flexiant concerto - the story
DESCRIPTION
Flexiant Concerto is a hosted platform that enables application lifecycle management (ALM) ideal for service providers wanting to help developers build next generation applications across multiple clouds. With Flexiant Concerto you can enable your customers to: Leverage multiple clouds for resilience, flexibility and choice Take the complexity out of deploying cloud application stacks with our blueprints feature Optimize the end user’s experience through application-aware auto scaling Significantly reduce latency by routing global end users to the web server closest to themTRANSCRIPT
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WE LIVE IN A VERY SPECIAL TIME
3Bpeople online
1Bsmartphones
9Bconnected devices
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The rise of new businessesweb
mobile
gaming
media
e-commerce
wearables
customerinternet
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The cloud giants supremacy
OtherCloud Providers
GoogleAmazon
Microsoft
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Moving legacy apps to the cloud is hard
Cloud Provider
RequirementRequiremen
t
Requirement
Legacy App
Enterprise
CIO
CFO
Requirement
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New applications are booming in the cloud
E-commMobile
SaaSGame
BigDataSocial
AmazonGoogle
Next Generation Applications
Deal with unpredictable
demand
Designed to scale
Loosely coupled
Developed in the cloud, for the
cloud
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Application consumption is changing
EquivalentBusiness Case
“Lifted and Shifted” Legacy App
SaaS
Next Generation App
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The rise of software developers
EMPOWEREDDECISION MAKERS
IT infrastructure technology
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Developers demand automation
corebusiness
logic
Testing Staging
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Production
Focus
Prefer as-a-service versus DIYfor non-core components
Deploy consistentenvironments
DNSLoadBalancer Database
Cache QueuingStorage
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Multi-cloud is a requirement
CloudProvider
A
Cloud Provider
B
Cloud Provider
C
PrivateCloud
Better Storage
Price
Better I/O performan
ce
WiderGeographical
Reach
JurisdictionSensitive Data
NOT A SINGLE CHOICE
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Multi-cloud is a requirement
CloudProvider
A
Cloud Provider
B
Cloud Provider
C
PrivateCloud
BUT A COMBINATION OF
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Multi-cloud brings challenges
MANAGEMENTCOMPLEXITY
Different providers
interfaces
Different APIs
Many learning curves
Different
architectures
APPLICATIONPORTABILITY
Can’t move application
away
Locked into provider’s
tools
Locked into provider’s
software
ENVIRONMENTCONSISTENCY
Different image
libraries
Different application
libraries
Different tools
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Multi-cloud. Solved.
Flexiant Cloud
Orchestrator Cloud
Private Cloud
Amazon
Rackspace
DigitalOcean
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Multi-cloud application blueprints
Virtual Server
Base OS
CO
NC
ERTO
myApp
Provided by AWS
Built by Concerto
Virtual Server
Base OS
CO
NC
ERTO
myApp
Provided by Rackspace
Built by Concerto
POWERED BY
CONSISTENTMULTI-CLOUDDEPLOYMENT
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Application-aware Autoscaling
Front End Front End
Back End Back End
LB LB LB LB Integrated Layer-4Network Load Balancer
Poor User Experience
Detection (Apdex
based)
Application End Users
Poor User Experience due to under-provisioned infrastructure
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Application-aware Autoscaling
Front End Front End
Back End
Front End Front End
Back End
LB LB LB LB Integrated Layer-4Network Load Balancer
Auto-scaling
Continuous User
ExperienceMeasurement
Application End Users
Great User Experience
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Geo-localised DNS
DNS
Give me
content!
Give me
content!
Application End User
Application End
User
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Geo-localised DNS
myApp Deployme
nt
myApp Deployme
nt
DNS
Deployed by ConcertoRackspace data center
Deployed by ConcertoAWS data center
CONTENT IS SERVED FORM
CLOSEST LOCATION
(lowest latency)Application End User
Application End
UserIdentifies available copies
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Become a Next Generation Cloud Providerwith
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Become a Next Generation Cloud Provider
AcknowledgeMulti-Cloud
SupportNext Gen
Apps
ProvideValue Add
SolveReal Problems
•Multiple public •Multiple
private
• Your own IaaS
•Understand use cases • Provide required
tools
• Co-opt vs. compete•Move up the value
chain
• Independence• Rapid
prototyping
• Consistency • Ease of
use
NextGen
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Public Clouds supportWide range of public clouds includingAWS, Rackspace, Digital Ocean
CMPs supportWide range of cloud management platforms including OpenStack, Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator, VMware
Multiple business modelsCo-opt with Cloud Service ProviderCo-opt with Technology PartnerOr charge for usage
Low learning curveExtremely intuitive UIEasy to useEncourage usage and consumption
New revenue streamsAddressing the use case of
new emerging growing markets
with next generation apps
No upfront investmentNo hardware
required
Easy to get startedA matter of hours
Why sign up today for Flexiant Concerto
No internal expertisePlatform is hosted and
operated by Flexiant
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The only multi-cloud solution.
Designed for service providers.
To help you capture the fastest
growing market opportunity today.
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