Case Study France-IX InterCloud
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Intercloud is a French telecom operator connected to France-IX, an internet exchange point that enhances the security and performance of cloud application access. Utilizing France-IX's peering platform, Intercloud provides optimized routes and agile services to diverse cloud service providers, ensuring reliability and reduced latency. The partnership allows Intercloud to expand its connectivity and interconnections with other exchange points to meet growing market demands.
Case Study France-IX InterCloud
- 1. CASE STUDY Convergence hub The first network designed for the cloud applications is connected to France-IX France-IX, the internet exchange point which offers peering services to internet services providers, online media, e-commerces, gaming companies, counts InterCloud among its members since July 2011. How does peering on France-IX help developing the applications of Founded by end of 2010, InterCloud is a telecom InterCloud ? operator which reinforces the security and guarantees the performance of accessing the Clouds. InterCloud offers 2 solutions: REQUIREMENTS As a Cloud provider, the main concern of InterCloud consists in diversifying its points of presence and securing the perma- nent access to its shared network in these various locations. A full range of interconnection services (Ethernet or InterCloud must be available to a maximum of internet players but the MPLS) and high-performance bandwith. company pays special attention to the exchanges with other Cloud specialists, namely SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and hosting providers. By using the infrastructure put in place via the CloudGate offer, InterCloud offers an operator’s usual service at a very attractive pricing. SOLUTION InterCloud is a French company whose the core network and expansion originated in Paris. The entity made the decision to get connected to all the internet exchange points operating in the same points of presences (POP) as they were in the capital. This included France-IX which, like InterCloud, is present in Interxion-5 and TelecityGroup Courbevoie. An innovating service called CloudGate, InterCloud uses the peering platform provided by France-IX so the com- enabling companies to access their pany can optimize its routes to specific targeted networks. Comparing to outsourced applications (IaaS or PaaS such as Amazon transit, the peering maintains a much more reliable service thanks Web Services, Google App or NTT; SaaS such as to the redundancy. The redundant platform of France-IX limits any Salesforce.com, Cegid or Prologue; or datacenters such as outage or even planned maintenance which could impact the connected Interxion or TeleCity), members and in the end the members’ own customers. as if they were located right in the middle of their private network. SaaS PaaS IaaS Hosting Moreover, InterCloud’s structure is extremely agile in order to grant a customized service relying on industrial approved means. InterCloud addresses oneself to the needs of end-users as well as to Cloud services providers. Telecitygroup1 Interxion 5 InterCloud (Courbevoie) (Saint-Denis) 12 – 14 Rue Camille Desmoulins, 92300 Levallois – Perret, France +33 (0) 1 79 47 50 30 Therefore InterCloud opted for 2 x 100Mbps – one on each common POP www.intercloud.fr with France-IX (as outlined above). The customers securely and easily access the servers.
- 2. FRANCE-IX CASE STUDY InterCloud also chose to benefit from France-IX routes servers. This service is very advantageous because it directs traffic to the peer without any peering agreement PRIVATE COST OPTIMIZATION CLOUD negotiated with many other peers. With this essential service SINGLE WINDOW for them, InterCloud acquires and handles easily its traffic. SPEED OF THE PROCESS PRIVATE PRIVATE NETWORK CLOUD Added-value brought by a connection to France-IX Rapid growth of traffic PUBLIC PERFORMANCE Easyness to establish a peering session with various CLOUD COMMITMENT FROM operators THE START Access to a significant number of partners through only SECURITY one connection Reliability of the redundant network managed 24/7 Optimized routes compared to transit EVOLUTION On the long term, InterCloud is thinking of taking advantage of the various interconnections established between France-IX and other internet exchange points, for instance LU-CIX in Luxembourg. This evolution will answer the need to access French-speaking foreign actors. In addition InterCloud being an operator, its peering sessions will be deployed and grow over the time which will probably lead to private VLANs independently to France-IX’s network in the future. FRANCE-IX, PARTNER OF THE CLOUD PROVIDERS Since 2010 the Cloud applications have bloomed both in the professional and personal life of the users. Inside the workplace, this type of service is basically offered either by hosting providers among other services or by specialized companies in Cloud. Cloud specialists aim to deliver the resources they host efficiently. In that matter, connecting to an internet exchange point promises to reach out to complementary companies in the sector and to end-users. France-IX backs up these companies dedicated in providing a Cloud infrastructure (IaaS) or willing to develop this activity to bet- ter meet the needs of the market. Through a redundant network architecture avoiding service cuts, France-IX aims to secure the Cloud provider’s network. The internet exchange point also offers the possibility to have 2 identical ports – one primary and a second one for back-up – and to let the member dispatch its traffic as it likes. The only condition required is to have both ports on the same POP. For instance, a member can take a line-rate 10Gbps and a second 10Gbps traf- fic up to 2Gbps and then divide the flow anyway it wants: 4Gbps + 8Gbps, 6Gbps + 6Gbps… For further information, visit our website www.franceix.net or contact us via e-mail at info@franceix.net France IX is the latest generation IXP based in France which offers Unicast and Multicast IPv4/IPv6 public peering, private peering (Closed User Groups), routes servers and a reseller program through various connection ports: 100 Mbps copper, 1000 Mbps copper line-rate or traffic up to 200Mbps, 1 Gbps SX or LX line-rate or traffic up to 200Mbps and 10 Gbps LR line-rate or traffic up to 2Gbps. For further information, visit the website www.franceix.net or contact info@franceix.net. France-IX 88 avenue des Ternes - 75017 Paris info@france-ix.net Convergence hub www.franceix.net