Steps to the cloudMichel Robert – MD, Claranet UK

About Claranet

• Founded in 1996

• 520 staff

• In 6 European countries

• 5,000 customers

• Separate SOHO business

• £75m revenue (2009)

Our customers

Our partners

Definition of cloud

A virtualised computing infrastructure,

sitting in a data centre, accessible via the

internet or a Wide Area Network (WAN)...

Public Private

Cloud: the benefits

• Cost-savings• Reduced capital expenditure

• Lower operational costs

• Pay for what you use

• Increased flexibility• Scale resources to meet demands

• Move resources based on requirements – development to

production

• Increased reliability• Enhanced resilience through virtualisation

• Ability to use external expertise – 24x7

Cloud: the challenges

• Reliance upon the network

• Potential compliance issues

• Security

• Not right for all applications

• Service guarantees with 3rd parties

• Planning and migration

Case study: FIVE TV François Chabat, Senior Technology Manager, Channel 5

Case study: FIVE TV

• About Channel 5

• Background• Digital Media Group set up in

2007

• Capitalise on the growing

market for online video

• Develop new revenue streams,

online

• Check www.five.tv

• Timelines

Case study: FIVE TV

• Migration to the cloud: the business case• More efficient resource utilisation

• Greater flexibility for provisioning environments

• Improved scalability

• The solution: Private Cloud• Managed Application Hosting,

delivered on Dedicated Virtual Hosting infrastructure

• The resulting benefits• Improved operational efficiencies: 3 times fewer servers required

Case study: FIVE TV

• P2V migration• Collected performance metrics off physical set-up

• Seamlessly mixed-and-matched physical and virtual machines

during migration

• Challenges• Optimised resource utilisation means less “slack” capacity

available for unexpected performance spikes

• Centralised SAN creates inter-project dependency

• Where next?• Minute-by-minute resource allocation and billing

• Automated resource allocation

Steps to the cloud

• Understand your company’s objectives

• No ‘sacred cows’

• Prioritising is key – what to do first?• Physical to virtual migration – start small

• Review cloud services – carefully

• Don't forget your network

• Pick the right partners to help

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