is your it infrastructure future-proof?
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February 22, 2012
Paul Carmody SVP, Product Management and Business Development
Is Your IT Infrastructure Future-Proof?
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Agenda
Introduction
Which platform is right for your business needs?
Hybrid hosting use cases and benefits
Optimize for today, future-proof for tomorrow
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Poll Question
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Where do most of your workloads reside
today?
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3,700+ Enterprise Customers 500 Employees 2010 Revenue: $244M
Our intelligent IT Infrastructure solutions can take your business to a higher level.
NASDAQ: INAP
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Platform Flexibility
Performance to the End user
IP Connectivity • Enterprise IP • TCP Acceleration
Colocation
Hosting
Cloud
• Space, Power, Cooling • Interconnection
• Managed Hosting • Dedicated Hosting
• Private Cloud • Public Cloud • Cloud Storage
Content Delivery Network • Media Delivery, Transparent
Caching, Mobile Delivery • Analytics
We live and breathe a full range of intelligent IT Infrastructure services
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Where we’ve been: Internap’s cloud webinar series
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Internap, Nov. 2011 – Jan. 2012, sample size: 270 respondents.
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Internap cloud webinar series results:
“Are you currently leveraging the cloud (Iaas) for any of your applications?”
No: 54% (includes evaluating or just learning)
Yes: 46%
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Internap cloud webinar series results:
“What type of cloud is your business most interested in?
Public 8%
Private 28%
Hybrid or Combination
46%
None or in-house
18%
Internap, Nov. 2011 – Jan. 2012, sample size: 253 respondents.
Where we’ve been: Internap’s cloud webinar series
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Public Cloud
Private Cloud
Dedicated Hosting
Managed Hosting
Colocation
Lower Capex Requirements
Standardization
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Customization
Different use cases, stages call for different environments
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Colocation for legacy and custom infrastructure
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Managed hosting for database performance and fully supported option
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Dedicated hosting for DIY hardware-centric users
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Public cloud for pay-as-go, highly scalable options vs. private cloud for highly-secure isolated environment
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Private Public
More Less
More Less
Customization/Security
Cost
Cloud
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Matching applications to IT Infrastructure services
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Key benefits and ideal application match
Colocation Works well with legacy infrastructure with high security needs
Ideal application fit: ERP applications
Dedicated Hosting Serves do-it-yourself users familiar with required hardware, minimal support
Ideal application fit: complex, highly-scalable web applications
Managed Hosting Moderate customization, databases perform better on dedicated storage
infrastructure, 24/7 high-touch support
Ideal application fit: SaaS
Cloud Public cloud utility pay-as-you go elasticity and private cloud highly-secure,
single-tenant options
Ideal application fits: public – temporary instances, test and dev;
private – server consolidation virtualization projects
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What is hybrid hosting?
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• Hybrid hosting leverages the best features of multiple IT services such as colocation and hosting tiers into a single, optimized IT environment. This environment is joined through layer 2 connectivity resulting in a highly performant private virtual local area network (VLAN).
What hybrid hosting is:
• A layer 3 connection on a virtual private network (VPN) gateway is not a true hybrid solution. This architecture creates latency issues for your business.
What hybrid hosting isn’t:
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Hybrid hosting for flexible, highly-custom environments
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Need Service
Flexibility Performance Customization
Cloud Managed Hosting Colocation
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Burstable Tier
Base Tier
To provide incremental capacity at peak loads
Core infrastructure to maintain web presence
Dedicated Hosting Servers
Cloud Servers
Ease of use and flexibility Centralized API and portal allow users to mix & match as well as manage physical and virtual servers
Cloud Hosting Servers
Better traffic management Traffic spikes occur at 3x normal rate without issue using this architecture
Use Case: Online Web Content – Publishing Traffic Management
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Cloud or Dedicated
Managed Hosting
Colocation
CDN Server
CDN Server
End user
End user
Public Internet
Create a single multi-tiered gaming application across cloud, managed hosting and colocation platforms with ultra-fast layer 2 connectivity
IP and CDN extend online game performance all the way to the end users
Use Case: Gaming – Scalable Online Delivery
Web Servers for Flexibility
Databases for Performance
Storage for Customization
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Poll Question
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Where do you plan to move your workloads to
in 2012?
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Several paths: more flexibility, means efficiency
Internet start-ups tend to migrate toward more dedicated infrastructure
Colocation Managed Hosting
Enterprise Cloud
Public Cloud
Enterprises tend to migrate their infrastructure toward the cloud
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Dedicated Hosting
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ü What are my capital expenses vs. opera4ng expenses needs? ü What level of control am I willing to give my outsourcing partner? ü How important is performance to me? ü What type of infrastructure flexibility will I need now, and in the future? ü Do I want to use one partner, or several, for my different applica4on needs?
Optimize for today,
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Adapting for change
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Questions?
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