Hybrid Hosting Strategies for the Enterprise
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The document outlines hybrid hosting strategies for enterprises offered by Centrilogic, emphasizing a customer-centric approach and a range of cloud solutions from co-location to fully managed IT services. It discusses different cloud computing models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), the benefits and challenges associated with cloud adoption, and the importance of hybrid solutions tailored to specific customer needs. Centrilogic aims to provide flexible, scalable, and robust infrastructure to support enterprise growth and evolution in their IT strategies.
Hybrid Hosting Strategies for the Enterprise
- 1. Hybrid Hosting Strategies for the Enterprise Robert Offley CentriLogic President & CEO 1
- 2. About CentriLogic • 6 Data Centers, 3 Continents, & growing… • Cross-border network and facility infrastructure • Customer-first philosophy and an emphasis on customer experience. • Hybrid Solutions: from Co-Lo to Cloud: A single point-of-contact outsourced IT Infrastructure service offering. • Elastic Solutions: Flexible, scalable, tailored solutions constructed from comprehensive set of Cloud, Hosting, and Managed Services 2
- 3. “I can’t think of anything that isn’t cloud computing with all of these environments. The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women’s fashion.” - Larry Ellison. CEO Oracle Corporation 3
- 4. What is Cloud Computing? • Utility-based computing model providing customers with highly elastic and scalable computing environments, coupled with immediate and pay-per-use pricing. • Delivered & consumed via a Third Party Vendor • Shared or wholly-owned infrastructure (or both) • Economies of Scale – “Small piece of a large pie” • SaaS – PaaS – IaaS 4
- 5. SaaS vs. PaaS vs. IaaS Infrastructure as • Vendor provides equipment, network, & support a Service • Virtualized environments (IaaS) • Pay-per-use billing • Cloud Platform for the Development & Deployment of cloud Platform as a application software. Service • Support application lifecycle on a single platform. (PaaS) • Development – testing – deployment – runtime – hosting - delivery Software as a • Hosted Application(s) / “On-Demand” Software Service • Accessibility via web browser (SaaS) • Delivered by subscription 5
- 6. 3 Types of Cloud Computing: Public Cloud Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud • Access to on-demand • Access to on-demand virtual • Interoperable combination of cloud virtual servers and SAN servers and SAN storage. and traditional hosting offerings. storage. • Increased Data Security through • Customer owns & operates private • Dedicated, Public IP Private IPs and Firewalls. infrastructure, with option of scaling Addresses. additional capacity to handle load spikes. 6
- 7. The Cloud is Compelling: 7
- 8. Why Shift to the Cloud? Key Applications of Cloud Computing: • QA / Testing • Training, Education, & E-Learning • Application Development / R&D • Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery • Production Systems • Backups & Archiving 8
- 9. Cloud Computing: The Silver Bullet? Myths & Misconceptions: • One size fits all • Cloud Computing is always the cheaper alternative • Cloud Computing will replace Co-Location, Managed Services, & Traditional Hosting services • Deploying cloud-based applications is easy • Cloud Solutions do not require stand-alone hardware • Cloud Solutions will reduce IT costs • Cloud is Hassle-Free – Just pay and use 9
- 10. Cloud Computing Challenges Security Is my data secure? Who has access, both physical and logical? Performance Will my applications perform well in a virtual environment? Will user experience be acceptable? Can I scale performance on demand? Privacy I need to maintain security data standards such as SSAE 16 Type II, PCI, SOX. Portability Is my environment able to move between/interoperate with different cloud providers? Can I leverage different providers in a DR scenario? Rogue IT I need to stop my users from going outside IT’s walls for service – how can I improve my teams responsiveness while maintaining my security and compliance standards? 10
- 11. Approach Hybrid Hosting: • Solutions catered to specific customer requirements • Each customer treated on a case-by-case basis • Vendor involvement and guidance from conception to deployment • Variable Use Services • Highly Scalable • Constructed to support future growth and service evolution • Flexible, Agile, & Elastic Professional Services: • Migrations & Integrations • Technical Support • Advanced Technical Services • Consultative Approach 11
- 12. Hybrid = Cloud + Traditional 12
- 13. Market Trend = Hybrid (Source: Bain & Company Cloud Computing Survey 2011) 13
- 14. Reasons for Hybrid Solutions: Strategy • Core, Context, Compliance Optimization & • Enterprise Architecture & Demand Spikiness Economics Practicality • Due to Legacy Migration Costs User Experience • For Global Access to Interactive Applications Freedom of • Do-it-Yourself and Services Options Choice 14
- 15. Comparison of Options Price Build to Build to Pure Hybrid Baseline Peak Cloud Solution 15
- 16. Strategy: Let the Application Dictate the Solution 16
- 17. Why Choose CentriLogic? • Industry-best people and practices • Cross-border network & facility infrastructure • Customer-first philosophy – Emphasis on customer experience – Dedicated Account Executives • Consultative & solution-oriented sales team • Hybrid Solutions: From Co-Lo to Cloud – Single point of contact outsourced IT Infrastructure service offering • Elastic Solutions – Flexible, tailored, scalable solutions constructed from comprehensive set of Cloud, Hosting, & Managed Services • Continuous Growth (team & financial) • Aggressive expansion roadmap 17
- 18. Customers Include… 18
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