cd melbourne congress: nextgen and sdn
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CD Melbourne Congress: Nextgen and SDNTRANSCRIPT
Nextgen and the SDN
Ashish VadujkarSenior Product Manager – SDN and Colocation
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SCOPE OF PRESENTATION
• This is, predominantly, a non-technical view of SDN
• Changing needs of customers
• Evolving market forces
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WHAT IS SDN?
Software Defined NetworksSoftware Drives NetworksSoftware Delivers NetworksSoftware Develops (Enhances) Networks
SDN is the Spring of our Innovation Revolution
Tools for improving customer experience by quick provisioning of, cost effective, customer defined networks
[Industry’s]
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DEMOCRATISE ACCESS TO THE NETWORK
Control
Engineers
Our Network is Your Network
Provisioning
Customers
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WHY SDN?
Because our customer’s Time is important
• Connectivity When and Where they need• Improves speed to market• Delivers more with less resources• Improves cost efficiencies in a competitive market• Provides business agility
WHY NOW?
Evolving Traffic Patterns
Internet of Things
Cloud Adoption
Big Data
Classic Network ModelHardware Appliances
FirewallIntrusion
PreventionLoad
Balancer
WAN Optimiser
Session Border
Controller
Application Delivery
Controller
Classic Carrier Network
CPE Metro Core Transport
Market Drivers Classic Network Model Challenges
Complex Configurations
Complex Provisioning
Unnecessary Delays
Lack of Control
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FACTORS AFFECTING SDN EVOLUTION
Customer
Self Service
Portal
AutoProvisioning
Cloud Onboarding
(Simple APIs)
into Ecosystem
Bare Metals and OpEx
Model from vendors
Open API’sFor driving network components
Standardisation on multi-vendor,
multi-carrier, environments
Enhanced Business Support Systems
Flexible
commercial
models in a
multi-carrier
environment
Ubiquitous access to right-quality last mile network (NBN)
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YESTERDAY’S PROVISIONING PROCESS
Create a quote
Sales engagement
Generate Order
Commercial Verification
Technical Verification
Project Generation
Timelines confirmed
Service Provisioned
BSS/OSS Systems Updated
Customer Service Completion Sent
Service Delivered
Network Designs Docs Updated
Detailed Design
BSS/OSS Populated
Capacity checks completed
Provisioning Team Engaged
Queued for Design Updates
Queued for Provisioning
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TODAY’S PROCESSES
Generate Order
Service Provisioned
BSS/ OSS Systems Updated
Happy Customer
Activations Management (OSS)
Customer Service Completion Sent
AutoProvisioning
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STAGES OF COMPLEXITY
Simple Networks
Simple Networks
Simple Networks
Complex Networks
Complex Networks
Complex Networks
DCI between existing NTDs belonging to
you
DCI between your NTD and that
belonging to a third party
Point-to-point network
connectivity between office
locations
Fibre builds, Colocation,
multi-carrier networks
Any-to-any connectivity between the
Cloud Ecosystem and
your WAN
National WAN, Hybrid Cloud services with Firewall and
Intrusion Detection
“Ecosystems”
Complexity
DCI – Data Centre Interconnectivity
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FOOTPRINT IS CRITICAL
Simple Networks
Simple Network
s
DCI between existing
NTDs belonging
to you
DCI between your NTD and that
belonging to a third
party
“Ecosystems”
This is also changing sales engagement
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TYPICAL ARCHITECTURE
Nextgen Cloud Exchange P2P
Customer
Self Service
Portal
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SIMPLIFIED ON-BOARDING WITH YOUR PREFERREDCLOUD PROVIDER
Customer Console
• Once connectivity is established then cloud handshake is a few simple clicks
• Customers get control in managing connectivity to their preferred Cloud provider
• Growing list of cloud providers are enabling carriers as channels
Cloud Onboarding
(Simple APIs)
into Ecosystem
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CREATING RICH ECOSYSTEMS
Nextgen ‘Cloud Exchange’
CUSTOMERS
REVENUES IN AUSTRALIA
IN CAPITAL INVESTED OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS
350500+OF NATIONWIDE FIBRE NETWORK
PROACTIVELY MANAGED
+19,000km
AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST DATA CENTRE PROVIDER WITH NATIONWIDE FOOTPRINT OF 9 DATA CENTRES
Number 1
$300M+
$180m
EMPLOYEES
Our key assets continue to grow
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SOFTWARE IS … [A YOUNG] PRINCE
“Nextgen will continue to provide premium connectivity, data centre and cloud solutions to deliver a best in class user experience enabled by software defined services”
Peter McGrath, CEO Nextgen Group
THANK YOU!
Ashish Vadujkar Senior Product Manager – SDN and Data Centre Services Nextgen Group Holdings Pty Ltd Level 6, 333 Col l ins Street Melbourne VIC 3000
p +61 3 8623 3658 f +61 3 8613 3388 m +61 427 237 585
www.nextgengroup.net.au