The Cloud (Enabler for Service Providers to Supply More to Their Customers) A Regional Carrier Perspective CCA Fall 2012 Karl Erik Rye Director, Comm. Products, GCI kerye@gci.com
Data Center in the Cloud Tech Session Cloud Services 04.09.2012 / Page 2
The Cloud -Oversimplified Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 3
Cloud Reference Model Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 4
Cloud Hierarchy SaaS (Software as a Service) PaaS (Platform as a Service) IaaS (Infrastructure as a Svc.) Application Application Middleware Colo Database Storage Operating System Accounting, HR, payroll, purchasing, customer mgmt., billing, invoicing, email, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, reports, analytics, business rules Automation, Monitoring, Integration Data organization, access, security, management, performance, backup Physical and logical disk or solid state arrays, management, performance, security, redundancy, backup Physical & virtual server mgmt., performance, security, automation, scripting (VMWare, Windows, unix, linux ) Server Physical and virtual machines (Intel, IBM, Sun) Network Datacenter Local Area, Wide Area, Storage Area Physical space, power, cooling, UPS, backup power generation Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 5
Cloud Expectations New business models Innovation and new service opportunities Outsourcing of costly infrastructure Greater flexibility Broader Reach Faster response times and results Reduced time-to-market but be wary of Cloudwashing Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 6
Staying Ahead of the Growth Curve Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 7
Risks for Cloud Customers Data Security (virtual and physical) Data must be well protected Access to data must be securely controlled Regulatory Compliance Risks of data residing in another state or country must be understood Must consider state and federal privacy or security laws Service Reliability System must have high availability Tier Rating? (Uptime; ANSI/TIA; etc.) Technical support must be 24/7 Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning There must be a Plan B for recovery Continuity plan for any outage Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 8
Legal Cloud Concerns Privacy Cross-Jurisdictional Compliance Search Warrants ediscovery Data Security Auditing Standards (SAS-70) Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 9
Some General Cloud Gotchas The cloud is still somewhat unfamiliar territory Doesn't always work like the "real world All apps are not suited for the cloud Easy to let the meter run unnecessarily on the cloud Cloud licenses can contain unexpected deployment restrictions Lack of documentation can hinder cloud developers Network issues can be harder to troubleshoot Rapid change can make it hard to keep up Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 10
So, what is GCI doing in the Cloud? It depends We re a provider of Cloud Services We re a user of Cloud Services Current GCI organizations in the Cloud Corporate IT Managed Broadband Services (MBS) Commercial Cycle 30 Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 11
Competitive Landscape Application Layer DropBox TekMate Operating System Layer Microsoft Rackspace Cloud49 Sequestered Solutions Device Layer Networking Layer Amazon GCI, ACS, Level 3, etc. Alaska Comm. (ACS) Data Center Layer Amazon Microsoft Rackspace Cloud49 Sequestered Solutions Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 12
Anchorage Data Center (Not) Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 13
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IT Virtual Infrastructure - Technologies GCI s IT Virtual Machine to Physical Machine Balance (current) Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 19
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Managed Broadband Services (MBS) ConnectMD: Alaska & L48-91 Healthcare organizations with over 200 sites (and growing) Advantage Video: 65+ sites throughout Alaska School Access: 37 School Districts and Ed. Organizations with over 180 sites, including 37 Libraries and 31 more being added Tech Session Cloud Services 04.09.2012 / Page 21
Cloud Services (MBS) Colo (Space, Power, HVAC, Physical Security) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Virtual Systems Operating Systems Storage Backup Network/Internet Access and Security Platform as a Service (PaaS) Websites/Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 22
Cloud Services (MBS) cont. Software as a Service (SaaS) Email (MS Exchange, Sendmail, Firstclass) Videoconferencing Services Network Traffic Shaping Firewall Services (Basic & Advanced) Content Filtering (Basic & Advanced) Customer Portal and NMS Tools Content Management Sys. (CMS): Wordpress& Joomla Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 23
MBS also Resells Cloud Services Mimecast Continuity Archiving Google Spam Filtering (Postini) (TBD) Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 24
GCI Commercial Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Hardware platform, connectivity & security The customer provides the application Software as a Service (SaaS) NMS Tools Firewall Services Voice & Messaging Services (Cloud Communications) Private Cloud Exploring new products, partnerships and services Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 25
Cycle30 Cloud Infrastructure Infrastructure Goals Scalability and Location Flexibility Cost Control Security/ Licensing Restrictions Selected SunGard as a Cloud partner 90 hardened IT facilities & 3000 employees Customers in 70 countries Great reputation in the industry Both hosting and cloud infrastructure Cloud Tech. Session 04.9.2012 / Page 26
Cycle30 Network Heirarchy Customer Facing Applications Force.com Platform Kenan Backend SunGard Cloud C30 Private Cloud SunGard Data Center Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 27
Cycle30 Infrastructure Hybrid Cloud Model Public Cloud Short term Flexible capacity OPEX No Oracle licenses Multi-tenant Private Cloud Long term Fixed capacity CAPEX Oracle licenses Single-tenant Hybrid Infrastructure Management Cloud Tech. Session 04.9.2012 / Page 28
Cycle30 Cloud Product Layer Product Layer Goals Speed to Market Scalability Lower Cost Lower Risk Selected Force.com (Paas) Strong development tools Very scalable Customer based licensing model Recognized as a proven PaaS leader Cloud Tech. Session 04.9.2012 / Page 29
So, why do we Cloud? Competitive advantage Value add for customers They keep asking us to provide services Expanded service portfolio Drives bandwidth usage revenue Stickiness Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 30
Why should they Cloud with us? Local enterprise grade data center Local support that understands their needs Local communications service provider Single source for the customer s needs Eliminates finger pointing Local customer relationships built upon trust Leverage Local Fall 2012 CCA The Cloud 09.25.2012 / Page 31
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