THE TRANSITION: Single MPLS to Hybrid WAN...
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THE TRANSITION: Single MPLS to Hybrid WAN Environment Presented By Garth Gray April 2016
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The Transition: Single MPLS to Hybrid WAN Environment
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1. Company Overview 2. Making the Decision to Change
3. Selling the Change
4. Delivering the Change
5. Considerations
6. The Results
Gate Group Company Overview
• Multi-National Airline Services Company
• Offers a wide range or catering,
logistics, products and services as integrated solutions on a global scale
• 160 Facilities within 124 locations in
32 countries on six continents running 24x7
• 70/30 Operations to Administrative
Offices
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“We simply can’t afford to make an airline late.”
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Cost:
• WAN connectivity provided via expensive Leased Lines
Limited Bandwidth:
• Internet and business traffic are competing for limited WAN bandwidth
Performance Limitations:
• WAN not VoIP ready
Latency Issues:
• Limited number of local VPN access points for offsite users
Security Vulnerabilities:
• No internal WAN security – only on the periphery
Operational Control :
• Inability to effectively monitor WAN traffic
4 Decision to Change to Hybrid-WAN Environment
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Selling the Change 5
Capacity Improvements
• Significant increase in capacity, reduced WAN traffic • Improved management, and greater control over network spend
Cost Savings • Reduced IT support costs, and overall WAN costs
Improved Flexibility
• Capacity scaling • Leverage public cloud offerings
Improved Resilience
• Redundant capacity • Managed security
Ease of Transition • Transition managed by internal resources
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Considerations with Business Broadband
Providing Consistent Service & Support
Integrators: Finding & Working with Global Partners
Negotiation and Coordination with Global ISPs
QoS: Performance within acceptable service parameters
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Delivering the Change 7
Worked With
Service Providers • Network Designs • Configurations
Transition:
• Migration of 108 sites • 9 months
Cleanup
• Installation of Backups
Pilot
• 16 sites scaled to 32 • 8 months
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Delivering the Change: Approach from Orange to Open Systems 8
Open Systems
Orange
Router(s)
Flight Kitchen/Regional Center
Open Systems Appliance(s)
ISP Router(s)
Typical Site Configuration 1 - Install new Internet Circuit(s) 2 - Install Open Systems Appliance 3 – Test Open Systems Connectivity 4 – Move Ethernet cable from Orange router to Open Systems Appliance 5 – Test Access to all Systems 6 – Remove Orange
Internet
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Delivering the Change: Transition 9
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Highlights
• Initial parallel run followed by hard cutover
• Strong coordination across all parties
• Seamless cutovers with a solid contingency plan
Challenges
• Local vendors backing out
• Managing consumption during the transition
• Competing initiatives
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Results 10
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• Maximized use of business grade internet capacity – 10X increase
Improved Performance
• Achieved 25% cost reduction Cost Saving
• Multiple secure breakouts to the internet. • Security on periphery and within network.
Increased Security
• Cloud connectivity – Express Route • Platform resilience Add More
Capability
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