(ENT307) AWS Direct Connect Solutions and Network Automation | AWS re:Invent 2014

November 13, 2014

Brian Hoekelman and Brooke Mouland, Level 3 Communications

Shifting to The Cloud

You’re continuously moving

data, applications and

workloads into AWS…

But is your CLOUD strategy being

held back by an insufficient

NETWORK strategy?

5. Content everywhere, anywhere

Rapid rise in the consumption of IP video driving traffic

growth across the network

Increase consumption of this content from mobile devices

which connect via WiFi and wireless technologies

1. Cloud

Enterprises are increasingly adopting

cloud and hybrid architectures to more

efficiently and effectively meet their

computing and storage needs

3. Voice and other real-time

communications moving to IP

Migration of all voice and real-time

communications to IP-based delivery

platforms, transforming voice

to an IP application

4. Globalization

Continued globalization of value chains

for large enterprises and MNCs, in

search of top-line growth and supply

chain efficiency

6. Big Data

Rapid increase in the amount of data being

captured and stored, with emerging analytic

approaches to derive insights from that data

7. Software Defined Networks

Separation of network control from data

forwarding functions – commoditized routers and

switches controlled by software and applications

on servers at the edge of the network

IT Enabled Enterprise

2. Security

Increase in the number, types and volume of

threats combined with increased awareness,

leading to high focus on security solutions.

• Business Goals

• Bandwidth Requirements

• Security and Compliance

• Cloud / On-Premises & Hosted /

Hybrid

• Local vs. Global

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• Mission-critical apps

• Sensitive business information

• Large volumes of information

• BYOD and distributed business

locations

• Multiple IT users

• Multiple ports open to public Internet

• Multiple premise-based CPE

• Software-based encryption

performance issues

• Best efforts Internet data transmission Public

Internet

Mobile and Remote

Workforce

HeadquartersData Center

Branch Offices

IPsec

Employee

Customer

Financial

Large Volumes

of Data

Enterprise VPN

Internal Apps

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Internal Apps

• Private cloud connectivity –

Dedicated or VPN─ Improved security by

consolidating/ containing data

and activity over private network

─ Improved performance/ reliability

with deterministic network

characteristics, guaranteed

throughput, custom diversity or

built-in mesh

─ More efficient transmission of

large volumes of data

─ 2-factor remote access

management

─ Network-based Internet firewall

Public

Internet

Mobile and Remote

Workforce

HeadquartersData Center

Branch Offices

Employee

Customer

Financial

Large Volumes

of Data

Enterprise VPN

Level 3 Cloud

Connect Solutions2-factor VPN

Gateway

• Enterprise-grade

• Faster & More reliable

• More secure (e.g HIPAA, PCI, etc.)

• Higher QoS

• One-click to deploy with CSR DX AMI

Secure, Enterprise-Grade Hybrid Workloads

with Cisco CSR 1000V

• Enterprise-grade

• Multi-Gig speeds

• More secure (e.g HIPAA, PCI, etc.)

• Higher QoS

• One-click to deploy with CSR DX AMI

Cloud Connect

Solutions

AWS

Direct Connect

Enterprise

Data

CenterLevel 3

Cloud Connect

Web Server

-

Database

-

CRM systems

Infinite Server

Capacity

-

Scalable End

User Access

Point+

Scaling Out – Web Services

Enterprise

Data

CenterLevel 3

Cloud Connect

VPC Dashboard Set-up

IP Address / Subnets

Route Tables

Auto Scaling Groups

Internet GW (users)

Layer 2 EVC

BGP Set-up

Utilization Alerts

Dynamic Capacity

Scaling Out – Web Services

Level 3

Cloud Connect

Enterprise

Data

Center

ERP

-

Inventory

Systems=Isolated VPC

-

Glacier Storage

-

Machine Images

Remote offices

-

MPLS network

Level 3

Cloud Connect

Enterprise

Data

Center

VTL physical

back-ups

-

Event based

Connectivity

-

Layer 2

Glacier Retrievals

back to HQ

-

Clusters

Deployed for

duration

MPLS Nodes

Stranded but still

on Internet

-

SSL Encryption

Level 3 is proud to provide AWS Direct Connect private

network services to the Test Drive Pavilion at

AWS re:Invent 2014

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