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5 Keys to Enterprise
Cloud Computing
Contents
Introduction..............................................................................................1
5 Keys to Enterprise Clouds.................................................................2
Limitations of the Public Cloud..........................................................3
Cloud Economics.....................................................................................4
Enterprise Cloud......................................................................................5
InstantOnTM Solutions............................................................................6
Conclusion.................................................................................................7
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Introduction
Cloud computing, sometimes referred to as the “third
revolution” in the IT industry, follows the personal computer
and Internet “revolutions” and is already transforming the
way we think about computing.
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Key #3 – Architected for hybrid computing; blending cloud with dedicated hosting
All enterprises have dedicated infrastructure - whether in their own corporate datacenter or in a
3rd-party hosting facility. Enterprise cloud solutions must also be architected to support a hybrid
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With significant commercial and federal customers, Carpathia Hosting has gained a lot of insight
into what customers think about using public clouds for their own production-ready applications.
Common themes Carpathia Hosting has heard from its customers include:
• Invoicing / billing
Often, there is no invoicing in the traditional sense, simply one line on the buyer’s credit card.
Enterprises and federal customers especially are looking for much more than a credit card swipe
to support production environments.
• Customer service
Enterprises are looking for more traditional ways to interact with customer service -- such as
800 numbers, trouble-ticketing systems, etc. Forums, Twitter and other new methods work
great for non-mission critical apps, but overlay a SLA or revenue generating solution, and cus-
tomers want a human to talk to directly.
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These are just a few of the challenges Carpathia Hosting has heard from customers who are adopt-
ing or evaluating cloud solutions. These challenges have driven the development of our own 2nd
generation enterprise cloud solution, InstantOn™.
Cloud Economics
Cloud is not always the most economical solution to IT problems. If, as a customer, you can commit
to a specific amount of resources (be they compute or storage), buying managed dedicated can
often be more effective. For example, a customer moved its financial support system to a public
cloud provider from an internally hosted solution. Before moving to the cloud, a ROI was created
to highlight immediate savings. The model was extremely complete and took into account power,
cooling, etc. One month into the project, however, the first billing statement was received, and the
cloud costs were 45% more than the internally calculated costs. The issue? The model was built on
a per CPU hour basis. Because of the application architecture, the customer wasn’t able to switch
off virtual machines – thus driving the cost up – and exposing one of the significant challenges of
this approach.
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Enterprise Cloud
Carpathia Hosting developed InstantOn to meet the needs of customers as they experienced chal-
lenges on-boarding applications to public clouds.
When enterprises do take the plunge, they need more than just a flat pool of virtual machines. They
look for a higher-level construct, group or application. Grouping allows architecture to be defined,
blueprints created and run books produced. They also look for “topology” in that virtual appliances
- such as loadbalancers - need to connect to firewalls, and web servers via vlans/virtual switches.
They want the same degree of isolation they have with today’s dedicated infrastructure.
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InstantOnTM Solutions
Carpathia cloud architects can help design a solution that meets your business and financial
demands. Using our cloud foundation, we can take cloud compute, storage and networking build-
ing blocks and construct a solution. These solutions can be deployed in minutes to create the agility
required for today’s IT.
• Virtual Compute
On-demand computing services for both simple virtual machines and complex topologies
including connections to existing dedicated infrastructure in a secure manner. InstantOn
uses Citrix® XenServer™ 5.5 hypervisor providing industrial level technology and support
for virtualization.
• Virtual Storage
Object and block storage solutions designed to support enterprise compute requirements.
Storage can be shared between multiple virtual machines and dedicated servers with multiple
copies of each object. Storage is provided in redundant configuration that is persistent after
virtual machines are stopped.
• Virtual Networking
Networking solutions to support virtual compute and storage allowing InstantOn to be deployed
in enterprise configurations taking advantage of solutions like Citrix® Netscaler® VPX™.
Cloud Orchestration
CLOUD
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Networking Compute Storage
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InstantOn also has a number of cloud solutions available; this ever-expanding list is focused on
common enterprise IT challenges.
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• Compliant Cloud
Designed to meet government IT standards including FISMA and DIACAP. Enhancements include
RSA authentication, SSL VPN for management access and inter/intra virtual machine firewalling.
SPECIALIZED
Private Hosted Cloud Compliant Cloud
CLOUDS
Cloud Orchestration
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Networking Compute Storage
Conclusion
As we’ve seen here, enterprise cloud is a little more than “enterprises using the cloud”. To support
mission critical workloads, enterprises look for the right blend of people, process and technol-
ogy. The cloud isn’t one size fits all — if it was, the battle for the cloud would be over. There is
plenty of room for innovation in the enterprise cloud realm. The key is for an enterprise to define
its requirements and seek out a cloud service provider that will work with a customer to architect
and implement the right solution vs. forcing them into a cloud solution that meets the service pro-
viders requirements to scale and manage their own standardized cloud offering.
For more information on Carpathia Hosting’s unique enterprise cloud solution, InstantOn, visit
www.carpathiahosting.com/EnterpriseCloud
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