Cloud Outlook & Implications for Communications Architecture
1. Cloud Outlook & Implications
for Communications
Architecture
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2. Today's Speakers
Sameer Hilal
COO
vCom Solutions
Leslie Leach
VP of Marketing
vCom Solutions
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3. Agenda
• State of the Market
• Impact on Network Architecture
• Management Options
• Q&A
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4. State of the Market
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5. The Case for Cloud
Cloud Computing Market • More mature
applications
• “Pay-as-you-go”
financial model
$207b
2016
• Prevalence of
$109b intelligent devices
2012
• Ubiquity of broadband
access
Gartner Research, 2012
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6. Cloud Spectrum – Public and Private
Sources: Xerox, clouds360.com
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7. Top Choice of Application for Cloud Migration
Sources: Cisco Global Cloud Networking Survey, 2012
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8. Top Challenges of Cloud Migration
1. Availability/Reliability
2. Device-based Security
3. Application Performance
Sources: Cisco Global Cloud Networking Survey, 2012
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9. Communications Carriers
• CaaS
– Audio/web/video conferencing
– Unified communications
• SaaS
– Managed security
– Collaboration
• IaaS
– Hosting and co-location
• PaaS
– Platform of CaaS and SaaS tools
– Single point of support
– Consolidation under one contract
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10. Cloud Adoption
Plans to Move Business • >60% of companies
Applications to Cloud
planning to move key
3+ Years
1-2 8%
No business applications to
Plans
Years
27% 31% cloud over next two years
– Economic reasons
– Flexibility
– Rapid deployment
– Real-time, actionable data
7-12 0-6 • SMB’s adopting fastest
Months Months
12% 22% • Consumer-led trend
Sources: Cloud Computing Magazine, Armanino McKenna 2012 CFO Evolution® Benchmark Survey
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12. Increased Importance of the Network
• Strategy
– Network performance and
reliability
– Fault tolerance
– Security
– Remote access and mobility
• Architecture
– Public
– Private
– Hybrid
• Support systems
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13. Network Performance & Reliability
• Elements impacting
application performance
– Latency
– Jitter
– Bandwidth
– Quality of service
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14. Fault Tolerance
• Understand business
requirements for uptime
and redundancy
– Modality-based fault
tolerance for connectivity
– Low-cost backup data
network through
alternate carrier
– Automatic routing of
traffic across different
network segments
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15. Security
• Confidential
information
• Regulatory standards
• Selecting the right
cloud partner
• Data storage
– Own data center
– Physical third party data
center
– Virtual third party data
center
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16. Remote Access and Mobility
• Platform support
• Node security
• Performance
• Cost
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17. Reality Check: Network Challenges
Almost two in five of those surveyed said they would rather get a root canal, dig a
ditch, do their own taxes than address network challenges associated with public
or private cloud deployments.
Sources: Cisco Global Cloud Networking Survey, 2012
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20. Required Resources
• Designing, building and supporting the
cloud strategy is paramount
• Managing “the plumbing” is critical, but
may require additional resources
– Tools
– Time
– Expertise
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21. 1. Hire & Build
• Key Skills
– Network architecture & design
– Contract negotiation
– Billing, inventory & dispute analysis
– Project management of service
implementations
– Technical support and escalation
expertise
• Key Tools
– Inventory management
– Invoice consolidation tool
– Cost allocation automation tool
– Business Intelligence & Reporting
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