Virtual Private Cloud: Top 5 Things You Need to Know

Enhancing IT Agility with Virtual Private CloudTop 5 Questions You Need to Ask

Today’s Virtual Private Cloud Experts

Steve LeClair, VMwarevCloud Service Provider Business Development WestSteve LeClair is a Business Development Manager with VMware. Steve focuses on Service Providers building public clouds in the west.

Ephraim Baron, EquinixGlobal Cloud & IT ServicesEphraim Baron is a technical and marketing expert focused on IT operations, virtualization, and cloud computing. His past experience spans technical sales & marketing, IT infrastructure management and product engineering.

Bryan Thompson, Tier 3VP of ServicesBryan Thompson is Tier 3’s vice president of services. Bryan oversees pre and post-sales technical support and professional services.

Today’s Agenda

What is Virtual Private Cloud?

Virtual Private Cloud Advantages & Use Cases

Real World Cloud Case Studies

Cloud Performance & Connectivity Options

Summary & Questions

CIOs Rank Cloud as a Top Priority

* = New Response Category, Top catagoriesSource: Gartner - The 2011 CIO Agenda

Perception has gone from vendor hype to IT priority

20092010

Cloud Computing 1 2 16 *

Virtualization 2 1 3 3

Mobile Technologies 3 6 12 12

Web 2.0 10 3 15 15

2011 2008

Business and IT Leaders Say Cloud Enables Agility

SOURCE: Global Business Agility Survey, February 2011

80%+ associate business agility with revenue growth, cost reduction, and risk management

63% agree cloud can have a significant impact in making business more agile and responsive

Companies with enterprise-wide cloud deployments are 3x more likely to achieve business agility that is “much better than competition”

Cloud Computing

IT Agility

Business Agility

Business Performance

1. Software compatibility

2. Connection

3. Workloads

4. Identity management

5. Security

Virtual Private Cloud Considerations

Driving Business Results with CloudBryan Thompson, Tier 3

Business Agility with Virtual Private Cloud

Back Office Applications

Proof of Concept / Lab

Line of Business Applications

Web Front End

Disaster Recovery

Using Cloud to Achieve True “IT as a Service”

On-Premise Infrastructure

ControlHas full control over

environment

SecureKnown security,

predictable performance

LeverageInvestment in technology,

people and process

Public Cloud

AgilityRespond quickly to the

demands

CostTransparent and

controllable costs

ElasticityScalable Capacity

Economics and agility of cloud without sacrificing control

Connection

InternetDirect Connect

VPN

High Availability Systems in the Cloud

Traditional IT Stack

Coupling applications to infrastructure creates silos and

single points of failure

Virtualized Applications

Applications are abstracted from infrastructure, increasing

hardware redundancy

App App

Limited application portability and scaling potential

Flexible and extensible systems with no single point of failure

Hypervisor

App App App

Securely Deliver Scalable IT Resources with Virtual Private Cloud

• Virtual private cloud model allows you to use secure connections and firewalls to securely scale your environment

• Fully compatible with your internal environment• Use virtual private cloud for: distributed workloads, private to public

workload management, and cloud bursting

1. Software compatibility – Do you need single pane of glass management? What systems are you using internally?

2. Connection – What kind of connection and performance do you need? How many users will you have?

3. Workloads – What kind of workloads do you want to run in a virtual private cloud? Do those workloads need monitoring, high SLAs, etc.?

4. Identity management – Will you extend Active Directory, integrate SAML authentication or just use local accounts?

5. Security – What kind of security and compliance do you require? Will you be auditing datacenters and employees? Is your data transit secure?

Top 5 Virtual Private Cloud Questions

• “Shadow IT” apps leading to compliance and data security concerns

• Long IT support cycles to spin up new environments hampered business agility

Challenge

• Extend the network and AD environment to an Enterprise Cloud Provider

• Consolidate and standardize processes while retaining flexibility

Solution

• Improved IT and business agility: Deployment cycles reduced from weeks to days while maintaining visibility, compliance and security

Impact

Business Agility Case Study: F1000 Manufacturer

“With a designated enterprise cloud partner we are realizing our vision of IT as a service.” - Director, IT IaaS Solutions Delivery

• Frequent outages and data loss; Managing infrastructure distracted from innovation and serving customers

Challenge

• Run back office applications securely from the enterprise cloud

• 800+ Exchange mailboxes and 1MM+ forwarding addresses

• Voice over IP• Financial apps: custom ERP, custom billing• File serving and file sharing

Solution

• Increased business agility • Reduced operational complexity and costs

Impact

Back Office Case Study:

“Our entire business depends on the [cloud]. It pretty much runs everything for us, so that we don’t have to.” - Andy Evans, Founder and CTO, Obeo

Tier 3 is Built for the Enterprise

Technology Partners

Architected for High Availability• Risk mitigation for 99.999% uptime SLA across all layers• Fully redundant, never more than 50% utilization• Enables geo targeted solutions

Business Continuity Built In• Disaster recovery and client backup always standard• Automatic local mirroring and replication to alternate data

center, preserving a rolling 14-day backups

Exceeds Security and Compliance Requirements• SMTA, vSAN protect customer data• SAS 70 Type II and SSAE16 audited, customers can achieve

PCI and HIPAA compliance

High Performance• Predictive Autoscaler and Dynamic Allocation ensure

superior customer experience • Dynamic IO increases performance of the most data-

intensive apps with > 1K+ IOPS/VM• Secure, high performance, low-latency direct connections

in carrier-neutral facilities

Enterprise Virtual Private CloudSteve LeClair, VMware

Apps

VMware Virtual Private Cloud

Cloud Infrastructure

Apps

Cloud Infrastructure Management

Security

vCloud Powered Service• Common platform

• Common management

Cloud Computing Moves from a Technology Discussion to a Business Decision

vCloudService Provider

Private Cloud VMware =

Enterprise-class

Virtual Private Cloud

• Highly available, secure, production-ready virtual private cloud

• Same quality and management experience as your own VMware-run datacenter or private cloud

• Move workloads from your VMware vSphere-based virtualized or private cloud environment to the vCloud-powered cloud and back again

• Easy proof of concept builds, bursting, and more

• Leverages existing investments in VMware virtualization

Enterprise Virtual Private Cloud

Private Cloud

vSphere Tier 3 Cloud DC #1

Private Datacenter Tier 3 Enterprise Cloud

Migrating Apps and Workloads Across Clouds

vSphere

Keep business mission critical in the datacenter and move other essential apps to the cloud

• Operational offloading of routine tasks

• Strategic flexibility Tier 3 Cloud DC #2

Cloud Connectivity and PerformanceEphraim Baron, Equinix

Performance Flatter networks, more bandwidth Simple architectures Less complexity Lower latency within the Edge, WAN, and

Service Nodes

Optimization Proximity to customers & suppliers Integration with partners Ability to achieve economies of scale

Reliability

High availability High physical security

Scalability “Never go Dark” capacity strategy On-demand access to space, power, &

cooling Extreme network connectivity Integrate existing assets (tethering)

Neutrality Multi-vendor solutions Lower operating costs Fall-back & switching options Access to new services Optimized performance

Community Business ecosystem connectivity Partner, supplier, & customer exposure Rapid business value creation

Setting the Stage for Cloud Computing

A comprehensive solution set for customer access to cloud offerings

+ +

• How many networks connect globally?• Cost effective, high throughput

peering• Low latency, direct to broadband

networks capabilities• Aligned with web developer, ISV, SMB

& mid-market requirements

Optimized Internet Access(Layer 3)

Direct Connect(Layer 1)

• Is there a “colo” option for non-cloud apps?

• Ultra cost effective & secure • SLA enablement• Integrates with core IT architecture• Multiple Equinix Marketplace

channel/partner opportunities• Aligned with corporate developer,

ISV/SaaS, Global 2000 requirements

• Millions of “lit” buildings• Efficient, secure, QoS-enabled solutions• Less complex, lower cost networks• SLA enablement• Integrates with WAN architecture• Aligned with corporate developer,

ISV/SaaS, Global 2000 requirements

Carrier Ethernet(Layer 2)

Market Connect

• The Power of Choice - More service access capabilities for customers

• Higher QoE, Lower customer risk – Reference configurations

• Higher degree of integration & functionality with customers/partners

• Broadest range of network service providers & partners

Cloud Connectivity Options

Busi

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Criti

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Performance Requirement

Ensure the cloud provider can meet your specific performance requirements

Cloud Can Deliver High Application Performance

• 1K+ IOPS/VM for data-intensive apps

• Low latency direct connections

• Optimized hypervisor and storage layers

Enabling new levels of cloud performance in network-dense data centers

Direct proximity to customers to improve the end-user experience

Platform Equinix800+ cloud services deployments

680+ network providers

50+ Ethernet exchange networks

<10ms latency for 90% of North America, Western Europe, and key Asia-Pacific metros

IMPACT

Multi-Tier Architectures Enable Performance & Economies of Scale Aggregation to control costs, leverage existing assets, etc.

Aligns Latency Sensitive Applications with Customer Geographies Improved Customer Experience

99.999% Uptime and High Physical Security Meet Business Criticality Requirements

Network Density & Choice Improved Performance & Manages Costs

How to Enable High Performance Clouds

Q&A