Transcript Level 3 Channel Partner Program – AWS Direct Connect November 21, 2013

Level 3 Channel Partner Program
Level 3 Cloud Connect Solutions – AWS Direct Connect
November 21, 2013
Welcome!
Today’s Presenters:
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Roger Greene: Senior Director, Product Marketing
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Roger Greene currently serves as senior director of Product Marketing
for Level 3 Communications. In this role, he leads global marketing for
Level 3 Cloud Connect Solutions, Data Center, Ethernet, Wavelengths,
Professional Services and Alliances.
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Prior to this role, Roger held a variety of positions at Level 3 in Product
Marketing, Product Management, Business Development and Segment
Strategy. Most recently, he was responsible for developing Level 3’s
Asia Pacific network.
Justin Cooper: Director, Strategic Alliances
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Justin Cooper represents Level 3’s Technology Alliance Partnerships
organization where he has global responsibility for their APN
Technology Partnership with AWS. His primary focus is on building
unique, efficient network solutions with Cloud Service Providers. Level 3
was an original partner supporting AWS Direct Connect and has
capabilities to reach every AWS Direct Connect location in the world.
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So what’s the network got to do with it?
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Application sensitivity to network performance
Application
Required
BW
Elasticity
Sensitivity to
Errors
Latency
Sensitivity
Jitter
Sensitivity
Email
Voice (TDM)
Voice (IP)
Web Browsing (non-critical)
Web Browsing (SaaS)
Video Conferencing
Telepresence
Remote Workers
Streaming Media
Storage Area Networks
Server Virtualization (WAN)
Unified Communications
Very Low
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Very High
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Latency impact on throughput
TCP Throughput (Mbps)
1,800
RTT = 5ms
1,600
1,400
RTT = 10ms
RTT = 20ms
RTT = 30ms
1,200
1,000
800
600
Typical Gold
SLA for
IP/MPLS-VPN
Target
minimum flow
rate
400
200
0
Packet Delivery Ratio %
Source: Ciena
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Quality of Service
Sensitivity
Network needs of virtualization activities
Data Storage Migration
Virtual Machine Migration
Data Storage Update
Distributed v-App
Inter VM-traffic
= Bandwidth per Flow
Flow Duration
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Latency Effect on VMM
Completion Time
• VM size: 2 GB
• Memory churn: 10 MB/s
Pause Time (secs)
RTT latency (msec)
Bandwidth Effect on VMM Pause
Time
Client-Server Business App
Development Workload
Retail Web Server w/ 600 Users
32 %
increase
Completion Time (secs)
Completion Time (secs)
Network performance impact on VMM
completion
Loss Effect on VMM
Completion Time
• 10 msec RTT latency
• 20 msec RTT latency
• VM size: 2 GB
• Memory churn: 100 MB/s
Loss %
24 %
increase
100
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Source: Ciena
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Not all networks are created equal
Public Internet
Private Network
High-Performance
Private Network
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Things to think about when designing your
network
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Who is Level 3
NEARLY
$6.4 BILLION REVENUE
10,000+ EMPLOYEES
APPROXIMATELY
180,000 ROUTE MILES OF FIBER NETWORK
CONNECTING 55+ COUNTRIES ON 5 CONTINENTS
APPROXIMATELY 350 MULTI-TENANT DATACENTERS
26.8TB+ GLOBAL IP AND CDN CAPACITY
MORE THAN 13bn MINUTES PER MONTH IN VoIP TRAFFIC
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Level 3 Helps Enable the Cloud
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Level 3 Cloud Connect Solutions
A private network ecosystem for enterprises and government to connect with leading cloud
and data center providers around the world
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AWS Direct Connect
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What is Direct Connect?
HDFS
Redshift
SES
Glacier
Beanstalk
SQS
EC2
Direct
Connect
Virtual Private Cloud
AWS Cloud
10Gb/s
Corporate Data center
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Why use Direct Connect?
Reduces Your
Bandwidth Costs
•Consistent cost at $0.02 / GB
for data leaving US-East-1.
•Costs vary between regions
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Why use Direct Connect?
 Consistent Network Performance
 With AWS Direct Connect, you choose the data that
utilizes the dedicated connection and how that data is
routed which can provide a more consistent network
experience over Internet-based connections.
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Why use Direct Connect?
 Elastic
 AWS Direct Connect makes it easy to meet your needs. AWS Direct
Connect provides private lines, and you can easily provision multiple
connections if you need more capacity.
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Archival and Backup
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Big Data
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Custom Appliances
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Video and Voice
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AWS Direct Connect
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Level 3 Services supporting AWS Direct
Connect
The only global network provider to reach every AWS Region with layer 2 & layer 3
private, dedicated connections.
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Standard Ethernet hand-off
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Speeds from 1 Mbps to 10 Gbps depending
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Ethernet Private Line (EPL)
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on the Level 3 service
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50 Mbps minimum committed bandwidth on
a GigE Interface
Port speed/interface to AWS Direct Connect
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Ethernet over Wavelength (Waves)
has to be a GigE or 10 GigE
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Unprotected
Dedicated Connections available today.
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Full 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps (no sub-rates)
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Utilizes a full 1 GigE or 10 GigE port for one
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Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL)
customer
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Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
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MPLS/ IP VPN - Available on Dedicated
A
3rd
party cross-connect (fiber pair) is
required at the AWS aggregation site
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Hosted Connections via AWS Interconnects
coming in Q1, 2014
Connections
•
Q1, 2014 support for hosted connections via
AWS Interconnects
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AWS GovCloud is available at any US Direct Connect Location
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Conclusion
• Level 3 enables you to sell more network and leverage our partnership
with AWS
• Future expansion of Level 3 Cloud Connection Solutions to include the
leading Cloud Service Providers in the industry
• Standard Level 3 products, quoting and ordering process. The value is
in our partnership and continued development to provide innovative
solutions
• Ask your customers if they are using AWS. If the answer is Yes, they
should be looking at private connectivity avoiding the Internet.
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Where can you find more information?
• Cloud Connectivity
• Available on Level 3 Partner Portal (Services tab)
• Whitepaper
• Customer Presentation
• Partner Program
• Website: www.level3.com/partner-programs
• LinkedIn: Level 3 Partner Program group
• Email: [email protected]
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Questions?
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