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IT as a ServiceY O U R B U S I N E S S A D V A N T A G E

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Today’s Business Imperative for IT Pros

• Governance, compliance, security• Efficiency, productivity, predictability• Quality control, innovation • Cost management

Optimize Your Core• Faster implementation• Increased support for mobile, social,

data analytics/business intelligence• Quicker transformation to digital• Reduced expense, improved TCO

H O W D O Y O U A L I G N Y O U R I T T O T H E B U S I N E S S ?

Increase Agility

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When the Business & IT Don’t Align (e.g., Shadow IT)

Multiple, disparate cloud services are created increasing risk and cost

Business leaders sponsor rogue “shadow IT efforts”

Developers want “do-it-yourself” clouds to quickly implement

Lines of business don’t consider security, compliance, reporting

Unmanaged cloud environment that becomes the norm and easily spins out of control

Breaches, non-compliant, auditing headaches and decreased IT productivity

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But, when IT and the Business Do Align

AccountabilityGovernanceVisibility & ControlSecurityProductivity

Reduced DelaysLower CostLess Manual WorkDecreased WasteFewer Audits

Control + Agility = Alignment

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Hybrid IT Solutions

SECURITY | STORAGE | CONSULTING57 DATA CENTERS | TIER 1 NETWORK | 600+ ENGINEERS

Agile environment resources ready for you when you need it.

COLOCATION NETWORK

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CLOUD MANAGED SERVICES

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Driven by One Solution – CenturyLink CloudA hybrid IT platform designed for cloud–aware and traditional applications. Maintain control,increase visibility, and be agile. The right cloud platform for IT as a Service models.

MANAGEMENT AGILITYCONTROL

• Single portal for public and private cloud services

• Visibility over resource allocation & provisioning

• Centralized billing and reporting with charge back to individual departments

• Simple, high performance, scalable

• Geographic & host diversity • Comprehensive developer toolset• Global integrated network

increases reach

• Role-based access & account management

• Built-in managed services including policies

• Automated deployments using Blueprints

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Cloud Success Story: Fortune 500 Manufacturer

• Hundreds of unmanaged apps, rising costs, increased compliance and data security risk

• Business agility hampered by long IT cycles

CHALLENGE

• CenturyLink Cloud used as the platform for lines of business application development and deployment IT branded as their own

• Business processes were consolidated and standardized

SOLUTION

• 74% reduction in deployment cycles• $40k+ cost savings per application• 100% visibility; reduced security risk; compliant• 25-49% increased IT staff productivity

IMPACT

“With our designated enterprise cloud partner we are realizing our vision of IT as a Service.”

– IaaS Solutions Delivery Director

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Business Transformation

T E S T I M O N I A L

“We’ve built a very solid cloud brokering story around our work with [CenturyLink]. We’ve all but solved many of our shadow IT

issues and turned the CenturyLink Cloud platform into an enabler for the business.

Cost efficiency is fantastic, but being able to help our business functions be more agile and help build trust in IT is beyond measure.”

Source: Tech/Validate survey of a S&P 500 Computer Hardware CompanyPublished Oct. 1, 2014

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The 2015 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, Worldwide CenturyLink’s recognition as “visionary” for the

second consecutive year in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service

Evaluation for the report was based on the vendors’ ability to execute and completeness of vision.

© 2015 Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

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Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Gartner; Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, Worldwide Lydia Leong, et al, May 18, 2015

Gartner Recognizes CenturyLink as a “Visionary”

Jared Wray, SVP of Platform said: “This validates the company’s execution in the wake of recent acquisitions and demonstrates its commitment to becoming a cloud company.”

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CenturyLink Cloud Aligns IT to the Business

BUSINESS BRANDING Inspire ownership with your internal users

SELF-SERVICE SUBACCOUNTSAlign resources with departments, empower owners

SERVER GROUPSAlign functional workloads with business process

GEOGRAPHIC REACHMeet data sovereignty and geo service needs

S I M P L E T O U S E P L AT F O R M

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CenturyLink Cloud Empowers Your Innovators to Experiment & Learn

INFRASTRUCTURE-AS-CODEFully programmable platform with public API’s

BLUEPRINT ORCHESTRATIONEasy automation of common best practices

PARTNER ECOSYSTEM Quick-start solutions allow low-risk discovery

DEVELOPER FRIENDLYExplore cutting-edge services that increase agility

HYBRID FLEXIBILITY Public and Private Cloud, Managed Hosting, Colo, Network

C O M P R E H E N S I V E T O O L K I T

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CenturyLink Cloud Frees Critical IT Operations Staff

AUTOMATED POLICIESTake action against a wide range of conditions

BULK OPERATIONSScale common operations across groups of servers

MANAGED SERVICES Offload resources to reap the “innovation dividend”

ESTIMATION ENGINEContinuous feedback on cost implications

T O TA L C O S T O F O W N E R S H I P T O O L (CLICK TO COMPARE)

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With the Right Cloud Solution

Drive leading-edge applications, while maintaining management and control over of your assets.

You trust us with your network; now trust us with your cloud.

IT organizations can optimize operations AND serve developers and business unit leaders across the organization—mitigating shadow IT.

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CenturyLink Cloud: Let’s do more.

CenturyLink has a strong portfolio of Hybrid IT services and expertise in networking, datacenter operations, managed services, hosting, and cloud applications, and is the ideal choice for your enterprise.

• Demo• Cloud Readiness Assessment / Cloud Workshop • TCO analysis• Proof of Concept• Complimentary CenturyLink Cloud Trial• www.centurylinkcloud.com