X-change The benefits of virtualisation and cloud architecture to enterprise networks

“Server virtualisation, application consolidation/rationalisation will be at the core of all data network initiatives [Gartner]”. “The data centre is the centralised hub for IT services, supporting mission-critical applications, and real-time services, mobility…” [Burton Group].

BELTUG users have already witnessed how consolidation drives costs down:

• High speed WAN links become more affordable;
• Centralising ICT operations reduces costs.

A strong need for an application-fluent & scalable network is clear from studies and surveys. Such a network must address the requirements of maintaining business continuity (BCP) and meeting service-level agreements (SLA), two of the main drivers.

This BELTUG X-change is intended to help you keep both feet firmly on the ground, and to learn from or ‘share & compare’ with your peers.
 

Agenda

9:30	Welcome and coffee
10:00	Introduction: BELTUG members' expectations around the table Alex Vanzegbroek, Project Manager, BELTUG (Dutch/French)
10:15	Case study: "How we merged the business challenges with the IT challenges” • Rossel & Cie implemented a new architecture & concept: lessons learned. • Focus on the WHY; impact on the IT processes; a new network concept. • Comparison of different solutions and choices, and the resulting challenges: why? Pascal Van der Biest, IT director @ Rossel & Cie (Dutch/French)
10:45	Q & A and discussion time

11:15	Coffee break

11:30	Case study: “Future proof data centre switching through application-fluent networks." • How to build a new data centre (required approach and components). • Highlighting the way DHL migrated towards an application-fluent data centre architecture. • Convergence without complexity! Frans van de Ven, IT Manager @ DHL (Dutch) Yves Deschoenmaekers, Network Engineer BeNeLux/Fr @ DHL (Dutch)
12:00	Q & A and discussion time
12:30	Conclusions and end