Hybrid Hosting - Is it right for you?An overview of Hybrid Hosting

30/11/2012

Stefan Haase – Divisional Product Director

Webcast Agenda

• Introduction to InTechnology

• A technical overview of Hybrid Hosting

• Requirements and drivers for Hybrid Hosting

• Why Colocation and IaaS

• Why Hybrid and what it can mean for your business

• What Hybrid Hosting involves

• Summary

• Questions and Answers

Introduction to InTechnology

• Serving the UK IT market for nearly 30 years

• Unique position in the managed IT services market

• Full range of managed IT services delivered to over 800 UK businesses

Your Webcast Presenter

Name: Stefan HaasePosition at InTechnology: Product DirectorTime at InTechnology: 10+ Years

What is Hybrid Hosting?

Raising the Concept of Hybrid Hosting – What is it?

• The combination of physical co-location and Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas)

• Offering the flexibility of the cloud alongside traditional hosting solutions

• Colocation necessary for servers that can’t be virtualised

• IaaS for cloud-ready servers

• Accessible on the same network

Hybrid Hosting - Drivers

Where does the requirement for Hybrid Hosting emerge from?

• Budgetary pressures – making the move from capex to opex

• Pressures to move to the cloud

• Business agility and flexibility

• The reduction of risk

Why Colocation?

Why IaaS?Storage virtualisation, Virtual Server Hosting and Managed Dedicated Servers:

• Reduced operating costs

• Unlimited capacity on demand

• Retained management and control

• Improved server and application availability

• Enhanced business continuity and disaster recovery

• Reduced carbon footprint and exposure to green taxes

IaaS – virtual machines can be provisioned instantly and thus allow business ultimate flexibility. The following scenarios are typical for provisioning:

• Planned new server installation for permanent

• An existing server is modified to meet changing demand

• Proof of concept

• Test and development

 

IaaS – Deployment options

Why Hybrid?• Best of both worlds - not pushed into one corner

• Paced journey - tailored to customer requirements

• Reduced risk

• Reliability from data centres and networks monitored around the clock allowing constant access to your data and applications

• Scalability - the ability to add new servers or reconfigure existing specs to increase capacity as needed

• Operational and commercial flexibility

Hybrid – cost savings

savings

Hybrid – cost savings

• Co-location: Server consolidation, removing inactive / legacy

equipment and improved rack density can visibly reduce cost

• IaaS: Consolidating under-utilised servers, virtualising

physical servers and providing server and storage

performance where needed rather than over-allocating

resources all contribute to achieving cost savings

What does Hybrid Hosting involve?

• Single network

• Seamless migration

• One provider = one SLA

• Dedicated, tailored servers hosted in a managed cloud

• Colocation in highly resilient data centres

• 24/7 monitored and managed firewall service

Hybrid Hosting – Deployment options

Common service combination that customers opt for are:

• Colocation for production environment in DC 1 and IaaS for DR environment in DC 2

• IaaS for production environment in DC 1 and IaaS for DR environment in DC 2

• Backup / replication of data between both data centres

Service Providers – who to choose?• Chose a provider with a proven track record and pedigree

• Provision of 24/7 UK support

• Who owns and manages the data centre?

• Accreditation / certifications

• What support services / SLAs are available?

• Who provides and manages the customer network?

• What auxiliary services can you subscribe to?

Summary

• Hybrid Hosting is a hosting service tailored to your requirements

• Budgetary and business pressures have lead to the requirement of Hybrid hosting

• Benefits include a decrease in hosting costs through reduced rack footprint

• Increases flexibility within your business whilst removing risk

• Key to ensure you choose the right provider

Thank you for your time.

Any Questions?