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Secure + Stable + Scalable

Horizon Data Center Solutions:Company & Capabilities OverviewHorizon Data Center Solutions:

Company & Capabilities Overview


Horizon provides secure, stable and scalable IT Infrastructure for mission critical applications.

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider serving:

• Global 1000

• US Federal Government• Mid-market enterprises

Solve technology problems through purpose-built cloud architecture (vStructure™)

• Redundant Network Connectivity and Power Infrastructure• Ability to Grow with Customer’s Success• US Federal Government Tested Data Security• Compelling ROI

• On June 28, 2011, became first IaaS provider to receive an Authority to Operate (ATO) under the US Government’s “Cloud First” cost savings initiative.

Completed best-in-class audits, including SAS 70 Type II (SSAE 16) and NIST 800-53 accreditation (containing over 30 times the control objectives for a typical SAS 70 Type II audit).

Our Story

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Our Operations

We manage ALL layers of our infrastructure so we can ensure the quality and performance of our solutions.

Founded in 2000 as Mareechi and merged with Horizon Data Center Solutions in 2009

We designed our infrastructure for mission critical managed hosting, cloud computing and colocation

We operate 3 Tier III data centers (two in Dallas, one in Northern Virginia)

We’ve established top-tier partnerships and invested in “best of breed” capability on your behalf

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Our Customer Experience

We understand what matters most.

Security: in today’s world, CIOs face more security and compliance challenges than ever.

• We’ve been accredited to provide IaaS solutions to US Federal Government branches that are hyper-sensitive to security concerns (ie: Homeland Security, US Department of Treasury, etc.).

Stability: disaster recovery, business continuity and availability are core to your decision.

• Not only do we adhere to contractually defined SLAs, but we’re one of the few providers that actually proactively report to our clients on performance levels.

Scalability: it’s critical that you choose a partner that can adapt and scale the solution.

• We customize solutions to your needs today and we anticipate (with you) requirements for the future.

•Accessibility: outsourcing doesn‘t mean you have to lose control or visibility.

• We simply provide security, stability and scalability while you maintain direct control of your IT operations.

•Administrative Ease: engaging a technology vendor shouldn‘t be tedious.

We move fast and won’t burden your staff, budget and timeline with tedious contracting, billing and administrative hassles.

•Fiscal Viability: the ROI has to make sense.

Pay for what you need, gain access to best-of-breed assets and forego cost-ineffective capital expenditures associated with building in-house.

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• Economic uncertainty driving CIOs to halt projects, freeze hiring and pile more responsibility on existing IT staff• Focus on key applications

• 93% of SMBs that suffer significant data loss are out of business in 5 years (US Bureau of labor)• Outages can cost SMBs over $12,000 per day (Symantec – 2011 SMB Disaster Recovery Survey)• August 2011: Amazon EC2 outage takes down Foursquare, Instagram, Quora, Reddit…

• 50% of SMBs have no disaster recovery plan in place, even though 65% of them operate in areas vulnerable to natural disasters. (Symantec – 2011 SMB Disaster Recovery Survey)

• According to USA Today, security firm CardCops has been tracking a 20% year-over-year increase of hackers testing batches of payment card numbers to ensure they are still active

• Corporate governance, privacy and security issues have created an increase in regulation• IT management must seriously consider how corporate data is used, accessed, archived, protected• Increased accountability and scrutiny is being placed on corporate executives• “Optional” initiatives are moving quickly to “mandatory”

Common “Pain Points”

• Hardware refresh• Network growth and challenges• Specialized projects

Compliance & LegislationCompliance & Legislation

Security ThreatsSecurity Threats

DisastersDisasters

Business ContinuityBusiness Continuity

Increasing IT WorkloadIncreasing IT Workload

Hardware RequirementsHardware Requirements

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Why Outsource IT Infrastructure?

Strategic Gain:

Entrust someone else to wear the pager: count on SLAs but maintain CONTROL

Ensure high availability and audited/tested security: leverage the requirements of many

Focus on your core competencies while leveraging ours as well

Establish a clear path to upgrade: technology, people and process

Adapt and scale easily: mergers, acquisitions, geographic expansion…

Mitigate risk through multiple infrastructures: no single point of failure

Financial Gain:

Avoid high cost to build, maintain and predict operating expense without capital outlay (CapEx versus OpEx)

Access technical resources that are often harder to afford and retain in-house

Multiple internet providers, geo-diverse facilities, power, HVAC & fire suppression, network and computing infrastructure challenge ROI

Most data centers do not populate server racks beyond 40-60% and typical utilization rates are between 7% and 15% in a non-virtualized environment. (Gartner)

Purchase flexibility enables you to optimize the solution for today and position your company for the future

Make an apples-to-apples comparison: you can’t harness the power, scale and security benefits of top-tier IT infrastructure in-house without compromising ROI

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The HDCS Difference: Data Center Platform

We manage ALL layers of our infrastructure

Facility Layer: 3 Tier III data centers in the US

Compute Layer: HP c-7000 blades

Storage Layer: 3Par T800 Series

Network Layer: Cisco ASA 5500 and Fortinet Fortigate 310B for FW/IPS/IDS and F5 IP series for network load balancing

Virtualization Layer: VMware products including ESX and Vsphere 4.0

Our platform is purpose-built

Multiple data centers with private DWDM fiber connectivity

SAS 70 Type II (SSAE 16), FISMA compliant, LEED certified data centers

Data replication between facilities for DR/Back-up

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Standard Network Topology vs. vStructure™

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Internal Infrastructure HDCS vStructure™

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Single Firewall

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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Firewall

F5 Load Balancer

Enterprise Class Virtualization

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Security in a Multi-Tenant Environment

We’ve built in layers of protection comprised of Network (physical and virtual), VMware and administrative security:

Host Hardening: all hosts are “locked down” per VMware best practices

Security Testing: regular vulnerability scanning and penetration testing via 3rd party auditors

Network Segmentation: we segment customer configurations and traffic by locking down Layer 2’s physical and virtual network

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VMware technologies create logical security boundaries that provide isolation:

Role based access control provides a clear separation of workflow for Virtual Infrastructure and security administrators

Secure Applications and virtual machines with adaptive trust zones

Continuous assessment of IT compliance state and automated remediation


We’re taking Colo to the Cloud.

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vStructure™ Solutions

Colocation Virtual Colocation Virtual Machine Solutions Virtual Resource

Pool

vWeb

Includes:

1Mbs/Second Max Operating System vStructure Firewall vStructure Switching

1 vCPU 4GB RAM 100GB HD

vApp

Includes:



Optional Add Ons:

SAN Services

Cage:

Custom Quote

Cabinet:

Custom Quote

vColo

Cabinet:

Custom Quote

PLUS...

vWeb: 1Mbs/Second Max Operating System vStructure Firewall vStructure Switching


vPool

vCPU RAM HD Firewall HDCS Services

Backup - Offsite Data Storage:

Priced per GB Disaster Recovery/ Replicated Site:

Priced per GB

vEnterprise

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2 vCPUs 16GB RAM 500GB HD

HDCS Basic Care 24/7/365 Help Desk Basic Monitoring VM Management

Optional Add Ons:

SAN Services Additional vCPU Additional RAM Additional HD HDCS Advanced Care


Horizon and The US Government

Why is our relationship with the Government relevant to you? Take a SAS70 Type II audit and pump it full of steroids...

In October, 2010, Horizon was one of 12 companies awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) from the US General Services Administration (GSA) for IaaS to provide cloud services

After 8-months of intensive US Government auditing of our infrastructure and delivery, we became the 1st provider to be awarded an Authority to Operate (ATO)

A standard SAS 70 Type II audit contains 25-30 control points whereas the ATO assesses and accredits 750+ control points for each “lot” – Cloud Storage, Virtual Machines and Cloud Web Hosting

Horizon’s extensive list of compliance achievements creates leverage for customers (FISMA, DIACAP, PCI, NIST 800-53, SSAE 16 Type 2…)

Horizon has achieved its SSAE 16 Type 2 for all 3 facilities

Management Controls:

Assessment & AuthorizationPlanningRisk AssessmentSystem & Services Acquisition

Operational Controls:

Awareness & TrainingConfiguration ManagementContingency PlanningIncident ResponseMaintenanceMedia PreventionPhysical & Environmental ProtectionPersonnel SecuritySystem & Information Integrity

Technical Controls:

Access ControlAudit & AccountabilityIdentification & AuthenticationSystem & Communications Protection

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In Closing...

We resolve common challenges for our clients:

A Large International Restaurant Chain had audit compliance pains; didn’t have a working DR policy• Needed a backup solution for 35TB of Storage• We beat an internally proposed solution that was > $ 50% more expensive• Corporate mandate required DR policy• Horizon provides seamless backup & replication of their corporate server farm in 2

geographically disperse locations

Department of Defense• DoD needed secure environment under the DoD security measures• Thousands of hits per day• Required ability to scale on demand• Need stable platform to scale to meet needs of overseas troops

SaaS Provider to Cell Phone Users• Was approaching end of life of hardware• Did not have a test and development environment• Requires secure, stable environment• Requires ability to scale in support of growth of their customers

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Thank you for your time today!

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