avaya technology forum 2013: our vision around application driven networking

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M O N T E C A R L O | 4-7th March 2013


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Avaya Application Driven Networking Vision – An Evolution of Today's SDN Concepts

Randy CrossDirector PLMAvaya Networking

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Early Promoters

• Where do you fit into this picture..?

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Evolution, Not Revolution

• Complement existing capabilities & investments…

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Application-Driven Networking: Definition

• Architecture that delivers integration between applications and the network• Encompasses all of Avaya’s portfolios• Builds of existing capabilities (fabric, policy, & performance monitoring)

• Solves a real problem of application awareness, location, and performance correlate with network intelligence

• Automate IT from SME to the Fortune 100• An evolution of SDN:

• Delivers QoE for a flexible workforce while fully automating what is currently manual control of the user-application interface

• Is an enterprise-wide architecture as opposed to simply something that is Data Center-centric

• Proactively husbands application capabilities and network resources to match policy-based service delivery

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Access Profiling

Fine-grained understanding, at the Edge of the Network…• Integrate highly granular,

multi-faceted profiling• Person • Device• Access• Location• Schedule

• Leverage to provision & optimize end-to-end services

• Today: Identity Engines

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Unified Access

Confluence of the ‘Access Anywhere’ & ‘BYOD’…• Plethora of new, non-traditional

Wireless devices• Enhanced by software-

defined networking• Virtualization of the control

function for higher scalability• Integration of proactive quality

assurance tools• Satisfy escalating expectations

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Pervasive Real-Time Experience Assurance

User expectations are on the rise…• Proven professional services capabilities• Embed smart agents pervasively throughout the network• Reporting application-by-application performance metrics• Real-time holistic view used to

tune expectations, features, & schedule network resources

• Today: SLAMon

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Agile Application Customization

Linking systems to infrastructure should be simple…• Leverages a broad eco-system of

independent developers• Fosters innovation and competitive

advantage• Preferred devices, across multiple

applications• Facilitates interaction with business

processes• Decisions are faster, and productivity

is accelerated• Today: Collaboration Environment

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Open-Source Resource Integration

No ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution for multiple disparate resources…• Leverage the power of

open-source developmentstools

• Management, Provisioning, Automation, and Orchestration

• Extensible for Networking, Compute, and Storage, with open APIs

• Tools must offer both functionality and agility

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Data Center Automation

Fully realize the possibilities of virtualization…• Network has lagged behind the • virtualization of compute and

storage• Direct, automated integration

with VM administration tools• Seamlessly integrate a holistic

virtualization solution• Extend with enhanced

automation and optimization• Today: VPS

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Storage Convergence & Integration

Crucial to any next-generation Data Center strategy • Reliable, efficient content

deposit and retrieval is vital• New application architectures

are driving radical new storagerequirements

• Pioneering innovation in an area of infrastructure at need of new thinking

• Revolutionary new take on a critical resource

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Fabric Networking

Delivering an End-to-end, Service-ready Fabric• Cloud-grade & extensible,

from DC to Campus & beyond

• End-to-end network virtualization

• Topology abstraction, service orchestration, & SDN-ready

• Designed for next-generation networking, free of legacy constraints

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avaya technology forum 2013: our vision around application driven networking

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