1. Solutions Built Around You.
MPLS IP-VPN:
Critical to Cloud
Computing Success
Presented by Don MacNeil
XO Communications
VP Carrier Services Operations
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2. Meet XO
The premier provider of advanced communications services and solutions focused
exclusively on businesses, government , enterprises, carriers, and service providers
delivering industry-leading IP and networking solutions with exceptional customer service.
• Established: 1996 • Customers: 90,000
– Serves top content, cable/MSOs & wireless
providers
• Headquarters: Herndon, VA
– 50% of Fortune 500, including
Abercrombie & Fitch, eBay, Morgan
• 2009 Revenue: $1.52 Billion Stanley, UnitedHealth Group
• Network:
• Employees: 4,000 – 19,000-mile Tier 1 nationwide network
connecting more than 75 markets
– High-performance IP and transport
• Business Units: networks
– XO Business Services
• Services:
– XO Carrier Services
– Broad portfolio of IP communications and
managed network services and solutions
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3. XO Carrier Services Portfolio
Voice Services VoIP Services Transport & Other Services Internet Services
Wholesale Local Voice VoIP Origination Carrier Ethernet IP Transit
(3 – 1000Mbps, EoC, EoDSx, Fiber)
Carrier Long Distance
VoIP Termination Carrier Wavelength (1/2/5/10Gbps) MPLS IP-VPN
Termination
Hub Services Dedicated Internet Access
(DS3, OCx, Ethernet)
Private Line
(DSx / OCx)
Telco Collocation
Flexible, Scalable, Reliable,
Broadband Wireless
Solution-Centric Products
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4. The Carrier Role in the Cloud
Traditional OSI Model
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5. Carriers Play A Critical Role in Cloud
Computing
Economics Security
Carriers need to provide an economical Carriers must ensure a secure, private
way for application service providers connection between the application
and their end-users to connect together provider and their end-users
Performance Visibility & Control
Carriers must guarantee the quality Carriers need to allow the application
and availability of the application provider to monitor and control their
running across their networks application traffic across the network
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6. It’s All About Economics
Private Line vs. Internet N-Squared Networking Issue
Dedicated Private Lines are too expensive. Redundancy is neither efficient nor economical.
Public Internet is economical but quality/security issues remain.
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7. Performance is a Must
• Public Internet is too unreliable for certain
business applications
– Traffic contention occurs
• Application providers have attempted to use the
public Internet to provide a business class
service but have run into problems
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8. Security is a Concern
• Security issues abound with public Internet,
including denial of service attacks
• Some verticals have strict mandates around
security such as healthcare and financial
industries
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9. Visibility and Control are Needed
• Service level reporting and diagnostic tests need
to be available 24/7 for the application service
provider
• Key metrics include utilization, availability,
latency, jitter and packet loss
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10. Addressing Key Factors Through MPLS
Economics Security
MPLS IP-VPN is built upon the MPLS IP-VPN creates a private
economics of IP connection between the application and
end-user
Performance Visibility & Control
MPLS IP-VPN enables the use of IP MPLS IP-VPN allows the reporting of
quality of service network service level metrics
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