<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This is VMware being VMware: if you want to pay the dollars and go Telstra/VMware vCloud Air, no worries go for it.<div class="">They launched the vCloud Air Network to allow other service providers to provide other tiers and service around other VMware hosted platform instances.</div><div class="">Take Zettagrid for example, we can get you connected in any which way you want (Megaport, IX-Aus, Midband, Fibre, DSL) and to a host of other IaaS services.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I do agree the below statement appears to be a bit closed but it looks to appeal to those who want “Tier 1” only services within their network (traditional thinking as well).</div><div class="">VMware’s vCloud Air has it's purpose, is basically what I’m trying to say.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tim</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 11 Nov 2014, at 7:38 pm, Glenn Powell <<a href="mailto:glenn@glennbridge.com.au" class="">glenn@glennbridge.com.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">I thought the below quote from the other day was a great step backwards from a connectivity point of view. I can't wait for my first client to ask for a direct connection to the vCloud Air platform.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><i class="">"It is inside our data centre and we are the main channel to it," Mr Yarkoni said. "Direct connectivity from your existing VMware deployment to this cloud will be served by Telstra almost exclusively. However, there may be other cases where we help people connect in a different way."</i></span><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Let me dial up that 90 day leadtime, inflexible, non bursting, 36M fixed term pipe for you Mr Customer....</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Glenn.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">On 11 Nov 2014, at 5:17 pm, Bevan Slattery <<a href="mailto:bevan@slattery.net.au" class="">bevan@slattery.net.au</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><span class="">I¹ll move past the name calling :)</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">To directly answer your question I¹ll provide three (3) examples of other</span><br class=""><span class="">providers offering customers the ability to direct connect networks as an</span><br class=""><span class="">alternative to peering or transit.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Amazon quote 6 main reasons for Direct Connect</span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="http://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/" class="">http://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/</a></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">- Reduces your bandwidth costs</span><br class=""><span class="">- Consistent Network Performance</span><br class=""><span class="">- Compatible with all your Amazon VPC</span><br class=""><span class="">- Private Connectivty to your Amazon VPC</span><br class=""><span class="">- Elastic</span><br class=""><span class="">- Simple</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Microsoft provides 6 main reasons for Azure ExpressRoute:</span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/expressroute/" class="">http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/expressroute/</a></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">- Private Connections to Azure</span><br class=""><span class="">- Increased Reliability and Speed</span><br class=""><span class="">- Lower Latencies</span><br class=""><span class="">- Higher Security</span><br class=""><span class="">- Significant Costs Benefits</span><br class=""><span class="">- Directly Connect from your WAN</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Google Cloud/Compute States about their GCI product</span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="https://cloud.google.com/interconnect" class="">https://cloud.google.com/interconnect</a></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">"Connecting with GCI will enable your infrastructure to connect to Google</span><br class=""><span class="">Cloud with higher availability and lower latency connections."</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">The Megaport VXC info is available here</span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="http://www.megaport.com/services/megaport-vxcs.html" class="">http://www.megaport.com/services/megaport-vxcs.html</a></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">You can light up a VXC (think VLAN) from as little as 100Mbps to</span><br class=""><span class="">10,000Mbps between ports for $20 per day or $200/month regardless of</span><br class=""><span class="">speed. So you want to spin up a 5,000Mbps connection to someone to backup</span><br class=""><span class="">200TB of data - $20/day. You have greater protection of being DDoS¹d,</span><br class=""><span class="">interception, greater stability in latency and have guaranteed capacity.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">But where it gets sexy and where the other guys are already taking it is</span><br class=""><span class="">that they have integrated our API into their systems, so that if someone</span><br class=""><span class="">wants to buy a service from AWS they automagically provision the silicon</span><br class=""><span class="">at AWS and the circuit for that customer without touching a single thing.</span><br class=""><span class="">Some hosting providers are already taking it the other way. Transit</span><br class=""><span class="">providers will be doing the same very soon.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">If you want to actually take time to read about what we are doing, I think</span><br class=""><span class="">you could be pleasantly surprised.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Cheers</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">[b]</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">From: Shane Short <<a href="mailto:shane@short.id.au" class="">shane@short.id.au</a>></span><br class=""><span class="">Date: Monday, 10 November 2014 9:36 pm</span><br class=""><span class="">To: Bevan Slattery <<a href="mailto:bevan@slattery.net.au" class="">bevan@slattery.net.au</a>></span><br class=""><span class="">Cc: Skeeve Stevens <<a href="mailto:skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com" class="">skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com</a>>,</span><br class=""><span class="">"<a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" class="">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" class="">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>></span><br class=""><span class="">Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Hosted SBC on Megaport</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">If you're implying what I</span><br class=""><span class="">think you're implying-- I wasn't schilling for a specific product (link</span><br class=""><span class="">you were the other day), I was simply asking for a qualification if the</span><br class=""><span class="">Megaport portion was actually required, as there's a heap of options</span><br class=""><span class="">that he's ruling out by requiring it.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">But hey, if we want to be fangirls for the sake of being fangirls-- go</span><br class=""><span class="">for it.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Kind Regards,</span><br class=""><span class="">Shane Short</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Bevan Slattery wrote:</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class=""> Hahaha. The irony here is delicious.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">[b]</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">On 10 Nov 2014, at 9:16 pm, Shane Short <<a href="mailto:shane@short.id.au" class="">shane@short.id.au</a>></span><br class=""><span class=""> wrote:</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Excuse my ignorance, but</span><br class=""><span class="">what does doing this specifically over Megaport really buy you?</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">I'm sure there's heaps of providers that could offer you this service</span><br class=""><span class="">over any number of methods including IX, Peering Arrangements and</span><br class=""><span class="">Transit.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">-Shane</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Skeeve Stevens wrote:</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">This might be an odd question.</span><br class=""><span class="">Anyone</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class=""> out there who would offer virtualised Session Border Controller's</span><br class=""><span class="">deliverable over Megaport.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Not knowing much </span><br class=""><span class="">about VoiP and SBC's... 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