Nextgen and the SDN

Ashish VadujkarSenior Product Manager – SDN and Colocation

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SCOPE OF PRESENTATION

• This is, predominantly, a non-technical view of SDN

• Changing needs of customers

• Evolving market forces

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WHAT IS SDN?

Software Defined NetworksSoftware Drives NetworksSoftware Delivers NetworksSoftware Develops (Enhances) Networks

SDN is the Spring of our Innovation Revolution

Tools for improving customer experience by quick provisioning of, cost effective, customer defined networks

[Industry’s]

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DEMOCRATISE ACCESS TO THE NETWORK

Control

Engineers

Our Network is Your Network

Provisioning

Customers

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WHY SDN?

Because our customer’s Time is important

• Connectivity When and Where they need• Improves speed to market• Delivers more with less resources• Improves cost efficiencies in a competitive market• Provides business agility

WHY NOW?

Evolving Traffic Patterns

Internet of Things

Cloud Adoption

Big Data

Classic Network ModelHardware Appliances

FirewallIntrusion

PreventionLoad

Balancer

WAN Optimiser

Session Border

Controller

Application Delivery

Controller

Classic Carrier Network

CPE Metro Core Transport

Market Drivers Classic Network Model Challenges

Complex Configurations

Complex Provisioning

Unnecessary Delays

Lack of Control

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FACTORS AFFECTING SDN EVOLUTION

Customer

Self Service

Portal

AutoProvisioning

Cloud Onboarding

(Simple APIs)

into Ecosystem

Bare Metals and OpEx

Model from vendors

Open API’sFor driving network components

Standardisation on multi-vendor,

multi-carrier, environments

Enhanced Business Support Systems

Flexible

commercial

models in a

multi-carrier

environment

Ubiquitous access to right-quality last mile network (NBN)

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YESTERDAY’S PROVISIONING PROCESS

Create a quote

Sales engagement

Generate Order

Commercial Verification

Technical Verification

Project Generation

Timelines confirmed

Service Provisioned

BSS/OSS Systems Updated

Customer Service Completion Sent

Service Delivered

Network Designs Docs Updated

Detailed Design

BSS/OSS Populated

Capacity checks completed

Provisioning Team Engaged

Queued for Design Updates

Queued for Provisioning

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TODAY’S PROCESSES

Generate Order

Service Provisioned

BSS/ OSS Systems Updated

Happy Customer

Activations Management (OSS)

Customer Service Completion Sent

AutoProvisioning

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STAGES OF COMPLEXITY

Simple Networks

Simple Networks

Simple Networks

Complex Networks

Complex Networks

Complex Networks

DCI between existing NTDs belonging to

you

DCI between your NTD and that

belonging to a third party

Point-to-point network

connectivity between office

locations

Fibre builds, Colocation,

multi-carrier networks

Any-to-any connectivity between the

Cloud Ecosystem and

your WAN

National WAN, Hybrid Cloud services with Firewall and

Intrusion Detection

“Ecosystems”

Complexity

DCI – Data Centre Interconnectivity

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FOOTPRINT IS CRITICAL

Simple Networks

Simple Network

s

DCI between existing

NTDs belonging

to you

DCI between your NTD and that

belonging to a third

party

“Ecosystems”

This is also changing sales engagement

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TYPICAL ARCHITECTURE

Nextgen Cloud Exchange P2P

Customer

Self Service

Portal

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SIMPLIFIED ON-BOARDING WITH YOUR PREFERREDCLOUD PROVIDER

Customer Console

• Once connectivity is established then cloud handshake is a few simple clicks

• Customers get control in managing connectivity to their preferred Cloud provider

• Growing list of cloud providers are enabling carriers as channels

Cloud Onboarding

(Simple APIs)

into Ecosystem

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CREATING RICH ECOSYSTEMS

Nextgen ‘Cloud Exchange’

CUSTOMERS

REVENUES IN AUSTRALIA

IN CAPITAL INVESTED OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS

350500+OF NATIONWIDE FIBRE NETWORK

PROACTIVELY MANAGED

+19,000km

AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST DATA CENTRE PROVIDER WITH NATIONWIDE FOOTPRINT OF 9 DATA CENTRES

Number 1

$300M+

$180m

EMPLOYEES

Our key assets continue to grow

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SOFTWARE IS … [A YOUNG] PRINCE

“Nextgen will continue to provide premium connectivity, data centre and cloud solutions to deliver a best in class user experience enabled by software defined services”

Peter McGrath, CEO Nextgen Group

THANK YOU!

Ashish Vadujkar Senior Product Manager – SDN and Data Centre Services Nextgen Group Holdings Pty Ltd Level 6, 333 Col l ins Street Melbourne VIC 3000

p +61 3 8623 3658 f +61 3 8613 3388 m +61 427 237 585

www.nextgengroup.net.au