1. Network Architectures and the Advent of Hybrid Cloud Jan 2015
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Client
Network Architectures and the Advent of Hybrid Cloud Jan 2015
Rohit Mehra,
Vice President, Network Infrastructure, IDC
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2. Enterprise IT Rapidly Transforming
New Enterprise IT Platform Emerging
Virtualization
Cloud
Mobility
Big Data Analytics
Continuous delivery and new app architectures accelerate rate and pace of change
Number and diversity of devices proliferates
Datacenter and computing architectures also change dramatically
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3. Business Gets Done At The Edge
Changing User Experience
New Business Services
New Data Sources
Scale
Speed
Scope
New Regions
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4. Cloud: A Strategic/Key Resource For Nearly 80% of Respondents
Q. Which of the following best describes your organization's view of cloud computing/IaaS?
N=504
Source: 2014 IDC U.S. Enterprise Communications Survey
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5. Increasing Reliance on Cloud Services
Private Cloud/
Datacenter HQ
Regional
Offices
Branch Offices, Remote Sites, Mobile Workers
Cloud Apps/SaaS
CRM
ERP
Internet
Cloud Services
Management
Provisioning
Security
Applications like salesforce.com, Microsoft Office 365, Workday and other cloud-based applications have seen widespread adoption along with other cloud services, due to their virtually ubiquitous availability to allow employees to carry out important tasks without regard to time or place. It is a given that many of these leverage smart mobile devices and contribute to the mission-criticality of the network.
These services have also helped bring cloud IT into the mainstream for a number of core technology functions and applications- enterprise IT is now more comfortable with the cloud.
From Retail to Education to Healthcare, Enterprise IT is being challenged to provide mobile access to cloud-based business and consumer applications
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6. The Race to Build Liquidity
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7. Cloud and Datacenter Priorities
Q. Over the last year, and thinking of the year ahead, which three of the following issues are having the most impact on your datacenter operations and strategy?
N=813
Source: 2014 IDC U.S. Enterprise Communications Survey
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8. Emerging Era of Enterprise WAN and Cloud Connect Services
Title of Presentation
Client
Emerging Era of Enterprise WAN and Cloud Connect Services
Network-based MPLS VPNs extensions to Private Cloud services
Ethernet Service connectivity to Public (Amazon, Google, Azure) and Private Clouds
Data Center Inter-Connect Services (DCI)
Increased challenges of providing Public/Private (Hybrid) cloud connectivity while ensuring optimal application/web site and user experience (including Cloud Load Balancing)
ADC and WAN Optimization
Vendors
SDN WAN Start-ups
Virtual alternatives to network complexity
Cloud Networking
Network operators and
Cloud Providers
Router/Switch
vendors
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9. Data Gravity Concentration of Data and Datacenters
SP & Cloud
Mobile Data
App
Data
Public Data
Implications of 'data gravity'. Major public cloud players are building up massive data stores (public, private, etc...). It will be ever harder for even the largest enterprise to resist the pull of these 'black holes' unless they become big data cloud players themselves.
Most new Datacenters will be near cloud Datacenters

10. Cloud to Drive Bandwidth, VPN Services, WAN Optimization Adoption
Q. What network/WAN changes have you made or do you expect to make in the next 2 years as a result of using cloud computing/IaaS?
N=413
Source: 2014 IDC U.S. Enterprise Communications Survey
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11. The Many Meanings of Hybrid Cloud
Q. Which of the following best describes the type of hybrid cloud you are currently using or plan to use?
Subscription to multiple public cloud services from different cloud service providers for different business needs
Subscription to multiple services (cloud, managed hosting, colocation) from a single service provider
An IT environment that uses a mix of public cloud services and on-premises private cloud
A mix of public cloud services and an off-site, service provider-hosted dedicated/private cloud
An internal datacenter environment that supports multiple vendors' hypervisors
Use of public cloud services and private/dedicated cloud resources to support the needs of a single distributed applications
Management of all cloud resources using a common orchestration platform, with centralized resource provisioning automatically
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12. Rise of Software-Defined Networking
Software Defined Networking (SDN) is emerging as a new architectural approach to networking in the cloud era
Decouples network control plane from data plane, establishes clear abstractions for automation and programmability, resulting in agility.
Integrates well with major cloud-management platforms
Can drive OPEX savings in large data centers through automated network provisioning, configuration
Started within the Datacenter, but now being used to address WAN and Inter Datacenter connectivity needs for:
Agility
Flexibility
Improved App experience
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Essential Guidance
Workloads are driving new requirements across the entire spectrum of IT Infrastructure – radiating out from the datacenter to the WAN
Take an application-centric view of IT Infrastructure to see how workloads are delivered; look to automate where possible
Optimizing web-site performance continues to be a key requirement
WAN Application Delivery and Cloud Load Balancing will be the “Engine” of Hybrid Cloud
As complexity grows, be aware of increasing need for cloud infrastructure orchestration, visibility, management and automation, across vendors and cloud providers
Cloud and disaster recovery/business continuity are having major impact on datacenter/IT operations and strategy
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