October, 2014
430B+
Microsoft Azure AD
authentications
280%
year-over-year
database growth in
Microsoft Azure
50%
of Fortune 500 use
Microsoft Azure
$25,000
in the cloud would cost
$100,000 on premises
Economics
Scale
30,000
to
250,000
Scale from
site visitors instantly
2 weeks
to deliver new services
vs. 6-12 months with
traditional solution
Speed
Technology trends: driving cloud adoption
of CIOs will embrace a
cloud-first strategy in 2016
(IDC CIO Agenda webinar)
Cloud Trend:
70%
BENEFITS
Cloud Challenges
Monitoring
Performance Management
Cloud Architecture
Security
Enterprise Scale Networking
TCO
ROI
Governance
Compliance
Vendor Lock-in
Privacy
Loss of IT control
Lack of experience
Organizational needs
Whether it’s public, private or hybrid cloud, organizations are
becoming overwhelmed with the cloud services choices
available. To compound the issue, organizations are not sure
what the overall impact will be to their business specifically
in the areas of cloud strategy, economics, adoption and
What’s the answer?
CloudScape at a Glance
CLOUD ASSIST is a
phase to explore and
capture high level
opportunities and
requirements to leverage
cloud technologies.
CLOUD VISION starts
by planning your
organization’s cloud
enablement journey.
CLOUD COMPLETE is
an agile and iterative
approach to moving
existing and new
workloads to the
Cloud.
CLOUD WATCH allows
your application or
workload to be
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What are the Most Important Criteria to
Consider Before Choosing Your Cloud
Connectivity Provider?
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31%
10%
10%
8%
6%
8%
26%
1%
SERVICE
RELIABILITY
ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP WITH
KEY CLOUD SERVICES
SECURITY
FLEXIBILITY
SERVICE AVAILABILITY/
GEOGRAPHIC REACH
PERFORMANCE/SLAs
BANDWIDTH GUARANTEES
VALUE
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You need a strong network strategy to build a
successful cloud strategy
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• Business goals
• Applications
• Data
• Bandwidth requirements
• Security and compliance
• Public, private or hybrid
• Local, global
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Multi-tenant, packets
moved over shared,
interconnected
networks
Multi-tenant with
logical separation
of customer traffic
Single tenant with
physical separation
of customer traffic
Network Alternatives
P
ri
v
ate
N
etw
orks
Physically isolated from public Internet
Distributed Denial
of Service
mitigation
Firewall
Threat monitoring
User access
authentication
IPS/ IDS
Data encryption
in-transit
Network, POP
and data center
operating policies
and procedures
Identity and access
management
Data encryption – at-rest
and in-transit
IP address
management/sub-nets
Secure application
design
Monitoring and logging
Operational policies and
procedures
Network-based Security
Customer BYOS
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Cloud Connectivity Network Considerations/
Alternatives
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Security
Performance
Control
Scale
Good
Better
Best
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Research
Facility B
Research
Facility A
Data
Center 2
Private Cloud
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Enterprise
Headquarters
Enterprise VPN
Branch Offices
Internal Apps
Private Cloud
Connectivity
Enterprise
Data Center 1
Customers
External Apps
Popular
Cloud Service
Third Party Data Center <=
10ms from Public Cloud
Network Attached
Storage
IOPS Intensive
Apps
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•
Business Continuity/ Disaster Recovery
•
Application Dev and Testing
•
Business App Hosting – ERP, CRM, Email, Intranet
•
Big Data Analytics and Storage
Public
Internet
Mobile and Remote
Workforce
Headquarters
Data Center
Branch Offices
Cloud Service
IPsec
Employee
Customer
Financial
Large Volumes
of Data
Enterprise VPN
Secure, High Performance Cloud Networking
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•
Mission-critical apps
•
Sensitive business information
•
Large volumes of information
•
BYOD and distributed business
locations
•
Multiple IT users
•
Multiple ports open to public Internet
•
Multiple premise-based CPE
•
Software-based encryption
performance issues
•
Best efforts Internet data transmission
Public
Internet
Mobile and Remote
Workforce
Headquarters
Data Center
Branch Offices
Cloud Service
IPsec
Employee
Customer
Financial
Large Volumes
of Data
Enterprise VPN
Secure, High Performance Cloud Networking
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Secure, High Performance Cloud Networking
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Use Case:
Internal Apps
•
Private cloud connectivity –
Dedicated or VPN
─
Improved security by
consolidating/ containing data and
activity over private network
─
Improved performance/ reliability
with deterministic network
characteristics, guaranteed
throughput, custom diversity or
built-in mesh
─
More efficient transmission of
large volumes of data
─
2-factor remote access
management
─
Network-based Internet firewall
Public
Internet
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Global Connectivity
Connect offices around the world to the local cloud and data center
resources needed to run mission critical applications
Level 3
®
Cloud Connect Solutions
Improved Performance
Deliver cloud-based mission critical applications more quickly
and without interruption with Level 3’s highly redundant fiber
network, low latency offers and virtual network class of service
guarantees
Greater Security
Entrust your business’s proprietary information to the cloud
with Level 3’s private network and comprehensive portfolio
of security services
More Flexible
Choose the cloud services and data centers that meet your
needs (without forcing you into restrictive service bundles).
Tap into bandwidth dynamically, pay only for what you
consume
Reduced Costs
Turn-up new connections and scale bandwidth quickly and
efficiently. Minimize upfront capital expenditures and lower your
cost per unit by utilizing shared infrastructure
A private network ecosystem
which leverages Level 3's
private network services to
provide enterprises secure,
high-performance,
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Level 3
®
Cloud Connect Solutions Footprint
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