Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and cloud service provider Peak has published two U.S. patents for its Layer 2 Peak to Peak Direct Connect networking service. The company, formerly known as PeakColo, designed the service to enable fast, simple and cost-effective hybrid cloud migrations.
Peak’s network topology is geared toward providing a number of advantages to its clients and partners due to a flexible architecture. The Layer 2 network topology lets clients seamlessly interconnect all private, public and on-premise cloud resources logically over the Physical Device layer. This eliminates the need to convert resources for Layer 3, which can take several months and eat away at valuable time and resources.
The Peak to Peak Direct Connect offering lets customers migrate their networks to the cloud within Layer 2, as is, without requiring similar software at all end points. Users can establish a private, dedicated on-ramp to Peak’s cloud directly from their premises, data center or another cloud. They may also use any network provider, and bring their firewalls, routing and network topologies on board, as they are, without worrying about Layer 3 networking.
"One of the greatest barriers to cloud conversion has traditionally been the complexity of Layer 3 network migration," said Hooker Heggestad, senior engineer and co-author of patent for Peak. "For large companies who may have 2000+ devices, conversions to Layer 3 could take up to a year and now with Peak's network patent, it can take less than an hour. It's truly remarkable and once clients understand that, they are more inclined to utilize cloud computing and enjoy the many value-added aspects."
The Peak cloud provides on-demand compute, storage and network resources via cloud nodes that are located in six locations throughout the world. The company offers 24x7 customer support, enabling its service provider customers to provide 100 percent availability SLAs.
"With our patented cloud technology, we can easily extend the economic benefits of Peak's cloud directly into our clients' infrastructures," said Luke Norris, CEO and founder of Peak. "The amount of time that saves clients who now do not have to worry about doing that themselves or managing their own equipment is tremendous. This patent makes our cloud look like it's virtually in their rack."
Edited by
Cassandra Tucker
