1. technology and computing

Interoute
Virtual Data Centre.
It’s the cloud,
connected.
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01Introduction
04 Interoute VDC Overview
08 Our Network
10 Case Study: ESA
14 Interoute VDC Knowledge Centre
16Problem Solved:
Multi-Site Synchronous Mirrored
SQL Failover on Interoute VDC
18 Case Study: Treestle
22 Our Products
Hello, we’re Interoute VDC.
Maybe you’ve heard about us
from analysts or press, but
maybe you haven’t. We’re the
‘other’ cloud provider, and we
think we’re pretty good. Here’s why.
It’s
the cloud,
connected.
Interoute VDC Introduction
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Interoute was formed to interconnect
the many PTT’s of Europe (BT, France
Telecom etc.) with high-speed fibre,
enabling delivery of seamless solutions
and services across the block. By 2004
we’d created a platform that behaved
so consistently we were able to start
building services for the Enterprise
market. Services that are delivered in
exactly the same way, irrespective of
last mile technology, varying SLA’s, or
approaches to service; we made it flat,
fast and consistent.
Cloud computing just got
fast, efficient and cost
effective. This platform is
engineered for the ambitious.
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Next came communications, with
a video and voice platform in the
network that delivered that same
consistency of service across
Europe. A massive amount of
work was undertaken to deliver a
simple and compelling proposition
to our customers. To build out the
communications platform at the rapid
rate required, we needed a more
powerful, flexible and expansive
computing platform. This need drove
the latest piece in the jigsaw: IaaS
in the form of Interoute Virtual Data
Centre (VDC). Introducing a cloud
computing platform directly into
67,000km of blindingly fast network
changes the game.
We’re in 14 global locations, covering
all of Europe (London x 2, Slough,
Amsterdam, Berlin, Frankfurt, Geneva,
Paris, Madrid, Milan & Zurich) and
worldwide (Hong Kong, Los Angeles
& New York) with more zones being
added this year. Computing and data
can be built out and held in any of
these zones via one interface or
using our API.
Highly developed networking tools
mean you can control exactly where
that data does and doesn’t go, and you
can move data around at will without
getting charged a single penny, cent
or nickel.
On Interoute VDC your applications
fly. Our multiple locations mean the
latency from our platform is typically
a fraction of that of our competitors,
who often choose only one or two
zones per region. This means that
you can place your data and compute
power closer to your users and
customers. This is important because
it means that in some instances you
can satisfy the same workload with a
lot less resource, which in turn means
less cost (hurrah). Our platform works
on the premise of closely coupled
network and computing, resulting in
better application performance and
less need for re-writes due to ‘loosely’
coupled cloud environments. Our cloud computing platform is
the result of more than a decade
of investment, creating a huge
infrastructure asset that delivers
powerful and clever solutions. Whether
you’re looking to move your corporate
infrastructure or deploy your first
Docker container, do it on the platform
that’s closest to your users.
Interoute VDC Introduction
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Interoute
Virtual Data Centre.
Interoute VDC is a scalable, fully
automated cloud computing and
network solution. Get location
sensitive, closely coupled
computing, storage, applications
and networking integrated into the
heart of your IT infrastructure.
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Global
High performance IaaS with
our global network built in.
Fast
Low latency bandwidth and
global data transfer is free.
Easy
Same service and pricing
locally and globally.
Interoute VDC Overview
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ESA’s Space exploration
programmes aim to
discover more about
Earth, its immediate
space environment,
our Solar System and
the Universe.
Interoute VDC Case Study
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Supersites initiative
launched on Interoute
Virtual Data Centre.
Big Data
SSEP enables scientists to
instantly access vast amounts
of satellite data directly from its
secure platform and to efficiently
analyse this Supersite Big Data
direct from the platform using its
shared tools and resources. SSEP
uses Interoute Virtual Data Centre
to provide on demand access
to 13TB of data encompassing
50,000 radar scenes from ESA.
Bringing scientists
closer together
SSEP immediately brings ESA’s
scientific communities and their
data from around the world closer
together. Instant access to a
cloud toolbox with virtual desktop
resources removes the barriers of
location and unmanageable local
data storage providing a platform
that it’s hoped will ultimately lead
to reduced loss of life in the future
from natural hazards.
“With this collaboration
and through the cloud,
Interoute is helping
ESA track tomorrow.”
Matthew Finnie, CTO at Interoute.
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Interoute VDC
Knowledge Centre.
Our CloudStore Knowledge
Centre offers in-depth technical
documentation, whitepapers,
videos and how-to guides for
Interoute VDC.
From starting out with the
Interoute Control Centre to using
our API for advanced automation,
the Knowledge Centre has plenty
of documentation to help.
Find this and much more at
cloudstore.interoute.com/main/
knowledge-centre
You can also
catch our team
on LIVECHAT.
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Problem Solved.
Berlin VDC
SQL Mirroring between
Amsterdam & Paris
InterouteVDC
Multi-Site Synchronous Mirrored
SQL Failover on Interoute VDC.
Interoute Virtual Data Centre enables
our users to create a geographically
distributed cloud environment between
all of our interconnected global
locations. This makes avoiding data
loss simple and cost effective. One way
to do this is to set up SQL mirroring
between two VDC locations.
In this example, we show how building
a multi-site synchronous mirrored SQL
solution across three European data
centres helps increase availability,
ensure data protection and make
server maintenance easy.
We’ve used high-safety mode
synchronous replication with
automatic failover using a witness
server. Since we only needed two
SQL nodes in the cluster, we used
SQL standard edition. Deploying
virtual machines in three VDC zones,
Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin delivers
a truly distributed cloud architecture,
with all three zones interconnected
over an Interoute VPN. This helps
ensure ultra-low latency across
the cluster.
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With Interoute VDC, you don’t
just get a server ‘somewhere
in the cloud.’ You get access
to 14 interconnected global
locations across our inherently
secure MPLS VPN. This means
geographic sensitivity and
incredibly fast speeds.
REPORTING
192.168.64.0/24
Interoute VPN
192.168.96.0/24
192.168.48.0/24
Paris VDC
Amsterdam VDC
InterouteVDC
AD
SQL
InterouteVDC
AD
SQLP
SQL
SQLS
WITNESS
Ensuring data protection across our
geographically diverse network is
as simple as that. Not only does this
system help avoid service interruptions
but also delivers a fully redundant
environment. And since we do not
charge our customers for bandwidth
transfers, our users can benefit from
our network, without incurring extra
fees. With Interoute VDC, you don’t just
get a server ‘somewhere in the cloud.’
You get access to 14 interconnected
global locations across our inherently
To demonstrate the mirroring function, secure MPLS VPN. This means
geographic sensitivity and incredibly
we logged into our Interoute VDC
fast speeds.
account and powered off the active
server in Amsterdam. When we then
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queried the database, the system
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automatically delivered the results of
the secondary server in the cluster:
the Paris SQL server.
In the Paris VDC zone, we paired the
primary SQL server with a domain
controller to create a redundant
environment. In Amsterdam, we
deployed a mirrored SQL server,
a domain controller and a witness
server to check which of the nodes in
the cluster is active at any time. The
reporting server in Berlin automatically
queries the database in either Paris
or Amsterdam, depending on which
server is active.
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From startup to global
industry standard.
“The Internet is a very global
place and our intention is to
be everywhere. We want to
be the go to solution, where,
if you want a dynamic Global
Traffic Manager you think
of LiquiDNS.”
Timothy Armstrong, Co-founder, Treestle
Treestle develops software
to help keep websites up
and running when they are
hit with exceptionally heavy
traffic loads. Their first
product is called LiquiDNS.
“The people at Interoute have
been there, first to help us grow
internationally, and they continue to
support us along the way. With our
service running on Interoute VDC,
we’re confident about launching
more exciting new features and
products in the future.”
Timothy Armstrong, Co-founder, Treestle.
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Interoute VDC
delivers speed, savings
and global data control.
Fast cloud wanted
across the globe.
Interoute VDC delivers speed,
savings and global data control.
Treestle needed to ensure a fast
web
service for a customer base
across the globe. That meant getting
closer to their customers’ web
servers. It also needed a partner
with a choice of physical data
centres across Europe, to be in the
right place for businesses to comply
with data regulations.
Treestle found more than a partner
with Interoute Virtual Data Centre;
it found a solution to its vision. As
the backbone of Europe’s internet,
Interoute can get Treestle close to
its customers, wherever they are
as well as providing a flexible cloud
environment that scales seamlessly
when workloads spike. Interoute VDC
also comes with free data transfer
across its network – making its
pricing unbeatable.
“Our solution makes websites
faster, and is quite a different way
of thinking about how you set up
a web infrastructure.”
Timothy Armstrong, Co-founder, Treestle.
Treestle now hosts Domain Name
Servers, databases and their primary
Artificial Intelligence programmes in
Interoute VDC zones in Amsterdam,
Berlin, Milan, Hong Kong, New York
and Los Angeles.
The result is a sector beating solution.
In tests LiquiDNS has proved itself
able to keep a website available more
than other conventional leading loadbalancing providers on the market,
when experiencing up to 50% more
web requests.
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Everything you need,
in one place.
COMPUTE & STORAGE
Interoute offers a range of popular
appliances for you to choose from. These
are built into Interoute VDC and deployed
and managed through the CloudStore
portal. You can also create and upload
your own appliances, creating an internal
appliance catalogue for your own use.
OUR
PRODUCTS
Compute
& Storage
InterouteVDC
Interoute
Virtual Data
Centre
Interoute Virtual Data Centre is our scalable,
fully automated Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
solution. Our network advantage means we don’t
charge you for data transfer in and out of your
VDC or between VDC zones.
Interoute
Jump StartUp
Interoute VDC Jump StartUp is a FREE offer
available to startups and developers, with enough
compute, storage and network to run two virtual
machines for a year.
ISS-Dedicated
NetApp
Interoute Scalable Storage (ISS) is Interoute’s cloud
storage product for businesses who want to access
highly functional storage capabilities.
Asterisk
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COMMUNICATIONS
Communications
Create complex and diverse interfaces with
Asterisk, the world’s most popular open source
telephony application.
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COMMUNICATIONS
Debian is the most stable and popular noncommercial Linux distribution and is truly in a class
of its own.
Interoute
One Trunk
Interoute’s award winning voice SIP trunk service.
The fastest way to manage your PBX expansion or
enable your Microsoft Lync deployment to talk to
any mobile or fixed phone globally.
Fedora
Fedora has a reputation for focusing on innovation,
integrating new technologies early on and working
closely with upstream Linux communities.
Email Filtering
Interoute’s Email Filtering provides anti-virus, antispam, anti-malware and content filtering for both
inbound and outbound emails, to help mitigate the
risk presented by unwanted email before it can
cause harm to your network.
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is an operating system for a variety
of platforms which focuses on features, speed,
and stability.
Interoute Audio
Conferencing
A simple scalable audio conferencing bridge that
is available on demand, eliminating costly monthly
usage bills and call charges. Interoute has number
ranges for conferencing reserved in over 40
countries.
openSUSE
OpenSuse is a general purpose operating
system built on top of the Linux kernel, developed
by the community-supported openSUSE Project
and sponsored by SUSE and a number of
other companies.
Redhat
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® gives you the flexibility,
efficiency, and control you want from an enterprisegrade open source Operating System.
CentOS
CentOS is a free Operating System derived from the
Linux kernel for enterprises that allows customers to
eliminate upstream vendor branding.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu is a powerful and versatile IT infrastructure
that allows enterprises to adapt quickly and work
faster. Protected and robust, Ubuntu makes
management and deployment easy.
CoreOS
CoreOS is a new Linux distribution that has been
rearchitected to provide features needed to run
modern infrastructure stacks.
Windows
Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 provides an efficient and
affordable operating system for businesses of
all sizes.
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Debian
Operating
Systems
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OPERATING SYSTEMS
Hosted Lync
Interoute Cloud Hosted Lync offers a fixed price
per month per user for cloud-hosted UC capability,
removing requirements for PBXs, desktop phones,
on-site installation and maintenance.
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OPERATING SYSTEMS
Windows latest operating system is built for the
cloud and provides a wide range of new and
enhanced features including server virtualisation,
storage, and software-defined networking.
Windows
Server 2008
Enterprise
Handle the most crucial IT situations and deliver
a variety of business applications with Windows’
secure infrastructure platform.
NETWORK
Interoute Cloud
Edge Connect
Every service, everywhere.Connect your offices to
Europe’s largest cloud-enabled network, with all
the benefits of private networking delivered over
the Internet. You can bring you own internet from
anywhere in the world or use ours.
OpenVPN
Work from anywhere with OpenVPN’s virtual
private networking solution. Utilising the latest SSL
technology, Open VPN is an open source network
solution that enables businesses ultimate flexibility
and allows employees to work free of boundaries.
Riverbed
SteelApp
The industry’s leading virtual application delivery
controller. Formerly Known As: Stingray Traffic
Manager Software
SECURITY
Security
Check Point
Security Gateway
Firewall
The Check Point Security Gateway Virtual Edition
(VE) protects dynamic virtualized environments
and external networks, such as private and public
clouds, from internal and external threats by
securing virtual machines and applications with the
full range of Check Point Software Blades.
Endian UTM
Endian has changed the network security landscape
by providing a Unified Threat Management (UTM)
solution with a unique management experience:
deploy quickly, manage easily and stay flexible.
OpenVPN
Work from anywhere with OpenVPN’s virtual
private networking solution. Utilising the latest SSL
technology, Open VPN is an open source network
solution that enables businesses ultimate flexibility
and allows employees to work free of boundaries.
Alfresco
Alfresco is an open source Enterprise Content
Management (ECM) system.
Riverbed
SteelApp + WAF
Riverbed® SteelApp™ offers businesses
more than load balancing. SteelApp™ ensures
a better experience for end-users by inspecting,
transforming, prioritising, and routing
application traffic.
Bugzilla
Bugzilla is a web-based bug tracking system that
allows individual or groups of developers to keep
track of outstanding bugs in their product.
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Web
WEB
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NETWORK
Windows
Server 2012
R2
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WEB
Drupal
Drupal’s creators designed their CMS application
with organisation in mind. Manage an array
of websites from Drupal’s easy to use content
management system.
Mantis
Mantis is a web-based bug tracking system
that helps users manage development bugs with
its suite of advanced features including email
notifications, RSS, a RESTful interface, roadmap
functionality and preset workflows.
DSpace
DSpace is tailored towards academic and non-profit
organisations looking to create a digital repository.
Moin Moin
Written in Python, MoinMoin is a wiki engine that
utilises a familiar interface and powerful tools
that help improve documentation projects.
Elgg
Elgg allows companies to utilise a social media
channel directly on-site for their employees.
Movable Type
Movable Type is a powerful social publishing
platform that enables enterprises to rapidly reach
a diverse audience.
Gallery
Organise your photos so you can integrate them into
your website in just a few clicks with Gallery.
Omeka
Omeka is built for museums, libraries and art
galleries who need to display their material online.
Joomla!
Joomla! delivers a state-of-the-art open source CMS
environment built on MVC architecture and allows
you to easily adjust to language changes.
OTRS
Adapt quickly and easily to all your changing
customer communication needs with the OTRS
web-ticketing system.
LAMP
Deployment
LAMP Deployment gives you the power to create
and deploy your own applications where there is not
already a JumpBox solution.
phpBB
phpBB is a versatile discussion platform that makes
creating a large community of users in a corporate
setting simple.
DokuWiki
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LAPP Deployment
LAPP Deployment puts control in your hands by
allowing you to create and manage databases
with the help of PHP, Python, Ruby, Apache
and PostgreSQL.
DokuWiki allows developers to work collectively on a
website so making quick changes and responding to
feedback is simple.
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WEB
PunBB
PunBB’s user-friendly interface offers customers
a basic program packed with useful features and
discussion board functionality.
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails enables seamless development by
accounting for a myriad of possible configuration
requirements, anticipating solutions for problems
before they happen.
SilverStripe
SilverStripe offers customers the best of CMS
functionality including MVC architecture.
Tomcat
Deploy java-based applications with ease
using Tomcat.
Databases
Databases
Keep your website up to date with PmWiki, which
lets you easily make changes to your website.
Cassandra
Community
Edition
Apache Cassandra, a top level Apache project born
at Facebook and built on Amazon’s Dynamo and
Google’s BigTable, is a distributed storage system
for managing very large amounts of structured data
spread out across many commodity servers.
Couchbase
The most complete, highest performing NoSQL
distributed database. Couchbase Server is the
world’s most complete, scalable, and highest
performing NoSQL distributed database.
StatusNet
StatusNet is a microblogging system that can be
run behind a firewall on internal networks, making
communicating with other members of your
company more efficient.
CouchDB
CouchDB is a database that completely embraces
the web. Store your data with JSON documents.
Access your documents and query your indexes
with your web browser, via HTTP. Index, combine,
and transform your documents with JavaScript.
SugarCRM
SugarCRM easily adapts to virtually any business
network environment and gives enterprises the
chance to manage their business relationships
for free.
Windows 2012r2
with SQL Server
Standard 2012
Microsoft’s SQL Server 2012, is in many ways
a response to the demands of the cloud and
“big data” applications.
TikiWiki
TikiWiki is a Groupware/Content Management
System solution with a long list of features to help
you build a compelling web based community.
MongoDB
MongoDB is one of the forerunners in the NoSQL
movement, an effort to promote non-relational,
schema-free data stores. It lacks any table JOINs, which
avoids performance bottlenecks seen with traditional
SQL servers. It is used by companies of all sizes, across
all industries and for a wide variety of applications.
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PmWiki
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Databases
JasperReports
Server
Stay up to speed with the most important business
systems using JasperReports Server.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is one of the most renowned open
source object-relational database systems today.
With features like asynchronous replication and
version control, it is essential for enterprises looking
for an advanced database management system.
LimeSurvey
Poll your customers and users and quickly interpret
the results with LimeSurvey.
Riak
Riak is a distributed database designed to deliver
maximum data availability by distributing data
across multiple servers. As long as your Riak client
can reach one Riak server, it should be able to
write data.
MindTouch Core
MindTouch Core offers the best possible fusion
of the non-technical and development worlds:
Enterprise-grade collaboration without overly
complicated architecture.
Windows 2012
with SQL Server
Standard 2012
Microsoft’s SQL Server 2012, is in many ways
a response to the demands of the cloud and
“big data” applications.
Nagios
Nagios is an open source network monitoring
application that can help you manage and monitor
large deployments more efficiently.
OpenEMM
OpenEMM allows businesses to deliver slick and
polished e-mail marketing campaigns in just a few
simple clicks.
Business Apps
Business
Apps
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Cacti
Cacti offers some of the comprehensive network
graphing features available today.
Openfire
Instant message and group chat in real time on
Openfire’s collaboration server.
GLPI
GLPI empowers IT managers with the tools to track
their assets more efficiently.
OpenLDAP
Share contacts securely and utilise additional
directory services with OpenLDAP.
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Business Apps
MySQL
MySQL takes database management to another
level. Plug in MySQL to other programs or develop
your database backend with this versatile member
of the JumpBox product set.
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Business Apps
ProjectPier
Redmine
Redmine allows developers to organise their bugs
to adjust to changing needs and environments.
Advantive
Advantive provides advanced ICT solutions based
on Microsoft technology giving companies improved
communication and collaboration channels.
Trac/Subversion
Use Trac/Subversion 1.0 to issue tracking systems
to stay on top of your development projects.
APSU
APSU are specialists in server and storage solutions
for mid-sized companies to help manage and
aggregate their data.
Tracks
Why waste time with unreasonable timescales?
Use Tracks to keep your business goals and
timelines in sync.
G3 Network
Services
In the UK and beyond, G3 brings together
knowledge, technology and a passion for what we
do to make us provider of choice for end-to-end
business communication systems.
vTiger
vTiger is an open source, web-based customer
relationship management (CRM) system, that can
help keep your business connected to customers.
Interoute
Application
Management
Interoute Application Management offers
Application Managed Services, Managed Cloud
Services and Infrastructure Solutions for Enterprises
and Independent Software Vendors.
Zenoss
Zenoss offers administrators the ability to monitor
their network’s performance, health and inventory
all in one place.
Security Aware
Security Aware is a specialist IT/Data Security
& Compliance company with many years of
direct security experience and industry relevant
qualifications providing a niche service offering to
forward thinking businesses.
Zyncro
Zyncro, your Enterprise Social Network, is a most
flexible Social Business Platform that brings you
a new way of working: collaboration, innovation
and mobility.
Unisys
Unisys brings together offerings and
capabilities in outsourcing services, systems
integration and consulting services, infrastructure
services, maintenance services and high-end
server technology.
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Professional
Services
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Professional
Services
Organisation is paramount in today’s business
world. ProjectPier makes project management easy.
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