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© 2012 CenturyLink, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The CenturyLink mark, pathways logo and certain CenturyLink product names are the property of CenturyLink, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. cp121993 5/12
Fast Track to Cloud – Fast Track to Cloud – and Business Agilityand Business AgilityCenturyLink™ Enterprise Cloud Networking
“How do I deliver superior value with limited resources?”
“How do I stay ahead of smaller, more innovative competitors?”
“How can I connect with my customers in a crowded marketplace?”
Competitive Pressures
BEFORE
Wanted to engage younger consumers
Needed a social media solution in record time
Wanted a low-risk way to test new applications and processes before committing resources
AFTER
Launched a site in weeks
Marketing ran the project
Proved application value without large up-front investment
Leading Insurance Provider
Deploy a full data center on demand?
Achieve enterprise-grade compliance, security and performance?
Pay only for what you use when you use it?
What would that mean for your business?
What If You Could…
The Promise of the Cloud
Performance ControlSpeed
CFO: “What will it cost now and in the future?”
IT: “How do I support this?”Line-of-business Head:
“I need this NOW!”
Your Challenges
Minimize up-front costs to test and deploy applications
Avoid stranded capital investment
Add capacity as needed
Financial Perspective
"Savvis has been very agile with us as we have changed our demands."
- Greg Fay, Director of Technology, Hallmark Digital
“If an airline’s systems go down for more than four hours, the entire
easyJet fleet has to be grounded.” - Andy Caddy, Chief Architect, easyJet
Enterprise-grade reliability
Best-of-breed hardware
Global high-performance network
IT Perspective
E-commerce/Retail: Peak seasonal demand
Financial Services: Spikes in online transactions
Web 2.0/Social Computing: Scale to meet rapid growth
Examples
Communications, Media & Entertainment (CME): Special events and breaking news
Life Sciences/ Biotechnology/Energy: Server proliferation for workgroups and projects
ISVs (SaaS): Support SaaS growth
Examples
Best of breed hardware
Global high performance Network
SAS-70 data centers
Easy to use portal for access & control
Security services
SLAs from 99.9% to 100%
High performance servers & storage
24/7/365 global support
Support for hybrid environments
Enterprise-Level Infrastructure
Public Cloud Efficiencies
Time
IT Infr
ast
ruct
ure
Cost
Traditional Hardware Expense
Projected Demand
Actual Demand
Cloud Expense
Opportunity Cost
Lost Business
Transform your IT
Perform at a lower cost with greater agility
With CenturyLink, You Can…
…quickly on demand
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