2. A Legacy MPLS/IP VPN
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We know this is a legacy style WAN:
• Internet is delivered centrally from a
dedicated on-net firewall or worse still on
a customer off-net location
• Branch sites have 1.5Mbps which used
to be enough bandwidth
• Every site had the same reliable SLA
regardless of criticality
• 3-6 CoS to sacrifice ‘low priority’ traffic in
order to preserve critical traffic and allow
VoIP + Data convergence
Internet
MPLS
T1
T1
T1
T1
2xOC3
3. Enterprise Challenges
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Secure access to an
increasing number of
services, sites and devices
in a borderless network
Leverage the agility
of cloud to support
your digital
transformation
Expand and scale to new
locations
Grow and transform
to a digitally enabled
agile organization
Maximize your
Customer
Experience
Do so in a cost effective way
IT moving towards ITaaS model
4. What’s Your Digital Strategy
• Market opportunity for the dynamic, agile business
has created a race to compete through digitisation
• Digitisation - Real-time visibility of all the variables
with big data analytics to make Machine 2 Machine
and Human 2 Machine decisions and dynamically
react
• Agility & Scale of XaaS models allow customers to
control and improve their UX
• It’s about outsourcing an operation so that you
are free to differentiate, grow and transform
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SDN, Cloud Connect, Local Internet and Secure Web Gateway Play here
6. Converged Multi-Service Ports
• Applications are moving from private delivery to Internet delivery and vice-versa
• E.g. Office 365 is a movement to SaaS and Internet delivery but with Cloud Connect
via ExpressRoute it is an example of an application flipping between delivery methods
• Internet often needs to breakout locally to maximize Cloud/SaaS performance
• Customer should only worry about total bandwidth needed and let the Converged
Multi-Service Port flex between private and public access of applications
• Usage based billing on the port allows you to pay only for the total b/w you use
• Internet can be secured by our Network based secure web gateway service
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Future proofing branch connectivity as you adopt the Cloud
Level 3’s
Converged
Multi-Service
Port
MPLS
Private
Internet
7. Modernising Your WAN
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Cloud Connect for predictable & controllable application performance and simplified security
MEF2.0 Metro Ethernet modern scalable and resilient access network
SDN automatically orchestrates the lifecycle of the service and enables the path to WANaaS
Public-Private agnostic connectivity delivers Internet locally to maximise SaaS performance
Hybrid WAN & SD WAN support a mix of reliable premium access with lower cost access
Ubiquitous Network Based Security enables secure local internet & supports mobility
Outsourcing the management allows the organisation to focus on growth and transformation
8. Cloud EnvironmentWAN Environment
Secure Access Site
Converged Multi-Service Port
IP Cloud Interconnects Partners
Cloud Connect Partners
Secure Access Cellular
Internet
MPLS/IP VPN or IPSec
Carrier Ethernet
Local PoP &
Security Gateway
3G/4G/LTE
Secure Cellular Access
Internet
Internet
Internet
Internet
SDN
Enabled
MPLS
Internet
Cloud Enabled WAN
Physical
Port
Private
Cloud
Private
Cloud
MPLS/IP VPN
Secure Access Site
MPLS/IP VPN
Secure Internet
Access
Voice
9. Hybrid WAN Branch Sites
What is ‘Hybrid Networking’?
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Hybrid WANs is where a mixture of Internet and MPLS is used to achieve private networking
Benefits
• Scalability and Cost Efficiencies- Augment the reliable MPLS WAN with lower cost bandwidth
• High Availability- Broadband and/or 4G/LTE cellular diverse backup circuits to achieve higher availability
• Performance- Just like our standard Converged Multi-Service Port (DIA/VPN) it has the ability to provide
local Internet Breakout which is needed to access SaaS based applications e.g. Salesforce
Public & Private Cloud
Applications
HQ/
Data Center
‘Legacy’ MPLS/IP-VPN WAN
Hybrid WAN
Public Internet 4G/LTEMPLS/IP-VPN
10. MPLS IP VPN +
Central Internet Breakout
Layers of Hybrid WAN Functionality
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InDevelopment
Local Internet Breakout from
Converged Multi-Service Port
& Secure IPSec Split Tunnel Access
MPLS + Internet
Active-Active Load-sharing
Using Policy Based Routing
Security +
Performance
Based Routing
SDN
& NFV
Functionality, Bandwidth and Policies On-Demand and
dynamically optimizing & protecting
CPE based dynamic automated path selection
Zero touch provisioning for ease and scale
Maximizing Investment in secondary access by
using it to augment bandwidth rather than just a
failover - Includes Broadband resale
Improved performance of SaaS services and
connect lower grade sites cost effectively
with Internet
‘Legacy’ WAN providing the
foundation for end-to-end QoS, VoIP
+ Data & Availability
Standard
11. Case Study
Customer Challenges:
• Increasing pressure on budgets and staff required a heavily outsourced approach
• Increasing demands on data access
• Data centre consolidation and growth required a solution that could flex
Solution:
• End-to-end NaaS (Network as a Service)
• Managed MPLS/IP VPN connecting 60 sites
• Voice Complete (SIP Trunk) & Managed PBX
• Managed LAN including the engineering, design and installation of cabling and equipment, monitoring &management
• Managed Wireless LAN Access Points
• Managed Video and Audio Conferencing
• Managed Firewall and Managed Intrusion Detection/Prevention System
Critical Success Factors:
• Ability to execute on the complete solution
• Flexibility to allow for growth
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Department of Homeland Security
12. Case Study
Customer Challenges:
• 47 sites including 13 countries across Europe, 2 Countries in LATAM, USA, India, Canada, 6 countries in Asia/Pac
• DC and IT consolidation has created the ‘thin branch’ which requires outsourced managed LAN
• Evolving DCs, PBXs (TDM to IP) and changes in branch office locations
• New fast growing online business needed collocating in a high availability DC with ability to grow to high bandwidths
• Video streams & Real-time critical applications need to work globally and want more visibility into these traffic types
Solution:
• Global managed cross regional Managed MPLS/IP VPN with APM (VI) with regional centralised Internet Access in each continent
• Colocation with EVPL connecting DCs
• US and EU Voice Complete (SIP Trunk)
• Managed LAN across all branch sites
Critical Success Factors:
• Global network for MPLS with Colo facilities to host their applications & online business over high bandwidth MPLS & Internet connections
• Converged Global Internet solution with the best in class peering saved them 25% costs over many local internet services
• SIP Trunks allowed them to migrate from TDM to IP based voice seamlessly and with 30% cost saving
• Dedicated Service Manager and 24x7 NOC
• SNMP Events & Managed APM allows the customer to get real-time events on application and VoIP performance and easily perform impact
analysis as they change/evolve their IT infrastructure
• Flexibility to design a solution that meets the business requirements
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Premier Farnell - A Global Electronics Manufacturer/Distributor Group PLC
13. Case Study
Customer Challenges:
• Customer wants to upgrade their retail store customer-facing and internal network infrastructure
• Increasing bandwidth to store locations, enable public Wi-Fi, and linking back-office systems to
their corporate data centres in a cost effective manner were the driving priorities
• Customer was looking for a provider who could provide a reliable, secure in-store connectivity and
deploy it on a very large scale (several thousand locations)
Solution:
• Nationwide managed WAN/LAN solution deployed to over 7,000 locations
• Multi-vendor access connectivity, management of all CPE devices, cloud-based firewall and 4G
wireless back-up
• Public and private Wi-Fi implementation with back-office traffic connected to DCs via dedicated
MPLS connections
Critical Success Factors:
• Management of multiple access vendors in deployment of various access technologies
• Ensuring seamless interoperability across multiple elements comprising in-store hardware
configuration
• Migration and implementation of services to Level 3 as dictated by customer
• Coordination of site surveys and site construction for access services
• Engineering in-store Wi-Fi and wireless failover to ensure optimal coverage and performance
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Starbucks - Coffee Shop Chain
Public
Internet
MPLS
Retail Store
Level 3
MPLS
Access
Data Center 1 Data Center 2
MPLS
4G
Failover
WiFi
CPE
Notas del editor
Who here is sceptical of the need for dynamic networking?
Digitisation:
Agriculture - Monitoring and maintaining the soil and maximising yield
Manufacturing - Streamlining the supply chain
Retail - Loyalty programmes, Proximity based Marketing, Digital Experience, Digital Pricing, Overcoming showrooming
Minimise customer buying decision time
Minimise order to cash interval
Maximise loyalty
Maximise efficiency
Agility & Scale
DCs + SDN has produced IaaS and PaaS type cloud services
IT Organisations evolving to ITaaS as they relinquish control over applications
We see this influencing the WAN roadmap and influencing buying behaviours. There are still people who don’t quite get it yet or believe that CPE based solutions like SD-WANs will transform networking but I can tell you the future is digitised and the network is moving to “aaS” where we move from months to minutes!
Enterprises are on a transformational journey towards the cloud and we’re making great progress in simplifying the WAN piece of the puzzle.
Our WAN positioning is that of a next generation, SDN enabled architecture, that supports the secure, on-demand flexibility of the cloud with a much more agnostic approach to supporting local Internet versus private MPLS/Ethernet.
