Go Mobile with your Projects: Using Riverbed technology for remote collaboration. Mark R. Schlicher Partner, Collaboration Systems Group 734-316-2725. Mark.Schlicher@cs-grp.net © 2012 Autodesk Using Riverbed for remote acceleration Definition of the problem: Slow VPN connections How does Riverbed technology help? File-centric vs Model-centric (AutoCAD vs Revit workflows) CSG BIMcloud: Host your model on our cloud server © 2012 Autodesk HQ Data Center Project Files CAD Docs Etc. I/WAN/VPN Remote Offices Mobile Employees Branch Office www.cs-grp.net www.riverbed.com © 2012 Autodesk Email Data 64k 1mb Riverbed LAN switch Data Email Riverbed T1 /MPLS/VPN Router Data Router Email LAN switch Data Center Branch Office • Typical TCP packet (no WAN accelerators) • TCP Packet Compression (with WAN accelerators) • Scalable Data Referencing • Transaction Prediction www.cs-grp.net www.riverbed.com © 2012 Autodesk Server CAD Client CAD Client Data Store T1 / MPLS router CAD Client Remote Employee router Remote Office Doc. Mgmt Project Data CAD Client Internet router Project Partner LAN switch servers router CAD Client firewall firewall Project Partner Collaboration Portal C users • We started with a Local Area Network (LAN) • We grew into a Wide Area Network (WAN) as additional office’s were added •With the use of the internet we try to collaborate with remote users and partners •We look to centrally host a project but access it with CAD clients distributed throughout • We employed portals like “Buzzsaw” to ease our ability to share information with the team • Project data was posted and distributed to the team www.cs-grp.net www.riverbed.com © 2012 Autodesk Server CAD Client C CAD Client C Data Store T1 / MPLS router Remote Employee CAD Client router Remote Office C Doc. Mgmt Project Partner firewall LAN switch servers router C C Internet router CAD Client CAD Client firewall Project Partner Project Data Collaboration Portal • Slow transfer time for often very large files • Change by team members are only available after project is re-synced to portal •Project data needs to be re-synced with project owner to be backed up • Design problems are often unable to be detected until the project has been re-synced • These portal exist outside the document management solution • These challenges prevent “True Collaboration” users www.cs-grp.net www.riverbed.com © 2012 Autodesk Server CAD Client CAD Client Riverbed CAD Client Data Store T1 / MPLS router router Remote Office Remote Employee SMC Doc. Mgmt Project Data CAD Client Internet router Project Partner Riverbed LAN switch servers router CAD Client firewall firewall Riverbed Project Partner Collaboration Portal users • With the addition of Riverbed WAN accelerators • Remote office servers and collaboration portals can be removed • Partners and remote employees brought in by VPN client receive a Riverbed Mobile client • Mobile client receive a license to “peer” with a Riverbed device • The mobile clients and other Riverbed device “peer” and begin to optimize traffic • Project data is hosted and controlled by the project owner • Distributed CAD clients access the project in “real time” www.riverbed.com © 2012 Autodesk Remote Office same domain router T1 / MPLS SMC Remote Project member Internet VPN connections Partner firm Different domain router firewall Revit UsersLAN router firewall www.cs-grp.net www.riverbed.com © 2012 Autodesk •Model hosted on CSG Server •Nothing to Purchase-monthly subscription •Don’t guess…..we’ll prove it ! •NOTE: Nothing about this solution set is proprietary. We make no changes to how you use Revit. www.cs-grp.net www.riverbed.com © 2012 Autodesk Your Office SMC firewall router Remote Project member Internet VPN connections Partner firm router CSG Hosting Service firewall firewall www.cs-grp.net www.riverbed.com © 2012 Autodesk •Designed for two companies working together •3 Steelhead Mobile clients for each company •$175 per month/each company •$145 one time setup fee for each user • VPN client installed on each workstation/laptop www.cs-grp.net www.riverbed.com © 2012 Autodesk Autodesk, AutoCAD* [*if/when mentioned in the pertinent material, followed by an alphabetical list of all other trademarks mentioned in the material] are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2012 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved. © 2012 Autodesk