Cloud Plus Taps Into Brocade Network Subscription to Facilitate Capacity on Demand - Seite 2

Brocade partner ASI Solutions has been training the Cloud Plus engineering team and assisting with network planning to ensure smooth deployment of the new Brocade switching and routing platforms within the company's existing network infrastructure. Brocade Network Subscription meanwhile, gives Cloud Plus the flexibility of introducing new Brocade equipment into the network whenever it is needed, while only paying for the capacity that is actually being utilized.

For example, Cloud Plus is planning to introduce Brocade MLXe Series routers at each of its Point-of-Presence (PoP) sites to enhance the scalability of its MPLS backbone and provide high-capacity Ethernet switching to connect partners and their clients to its cloud data centers. Traffic currently running through the PoPs is in the 10 Gigabits per second range, while the Brocade MLXe router supports 4 to 8 Terabits per second of switching capacity. Further, Cloud Plus only pays for the capacity being used, which takes the guesswork out of network capacity planning.

"Network capacity planning is a notoriously difficult discipline. Get it wrong and you could end up ripping out equipment long before its end of life or, alternatively, never utilizing the capacity you installed several years ago," said Gary Denman, Senior Director, Australia and New Zealand for Brocade. "Cloud Plus partners and clients look to the flexibility of on-demand cloud services to mitigate the financial risk of their IT operations and Cloud Plus is, in turn, mitigating its network risk with Brocade."

Brocade Network Subscription is an open-ended acquisition model that allows IT managers to identify network solutions that can quickly accommodate ever-changing needs, without the restrictions of traditional purchase or lease models. It eliminates the impact of capital expenditure on balance sheets and enables organizations to refresh their network infrastructure. They are able to upgrade at any time and adjust network capacity on-demand without penalty, allowing them to focus on scaling their business instead of worrying about capacity planning and evolving network infrastructure requirements.

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