2. Why I’m Here
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Over the past 20 years, networks have generally
interconnected the same way, however, there are
some interesting changes that are occurring that are
fundamentally changing how we buy, manage, and
operate our networks.
In the following slides, I’ll present my observations,
theories, and predictions. I am not here to sell you
anything, market any products or tell you what to do
or what not to do. I want to provide a neutral view of
what’s happening with networking and
interconnection because it is something I am
passionate and care about.
4. Some Notable Bits of History
1992
Worldcom MAE-East
1994
MAE-West
AADS
LINX
AMS-IX
2006
Amazon Web Services, EC2
2011
AWS Releases Direct Connect
SDN/OpenFlow
2010
France-IX
OpenStack
2001
Euro-IX
LyonIX
JPNAP
1998
Equinix
MAE-East ATM
2012
Netflix OpenConnect
2013
Open-IX Association
2030
Whats Next?
2020
Coming Soon
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1995
HKIX
2014
Equinix Cloud Exchange
Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute
Google Cloud Interconnect
2008
Microsoft Azure
5. What The Traditional Edge Looks Like
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Peers & Transit Providers
Datacenter
Network POP or
Edge Site
6. Observations
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Bilateral Peering, Multilateral Peering (Route Servers), and IP Transit
have remained the most popular methods of interconnection to
deliver IP traffic.
Embedded Caching is still only able to be achieved by a small
amount of networks.
Other than IP Transit pricing consistently falling, the economics
around bandwidth and network services remain mostly unchanged.
Cloud is very real and becoming a major driver in evolution of the
network through SDN, NFV, economics, and enterprise
requirements.
7. Cloud & Internet Exchange Points
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They are a Platform from day 1 that provides
unparalleled functionality and connectivity, and
can serve as true foundation to build services
and features on top of.
Low Barrier to Entry since networks are
already connected to the “platform” they are
more likely and ready to consume other
services.
Through distributed deployment, they increase
availability and opportunity by building
infrastructure that extends into many dense data
centers.
The Top 3 Cloud Providers were already
running massive networks prior to becoming the
top cloud providers, and it is common to find
this infrastructure distributed throughout the
same data centers as the IXP’s.
Internet Exchanges sit in one of the most optimal positions to unlock
value as the requirements of today's networks evolve.
8. The Network Edge of Today and Tomorrow
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Peers & Transit Providers
Datacenter
Network POP or
Edge Site
Cloud Service Providers
Embedded Caching
10. Design, Manage, Operate
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SDN is leveraged to provide off-device software
based controllers, and automation.
The DevOps movement is expanding to
network roles. Network Operators will need to
learn how to code, and peering coordinators
need to be involved in more business activity.
Cloud Services are being created to provide
frictionless management tasks, such as
monitoring, analytics, and notification services
Efficiency is becoming more important, and
software is a major component to reducing
costs, and increasing operational efficiency
Cloud Infrastructure and Software are Fundamentally changing how
we build and operate networks.
11. Takeaways
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The Interconnection landscape is changing.
Econmonics are shifting.
Software is a key design component of the
network.
Roles and Responsiblities are evolving, we must
learn new skills.
