Never before have businesses and IT directors had more choice about how they consume and deliver IT services. With an established IT services market, rampant virtualization, and now Cloud – what is the best way to delivery IT? And critically, how can it be as efficient as possible? The answer for most business is to create a dynamic equilibrium between different delivery models, using the best of in house, outsourced and cloud delivered IT services in a hybrid approach. Simon Daykin, CTO of Logicalis UK, will present a hybrid delivery model, with a case study of Loughborough University where this has been implemented in practice. In t

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Hybrid DC, Cloud & IT!
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3. Hybrid DC, Cloud & IT!
IT Workload Mobility - enabling efficient
consumption of IT, Data Centre and Energy
resources
Simon Daykin
UK CTO

4. Data Centre Options…
Build? Or Buy?

5. Infrastructure Options…
Build? Or Buy?

6. Software Options…
Build? Or Buy?

7. Changing winds of the IT world
 Everything-aaS – HUGE shift in IT Service Delivery
 But… One size doesn’t fit all
 And… There is still an IT “heritage”
 And… Existing assets
 And the business wants
 Agility
 Acceptable Risk
 Supportability
 Financial Flexibility
 What's needed is a Hybrid…

8. Hybrid Service Delivery
Hosted Hosted
Local Hosted Cloud Hosted Cloud
Hosted
Cloud Public
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud Clouds
Service Mobility Service Movement
 Hybrid: The ability to deliver services from multiple platforms
 But what does that mean for my Architecture?
 What does that mean for my DC’s?

9. IT Infrastructure versus IT Services
Desktop Messaging Bespoke Finance
Delivery Applications
Security
Computing
Networks
Storage

10. Logicalis Innovation – Virtual Container Technology
 Compute Elements
 Blade, Partition & VM Definitions etc
 Storage Resources
 Replicated Storage Volumes
 Virtual Array Controllers
 Network Elements
 Layer 2 Networks & Layer 3 Interfaces
 Security Elements
 Boundary Definitions & Policy
Virtual Containers – Units of Cloud Mobility – Units of Service

11. Containerising IT Services
Desktop Messaging Bespoke Finance
Delivery Applications
Security
Computing
Enterprise
Cloud
Networks
Storage

12. How do we enable service mobility between Clouds?
Network
Cloud Cloud
Local Site Hosting Centre
Service Mobility

13. The Logicalis Cooperative Cloud Service
 Enterprise-class Cloud Service
 Hybrid style cloud with options for on site, off site,
dedicated, shared and community cloud infrastructure
 A single reference architecture
 Onsite Cloud
 Hosted Cloud
 Onsite + Hosted = Cooperative Cloud
 Matched Architecture with full IT service mobility
 Predictable & Transparent
 Supports both Virtualised and Non Virtualised workload

14. The Cloud as the Platform
On Site MOBILISED Off Site

15. Full Hybrid Delivery Model
Hosted Hosted
Local Hosted Cloud Hosted Cloud
Hosted
Cloud Public
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud Clouds
Service Mobility Service Movement
 Local Cloud – Base provision, on site, low latency
 Hosted Cloud – Growth, Failover, Shared Services
 Public Cloud – Applications, Components & Services

16. Loughborough University's Problem
Distributed Data-
centres Under Desks
(DDUDS)

17. Cooperative Cloud
Internet
Hosted Cloud
ja.net Virtual Container
Virtual Container
Virtual Container
Virtual Container
EMMAN
Service Mobility
Between Clouds
Dual Local Clouds
Dual Local Clouds
Campus Virtual Container
Network Virtual Container
Virtual Container
Virtual Container

18. Local Cloud Efficiency
Unprotected Local Cloud IT Service
Power
Internal Room Plant

19. New Onsite DC: The Mini-Pods

21. De-risking the cloud:
Loughborough’s Hybrid Cloud
Avoid refurb Co-operative Cloud
Save £Ms
+
OJEU competitive
dialogue for buy-in
Local cloud
2 x ‘mini-pods’ Remote cloud
‘Traditional’
Logicalis BOCS via
data centre
to retire

22. Questions?

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