the what, when, where and how of cloud services
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Cloud.... WHAT, WHEN, HOW ???
Owen ColeTechnical DirectorUK Ireland and Sub Saharan Africa
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What the Market is Seeking
Lack of Context/Control
Context & Control
Complex / Inflexible
Simplicity / Flexibility
Dynamic Services Model
Outsource Everything
TraditionalInfrastructure
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Dynamic Infrastructure* IT Process
A complete dynamic infrastructure ecosystem would include SOA, unified application and data delivery, virtualization, software, SaaS, and orchestration management
Decreased Time-to-Market For New Services is Key
Traditional Infrastructure IT Process
1 – 12 MonthsFrequent Reuse, High Collaboration
11 – 36 MonthsLimited Reuse, Low Collaboration
DesignApp Only3 - 9 months
Deploy
1 - 2 months
Revise& Test
1 - 4 months
Test App& Network1 - 3 months
NetworkDesign
1 - 2 months
Q/AApp
1 - 3 months
DevelopApp Only
3 - 12 months
Design App& Network
1 week - 6 months
Deploy
1 week - 1 month
Revise & Test
1 week - 1 month
Test Q/A
1 week - 1 month
Develop App& Network
2 weeks - 3 months
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Cloud and (i)(p)(stuff)aaS Providers
Why is F5 the platform of choice?
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Users
Resources
Traditional Model is Inflexible
Physical Multi-Site DCs
Private
Public
CloudVirtual
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MobileEmployees
RemoteEmployees
Cloud ServicesCorporate
Data Center SAASBranch apps
and DataHosted
ApplicationsCustomer,Partners,
or Suppliers
Branch Employees
Corporate Employees
What is Required to Fill the GAP
Integration
Visibility
Context
Action
Unified Application and Data Delivery Model
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Context is Critical
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Without Context, You Can’t Take Appropriate Action
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F5 Solution ApplicationsUser
Where F5 sits to solve these problems
TMOS
Application Delivery NetworkMobile
Employees
PDA
Laptop
Desktop
Co-location
SECURE
FASTAVAILABLE
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Applications& Storage
F5’s ADN – Freeing IT, Optimizing Business
Business Goal: Achieve these objectives in the most operationally efficient manner
User
RemoteWAN
PCLAN
PCHome
WLAN
Cell
InternationalData Center
Enterprise Manager
iControl
TMOS
ARXFile/Data
Virtualization
BIG-IP Application
SecurityManager
BIG-IPEdge
Gateway
FirePassSSL VPN
BIG-IP LocalTraffic
Manager
BIG-IP WebAccelerator
BIG-IP Global Traffic
Manager
BIG-IP LinkController
BIG-IP WOM Module
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Best of Breed Application Delivery Architecture
F5 Physical ADCs
High performance & specialized hardware
F5 vADCs
Flexible deployment options
Physical ADCs + vADCs = F5 Dynamic Infrastructure
Ultimate in flexibility & performance
Cloud / Delivery Infrastructure
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Rapid Provisioning / De-Provisioning of Virtual Machines
Users
Resources
Physical Virtual Multi-Site DCs
Private
Public
Cloud
BIG-IP LTM Virtual Editon
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Fast Non-Disruptive Live Migration
Users
Resources
Physical Multi-Site DCs
Private
Public
CloudVirtual
BIG-IP LTM Virtual Edition
Maximum Flexibility, Context, and Control within the Enterprise and to the Cloud
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F5 VMotion Services:
Fast transfer rates
Reliable Live VMotion
No network changes
Uninterrupted users
WAN Optimization
iSessionsMigration
Keep-Alives
Ether/IP Tunnels
Integration with BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager
Live-Migration Virtual Location
MonitorEncryption
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Real-Time End-User Performance SLAs from Enterprise to Cloud
Users
Resources
Physical
Private
Public
Cloud
CustomCustom
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TAG
Virtual
Custom
XXT
TAG
TAG
STOP
Multi-Site DCs
Custom
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Global Leader in
application delivery
networking
1700 employees in 30 countries
10 of the top 10 fixed and
mobile service
providers
14 of the top 16 cloud service
providers
Leading innovator in
data solutions
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IT agility that drives business forward
F5 helps business gain strategic points of control wherever information is exchanged,
from client devices and the networkto application servers, data storage,
and everything in between
Global Leader in
application delivery
networking
1700 employees in 30 countries
10 of the top 10 fixed and
mobile service
providers
14 of the top 16 cloud service
providers
Leading innovator in
data solutions
