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TMCNet: At the Olympics this summer speed, power and resilience will triumph and that goes for data networks too

[March 28, 2012]

At the Olympics this summer speed, power and resilience will triumph and that goes for data networks too

Mar 28, 2012 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Industry comment by Manish Sablok, Head of Marketing for CNE Europe, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Plans to let staff work from home during this summers London Olympic Games might run into trouble if the Governments warnings of possible internet outages come true. The surge in people going online to watch the Games will undoubtedly have a massive impact on the Internet. ISPs could ration online access by imposing data caps during the event. What's more, the speed of mobile data connections may also slow down and content such as files and images may be difficult to download to mobile devices.

Enterprises looking to support employees working from home during the Games must therefore look carefully at their infrastructure and its ability to support remote working effectively, and make sure they have a fabric that is able to cope. And its not just to keep ahead of the Games this year, but beyond because due to the rapid consumerisation of enterprises, the need for any device, anywhere, anytime working isnt going to go away after the Olympics.

Enterprises must therefore look at their existing networks, to see whether they're up to the mark, ready to cope with the increased strain around the Olympics. So how exactly can enterprises be sure that their networks are prepared? Enter application fluency Gartner has it right Firstly, it is critical that your network, including the data centre, can accommodate and dynamically adapt to the increasingly demanding workload by building the model that Gartner calls application fluency.

Companies are already taking the initial steps toward application fluency by looking to deploy a next-generation data centre switching network, one that is more agile and adaptable to the changing needs of the enterprise as well as increased demand.

Developing virtualisation Virtualisation can also be a major player here. It has revolutionised the way organisations run server applications in the data centre, and allows organisations to migrate dozens of servers from a physical environment to a virtual private cloud in order to boost business continuity, for example, or to support disaster recovery which may prove critical over the summer.

But there is a flip side: virtualisation can also be a major culprit in putting additional stress on the network networks that are already under immense pressure from growing numbers of real-time applications and mobile devices.

2012 the year of the fabric So the answer to the problem lies in implementing an advanced ethernet fabric.

Network virtualisation enables the data centre switching network to route traffic based on the optimal path in the network, and can deliver a switching fabric with extremely low-latency. Equally important, a true data centre fabric will automatically adapt to VM (virtual machine) movement to relieve IT of the burden of manually provisioning the network.

This way, data centre networks can adapt to the higher bandwidth requirements of media-rich applications such as video while supporting server and desktop virtualisation, and take the next important steps in providing true application fluency across the network.

Reap the benefits Many organisations of all sizes are already reaping benefits from virtualisation in terms of lower capital expenditure, decreased operational costs, reduced administrative overheads, greater up-time, higher availability and superior disaster recovery. These networks will be much better placed to cope during the Olympics and beyond, as the increasing consumerisation of the enterprise increasingly leads to more of us using multiple devices from multiple locations.

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