A Single Cloud for Business Applications

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1 A Single Cloud for Business Applications Treb Ryan, Chief Strategy Officer 18 December 2013 Cloud Business Unit, Dimension Data

2 Dimension Data today 2012 global revenues of US$5.8 billion Client-centric, services focused business Extensive experience in emerging markets 78% of Global Fortune 100 and 59% of Global Fortune 500 are Dimension Data clients Over 14,000 employees with operations in 51 countries across 5 regions Over 6,000 clients across all industry sectors, including financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, manufacturing, government and education Copyright Dimension Data 18 December

3 Thousands of clients with millions of end-users Private Cloud & Managed Hosting Hybrid Cloud Public Cloud Copyright Dimension Data 18 December

4 Dimension Data Global reach, local presence, delivering Enterprise class IT as a Service London California Virginia Amsterdam Tokyo Ahmedabad Hong Kong Sao Paolo Johannesburg Jakarta Sydney Rich portfolio of Enterprise class Cloud Services delivered globally 13 Cloud Platforms globally, 6 in Asia Pacific and growing Melbourne Global ICT Services provider with $6B revenue, strong in 51 countries Copyright Dimension Data 18 December

5 Mattel saved 30% by optimizing testing environment on the fly to find exact Saved 30% Customization of servers on the fly Load testing On-demand scalability for production site Copyright Dimension Data 18 December

6 Case study: ClearBenefits improves reliability and reduces cost; Saves 90% with cloud-based DR Saved 90% Resource reallocation Cloud-based disaster recovery Improved performance Copyright Dimension Data 18 December

7 If cloud computing is so hot Copyright Dimension Data 18 December

8 Growth rate, % Why is public cloud IaaS just 3% of the IT industry? 50.00% 40.00% Cloud IaaS, $6 B 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% SaaS, $ 10 B Cloud Computing, $ 80 B DC Systems, $441 B Cloud IaaS Cloud Computing SaaS DC Systems Telecom IT Total IT Total, $3700 Billion Telecom, $1600 B 0.00% % Source: Gartner Worldwide IT Spending Forecast Market size, USD billions Copyright Dimension Data 18 December

9 What is holding back broad enterprise cloud adoption? Security & Control Performance & Reliability Accessibility Copyright Dimension Data 18 December

10 True networking is missing from the cloud Buyers today assume that the public cloud is best-effort You get what you get virtual networking In spite of an unreliable platform with frequent outages; complex pricing models that nickel and dime you; and a rigid pricing plans that limit you to Small, Medium and Large; users continue to select public best-effort clouds by default Copyright Dimension Data 18 December

11 The next generation of clouds will be network-centric Server-centric cloud Network-centric cloud Utility computing, flat architecture Best effort cloud Difficult to secure Weak SLAs Unreliable performance Difficult to work with enterprise Nickel and dimed for features Network-centric architecture Defense in depth network-based security Hardware-based networking performance Stronger SLAs and enterprise-class performance Easy to integrate Single platform for public and private clouds 3-6x better performance at lower cost Copyright Dimension Data 18 December

12 Dimension Data Cloud leverages standardized architecture and best-in-class infrastructure with Cisco at the core Dimension Data MCP Internet Border Router Core Switching VPN Concentrator Cloud Networks Configurable: VLANs, Firewall, Load Balancing, Multicast, NAT Web UI and Cloud API Reporting and Configuration Database Cloud Servers Configurable CPU, RAM and Storage Cloud Files Cloud-based storage Copyright Dimension Data 18 December

13 Dimension Data s CloudControl System automates the provisioning of Cisco switches, firewalls and load balancers Cisco Data Centre Business Advantage Solution Component Cisco Switches Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) modules Provides Core Switching Private L2 VLAN Virtual-machine-aware server load balancing Cisco Firewall Services modules Private-to-public cloud extension Site-to-Site and Client-to-Cloud VPN Cisco Multilayer SAN Directors High-performance shared storage Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Advanced, high performance security Copyright Dimension Data 18 December

14 Enabling easy configuration through a UI or API User Management: Rolebased user controls; activity and usage reporting Support: 24x7 phone support included; Managed Services Flexibility: 1-16 CPU, 1-128GB RAM, 50GB-2.5TB local disk Hybrid: Ability to deploy dedicated and cloud servers Copyright Dimension Data 18 December

15 To build multi-tier, secure applications in the cloud Low (Web) Medium (App) High (DB) Public (NAT ed) IP Space Public Traffic filtered at Firewall Private IP Space Specific server to server traffic is filtered at VLAN B Firewall VLAN A VLAN B VLAN C Private IP Space Traffic filtered at VLAN A Firewall Multi-cast turned on for application clustering Public user VPN Gateway Administrator Administrator Load Balancing SSL Offloading Copyright Dimension Data 18 December

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