Cloud Computing
MCX supports a 100% cloud computing based deployment model, which allows service providers to host MCX in their public/private cloud for delivery as Software as a Service (SaaS).
MCX executes on any standard cloud virtualisation platform such as Amazon EC2, VMware and CA AppLogic. Both public and private cloud deployment models are supported.
Cloud telephony is ideal for customers that want a service provider-hosted and ‘box-free’ office phone system, but desire a larger degree of security, control, flexibility, customisation and self-management than offered by IP Centrex solutions. With cloud computing, small per-customer MCX instances can be cost-efficiently and quickly deployed on individual Linux cloud images in a matter of hours.
Juniper Research estimates a boom in cloud based mobile apps as the recent exponential growth of consumer mobile apps have paved way for more advanced mobile client-server applications beyond mobile email. Juniper predicts:
- • $9.5B annual revenues from cloud-based mobile apps by 2014
- • 130m enterprise customers use cloud-based mobile apps by 2014
Cloud Integration
OnRelay’s MCX executes on Linux CentOS or RedHat cloud images executing on cloud platforms based on standard virtualisation technologies such as Xen and VMware. The complete MCX server can run in a single cloud image, and requires no more than 1.5GB RAM per instance.
If required, OnRelay may on a professional services basis integrate MCX to a specific cloud platform hosted by the service provider. Alternatively, a 3rd party public cloud provider with which OnRelay has already integrated MCX, such as Amazon EC2, may be used to run the service.
Since MCX is normally configured in ‘media release mode’ for cellular calls, only signaling will traverse the SIP trunking interface betweeen the cloud MCX instance and the service provider softswitch, meaning media traffic to/from the cloud image is minized, providing both cost, scalability and QoS benefits.
