Grid Computing @ BT The evolution toward grid services EU Grid event, Brussels May 31 05 Piet Bel Grid Action Team
Agenda BT Why Grid? What is BT doing? Evolution of Grid Services Q & A 2
Forward-looking statements - caution advised Certain statements in this presentation are forward-looking and are made in reliance on the safe harbour provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, without limitation, those concerning: transformation of BT's networks and cost base; benefits to customers of the ICT programme. Although BT believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to have been correct. Because these statements involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements Factors that could cause differences between actual results and those implied by the forwardlooking statements include, but are not limited to: material adverse changes in economic and financial markets conditions in the markets served by BT; future regulatory actions and conditions in BT s operating areas; technological innovations; developments in the convergence of technologies; and the anticipated benefits and advantages of new technologies, products and services, including broadband, not being realised. BT undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise GRID SERVICES ARE STILL IN CONCEPT AND ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT 3
This is now the age of the digital networked economy Technology waves continue to disrupt the economy Voice, data and applications are converging Computing in the network, accessible from anywhere The real benefits derive from IT that is connected We call this networked IT Water Power Textiles Iron Steam Rail Steel Electricity Petrochemicals Chemicals Electronics Internal-combustion Aviation engine Digital networks Mobility New media Vitualisation FIRST WAVE SECOND WAVE THIRD WAVE FOURTH WAVEFIFTH WAVE 1785 1845 1900 1950 1990 1999 2020 60 YEARS 55 YEARS 50 YEARS 40 YEARS 30 YEARS 4
Where connectivity has no boundaries Connections, any time, any place, any device 5
In today s digital networked economy change is inevitable 6
To deliver right-time customer interactions The new telephone call is the ability to transfer information to get the right information, to the right person at the right time Realise the power of today s multi-channel environment Effectively manage customer contact Create enduring customer experiences Tap into skills and resources world-wide Balance cost control and organisational responsiveness to deliver significant returns 75% of European companies recently surveyed by BT are looking to improve multi channel customer integration and management 95% of European enterprise organisations can not match a follow up phone contact with an email sent two days earlier BT Research 2005 7
What does this mean for your organisation? 3 strategic priorities Serving your customers & citizens Ensuring security & managing risk Establishing the right infrastructure 8
BT has a bold, ambitious strategy The digital networked economy is a phenomenon Identified long term impact Built long term strategy Practitioner experience BT is now a networked IT services company with Targeted propositions Proven capability Global reach World-class partners Network expertise Practitioner experience BT has the most comprehensive but also the most open approach to innovation... Its bold plan to invest 10 billion in a 21st-century network puts the company at least a couple of years ahead of its peers in western Europe January 2005 9
Business Drivers for Grid 1. Accelerate Business Processes 2. Productivity 3. IT optimization 4. Collaboration Impact on Enterprise Network Inside firewall Outside firewall 10
GRID challenges for CIO s Management control and Accountability Asset utilisation, more for less Enabling your teams to work together Resources aligned with flexible business objectives Enable ICT infrastructure to work with Business Partners On demand / pay as you go Security How to manage Enterprise IT in a Grid enabled world? 11
GRID Services Positioning From a Service Provider perspective GRID is NOT about: Grid Computing to create supercomputer performance Focused on provision of Network bandwidth / dark fibre What it IS about for a Service Provider : The creation of a Virtualisation business model across the entire ICT resource profile Enabling customers to collaborate with internal / external partners Managing ICT complexity Exploiting the fact that it plays to Telco strengths in the management of distributed resources Logical next step for a VPN service supplier 12
The Customer Dilemma Survey of 250 CIO s: 83% Do not know what applications are running on their networks 82% Do not know how much traffic is non- Business related 84% Are under pressure to maximise resources and contain costs 76% Continue to upgrade bandwidth -Oracle, IBM, HP, Sun are moving into Grid.. -What will be the impact on the VPN? -Who will manage the complexity? 13
Today Pre-GRID IT asset usage 10-15 % Inside data centre, and within Firewall Virtual use of own IT assets ENTERPRISE WANS LANS The GRID virtualiser engine inside Firewall Interconnectivity of Grid centres inside company Based on leased lines / IPVPNs HPTC / HPBC area s only No Inter enterprise collaboration. WANS ENTERPRISE LANS GRID Engine Virtualised assets Post-GRID IT asset usage 70-75 % 14
The Virtual Private Grid ( VPG) WANS ENTERPRISE LANS Today GRID Engine Virtualised IT assets WANS ENTERPRISE LANS Tomorrow BT NETWORK GRID ENGINE 15
GRID The BT Vision APPLICATION VIRTUAL RUNTIME SPACE BT managed IT RESOURCE POOL APPLICATIONS ENTERPRISE A WANS LANS SERVICE PROVIDER RESOURCE BROKER TRADER GRID TOOLKIT AAI Modules N/W RESOURCE POOL BT managed Benefits: -Company wide access to HPC resources -IT resources for peak performance -pay as you go, no need for investment -Trusted and secure supplier -No lock in to HW vendor 16
VPG: Customer Experience 1 Current situation CIO Manages LAN/WAN 17
VPG Customer Experience 2 Managed Service BT VPG Virtualiser I P V P N CIO Manages VPG 18
VPG: Customer experience 3 Outsourced BT VPG Virtualiser SLAs CIO manages SLA I P V P N 19
VPG: Customer Experience 4 Grid Resource Trader BT VPG Virtualiser G R T Other Grid Resources BT Grid Resources Internet I P V P N 20
VPG is about Network Services Manufact g Health Bioinformatics etc egovt Network Centric Services VPG - Virtualization Platform IPVPN s R&D Networks Sensor s Instruments etc ICT Resources Specialised, Regional and International Networks 21
Grid Resource Broker Application Vendor Fabric Provider Grid Service Provider Grid Resource Broker / Trader Interconnect VPG 3 VPG 2 VPG 1 22
VPG is a logical next step for a service provider Bandwidth Leased Lines Frame Relay, IPVN Router Firewall Application IT virtualisation Global Router Management Managing secure infrastructures Application hosting / management managing Enterprise Grids Outsourcing 23
What is BT doing in the Grid space? BT Grid Action Team Testing Grid for Internal use inside datacenters Testing various applications on network testbed(s) Understanding customer issues and demand Understanding sector specific applications Understanding the role of a Grid service provider Starting dialogue with customers Working on Standards / Interconnectivity Working on various Government / EU programmes Evangelizing 24
UK e-science Programme GridShed e-science Solutions for: Grid Scheduling, Hosting and Environment Design with University of Newcastle upon Tyne (NEReSC) SOGRM Self-Organising Grid Resource Management with University College London MUST Multicast Streaming Technology for the Grid with RealityGrid consortium 25
European Technology Platform BT one of the promoters of a new ETP later speakers will give more detail Focus on services and software infrastructures Aim is to increase European competitiveness in ICT Develop world class capabilities through a strategic research agenda 26
Relevant IST Projects NextGrid - http://www.nextgrid.org FP6 IP with 23 partners vision is an architecture for Next Generation Grids which will enable their widespread use by research, industry and the ordinary citizen thus creating a dynamic marketplace for new services and products BT leading workpackage on Business & Operational Issues TrustCom - http://www.eu-trustcom.com FP6 IP with 16 partners focus on trust, security and contracts aimed at virtual organisations Semantic web projects SEKT (BT lead) and DIP 27
Virtual lab, sharing expensive equipment + joint R&D 28
Summary BT takes Grid seriously and has a coherent, strategy and roadmap to unlock Grid benefits The transformation of our existing ICT offerings into Grid services BT reduces complexity and is working pro-actively with our partners to assist our customers to use Grid Services Give our customers an upgrade path for their current enterprise ICT network. We have virtualised your network let us virtualise the rest of your compute resources Thank You for your time today Lets Talk piet.bel@bt.com 29