Clouds under control

Given the continued growth of managed corporate network services and the current competition and cost pressures among service providers, Diego Matas Morilla, general director of Interoute Iberia, This article highlights the relevance of cloud computing and MPLS technology (MultiProtocol Label Switching) as a launchpad for attractive network service offerings.

One of the most interesting aspects of technology, apart from fashions and the constant 'revolutions of the day' and 'paradigm changes' that occur from time to time, is that they generally focus on making everything a little easier.

There will always be critics defending that “this was done better before”, but fortunately they are limited to an increasingly small group. The rapid development of communication, Connectivity and cloud computing in recent years have greatly facilitated the start-up of new businesses and the implementation of new business services.. As some guru commented recently, If you are starting a business today, use social media, go mobile and benefit from the cloud. Everything will be faster and easier.

For those who remember the costs and lack of flexibility that characterized the implementation of a technological infrastructure with a traditional model, there is no point of comparison.

Today it is common to meet managers from the information technology sector interested in exploring these new possibilities.. Even in recent times, the conversation has shifted from focusing on a technological solution “per se” ” a “I have this problem ….” and look for the solution in the cloud.

Cloud computing

Many companies look to cloud computing for a flexible and economical solution., but they also have the need to secure their information. There are clients who need to manage public environments and separate private traffic from them. Hence the development of services such as the Virtual Data Center (VDC), that offers the advantages of both worlds: the simplicity and convenience of a public cloud (with the added benefits of real-time deployment, pay per use and unlimited capacity) and the security and reliability of a private cloud. In our case, the Infrastructure as a Service model (IaaS) It can be as private as information technologies allow today and the Internet connection will be that of a global network..

If we assume that cloud computing is fast, practical and works, The debate about whether or not it is safe enough for the company has no place. International security rules have long established a set of standards and criteria to separate voice and data traffic.. This does not mean (as someone recently suggested) that all infrastructure has to be dedicated. Networks have been multi-service for years and technologies such as MPLS have traditionally been used to carry particularly sensitive information and separate private traffic from public traffic., without major problem.

During the last decade, MPLS has been considered by the world's largest corporations as a technology for Internet access from anywhere. (any-to-any-access), but with non-inherent security mechanisms. Taking into account its separation from the public Internet, This is the ideal technology for more sensitive environments. By combining virtual data center computing scalability with robust networking technologies, The result is a business platform capable of offering companies secure and flexible services, a compromise of atadadas. The path to the cloud starts here.

Diego Matas

General Director of Interoute Iberia