CenturyLink + SAVVIS Cloud/Hosting Background

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CenturyLink/SAVVIS Hosting Positioning

CenturyLink Advantage

CenturyLink offers enterprises an innovative way to transform both technology infrastructure and costs. With Savvis serving the most demanding IT customers in the world, CenturyLink has gained the experience and know-how to make IT infrastructure more reliable, agile and business-driven.

• Nearly 2,500 unique hosting and cloud clients• Deep expertise in technical operations, client support,

engineering and consulting• $1.4B USD Savvis revenue and growing• Infrastructure extends to 45 countries• 52 global data centers with ~2 million square feet

of raised floor space• Ironclad security and compliance

The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Hosting

Savvis is Positioned in the Leaders Quadrants

Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for Managed Hosting, Lydia Leong, Ted Chamberlin, March 5, 2012.Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, Lydia Leong, Ted Chamberlin, December 8, 2011. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in our 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. This Magic Quadrant graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research note and should be evaluated in the context of the entire report. The Gartner report is available upon request from Savvis.

The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service

What We Know

Our hosting and cloud clients live in a dynamic world that is constantly changing. To gain a competitive advantage, they must continually be ahead of the curve of performance and reliability demands, mobility and consumption of data. They need to continually innovate.

GovernmentConsumer Financial Software / High TechMedia

Deep Vertical Expertise

Today’s Top IT Business Challenges

Test/Dev

Rapid Deployment

Elastic Web Environment

Flexible Infrastructure

Typical Server Utilization

WastedServer

Capacity

Utilized

Allocated

Plugging into the cloudPlugging into the cloud

SavvisSavvis +

CenturyLinkData Centers in NA, Europe, Asia 32 52

Floor space 1.5 m. sq. ft. 2 m. sq. ft.

Network 17,000 miles 207,000 miles

Revenue $1,039 million $18.7 billion

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Continuing Expansion•Cloud POD: Montreal•Expansions: NJ2 (22,000 sqft), UK (20,000 sqft), Chicago (5,500 sqft), DC (6,800 sqft)•New Builds: Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Sydney, Brazil• Partnership: India – Bharti Airtel

North America

Infrastructure

PHILADELPHIA

DETROIT

KANSAS CITY

NASHVILLE CHARLOTTE

RALEIGH

RICHMOND

PHOENIXSAN DIEGO

PORTLAND

SACRAMENTO

AUSTIN

HOUSTONSAN ANTONIO ORLANDO

CLEVELAND

PALO ALTO

PITTSBURGH

CINCINNATI

TAMPA

SAN JOSEDENVER

DALLAS

SEATTLE

SANTA CLARA

LOS ANGELES

BOSTON

NEW JERSEY

WASHINGTON DC

ATLANTA

MIAMI

ST.LOUIS

CHICAGO

VANCOUVER

TORONTO

MONTREAL

ALBUQUERQUE

MINNEAPOLIS

COLUMBUS

Savvis Data Center

New Savvis Data Center

Core Node

Metro Ring

Point of Presence

EuropeNorth America

• 54 data centers globally

• 2 million sq. ft. of raised floor

Asia Pacific

Infrastructure

Savvis Data Center

New Savvis Data Center

Core Node

Metro Ring

Point of Presence

CenturyLink Network

Storage and Backup

Network

Solutions Consulting

ProximityHosting

Managed Applications

Web Hosting

SaaSEnablement

Disaster Recovery/ Business Continuity

ContentManagement

Mobility

SOLUTIONS

SERVICES

Secure Facilities Enterprise Equipment Intelligent Management Tools

INFRASTRUCTURE

Savvis Secure Data Center Facilities

Construction – purpose built as a data center

Power – UPS plant, Generators, PDU systems

Fire Suppression - VESDA, Smoke & Heat detection with pre-action water system and/or FM-200

Security – 24/7 camera monitored locally and remotely

Network Egress – physically diverse

Facility monitoring – 24/7

Security Cameras Camera DVR Smoke and Heat VESDA Generators Biometric UPS System Bollards

Detection Security

Cloud Computing Defined

“Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g. networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal effort or service provider interaction.”

- National Institute of Standards and Technology

On-Demand, Self-Service, Multi-Resource, Pooled, Elastic, On-Net

Data Center

Network

Infrastructure / Hardware

OS Hardening / Management

Application Management

Automation / Portal

Hybrid Integration

Service / Support

Performance

SLAs

Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure

• Best of breed hardware

• Global network

• Tier 3 data centers (SSAE-16 & SAS70 Compliant)

• 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

Transformational Enterprise-Grade Cloud

Savvis Symphony – agile, scalable and on-demand cloud solutions

Multi-tenant cloud / Public cloud

Reduced cost with shared infrastructure

Private cloud

Meet compliance requirements

SavvisStation Portal

Easy to modify your cloud environment

Differentiated service levels

Match infrastructure requirement to cost

Production-grade performanceReduced cost - no additional infrastructure required

Enterprise-grade security•Reduced risk of information privacy breach

•Meet compliance or security audits

Hybrid hosting and cloud solutions

Connect legacy applications to cloud solutions

Savvis Symphony

Cloud Solutions

Savvis Symphony

Cloud Solutions

CTL Hosting Methodology

What is Savvis’ Solution Development Workshop (SDW)

Solution Development workshop (SDW’s) follow the ADIM standard (Assess/Design/Implement/Manage) and are typically 1-3 day assessments performed jointly with our client focused primarily on the key business, organization and technology drivers.

Savvis has developed an innovative and collaborative methodology for assessing a client’s IT transformation requirements and aligning these requirements to the client’s business objectives. Our approach, the Solution Development Workshop (or SDW), has helped dozens of companies save millions of dollars in IT spend while increasing operational efficiencies.

We judge our success by whether or not you’re happy

Globally recognized practices forcustomer service

Our promise: We own issues until theyare completely resolved

– Jack MacKayVP and CIO

“Savvis has been great at developing a solid understanding of AHA’s business needs and technical challenges and then working with my staff to develop flexible cost-effective solutions. I view Savvis as a valuable extension of my own staff.”

Situation: Owned hardware with long purchasing cycles. Needed to focus on developing web and managing business applications

Solution

• Complete utility services for managed hosting, virtual LANs

• Infrastructure tailored to business needs

Results/Benefits

• Business continuity with built-in redundancy

• Predictable monthly operational costs

American Hospital AssociationApplication Hosting & IP ConnectivityAmerican Hospital AssociationApplication Hosting & IP Connectivity

Situation: Intense focus on network latency; financial services industry consolidation; globalization of exchange, risk management, and markets

Solution

• Dedicated financial team

• “Network behind the Brand Name” strategy

Results

• Financial customers maintain strategic focus on information, not infrastructure

• Financial customers and Savvis plan for accelerated growth

Financial Services Market Data: Low-Latency Distribution NetworksFinancial Services Market Data: Low-Latency Distribution Networks

– Andy CaddyHead of IT Architecture

“Choosing Savvis meant the headaches went away. They had the right staff, the right facilities, and were in the right places at the right time – but they also understood our business problems, and were very flexible. Frankly, turning our IT infrastructure over to Savvis couldn’t have happened soon enough for me.”

Situation: High growth scalability; limited IT department; business continuance

Solution

• All servers and networks

• Global load branding

• Microsoft Exchange email

Results/Benefits

• No system outages

• Growth partner

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