Managed DC Networking Services
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Overview

Reimagine Your Data Center Network Strategy

The swift adoption of disruptive digital technologies has put immense pressure on . Experience-based, virtual, and applications with cognitive capabilities require the network to be high-performing and self-aware. However, traditional networks, limited by proprietary hardware and manual deployment, lack the flexibility for such demands, hindering data center agility. Thus, must extend beyond traditional data centers to meet rising business needs.

HCLTech's software-defined framework covers end-to-end data center network transformation through automated policy enforcement, intelligent abstraction and hybrid interconnects across a multi-cloud and on-premise environment.

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Managed DC Networking Services

Enterprise Challenges

  • Increased networking complexity due to exponential growth in data volumes, devices, users and applications
  • Frequent redefining of security requirements due to the growing speed and volume of east-west traffic, particularly in multitenant scenarios
  • Rigid and disjointed legacy network architectures and infrastructure compromise business agility while also increasing security risks
  • The traditional method of traffic routing through edge hardware slows apps, limits growth, raises costs and adds delays
  • Data centers are inherently complex, with a mix of technologies, vendors and operations teams, making it extremely costly to rip and replace them entirely.
Enterprise Challenges

Expectations from modern-day data centers

Security

Security

Capability to implement zero trust data center security through network segmentation.

Automation

Automation

Comprehensive AI/ML-powered network automation, from day 0 to day 2/n.

Observability

Observability

Analytics and observability to future-proof network design and scalability.

Elasticity and resilience

Elasticity and resilience

Adaptive capacity management with high availability and self-healing features.

Efficiency

Efficiency

Alignment between DevOps, NetOps and network teams for smoother workflow and greater IT operational efficiency.

Tool sets

Tool sets

Customizable, purpose-built tools to ensure operational reliability and flexibility.

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HCLTech Managed DC Networking

Our Framework

HCLTech's software-defined network (SDN) approach transforms data center networks with a holistic, vendor-neutral strategy. We deliver programmable, virtualized and automated networks that adapt to evolving workloads and hybrid ecosystems by emphasizing software-based control and API-driven agility. This ensures seamless alignment with complex multi-tower strategies.

Typical customer journey with HCLTech’s Managed DC networking

1 Abstracted
2 Simplified
3 More Programmable

Legacy data center network

  • 3 tier architecture
  • Manual provisioning and change
  • Ineffective resource utilization
  • Vendor lock-in

Software defined on-premise data center

  • SDN overlay – automated policy enforcement & virtualization
  • Centralized management and control
  • Micro segmentation
  • Vendor agnostic

Hybrid cloud network environment

  • Hybrid interconnects
  • Application mobility and workload portability
  • Extend network and security policies to cloud
  • Real time topology mapping and analytics

End to end service orchestration

  • Federation of controllers across sites
  • Orchestration of networks with systems and storage
  • Model driven service insight and lifecycle management

Programmability

NetDevOps

NetDevOps

Build, test and release

NetOps Visibility

NetOps Visibility

Analytics and observability

Business Agility

Business Agility

Speed, scale and flexibility

Key Benefits

Address diverse customer needs and use cases, ranging from modernization to data center extension.

Manages data center and multi-cloud workloads with analytics, automation and observability at the core.

Provides an industry-leading SDN readiness assessment of current network infrastructure, with actionable recommendations.

Enforces centralized policy control, enabling unified management and orchestration across different sites and controllers.

Facilitates hybrid interconnect for application mobility, hybrid network consolidation and workload portability.

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Key Differentiators

Strict SLA management

Strict SLA management for higher service availability, quicker recovery and optimized infra spend.

vendor-neutral approach

A vendor-neutral approach ensuring seamless integration with third-party tools via Open APIs.

Automation first approach

Automation first approach enabling faster deployments and reduced troubleshooting time.

24x7x365 near real-time managed services

24x7x365 near real-time managed services for faster onboarding and business-as-usual.

Dedicated Centre of Excellence

Dedicated Centre of Excellence for automation, network design, and security.

State-of-the-art SDN ready lab

State-of-the-art SDN ready lab to deploy and test SDN solutions from different vendors.

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