Peter Coppens, VP Product, presentation from Layer 123 SDN NFV World Congress in the Hague, October 2017. SD WAN benefits and caveats from real use cases.

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The business case for
SD WAN in the enterprise
Benefits and caveats from real use cases
Peter Coppens
VP Product
Colt Technology Services

2. Our assets are below your feet

3. Our assets are below your feet
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Optical Ethernet IP Voice
@ ✆
Security

4. What we do
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London
Paris
Frankfurt
Cloud
IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
Cloud
IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
Cloud
IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

5. Connecting Enterprise buildings and DC’s across EU and Asia…
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London Paris Amsterdam Brussels
MilanMadrid Frankfurt
Singapore Hong Kong Tokyo Vienna
Bern
Stockholm
Copenhagen
+ 35
other
MAN’s

6. Two key Customer Propositions driven by SDN/NFV
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Two different customer
propositions, targeting
different use cases:
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2

7. Two key Customer Propositions driven by SDN/NFV
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Point to point
“On-net” (Fibre)
Colt On-Demand
Two different customer
propositions, targeting
different use cases:
1
2

8. Two key Customer Propositions driven by SDN/NFV
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Point to point
“On-net” (Fibre)
Colt On-Demand
Multi-site WAN
“Off-net &
On-net” mix
SD WAN
Two different customer
propositions, targeting
different use cases:
1
2

9. 1 - On Demand
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Flexible
commercials
Bandwidth
scalability
Real-time
provisioning
Self-
service

10. 2 - Colt SD WAN
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MPLS Link
Public Internet
Branch
Site
Customer
WAN
Customer Portal
to manage application routing, analytics
and firewall policies easily and in real time
CPE Router
Firewall
Load balancer
Server
NFV modules
as Applications

11. Colt SD WAN – One year later
Few examples of Pan-European Enterprises moved to SD WAN:
Automotive:
Global manufacturer of automotive and industrial equipment.
We migrated their current network to an SD WAN solution
with locations in 15 countries.
Banking:
Big multinational banking and financial services company
headquartered in Europe, with affiliates all around the world.
Transport/Travel:
A leading world-wide travel agency chain and airline. Colt is
rolling out their SD WAN between multiple airport sites
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Strong customer demand –
WAN RFP proportion:
5%
20%
60%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
2015 2016 2017

12. SD WAN – benefits from real use cases
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MPLS Link
Public Internet
Branch
Site
Customer
WAN
CPE Router
Firewall
Load balancer
Server
NFV modules
as Applications
2
3
1
Hybrid
NFV
Automation

13. SD WAN – benefits from real use cases
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MPLS Link
Public Internet
Branch
Site
Customer
WAN
CPE Router
Firewall
Load balancer
Server
NFV modules
as Applications
2
3
1
Hybrid
NFV
Automation

14. SD WAN – Capex cost comparison
Routing
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SD WAN Site
NFV – Virtualised network functions running on an
open CPE Server
Hybrid network access delivered as standard on the
Colt Open Server CPE
Basic MPLS connectivity delivered by CPE
Traditional MPLS Site
Separated proprietary CPE hardware per
network function
CPE Router
Open Server
NFV modules
IP VPN
(MPLS)
10M 100M 1G
Comparison - CPE Only
CPE Router Only Open Server + SW

15. 271
527
1817
984 1128
4569
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
10M 100M 1G
Comparison - CPE Only
CPE Router Only Open Server + SW
1214
7402
10257
984 1128
4569
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
10M 100M 1G
Comparison - CPE + FW
CPE Router + FW Open Server + SW + FW
SD WAN – Capex cost comparison
Routing + Load balancing + FW
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Colt SD WAN Site
NFV – Virtualised network functions running on an
open CPE Server
Network functions delivered as software applications on
one and the same server
Network functions delivered via multiple CPE devices
Traditional WAN Site
Separated proprietary hardware per network
function
CPE Router
Firewall
Load balancer
Open Server
NFV modules
2299
6000
14000
984 1128
4569
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
10M 100M 1G
Comparison - CPE + FW + LB
CPE Router + FW + LB Open Server + SW + FW + LB

16. SD WAN – benefits from real use cases
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MPLS Link
Public Internet
Branch
Site
Customer
WAN
CPE Router
Firewall
Load balancer
Server
NFV modules
as Applications
2
3
1
Hybrid
NFV
Automation

17. SD WAN – Bandwidth cost
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10M 100M 1G 10M 100M 1G
On-net (Fibre) BW costs Off-net (Leased Line) costs

18. SD WAN – Bandwidth cost
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MPLS Link
Public Internet Customer
WAN
Branch
Site
Public Internet
Customer
WAN
Branch
Site
MPLS/Internet
Customer
WAN
Branch
Site
HQ

19. SD WAN – benefits from real use cases
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MPLS Link
Public Internet
Branch
Site
Customer
WAN
CPE Router
Firewall
Load balancer
Server
NFV modules
as Applications
2
3
1
Hybrid
NFV
Automation

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Thank you