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Harnessing the Business Advantage of the Cloud THIS NEW CENTURY OF THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING CLOUD IS TRANSFORMING EVERYTHING 2
Harnessing the Business Advantage of the Cloud THE WORLD AND YOUR BUSINESS IS CHANGING DAILY. You need a secure, scalable, and agile hybrid cloud foundation to compete, transform, and evolve your business in the constantly changing world. Expand: Reach beyond physical and functional boundaries to connect and transform your business. Engage: Tailor individual customer experiences by harnessing data and drawing actionable insights. Empower: Help employees achieve more by creating a work environment that s intelligent, flexible, and secure. Optimize: Accelerate the responsiveness of your business, improve service levels, and reduce costs with intelligent processes. Transform: Differentiate and capture emerging opportunities by using data as a strategic asset and shifting from hindsight to foresight.
Managing Change, Business, and IT TAKE A PROVEN, STABLE, AND SECURE APPROACH TO DEVELOPING HYBRID IT CenturyLink provides a comprehensive technology platform that integrates marketleading Microsoft cloud applications, networks, and infrastructure, with proven consulting and managed services. We re expert at developing and delivering the tailored solutions you need to improve results, reduce technology risk, accelerate time-to-market, and ensure your technology investment supports your business goals. WHY LEVERAGE MANAGED CLOUD SERVICES? Focus on What Matters With Managed Services, you can easily offload critical IT functions for your most important applications. Save time and increase productivity by outsourcing the installation, configuration, and management of critical applications. Proven Expertise Our Managed Services team leads the industry, with deep expertise managing infrastructure and applications at scale for some of the world s largest enterprises. Deep Capabilities Our services go much further than just the basics we perform more tasks for more applications on your behalf. Increased Security We provide the systemic security and vigilance you need for Microsoft Trustworthy Cloud. Agility Managed applications are available across CenturyLink products, Dedicated Private Cloud (DCC), Public Cloud (CLC), and Dedicated Server Hosting.
Why CenturyLink + Microsoft WE PROVIDE THE SOLID, AGILE FOUNDATION YOU NEED FOR A TRANSFORMATIVE CLOUD is a global leader in network and data center infrastructure providing network, colocation, hosting, and cloud solutions. SCALABLE, SECURE FOUNDATION FOR YOUR HYBRID IT & CLOUD STRATEGY Transformative Engagements Seamless Integration Rapid Deployment offers the most connected, comprehensive set of cloud solutions and integrated platform, productivity, and business solutions. Working together, we combine data networking and systems integration expertise with the extensive cloud tools and technologies you need to realize world-class agility, security, and power in the cloud. 5
The Power of CenturyLink PROVEN EXPERTISE, CAPABILITY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE Access to 60+ Global World- Class Data Centers Manage websites for the world s TOP BRANDS 2 ND LARGEST GLOBAL colocation business 3 RD LARGEST U.S. telecomm company 550,000 Global Network Route Miles THOUSANDS OF IT PROFESSIONALS GLOBALLY Service Desk Resources, Compute Specialists, Storage Specialists, IT Architects INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP with CPE Partners 2,000 Expert Personnel Global DevOps & Apps Team MULTIPLE CONSECUTIVE YEARS as a leader or visionary in Gartner Magic Quadrants MAJOR PLAYER in the IDC Worldwide Service Provider Marketscape LEADER IN FORRESTER DDoS WAVE study 6
Transformative Capability THE EXPERTISE AND AUTOMATION YOU NEED SECURELY MANAGE YOUR HYBRID IT SECURE & OPTIMIZED Managed Services: Integrated Ecosystem plus Operating Systems & Applications ON-PREMISES Solution Consultants & Support Engineers COLOCATION 55+ Global Data Centers DEDICATED HOSTING Security, Compliance, and Performance CLOUD SERVICES Cloud Application Manager, Public & Private Cloud, PaaS, Bare Metal Storage, Backup, and Disaster Recovery Block, File, SAN, NAS, Backup, DR, DRaaS Flexible Infrastructure Choices to Optimize Your Entire Application Portfolio Global Network & CPE: 550,000 Route Miles Connecting 280+ Data Centers Highly Reliable, Secure, Hybrid IT-Ready Public and Private Networking 7
Comprehensive Big Data Expertise Delivering industry-best expertise, software, infrastructure and managed services to help enterprises extract value from their data. ü Expedite Time-to-Answer ü Increase Sales ü Accelerate Revenue Growth ü Streamline Operations ü Reduce Risk and Ensure Resiliency ü Enhance the Customer Experience Strategy DBaaS Data Visualization CONSULTING APPLICATIONS SAP HANA/ Hadoop Business Intelligence Data Governance Model Risk Assessment Cloud Application Manager and Services INFRASTRUCTURE Predictive Analytics Object Storage Development Integration Data Migration Monitoring Management Managed Hosting Monitoring Server Network MANAGED INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES DC Network Management Advanced Analytics Cloud / 3 rd Party Clouds Management Server Storage Security NETWORK Architecture & Design Colocation Service Reporting Implementation Customer Premises Backup Services (Physical, Network, Information Assurance) SECURITY Compliance & Governance MPLS / SD-WAN Ethernet Fiber Internet MANAGED NETWORK SERVICES 8
The Value of Microsoft A COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED PORTFOLIO OF CLOUD BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES Microsoft provides a comprehensive array of agile, integrated, and highly interoperable cloud services, business solutions, and supporting technologies for business of all sizes. Intelligence The Microsoft Cloud is a secure solution that can listen, learn, and predict, turning data into actionable insight that enhances business opportunities. Collaboration The Cloud provides a scalable and complete collaboration suite that transforms the way teams work. 9 Transformation With the Cloud, high performance computing and agility can help businesses expand their growth.
The Value of Microsoft A COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED PORTFOLIO OF CLOUD BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES 10
The CenturyLink Advantage AN INTEGRATED, MULTI-LAYERED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MICROSOFT CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES + DEPLOY + OPERATE + MANAGE ON AN INTEGRATED, SCALABLE, AND SECURE FOUNDATION Unlike other cloud infrastructure providers and traditional network providers, which deliver only single layers of IT infrastructure, CenturyLink integrates market-leading Microsoft applications with corresponding infrastructure and network. We provide consulting and management services to create flexible, scalable, and secure software defined IT environments designed to advance your business strategy. 11 TRANSFORM
Key CenturyLink & Microsoft Solutions MANAGED CLOUD SERVICES AND SUPPORT Optimize your hybrid IT environment by leveraging the knowledge, expertise, and comprehensive global infrastructure of CenturyLink for Microsoft cloud, tools, and technologies: MANAGED HOSTING & CENTURYLINK CLOUD (CLC) WITH MANAGED MS SQL MICROSOFT AZURE MICROSOFT EXPRESS ROUTE MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 DATABASE AS A SERVICE ON MS SQL CenturyLink provides consulting, resale, management, and integration of Microsoft Office 365 cloud offerings, Microsoft database, operating systems, and Microsoft Azure solutions. 12 CenturyLink complements this by including private and secure connectivity options to Office 365 and Azure through Microsoft ExpressRoute, an Azure service that delivers private connections between Microsoft data centers and infrastructure that can be on-premises or in a colocation environment.
Tools and Automation TO HELP YOU MANAGE YOUR HYBRID IT/HYBRID CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE We provide a Cloud Management Application with anywhere tools to allow you successfully implement, manage, and report your cloud infrastructures. Enables scalability of applications across any infrastructure based on workload requirements and business goals Flexible, scalable platform Manage network, security, hosting, and managed cloud environments 13
Managed and Co-managed Services CLOUD ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT CONSULTING We provide complete application and virtualization assessment and design services with expert knowledge of industry leading public cloud capabilities DISCOVERY: APP & INFRA ANALYSIS: BASELINE INVENTORY DESIGN: TARGET-STATE DESIGN: MIGRATION Empirical data collection through use of automated tools Consolidating multiple data sources for customer information Workshop sessions with customer subject matter experts Cloud Application Readiness Evaluation (CARE) 14 Data normalization for application, database, and dependency information Correlation for compute, storage network and security Considerations for optimization and consolidation Consultative solution needs Logical design documentation for cloud footprint Network and security layers Configuration documentation for cloud design BROAD DELIVERY OPTIONS CenturyLink Cloud and Microsoft Azure as staff augmentation or full outsource Migration strategy documentation for application classifications Application grouping schedule based on dependency and business requirements Experienced technical leads to facilitate integration across all teams and domains Milestone project plan to frame-up the execution
CenturyLink Consulting Services CLOUD DESIGN AND MIGRATION SERVICES Single-vendor convenience with expert knowledge for Hybrid Cloud Design and Migrations Cloud BUILD CORE INFRASTRUCTURE (Only for CenturyLink Data Center) PLAN TECHNICAL DETAILING Cloud MIGRATE Empirical data collection through use of automated tools Consolidating multiple data sources for customer information Workshop sessions with customer subject matter experts Cloud Application Readiness Evaluation (CARE) Data normalization for application, database, and dependency information Correlation for compute, storage network and security Considerations for optimization and consolidation Consultative solution needs Logical design documentation for cloud footprint Network and security layers Configuration documentation for cloud design BROAD DELIVERY OPTIONS CenturyLink Cloud and Microsoft Azure as staff augmentation or full outsource 15
CenturyLink + Microsoft BETTER TOGETHER SYNERGY, SUPPORT, AND BUSINESS IMPACT CenturyLink and Microsoft Azure do a great job of supporting the application deployment and infrastructure management with its self-service portal and blueprints for popular and widely-used software components, including containers This means IT organizations can more effectively collaborate on applications and releases with visualization for traditional, production, mission-critical, and multi-tiered applications. Jay Lyman, Research Manager, Cloud Management and Containers, 451 Research Application Deployments Infrastructure Management Self-Service Portals Box Blueprints Popular, widely-used SW components and containers IT Collaboration Visualization of traditional, production, mission-critical, and multi-tiered applications 16
Contacts and Resources Terence Gleeson VP, Strategic Alliances 619.540.7873 terence.gleeson@centurylink.com Judy Misbin Strategic Alliance Manager 703.981.0603 judy.misbin@centurylink.com Nelson Salazar Strategic Alliance Manager 425.703.9365 nelsons@microsoft.com Mike Karban Marketing Contact 314.995.3116 mike.karban@microsoft.com 17 Jennine Gomez Marketing Contact jennine.gomez@centurylink.com Brian Bosserman Technical Contact 425.707.4479 sulman@vmware.com