Nimble Storage is a leading provider of predictive flash storage platforms, with over 9,450 customers in 50+ countries. It has experienced rapid growth, with a customer base increasing 9x since 2013. Nimble Storage offers all-flash and hybrid-flash storage solutions that provide high performance, scalability, and resiliency through predictive analytics. Their solutions aim to close the gap between applications and data storage to optimize performance and lower costs.

1. Nimble Storage
Predictive Flash Platform
November 2016

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TheTrustedPredictiveFlashLeader
CUSTOMERS
9,450+ CAGR
82% COUNTRIES
50+
PUBLICLY TRADED
COMPANY
Since December 2013
2016 LEADER
Highest Customer Satisfaction
In The Storage Industry
Based on Net Promoter Score

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AThrivingCommunityOfCustomers
2013 2016
1000+
~9450
Unmatched Pace of
Customer Acquisition
9X
Rapidly Growing Base Of Global
Enterprises and Cloud Service Providers
> 530
Global 5000 Enterprises
> 300
Cloud Service Providers

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TheMostVisionaryCompanyinGartnerMQ
Our Customers Love Us!
85
48
28
25
Net Promoter Score (NPS) is widely adopted by more than 66%
of Fortune 1000 companies as a measure of customer satisfaction
3x
the industry
average
Nimble’s NPS
score is

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AnIndustryRecognizedStorageLeader
Gartner 2016 Magic Quadrant
for General-Purpose Disk Arrays
Nimble: The Most Visionary of ALL
General Purpose Disk Array Vendors
We are the youngest storage company to enter
the leader’s quadrant in the last two decades.
Industry Accolades

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ValidatedbyEcosystemPartners
Integrated Infrastructure

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Today’sInfrastructureConstraints
Networking
Appdatagap
CRM
Web
Portal
Mobile Decision
Support
File
Shares
ERP
HW Infrastructure
Where in the
infrastructure
stack is the
problem?
Too many
vendors, too much
complexity!
Scaling needs
Forklift upgrades? Weeks to
provision!!??
Infrastructure is
costing us a
fortune!

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CloseTheApp-DataGap
When applications slow down, you’ve hit the App-Data Gap
The Nimble Predictive Flash Platform closes the App-Data Gap
with two innovative technologies:
TM
Flash
Memory
FLASH
Predictive
Analytics

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TheMagicofInfoSightTMPredictiveAnalytics
A Transformed Support Experience
Nimble – the leader in Predictive Analytics
Issues detected and
resolved BEFORE you
are even aware of the
problem
Measured uptime
across the entire
Nimble customer-base
InfoSight solves both storage
and non-storage issues. 54%
of issues solved by InfoSight
are not caused by the storage.
The numbers speak…
54%86%
>99.
9997%

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Imagine Infrastructure That Lets You Sleep Well At Night
TheMagicofInfoSightTMPredictiveAnalytics
Collects and analyzes billions of
sensor data points daily
Spans the entire infrastructure
stack from storage to VMs
Resolves 86% of issues before
you even know there is a problem
Predictive analytics and machine
learning anticipates and prevents
infrastructure issues
Cloud-based full-stack visibility
See exactly what is going on in
your multi-site environment, from
anywhere in the world
Makes calling support a
pleasurable experience
Speak directly with Level 3 Support
in less than 1 minute on average

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All Flash:
100% Flash
A generation beyond
other All Flash Arrays
Optimized price/performance
for mixed mainstream apps and
secondary storage
Adaptive (hybrid) Flash:
Up to 100% Flash
Common
Data
Services
SingleArchitectureforAllFlashandHybrid
Unified Flash Fabric

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PerformanceandAvailabilityatUnmatchedTCO
A Generation Beyond Other All Flash Arrays
Sheer Performance and Scalability
Absolute Resiliency
• 1.2 million IOPS
• 8PB+
• <1ms latency
33%-66% less TCO
• 5X lower footprint

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Based on a generationally advanced efficient flash architecture
Cost Effective Memory Design
Less Memory = Lower Cost + More
Scalability
Low Cost and High Density
The best of both worlds
Exceptional Data Reduction
Up to 5X- Always on regardless of workload
20% More Usable Capacity
7-year Flash Lifespan
20%
And 7-Years
OutstandingTCO

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App-CentricBackup/DR
Primary Secondary
Primary Data on All Flash
- Application consistent backup/DR
- Quickly recover by application
- DR down to 5 min RPO
- Cost –effectively retain for months
- Zero-copy clones, perfect for Test/Dev
Backup, DR, & Archival on Hybrid-Flash
All Flash Data Protection at a Third of the Cost
1/3
the cost

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It’s smart, fast, and native. Instant backup and replication
for app consistent data protection and fast recovery
Integrated
Data Protection
Flexible application-granular data encryption
and secure data shredding
SmartSecure
Encryption
It’s NOT overkill, it’s about protecting your data.
Tolerates THREE simultaneous SSD failures PLUS
sector failures on any other SSDs
Triple+
Parity RAID
Absolute Data Resiliency – Flexible Data Security
AGoodNight’sSleep

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GuaranteedStress-FreeStorage
Timeless
Guarantee
Satisfaction
Guarantee
All inclusive software
Flat support price forever
Option for free faster
controller after 3 years *
30-day performance
guarantee at no risk**
WARNING
Over 9,450 customers
are already addicted
to Nimble
No worries today. No worries tomorrow.
* Subject to Nimble Storage General Terms and Conditions
** See https://www.nimblestorage.com/satisfaction-guarantee/ for further details

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FiveReasonsCustomersChooseNimble
• Nimble Storage has the highest custom
loyalty in the storage industry
• Performance and Scalability that goes beyond other All Flash Arrays
– Sheer sustained performance, even under workloads where other AFAs struggle
– 5X lower data center footprint – greater data center efficiency and lower cost
• Radical Simplicity
– Predictive analytics predict and prevent issues that slow down applications
– The flexibility to optimize every app for optimum performance at the lowest cost
• Significantly lower TCO than other AFAs
– 33%-66% lower TCO
– Backup, DR, and archiving at 2/3 lower cost
• Absolute Resiliency and Security
– 99.9997% measured uptime for greater creativity and productivity
– Your data is always safe with flexible application-granular data encryption
• No worries today. No worries tomorrow.
– Timeless Guarantee: No forklift upgrades, all-inclusive software, flat support
pricing for life, and a free faster controller upgrade after 3 years
– Satisfaction Guarantee: Try us and join the 9,450+ customers that love Nimble
Why Nimble?