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Equinix Performance Hub
“The cloud is impacting WAN architectures. IT leaders looking to use a cloud-
based infrastructure and/or application services, […] should strategically locate
communications hubs outside the enterprise data center. […] Equinix is an
example of a colocation provider that offers a network hub service called
Performance Hub.” – Gartner, May 2014
What is Performance Hub?
A solution framework to help you improve
WAN, application and cloud performance
An extension of your existing enterprise
network
Secure and reliable connectivity to network
and cloud providers
What are the Benefits
Performance – faster network and
applications
Network – simplify, reduce
Cloud ready – directly connect to popular
public clouds
Rich, WAN-node extensions deployed to gain proximity to networks, cloud service providers and end users](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/evolutiondallas-slideshare-160121222342/85/EVOLUTION-Dallas-18-320.jpg)
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EVOLUTION Dallas
The document discusses the evolution of data centers, emphasizing the need for interconnection and hybrid IT strategies to meet modern business demands. It outlines typical challenges faced by enterprises, such as vendor lock-in and data security, while highlighting trends that necessitate high availability, proximity, and global interconnection for operational success. Equinix is presented as a leader in the interconnection platform space with over 100 data centers globally and various cloud exchange services to enable enhanced connectivity and speed for enterprises.
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- 1. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 1 Dallas Evolution Event November 12th, 2015
- 2. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 2 The Interconnected Cloud and the Digital Data Center Michael Schofield Senior Global Solutions Architect November 2015
- 3. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 3 EVOLUTION Equinix Equinix Your Data Center Return-on- Investment SoftwareDefinedNetworks Systems-of-Record The Third Platform Datapipe Cloud Hybrid Cloud Security Backup/Disaster Recovery Remote- Office/Branch- Office Converged-Systems DataCenterTrends loT CloudStorage Mobile Data Apps SystemsofEngagement Microsoft Azure MicrosoftAzure Internet-of-Things Multi- Tiered- Storage Co-Location BIG Data Governance- Risk- Compliance Systems-of- Engagement Converged-Server- Architecture User Proximity Virtualization Apps Data VirtualDesktopInfrastructure Business Value Workloads Interconnection Platform AWS Newell Rubbermaid advocate
- 4. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 4 Global Technology + Macro Economic Forces of Change Data | Mobile | Cloud
- 5. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 5 Typical enterprise data challenges • Vendor lock in • Inconsistent throughput, performance, & security via Internet access • Moving large data sets in/out • Corporate compliance & risk management • Government compliance & data residency boundaries • Data security • Security • Location of replication sites for efficient restoration • Data center redundancy • Volume outstripping ability to collect, store and analyze data in real-time (velocity) • Variability of un/structured data sourced internally and externally • Performance and latency issues with traditional centralized IT architectures Data Growth Sovereignty & Compliance Resiliency Integrated Cloud
- 6. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 6 Trends Driving New Requirements for Today’s Data Center Enhancing Availability Customer/ User Experience Global Scale and Growth Accelerate Productivity with Birds-of- Feather Empowering the Hybrid-IT Model Resilient, always available, always on, 24/7/365 Accessible via remote, tablet and mobile users Low-latency connectivity to major metro areas, globally Capabilities for rapid connectivity amongst buyers and sellers Immediate connections to public and private clouds
- 7. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 7 Equinix Is the World’s Leading Interconnection Platform Operational excellence, financial stability, thriving ecosystems, global connections • Global footprint – 100+ data centers on 5 continents – In 33 top international business markets • Leading financial strength and scale – $2.444 billion 2014 revenues – $7.5+ billion invested in our data center platform since 1998 • Largest business ecosystems – 6,250+ global customers – 160,000+ business-to-business interconnections
- 8. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 8 We are in an unprecedented era of Disruption which is driving the need to Transform the business architecture to become Interconnection oriented Interconnected Enterprise Interconnected Enterprise Innovate Quickly Make Real-Time Decisions Grow via Digital Ecosystems Respond Instantly Via Any Channel
- 9. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 10 Locate Data & Analytics Push Apps & Services to Connect & Deliver via To implement an interconnection strategy requires an Interconnection Oriented Architecture™… Interconnecting Data Interconnecting People Interconnecting Locations Interconnecting Clouds Interconnection Oriented Architecture™ Reference Model Ecosystems Adjacent Ecosystems Exchange Data Hub Edge Architecture Strategy Communications Hub Architecture Component
- 10. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 11 Strategic Imperatives for The Evolution of the Data Center Availability Matters The data center must be highly available Proximity Matters The distance between users and IT Production systems is critical Global Inter- connection Matters For the business to build, to grow and to compete Ecosystems Matter The data center is the new bazaar of commerce and connectivity Multi-Cloud Matters Accessibility to the public clouds ensures future flexibility and prevents vendor lock-in Availability Global Reach Multi-CloudEcosystemsProximity Interconnection Addresses These Imperatives
- 11. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 12 Ecosystems Imperative: Efficient Data Centers Enable Connected Ecosystems Availability Global Reach Multi-CloudEcosystemsProximity Interconnected Ecosystems Matter Supercharging Productivity Increasingly, products and services are collaboratively made, customized and delivered inside communities of value enabled by innovative cloud, mobile and social media companies
- 12. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 13 Multi-Cloud Imperative: Data Centers Must Have Multi-Cloud Presence Availability Global Reach Multi-CloudEcosystemsProximity Multi-Cloud Matters We give the interconnected cloud a home By creating innovative interconnection products and partnering with the world’s leading cloud providers, we are building the cloud density that will shape the future
- 13. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 14 ECX Locations AWS 9 Azure 16 Google 15 Cisco 15 550+ CSP’s Oracle 6 vCloud Air 4 IBM SL 9 ECX is deployed in 21 Markets and growing
- 14. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 15 Cloud Momentum Is Growing Business acceleration depends on quick, customized interconnection with cloud partners anywhere Source: Cisco Global Cloud Index, 2014
- 15. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 16 Equinix Cloud Exchange (ECX) Features • One to many virtual connections to multiple cloud providers on a Single Port • Direct, secure, private connection • Automated, near real-time provisioning • Consistent throughput and low latency • Cost-effective • Flexible connectivity options Technical Capabilities • Layer 2 & 3 Ethernet service • 200M, 500M, 1G, and 10G virtual connections on 1GB or 10GB physical ports • 99.999% High availability platform • 21 Global markets supported • API integration into network and cloud service providers for authentication and provisioning • Portal for real time VC provisioning and management • Customer facing API integration for VC provisioning A private switching platform coupled with a Service Orchestration engine for provisioning automation…
- 16. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 17 APIs AND PORTAL Managing Cloud Exchange virtual connections is simple and scalable APIsCloud Exchange Portal Manage Cloud Exchange virtual connections via Web- based portal to increase speed to market and reduce initial CAPEX Manage virtual connections using standardized Cloud Exchange APIs to operate at scale Enterprises Network Service Providers Cloud Service Provider Equinix Cloud Exchange
- 17. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 19 Cloud Exchange Participants Top global cloud service providers and network service providers currently signed on to Cloud Exchange “Equinix Cloud Exchange will enable us to extend our reach even further. Now, more enterprises and network service providers will be able to use our services in an even easier and cost-effective way.” Robert Jenkins Chief Executive Officer “SoftLayer has maintained a long-standing commitment to providing advanced network capabilities to the enterprise as part of our core service offerings. By extending our Direct Link offerings to now include access via the Equinix Cloud Exchange capabilities, we further our goal to improve the flexibility, performance, security and reliability of enterprise connections to SoftLayer.” Sonny Fulkerson, Chief Information Officer
- 18. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 20 Equinix Performance Hub “The cloud is impacting WAN architectures. IT leaders looking to use a cloud- based infrastructure and/or application services, […] should strategically locate communications hubs outside the enterprise data center. […] Equinix is an example of a colocation provider that offers a network hub service called Performance Hub.” – Gartner, May 2014 What is Performance Hub? A solution framework to help you improve WAN, application and cloud performance An extension of your existing enterprise network Secure and reliable connectivity to network and cloud providers What are the Benefits Performance – faster network and applications Network – simplify, reduce Cloud ready – directly connect to popular public clouds Rich, WAN-node extensions deployed to gain proximity to networks, cloud service providers and end users
- 19. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 22 Equinix Data Hub What is Data Hub? An extension of the Equinix Performance Hub™ framework, Equinix Data Hub addresses today’s IT demand for real-time analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), data collection and data protection What are the Benefits? • Unmatched geographical choice allows for flexibility in placement of data nodes and easily allows for future growth • Proximity to users, data sources, computer clusters in the public cloud and apps running on the public cloud increases accessibility and performance • Global coverage allows for storage of data in compliance with domestic and foreign regulations
- 20. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 24 Equinix is Where Opportunity Connects We empower our customers to interconnect and thrive in today’s 24x7 global economy
- 21. Confidential – ©2015 Equinix Inc. Equinix.com 25
Editor's Notes
- #3 A little bit of my self… Why I came to Equinix? Why I am excited about being here? Seeing is believing…One of our premier campus in the Equinix fleet is right here in Chicago…tours later from local team. I would like to thank you for coming. Series of events we started last year What hearing from our customers is they want more.
- #4 The pace of evolution is increasing Its expressing itself in many forms Uber is a taxi? Apple a car company? Nike-Under Amour Traditional companies – Shrink wrapped software – Autodesk/Teradata/Service Now Collaboration Gaming Industry Google creating artificial intellignece Boeing GE, internet of things Companies are recognizing technology as a fundamental sustainable competitive advantage .
- #5 As an ever-greater share of economic and customer value is delivered through digital services, data centers are fueling our digital economy. Today’s enterprise for example…88% of workloads and 80% + of spend is accounted for…Leaving little room for innovation. Leveraging cloud is a path to rationalizing cost out and striking the right balance. Security and control continue to be natural sticking points, Equinix can help address.
- #6 Focusing in on data, there are many aspects the Enterprise needs to solve for: Data Growth: Key variables are data volume (how much), variability (number of types of data) and velocity (the speed of data processing). At Equinix, the Ad-IX allows advertising participants to quickly analyze the ad opportunity and bid in real time. Sovereignty & Compliance: Are country specific regulations requiring that data must not leave the point from which is originated. What is made in Germany must stay in Germany. On October 6, 2015 the European Court of Justice invalidated the US/EU Data Transfer Pact. “The so-called safe harbor agreement was flawed because it allowed American government authorities to gain routine access to Europeans’ online information.” Integrated Cloud: A key concern of Enterprises is vendor lock-in. CSPs typically make it easy to migrate (free ingress) but hard to leave (cost to egress). With large data sets, accessing CSPs over the Internet becomes problematic as well as expensive vs direct, proximate interconnection.
- #7 Availability of the data center is fundamental. As we live in a 24/7/365 world, we need the data center to be always on, every day, all the time. In a world where mobile devices are the new standard interface to IT Systems, we need to ensure a quality experience for the user or customer experience In a global world we need to be ready for growth and scale. To energize productivity for birds-of-feather companies and organizations, we need to have common place for buyers and sellers to exchange data, information and transact. As the Hybrid IT Model emerges as a new norm, we need to enable the journey to the hybrid-cloud.
- #9 Background: As covered in our discussion on Interconnection Oriented Architecture there are 3 main challenges associated with disruption: Market challenges: shifting from cost take out to growth; global competition and growing to new markets & locations; M&A Business challenges: Shift from a product to a product and service company; Omni-channel to engage your partners, customers and employees; workplace is becoming virtualized Technology challenges: SMAC (social, mobile, analytics, cloud); Internet of Things; Real-time collaboration => all change business processes This disruption is leading to a transformation of the business architecture and the need to become an interconnected Enterprise Where you are able to: Respond instantly via any channel Growth via digital ecosystems Make real time decisions Innovate quickly
- #12 Table stakes…without it cant to cloud To address the requirements of the data center, these five imperatives should be considered: Some the fundamental tenets for funding your own data center have also changed. Real Estate economics New Generation infrastructure Software Defined hardware Economics have changes The move away from fully outsourced arrangements. Allowing for the segregation of the physical layer from the management
- #13 Equinix has fostered ecosystems with aggregate revenues ranging from the leading edge of real-time advertising bidding to the multi-billions dollar financial services community of high frequency trading. Today we’re now the leader in Interconnection for the Public Cloud ecosystem. The largest Public Cloud Examples-engineering firms Earlier, we mentioned the network availability of the vast majority of network carriers. This network density combined with the major Public Cloud players fuels Equinix Interconnection Platform for new ecosystems to form.
- #14 Equinix is fueling the growth of the Public Cloud ecosystem. Multi-Cloud means customer choice. We’re home to The Public Clouds—Amazon Web Services, Azure, IBM Softlayer, Google Cloud Platform, Cisco Interclub and VMware cloud Air. We also help power Salesforce.com, Workday, Facebook, YouTube and Netflix + 500 CSP and MSP inside our fortress We have customers today that have the capability to maintain compliance with their data security and data sovereignty regulations while leveraging the vast computational power available via Public Cloud providers.
- #18 APIs and the Equinix Cloud Portal are making Enterprise direct access to the cloud easy, fast and scalable. The Enterprise Customer Process Select location and cloud provider Select virtual circuit speed Enter cloud service key or service identifier Virtual circuit provisioned in a few minutes Equinix APIs are bridging the gap between Buyers and Sellers Equinix manages API mapping, sparing customers from reacting to multiple API updates We’ve standardized interfaces “Apigee” is utilized for enterprise-grade API Management
- #23 DH is a solution framework that serves as an extension of Performance Hub and addresses enterprises’ demand for data intensive applications. <Read the benefits – paraphrase>
- #24 Integrated Cloud Storage Data Hub provides the data center locations needed to store performance and capacity tiers of data and metadata close to their sources (enterprise offices, Internet, public clouds), in addition to providing private high-bandwidth links to public clouds for the archive tier through storage gateways. • Avoids slow (and possibly expensive) data movement by locating data repositories close to the data sources • Improves access times to active data and metadata by placing data within Performance Hub locations • Supports multi-region deployments for seamless disaster recovery • Eliminates the problem of data silos thanks to a central multi-tenant data platform Big Data Analytics: Data Hub and Performance Hub enable private data processing clusters like Hadoop (in Data Hub) for analytics workloads that leverage the scalable, elastic compute power of the public cloud for business intelligence applications. • Avoid the expensive and time consuming step of copying data over the WAN. Data Hub allows instantaneous private and direct access to enterprise storage systems for applications running in public cloud • Multi-tenant data processing platform gives disparate stakeholders within your organization (e.g., marketing, sales, manufacturing, engineering) the ability to run simultaneous big data jobs • Realize proximity and improved accessibility to external data sets for data enrichment and real time analytics Data protection and replication Data Hub implementations within a metro enable multi-site deployment for data redundancy, allowing data to be synchronously replicated by your enterprise between Equinix International Business ExchangeTM (IBX¨) data centers within a metro. • Take advantage of high availability between sites • The Data Hub infrastructure allows your enterprise to realize continuous replication of data for disaster recovery sites (including geo redundancy). You can also employ snapshot backup solutions that are optimized for locality and performance • Tiered data backup and recovery strategy allows your IT teams to easily strategize a near-zero Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO), crucial features of any disaster recovery strategy
- #25 Recently wave made announcements to augment our professional capabilities. Acquired NIMBO Represents an important step in Equinix larger initiative to build its professional services capabilities to support data center migrations, WAN optimization, and the creation of scalable, high performing hybrid cloud solutions Specializing in migrating insourced applications to hybrid cloud architecture Nimbo is a AWS and MS Azure partner
- #26 Why?...Just this past week we announced Investments of $227M to increase our interconnection capacity. Currently standing at 147,000 globally. Re-architecting IT towards a dynamic and distributed infrastructure essential to compete in today’s imperatives NY6…worlds largest financial ecosystem SG3…adding capacity to southeast Asia's digital backbone ME1…expanding our presence in Australia's software hub LD6…Major milestone fueling our ability to meet growing demands on the European continent and strengthening our virtual financial center by 25% TR2…Launching the premier DC in the country, tethering to our existing TR1 to propagate highly interconnected business ecosystems.