Hybrid MeetingsICCA World CongressJames Rees

Wednesday 26 October 2011

ExCeL London

• Campus with 6 hotels and 40 bars, restaurants and cafes• 100,000m2 of exhibition space• 5,000 seat Auditorium• 3,000 capacity banqueting hall• 75 meeting rooms 20-1,200 delegates

• London’s first and only International Convention Centre

ExCeL London Philosophy

• CSR• Technology

ExCeL London Meetings

• CSR Green• Technology Hybrid

ExCeL London Meetings

• CSR Green• Technology Hybrid• Meetings reflect life

Infrastructure {MERs & SERs}

•1 x Network Management Server•6 x DHCP Servers•3 x IPTV Broadcast Servers (Cisco)•1 x Firewall Management Server

•37 x Secondary Equipment Rooms (SERs)• 61 x Edge Switches

2 x Main Equipment Rooms (MERs)

•2 x Internet Routers•2 x Firewalls•4 x Core Switches•4 x Server Farm Switches•4 x PABX Servers (Cisco Call Manager)•1 x Mitel PABX•1 x Unity Server (Voicemail)•3 x Wireless LAN Controllers•1 x Wireless Location Server•1 x Wireless Control Server (Cisco WCS)•1 x Access Control Server

Infrastructure {Internal Connectivity}

External Connectivity

•2 x 2Gbps between MERs•2 x 1Gbps from MERs to SERs Catalysts 6,000 switches

Internal Connectivity {end-to-end VLANs}

•2 x 2Gbps between MERs•1 x 1Gbps from MERs to SERs Catalysts•3,500 switches {non-resilient}

Internal Connectivity to the edge/client

•CAT5e cables to support client connectivity•Wireless 802.11a/b/g•24 pairs multimode fibre between MERs•24 pairs multimode fibre from MERs to SERs•160 copper pairs from PABX to SERs

Infrastructure {External Connectivity}

External Connectivity

•2 x 1Gbps Internet Connection {diversely routed}•8 Primary Rate Interface {PRI} Lines {up to 240 voice connections or 120 ISDN2e}•4 x Broadcast fibres linking BT Tower {managed directly by BT for their client}

•£7 million investment

Future investment with

NOKIA (now) 222Mbps internet connection (Redundant & Resilient)154 empty cabled VLANs

CISCO (2011) 120 Mbps internet connection (Redundant & Resilient)283 empty cabled VLANs130 additional static IP addresses16 fibre patches between SERs (Secondary Equipment rooms)

G20 (2009) 8km of temporary cabling1,600 telephone lines direct from 2 different exchanges (providing resilience) 73 IDNS2e linesPeak of 190Mbps Internet bandwidth used (Redundant and Resilient)2,500 journalists broadcast to 86% of the planet’’s GDP

   

 

• 6,000 attendees• 60% companies with 1,000+ employees• 14% CEO or Director level• 96% likely to purchase a Cisco solution• 91% to recommend Cisco Live 2012

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• Cisco Live USA - 113,000 virtual attendees

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