cloud expo europe: physical infrastructure shouldn't hold back cloud innovation
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Fit for purpose?Physical infrastructure shouldn’t hold back cloud innovation
Gary BarterMarketing Manager, C4L
07775 840830
About C4L
• Founded 2000, privately owned
– Year on year growth since the company was formed
– 58 employees
– Bournemouth data centre
– coreTX National 1-100Gbps capable network
– Access to over 100 data centres across the UK
– Customer retention exceeding 95%
– ISO9001 & 27001 certified
• Colocation Connectivity Cloud Communications
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No more hardware worries?
• In theory yes..
– IAAS and cloud removes the need to worry about Hardware
• BUT, you ignore the basics at your peril!
– Trust?
– Reliability?
– Understanding?
– Where is your data?
• Can you get it back!
Key areas of focus
Servers Storage Security SLA
Servers
• Questions you should be asking?
– Equipment vendors?
– Location?
– Redundancy/resilience?
– Scalability?
• Server Innovation?
– ‘Pizza boxes’ vs Blade servers
– Micro-servers, (HP Moonshot, Dell, etc)
– Low power System on a Chip technology
– On-board SSD integration
Storage
• Not just about IOPS
– Types of devices?
– Location?
– Connectivity?
– Resilience/redundancy?
• Storage Innovation
– Deduplication and compression
– Thin Provisioning
– Adoption of SSD
– Tiered storage models
Security
• Security – physical and data
– Basic network essentials in place?
– Protected from the Internet?
– Physical access to the facility?
– Monitored/controlled/recorded access?
• Security Innovations
– Protection against DDoS
– Securing online transactions and ecommerce
– Remote CCTV and monitoring systems
– Biometric security systems
SLA / Support
• SLA complexity
– What do you want to offer?
– Physical infrastructure?
– Can you contact providers directly?
– Are ALL of your services covered
• SLA & Support Innovations
– Services, processes and suppliers
– EG. A new support ticket system
– Tightening/enhancing an SLA
– Reducing complexity
Connectivity
• Bandwidth, connectivity and contention
– Internet Connectivity?
– Private Interconnects?
– Latency vs bandwidth?
– Ecosystem of providers
• Innovation?
– Procurement and support
– Software Defined Networks & IPV6
– Monitoring & reporting
– Growing bandwidth 110100Gb?
Summary
• Cloud does not remove the need for infrastructure
– You still need to understand the physical hardware
• Data Centres are probably the most logical choice
– Directly or selecting an IAAS provider that fits you
• Challenge your vendor to deliver innovation across all 4 S’s
– Servers, Storage, Security, SLA/Support
– Don’t forget Connectivity
Servers Storage Security SLA Connectivity
The end game?
• Goal of innovation at the IAAS layer?
– PREDICTABILITY
• At acceptable price and performance levels
• More important than performance or cost
• IAAS providers delivering reliable and consistent performance
– Enable Innovation in the upper layers
• Now ask yourself
– Is your IAAS partner Fit for Purpose?
Thank youAny Questions?
Gary Barter
Marketing Manager, C4L
07775 840830