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The Cloud ISP
Skeeve Stevens discusses the concept of a "Cloud ISP" - an Internet Service Provider that utilizes cloud infrastructure and virtual connections between data centers rather than owning its own physical network equipment. A Cloud ISP would deploy services rapidly using virtual routers, firewalls, and other network functions hosted in multiple public clouds. This elastic, software-defined approach allows the ISP to instantly scale capacity up or down as needed, with high redundancy across cloud providers and regions. Within the next 18-24 months, Stevens predicts the necessary technologies will emerge to allow Cloud ISPs to offer full-featured connectivity and services in a disruptive way.
The Cloud ISP
- 1. THE FUTURE ‘CLOUD ISP’ SkeeveStevens Network Architect / Near Futurist COMMSDAY 2014
- 2. WHAT AM ITALKING ABOUT? • My Journey • The Future of ISP Infrastructure (for some) • Virtual X-Connect Fabrics • Cloudification • Conceptual
- 3. WHAT I DO • Design, Build and Operate the networks of ISPs, Datacentres, Enterprises, Governments, Banks in 10 countries • Constantly figuring out new ways to creatively use network infrastructure, products and technologies to disrupt the marketplace • Get my buzz from helping the small guys compete against the big guys – costing YOU millions • It’s not personal… you just move too slowly and charge too much
- 4. HOW I GOTHERE • At Uni. Of Melb in 89-90 when the Internet was turned on • Worked with the first non-Telstra ISPs in the mid 90’s • Built Pre-Broadband ISPs using Dialup, ISDN, Frame Relay • Built Techex - one of the first partners of RequestDSL • Built UnitedIP - one of the first aggregator ISPs using Optus XYZed, Uecomm, iBurst, RequestDSL, Nextep & Connect.com.au with Telstra via other parties • Built over 300 boutique/vertically focused Service Providers
- 5. CONCEPT: THE CLOUDISP • No, Not a Cloud Provider • Not a reseller • Not the old term ‘VISP’ • A REAL, multi-carrier, self managed, elastic infrastructure, Internet Service Provider • Almost doable – 6-18 months
- 6. WHY DO THIS? • Rapid deployment of ISP environments i.e. OTT player • No Hardware/Licensing delays • No equipment failures • Scalable capacity without hardware upgrades • Highly redundant – Multi-cloud, regions and AZs • Minimise business risk – no capex • Elastic Infrastructure – pay only for what you need, when you need it • Global reach and possibilities • Replicatable – i.e. copy/paste in Singapore
- 7. THE PARTS -Now and in the next 18 months • Vendors: Cisco, A10, Juniper, Brocade • LNS: Cisco CSR1000v • CGN: A10 vThunder CGN • Firewalls: Cisco vASA, Juniper Firefly (vSRX) • Cloud Providers: AWS, Azure, Softlayer, Google Compute, Cisco InterCloud, … more coming • VxC Fabrics: Megaport, IXA, Pacnet (PEN), Equinix Cloud Exchange, Nextgen (coming?!) • Datacentre X-Connects
- 8. • IP Transit– Backup paths, Diverse On-Demand capacity • Metro Access Tails – xDSL, Fibre, MetroE, anything layer 2 or L2TP • International Ethernet Circuits or IPVPN – NTT, Pacnet, Optus, Telstra, TATA, China Telecom – directly/in-directly • VoIP - SIP Trunks, Hosted • DDoS Protection-aaS / CleanFeed – i.e. Micron21 • Firewall-aaS - Appliances • Remote Access-aaS (VPN) - Appliances • Load Balancing-aaS – Appliances • Wholesale Value-Add – Streaming, Gaming, Business Services WHAT CAN/COULD I BUY? (For ISPs)
- 9. X-CONNECTS ARE EVERYTHING Virtual(VxC) • Megaport is one of the best examples • MegaDirect to get to anyone who isn’t on Megaport • It’s possible to use MegaDirect to bridge to other VxC Fabrics – or in the future perhaps interconnects between Fabrics • IX Australia now offering VxCs, Equinix coming Brokering • Creating VxCs between two end-points on VxC Fabrics like Megaport, IX Australia and others • Creating XCs between two racks inside DCs – possible with Equinix today – checking with others, managed DC’s only • Allows non-infrastructure guys to play
- 10. WHAT DOES IT LOOKLIKE?
- 11. Megaport Telstra Transit BigAir Wireless FirstPath vDSL &Fibre iSeek DSL & NBN CGNs Servers IX Peering Routers Firewalls THE CLOUD ISP Servers Vocus Transit LNSs Opticomm NBN Micron21 DDoS Protection Desktops
- 12. Megaport Others….Nextgen Equinix Cloud Exchange Pacnet PEN IXAustralia VIRTUAL X-CONNECT FABRIC PLAYERS
- 13. • If you’renot selling via VxC Fabrics, your competition will be • Ease of migration from you to someone else – and back • Hardware vendors will move to VxC Fabrics – storage, etc. • You can ignore it, but others are already servicing the market • They will still buy your tails, but all your VA profit will disappear • Enterprises are starting to buy wholesale ISP services directly WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?
- 14. • Machine Imagesstill coming – many more needed • Licensing from Vendors could be nicer • Cloud Provider internal networking still needs developing • Inter-connection pricing for data needs to be improved • Terminology is a pain • Figure it out yourself WHAT DOESN’T WORK …YET
- 15. THE NEXT 24MONTHS • Cloud ISPs. Rapidly deployed full service ISPs • More VxC Fabrics, on demand and fast (more 100Gb) • Marketplaces develop, bidding for infrastructure • A LOT more wholesale product offerings with Value-add products making all the difference • Fabric Inter-Connections
- 16. SKEEVE STEVENS e: skeeve@eintellegonetworks.com w:eintellegonetworks.com t: @skeevestevens linkedin: /in/skeeve t: @TheISPGuy f: /theispguy THANK YOU. COMMSDAY 2014