cloud connectivity network virtualisation - business agility seminar
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Adrian Hobbins, Exponential-e CTO, describes how network virtualisation produces greater business agility for cloud connectivityTRANSCRIPT
Adrian Hobbins, Cloud Connectivity & Network Virtualisation
Is Your Network Design the Weak Link in Cloud Computing?
“Through 2013, at least 60% of enterprises will experience slow or inconsistent application performance issues from externally placed applications, due to improper network design”.
“Connectivity is not widely perceived to be a major barrier to the adoption of Cloud services”.
Cloud Connectivity: Carefully does it
“But experience of Cloud highlights that in reality connectivity can be a significant challenge”.
“Without a robust communications layer, the concept of cloud computing is a nonstarter”.
“All three dominant flavors of cloud computing – infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), software-as-a-service (SaaS), and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) – depend on fast, efficient, reliable communications”.
Telecom’s Central Role In Cloud Computing
“The network is often the forgotten piece in the rush towards virtualisation”.
Clive Longbottom, head of research at Quocirca
“Raising the importance of the network in the consciousness of the business, is not an easy task……
The business just doesn’t get it”
Off-siteTape
Backups
• Typical Enterprise Environment– Mixture of legacy bare metal servers.– Some newer virtualised servers.– Mixture of internal disks, database
servers and dedicated SANs.– Off-site tape backups.– Insatiable demand for more computing
power and more storage.
Internalapplications
and databases
PublicInternet
Corporate WAN
Off-siteReplication
Internalapplications
and databases
Exponential-e seamlessly extends the enterprise server LAN into a Hybrid Cloud.
The Enterprise Server LAN is augmented with elastic computing power and data storage in a Cloud Data Centre
By extending services using VPLS and Layer 2, applications and databases appear local.
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Corporate WAN
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Physical to Virtual(P2V)
Supplementary Storage and
Storage Mobility
Ultra Low Latency Connectivity
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Supplementary Storage and
Storage Mobility
Ultra Low Latency Connectivity
App
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Additional Compute and
Application Mobility
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Self ServiceMonitor and Control via Customer Portal
Ultra Low Latency Connectivity
Enterprise IT staff remain in control of their IT environment and can configure
cloud based resources.
PublicInternet
Corporate WAN
Dual Cloud Data Centres offers even higher system availability
and SLAs
Primary Alternate
Data Security & Privacy Issues Resolved
All servers, databases & applications sit on the clean side of your firewall.
On-Net data centres in the UK
Telecity PowerGateTelecity 8/9 Harbour ExchangeTelecity Meridian GateTelecity Williams HouseTelecity Sovereign HouseTelecity IFL2 (Manchester)
City Lifeline
Equinix Airport Gate LD2Equinix Finsbury Pavement LD1Equinix Park Royal LD3Equinix Slough LD4 &LD5
Interxion Hanbury Street
Telehouse NorthTelehouse EastTelehouse West
Telia Cromwell Road
SunGard LTC
Level3 Goswell RoadLevel3 Braham Street
Telstra LHC
Global Switch 1Global Switch 2
Scolocate Edinburgh
Sentrum Woking
Iomart (Paul Street)
Virtus Enfield LON1
On-Net data centres with 10Gig Cloud connectivityTelecity PowerGateTelecity 8/9 Harbour ExchangeTelecity Meridian GateTelecity Williams HouseTelecity Sovereign HouseTelecity IFL2 (Manchester)
City Lifeline
Equinix Airport Gate LD2Equinix Finsbury Pavement LD1Equinix Park Royal LD3Equinix Slough LD4 &LD5
Interxion Hanbury Street
Telehouse NorthTelehouse EastTelehouse West
Telia Cromwell Road
SunGard LTC
Level3 Goswell RoadLevel3 Braham Street
Telstra LHC
Global Switch 1Global Switch 2
Scolocate Edinburgh
Sentrum Woking
Iomart (Paul Street)
Virtus Enfield LON1