Len Bosack, CEO and Founder of XKL, LLC and the Founder of Cisco Systems, presented at the Data Centres Europe 2012 conference in Nice, France - \'Without the Best Networks, the Cloud Does Not Exist." To request a copy please email xkl@imillerpr.com.

1. Without The Best Network,
the Cloud Does Not Exist
Data Centres Europe 2012
Len Bosack
CEO/Founder
XKL LLC

2. Dark Fibre - Background
• Ligh%ng
dark
fibre
provides
companies
ul%mate
flexibility
– Network
design,
implementa%on
and
management
– Full
control
over
which
carriers
and
services
providers
to
buy
from
• Useful
applica%ons
include:
– Private
enterprise
networks
– Big
bandwidth
connec%vity
to
data
centres
for
hos%ng,
cloud
compu%ng
and
applica%on
management

3. Key Benefits of Lighting Dark Fibre
• Virtually
unlimited
capacity
– Single
fibre
pair
support
up
to
400G
of
lit
transport
now,
1,000G
soon
– Light
what
you
want,
when
you
need
it
• Lower
cost
to
use
and
deliver
high
bandwidth
applica%ons
• Network
control
and
rou%ng
preferences
– Hardware,
monitoring
and
management
all
in
customer’s
control
• Dedicated,
private
infrastructure
ensures
reliability
and
security
– Variety
of
configura%ons
can
be
customize
to
meet
unique
business
requirements
– Long-­‐haul,
short-­‐haul
and
fiber-­‐to-­‐tower
connec%vity
solu%ons

4. Dark Fibre – Demand Drivers
• Growing
bandwidth
use
• Availability
and
prevalence
of
network
infrastructure
• Security
and
reliability
• Future
growth
/
control
• Convergence
of
voice,
data
and
video

5. Best Cloud Deployments
• Basis
of
Network
is
Dark
Fibre
• Cloud
solu%on
requirements
– Network
/
Accessibility
– Reliable
equipment
/
Flexibility
– Coloca%on/
Data
Centre
“home”
– Applica%ons
/
Services
• How
does
the
Best
Cloud
provide
the
Best
Solu%ons?
It
Starts
with
the
Best
Network.
– Amount
of
Bandwidth,
Control
and
Scalability
– Privacy
and
Legal
Locale
Requirements
– Does
it
go
where
you
need
it
to
go?
– Costs
to
own,
operate
and
lease
the
network

6. Best Network – Key Considerations
• Connec%vity
Considera%ons
– Where
are
the
network
endpoints
– What
is
the
route
the
network
takes
– What
is
the
es%mated
latency
• Core
Network
Gear
Considera%ons
– Scalable
and
flexible
– Reliable
and
Secure
– Efficient
to
power,
house
and
manage
– Speed
/
latency
– Cost
and
ROI

7. Conclusion
• Three
main
elements
to
cloud
networking
solu%ons:
– Network
Flexibility
– Key
loca%ons
and
housing
of
data
– Gear
deployed
to
run/operate
the
network
core
• The
Best
Cloud
needs
the
Best
Network,
which
needs
the
Best
Gear
– XKL
is
bringing
fundamental
change
to
worldwide
telecommunica%ons
– DarkStar®
=
Lowest
latency,
Layer
1
op%cal
transport

8.
Thank
You
Q&A