Increasing Operational Agility with Hybrid Cloud

Bryan Thompson
Bryan Thompson is Tier 3’s vice president of services. Bryan oversees pre and post-sales technical support and professional services.
Today’s Cloud Experts
Nic O’Donovan
Nic O’Donovan is a Solution Architect and Cloud Specialist with VMware. Nic focuses on building public clouds via Service Providers in the Americas.
Lou Najdzin
Lou Najdzin is vertical development director at Equinix where he is responsible for driving the growth of the Cloud Infrastructure and IT Services market.

Today’s agenda
Introductions to the presenters, Hybrid Cloud
Where to start: common Hybrid Cloud use cases
How VMware enables Hybrid Cloud
Colo, Connectivity and Cloud Providers: Best Practices
Q&A

Does Your IT Enable Business Agility?
Overwhelming complexity
+
Brittle infrastructure
=
< 30% of IT budgets goes to innovation
and competitive advantage
IT Investment
5%Infrastructure Investment
23%Application Investment
42%Infrastructure Maintenance
30%Application Maintenance
Operational demands limit business agility
Source: VMware Fortune 100 Customers

Business and IT Leaders Say Cloud Enables Agility
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”
SOURCE: Global Business Agility Survey, February 2011

The Solution is for IT to Become an Enterprise Cloud Service Provider
Enables true business agility
Economics and agility of cloud without sacrificing security or control
Business has alternative to commodity public clouds, eliminating the need for unauthorized deployments
Self-ServicePortals
Catalogs
Virtual Data Centers

Enterprise Hybrid Cloud: Solving the IT Dilemma
Internal Cloud
Hybrid Cloud
Control
Has full control over environment
Agility
Respond quickly to the demands
Wants Agility
Needs Control
Secure
Known security, predictable performance
Cost
Transparent and controllable costs
Leverage
Investment in technology, people and process
Elasticity
Scalable Capacity

Hybrid or Virtual Private Cloud
Use Cases

Increase Business Agility with Cloud Services

Common Use Case – Dev/Test
Dev
QA
Outsource Dev/Test or use the same development / testing environment on different clouds
vSphere
Seattle Public Cloud
Quickly spin up/ tear down to speed time to deployment
Tap into the elasticity/ utility for no idle assets
Reduces CapEx requirements
Private Cloud
ChicagoPublic Cloud
Datacenter
Service Provider
Deployment cycles reduced from weeks to days while maintaining visibility, compliance and security

“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

Keeping business mission critical in the datacenter and move other essential apps to the cloud
vSphere
Public Cloud DC #1
vSphere
Built in business continuity
Operational offloading of routine tasks
Strategic flexibility
Private Cloud
Public Cloud DC #2
Datacenter
Service Provider
Common Use Case – Spread Workloads across Clouds

Transitioning to Exchange 2010 in the Cloud
Cloud Scale on Your Own Terms
High availability /low latency via DAGs, active /active deployment
Retain control: unlimited mailbox and message sizes; legacy features such as Public Folders
Conform to security policies and compliance needs (archiving and e-discovery)
Licensing freedom: your own Exchange license or SPLA
Optimize costs: scale user count up or downmonthly with no minimums or penalties
Exchange architecture is ideal for Hybrid Cloud
Cloud Deployment Example

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 Tier 3 Cloud. It pretty much runs everything for us, so that we don’t have to.”- Andy Evans, Founder and CTO, Obeo

vSphere
Public Cloud DC #1
Private Cloud
Public Cloud DC #2
Datacenter
Service Provider
Common Use Case – Multi-Cloud Application
Database
Split up the different tiers of an application across clouds
Application Server Cluster
Web Server Farm
Leverage Direct Connect capabilities to avoid high latency when connecting over the public internet

vSphere
Public Cloud DC #1
Private Cloud
Public Cloud DC #2
Datacenter
Service Provider
Common Use Case – Disaster recovery
Database
Database
Database
Send back up to a cloud provider and spin up in a DR situation
vSphere
VM to VM back up
Storage replication target
Leverage RTO and RTP best practices

How VMware is enabling Hybrid Cloud

Apps
Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Computing
Apps
vCloud Powered Service
Common platform
Common management
vCloudService Provider
VMware =
Enterprise-class
Hybrid Cloud
Private Cloud
Cloud Infrastructure
Security
Cloud Infrastructure
Management
Cloud Computing Moves from a Technology Discussion to a Business Decision

What is vCloud Powered?
A VMware-authorized “technology badge” for qualified service providers
Cloud service runs on vSphere and vCloud Director™
Service exposes the full end-user vCloud API
Provides OVF image import and export
Signifies use of the VMware hybrid cloud architecture for application portability
VMware vSphere™: robust virtualization platform
VMware vCloud Director:
exposes virtualized shared infrastructure as multi-tenant virtual datacenters
enables cost-effective access to the cloud service
leverages self-service catalogs to deploy and consume pre-configured services.
VMware vShield™ security technologies
Leverages existing investments in VMware virtualization

Hybrid Cloud – The Private Cloud to the External Cloud
The Datacenter Cloud
The External Cloud
Hybrid
Cloud
Seamless
vSphere
Trust, Control, Reliability, Security
Flexibility, Efficiency, Scalability

VMware vCloud Connector
vCloud Connector allows users to visualize, operate and copy workloads/templates between vCloud Powered clouds
Single pane of glass interface for hybrid clouds
View VMs & templates across vSphere & private/public vclouds
Copy VMs & templates between clouds
Power ops & Access Console on VMs on vCloud & vSphere
Deploy vApp templates in vCloud (fenced mode)
Search for VMs & templates by name
Launch vCD console for deeper operations
Efficient and reliable transfer mechanism
Point to point transfer between clouds
Checkpoint restart to ensure reliable transfers
Controlled sharing between users
Multiple vSphere Client and vcloud.vmware.com users can share
Each user needs to provide his own cloud credentials
Accessible via multiple interfaces
Accessible via vSphere Client
Accessible via browser in vcloud.vmware.com
Management interface
Update of vCC Server & Node

vCC Connects vSpheres environments & vClouds
Copy VMs/vApps/ templates between vSphere and private/public vCloud
See private/public vCloud resources inside vSphere Client
Perform basic operation on vCloud resources such as power ops & console access
vSphere
(not managed by vCloud Director)
Service ProviderPublic vCloud
vSphere Client
vCloud
vSphere
vApps
Marketing vApp
Customer Survey vApp
Marketing vApp
QA Template
QA Template
Marketing vApp
vCloud
Catalog
CustomerSurvey vApp
Marketing vApp
Marketing vApp
QA Template

Tier 3 VMware vCloud Powered Partner
Common secure platform
Seamless integration of enterprise and public cloud
Leverages existing investments and maintaining control
vCloud Connector free download
Summary

Colo, Connectivity and Enterprise-Class Cloud Providers

Cloud Delivery Blueprint
Optimization
Proximity to customers & suppliers
Integration with partners
Ability to achieve economies of scale
Reliability
High availability
High physical security
Neutrality
Multi-vendor solutions
Lower operating costs
Fall-back & switching options
Access to new services
Optimized performance
Scalability
“Never go Dark” capacity strategy
On-demand access to space, power, & cooling
Extreme network connectivity
Integrate existing assets (tethering)
Community
Business ecosystem connectivity
Partner, supplier, & customer exposure
Rapid business value creation
Performance
Flatter networks, more bandwidth
Simple architectures
Less complexity
Lower latency within the Edge, WAN, and Service Nodes

ApplicationPerformance Matters
MARKET CHALLENGE
Delivering application performance to meet customer expectations
BUSINESS CRITICALITY
IMPACT
Right performance for each application
Higher user satisfaction
Increased adoption, customer loyalty, and revenue
Proximity
< 5ms
< 50km
Real-Time
< 50ms
< 500km
Priority
<100ms
< 2000km
Best Effort
>100ms
>2000km
LATENCY SENSITIVITY
Performance matters for end user experience

Cloud Connectivity Options
Direct Connect
(Layer 1)
Carrier Ethernet
(Layer 2)
Optimized Internet Access
(Layer 3)
A comprehensive solution set for customer access to Cloud offerings
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
How many “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
+
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
+
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

Enabling High Performance Clouds
IMPACT
Enabling new levels of cloud performance in network-dense data centers
Direct proximity to customers to improve the end-user experience
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

Enterprise Cloud Provider Checklist

Tier 3: An Enterprise Cloud Innovator
Time-tested Technology
Continuously innovating on five years of unique IP in enterprise virtualization
Proven Results
>100 enterprises trust their mission critical apps, sites and development environments to our cloud
Zone Footprint
Three zones across the Americas by Q4

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