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Building the Caribbean Cloud
Concepts, Progress and Priorities
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Concepts, Progress and Priorities
“The Cloud” is a metaphor for “The Internet” “Cloud computing” means storing, processing and accessing data and programs over the Internet, or a distributed network, instead of your local computer or network
–Wide accessibility –Disposable computing –Low cost –Simplicity –Transferred operations responsibility
–Speed to market –Global presence –Scalability –Redundancy –Reduced operations cost
Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool
servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction
On-Demand Self-Service Broad Network Access Resource Pooling Rapid Elasticity Measured Service
Google Core Datacenters Located in the Americas, Europe and Asia
– 10 regions – 30 zones – 100+ points of presence
https://peering.google.com/#/infrastructure
CARIBBEAN SUBMARINE FIBER CONNECTIVITY
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1 - Fiber panel 2 - Cisco switch 3 - Cisco switch 4 - Cisco router 5 - Solaris server 6 - Fiber cables 7 - Patch cables
Connectivity Colocation Energy Services Operations Capacity Customers
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