUR
PARTNERS
We continue to grow due to our amazing network of
more than 70 solution and technology partners
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11. Road Map
Analytics Through Innovation, Experience and Market Needs
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BUILDING OUR
FUTURE
2014 2015
Release of
CloudScape 1.0
Added
TrafficWatch to IT
HealthCheck
Consolidated
Branding to RISC
Networks
Jan June July
Release of
CloudScape 2.0
Q4
Release of
CloudScape 2.1
SeptOct
Release of
CloudScape 3.0