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Innovative Broadband Services Changing the way we compute:
Virtual-Office : Business from anywhere
Nikolaos Desypris, Chief Executive Officer
BROnet Hellas S.A.
About
BROnet Hellas S.A. is a broadband services provider
Currently develops and offers:
BROnet Virtual Office: Utility computing – access your computer from anywhere
BROnet e-BU: the intuitive Remote Backup/DR service
BROnet Digital Signage: new age advertising and promotion service
Services are offered through broadband internet connection to corporate customers, SMEs and professionals.
ΒROnet has been partly funded by Operational Programme ‘Information Society’ (ΚτΠ) ‘development of broadband services in the Regional Areas of Greece’
The Virtual Office (VO) Service
UsersEmployees of Company A
BROnet, provider of VO Service
Customer (Company A),
subscribed to VO service
InternetInternet
VO Terminals
How Virtual Office works
UserEmployee ofCompany A
Virtual Office Terminal• any pc• thin client• mobile appliance
Internet
Running Remote Desktop Application
Entering name & password
Login to the virtual machine
Full virtual computing environment with corresponding applications
Basic Model of VO Service
Outsourcing company’s IT infrastructure by using scalable technology based on Virtualization, hosted in a data center.
Keywords: Outsourcing & Scalable Technology
Outsourcing
Whole infrastructure out of the company (PCs, Servers, Applications)
Immediate employment of a new Virtual Machine (workstation) tailored to the employer’s needs (OS, applications)
No need for operating system upgrades
No need for buying & replacing PCs
No hardware crashes and no lost data (if back up service option is in use).
Service benefits
Complete Office IT functionality
Accessible from any place
Available all the time
Local Office network speeds
Cost savings
Centralised administration
Service benefits
Security
Enterprise class performance
Protection from outages
Flexibility
High level support
Scalability
Scalable Technology
Server Virtualization
Anatomy of a Virtual Machine
Data Center Virtualization
Server Virtualization
Physical Server
Virtual Machines
ESX Server
Deploy multiple virtual machines on a single physical server
BenefitsIncrease hardware utilization by sharing hardware resources across a large number of virtual machines.
Anatomy of a Virtual Machine
(X86) Physical Server
ESX Server
Virtual MachinesUnmodified Application
Unmodified OS
Virtual Hardware
Each Virtual Machine is a complete system encapsulated in a set of software files
Data Center Virtualization
Server
Virtual Machines
ESX Server
Server Farm
ESX Server
ESX Server
ESX Server
ESX Server
ESX Server
ESX Server
Virtual Machines
Enterprise Virtualization
VMware Infrastructure
ESX Server
Network
Storage
Why using the Virtual Office Service
Fast ROI by eliminating the need for purchasing and maintaining local IT infrastructure.
No need for expensive IT skills.
Reduction in help desk costs (for large enterprises).
Affordable solution, small monthly fee (for SMEs, individual users).
Ensuring continuous availability and accessibility and protection of the Workstations and Servers.
Workstations and Servers are accessible from anywhere, in the user-friendliest manner.
The Virtual Office Service
Service Name: Virtual Office
Service supplier: BRONET Hellas S.A.
Potential Users:Small/medium companies wanting to outsource (all or
part of) their IT infrastructure and applications.Employees of a company (especially mobile and
remote workers).Enterprises wanting to outsource IT services
(indicatively call/support centres services, specialised IT applications)
Scheduled events (trade shows, exhibitions, conferences).
Service Description
The Virtual Office (VO) service:
Facilitates a complete office IT infrastructure, that is accessible from any location at any time.
Allows users to connect with their own dedicated Virtual Workstation and operate exactly as if it was physically located in their premises.
Features full IT functionality at local office network speeds.
VO Services offered
The following services (or combinations of services) can be offered:
Virtual Workstation / Server hosting
Virtual Workstation administration outsourcing
Virtual Server administration outsourcing
Virtual Server applications administration outsourcing
SLA are possible (under conditions).
VO Workstations and Servers
VO Workstations are the 24x7 from anywhere available Workstations that allow remote users connect to them using a thin client, pc, laptop or mobile device through an RDP client, over a broadband line. Once logged in their Virtual Workstation, the remote users may execute their daily IT tasks using the applications and files stored in the Virtual Workstation, and the services provided by the other Virtual Servers in this Virtual Office.
VO Servers are Virtual Servers inside the Virtual Office that provided services to the Virtual Workstations. Such services may be: e-mail, file sharing, CRM, etc.
What next?
Service on trial period from Sept. to Dec. 2008.
We are looking for
Providers,
Companies,
Users.
who would like to try and asses the technology for their needs.
Full commercial launch from the beginning of 2009.
BROnet Digital Signage Service
Service Name: BROnet Digital Signage
Service supplier: BROnet Hellas S.A.
Potential Users: Companies / organizations that will benefit from continuous presentation of digital content
(advertisements and promotions) rather than only rely on static advs, billboards and printed material
prefer to buy the service instead of investing significant resources to establish internally DS provision (i.e. buying equipment, software, hiring technical staff to run it etc)
Bronet Digital Signage
The Digital Signage Service allows the management and presentation of static & dynamic information, pictures, sound and video on large digital display screens.
The user of the service will be presenting his/her own ‘programme’ (potentially different for each presentation point) to the public/viewers at locations where there is broadband connection to the internet.
Offered under the SaaS concept (S/w As A Service)
The e-BU (remote backup) Service
Service Name: e-backup ; remote backup
Service supplier: BRONET Hellas S.A.
Use:
by company workers (especially mobile and remote
workers)
by individuals wanting to backup safely their data
for automatic backup and restoration service for data
residing on Company servers
Service description
e-BU safeguards the large amounts of business-critical data residing on mobile devices, remote PCs, and network desktop systems.
Backups are initiated without user intervention and enable users to recover a single file or perform a complete system recovery using a simple "Do-It-Yourself" process.
e-BU solution consists of three main service elements:
e-BU servers
e-BU console
e-BU client
Acknowledgement
The project has been partially supported by the Operational Programme ‘Information Society’ of the 3rd Community Support Framework (CSF).
The 3rd CSF is co-funded at 70% by the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRD) and at 30% by national funds.
Thank you!
Nikolaos Desypris, Chief Executive Officer
BROnet Hellas S.A.
[email protected], www.bronet.gr