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• CenturyLink is evolving our network infrastructure to work seamlessly with our cloud infrastructure and have “cloud-like” capabilities‒ API controllable‒ Instantly scalable‒ Designed to fully leverage Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
• Evolving access network around PON, Ethernet, and VDSL2‒ Aggressively improving portfolio of off-net Ethernet providers
• CenturyLink invests hundreds of millions each year in continuing to upgrade its metro and long haul networks and MPLS network capabilities
• CenturyLink has built into over 200 third party data centers and has direct connectivity to all major cloud providers
• CenturyLink has invested in Best of Breed platforms to power its full portfolio of VoIP services‒ Hosted VoIP – Broadsoft and Cisco HCS‒ SIP Trunk – Broadsoft and Sonus‒ Contact Center – Genesys and Broadsoft
NETWORK: • 20% of the Worlds Internet Traffic• 99.999% Availability• Third Largest Telco Carrier in
North America• Fastest Growing Ethernet Services
VOIP: • Adopting and deploying best in class • platforms across VoIP portfolio• BroadSoft and Cisco HCS platform for • Hosted VoIP & UC• BroadSoft and Genesys platform for
Contact Center• BroadSoft and Sonus platform for SIP
Trunk• Ericsson platform for Consumer VoIP
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• 2nd Largest Global Provider with 20+ years of operating history in Data Center business
• Aggressive bundling of Broad Global Data Center Footprint and Bandwidth Interconnectivity
• 58 Data Centers globally with 2.6+ Million square feet raised floor
• Multi-tiered security, physical and logical with 24/7/365 Operations, Security, and Support
• CenturyLink fiber connectivity between all 58 Centers and to 200 additional Data Centers
• Multi-carrier approach with 3+ carriers connected to most Data Centers
• All Tier III compliant centers with 6 Tier III certified and Tier IV certified
• Value Added-services including migration services, remote hands, and structured cabling
COLOCATION
Among TopNorth American
Colocation Providers*
100% Uptime SLA Commitment
SSAE 16 Compliant
Financial Exchange Ecosystem
*Source: Synergy Research and Frost & Sullivan
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CenturyLink North American Network + Data Centers
• Connected to 48 North American data centers• Plus another 200+ third party data centers• Own and operate ~240,000 U.S. fiber route miles
DATA CENTERS
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CenturyLink International Network + Data Centers
• Connected to 10 international data centers• Plus another 200+ third party data centers• Own or lease over 280,000 international fiber route miles
DATA CENTERS
CenturyLink Data Center, Servers, and Network(Highly Efficient Infrastructure Layer)
• Policy Management – by group or individual• Real time cost transparency• Blueprint operational automation
• Public Cloud and Bare Metal (2Q15)• CTL Proprietary and OpenStack APIs
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CenturyLink Managed Hybrid Cloud Solutions
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Managed Hosting
Bare Metal
Public Cloud
Customer CenturyLink
INFRASTRUCTURE, APPLICATION, OS MANAGEMENTComplete range of On-shore and Off-shore options
CustomerInfrastructure
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Big Data eCom ERP CRM
EXAMPLES
Customization
CenturyLink can manage and integrate existing customer environments into solutions.
CenturyLink can migrate from or add to an existing customer environment leveraging a combination of scaled public cloud, scaled private cloud, and customized Managed Hosting to provide the optimal mix of technologies for a solution.
CenturyLink can manage the solution and reduce costs through scaled, multi-tenant managed services.
CenturyLink Hybrid Cloud solutions allow customers to leverage the latest technologies to deploy workloads quickly and at reduced costs.
MANAGEDDATA
Network
Routers
Mobility (WLAN)
Switches
MANAGEDVOICE
Handsets
Unified Communications
IP-PBX
Contact Center
Conferencing Services
MANAGED SECURITY
DDoS Mitigation
Managed Firewall
Network-Based Security
Network Access Control
Hosting
Cloud
Colocation
Video and Telepresence
Server Mgmt & Monitoring
Storage Mgmt& Monitoring
Application Management
Service Desk (ITIL Based)
Designated or Dedicated Support, Transition and On-Boarding Services, Consulting Services
Comprehensive, end-to-end management for data, voice, security, and infrastructure & applications.
UNITED STATES UNITED KINGDOM SINGAPORE POLANDCANADAINDIA JAPAN
1,326 Total Employees for Operations Centers, Security Operations Center, Hosting Network & Managed Security Services
C A S E S T U D I E S
Managed Enterprise
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Coller Capital
Robinson & Henry, P.C.
Procserve
Q U E S T I O N S ?
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100% Uptime
I T C H A L L E N G E SPrioritizing budgets, people, systems
B U S I N E S S D E M A N D SNeed more of everything, faster
Cost containment
Accelerating Business Demands really Challenge IT
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Profitability
Increased productivity
Mobile & Social
eCommerce
Resource acquisition, retention, skills, and training
Complexity
Compliance
Shorter implementation cycles
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Optimized for Next Wave of Cloud Adoption
Fast Time To Value
Hybrid IT Ready
Enterprise Class
Developer Friendly
ENTERPRISE CLOUD PLATFORM
Visibility, control, and governance
IaaS, PaaS, DevOps- ReadyCloud-Optimized
Tools
Highly Automated, Integrated
Management, Intuitive Interface
Public, Private,Dedicated, Colo, and Secure Networking
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The CenturyLink Opportunity
Tightly-integrated parts/services all
functioning in concert on a unified platform
SINGLE-SOURCE PROVIDER
Automated access and streamlined, fast
onboarding
Solving across many industries’ and sectors’
needs (universal remedy)
Secure access that complies with regulation
and need to protect sensitive data
GLOBAL AVAILABILITY
PRIVATE CONNECTIONS
UNIFIED MARKETPLACE
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CenturyLink IT Journey to the Cloud
CAP AND GROW STRATEGY BENEFITS
• Cap legacy platforms that are not dependent to run the business
• Waterfall to agile development
• Eliminated 7 internal data centers
• All new application development in the cloud
• Test server set up:• 6 weeks to• 6 seconds
• Talent acquisition• Reduced cap ex
expenses• Accelerated IT
contribution
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Access Platform Evolution
• Eliminating boundaries between business and consumer access to provide best price/performance to business customers with no loss of business class capability
• Migrating from TDM and Point to Point Ethernet to GPON, VDSL2, and Ethernet/Wave‒ Planned deployment of EPON (10Gbps symmetric) & NGPON2 (40-
80Gbps symmetric)
• Providing access to MPLS network via GPON and VDSL2• Expanding portfolio of off-net providers with a focus on
expanding Ethernet capabilities
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IP Platform Evolution
• Continuing to invest in IQ network capabilities with the expected launch of IQ+ later this year‒ Pre-built into all CenturyLink data centers and assessing
3rd party data centers‒ Key new features include:
• Ability to build multiple logical networks over single physical connection with aggregated QoS
• Virtual CPE in the data centers• Fully managed end to end service with SLAs down to CPE
• Continue to upgrade network with ALU 7750 routers and Infinera ULH optronics• Build a programmable services backbone leveraging SDN and NFV with both
centralized and edge cloud capabilities‒ First service launched in December 2013: Fortinet-based security
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VoIP Platform Evolution
• Adopting and deploying best in class platforms across VoIP portfolio
• BroadSoft and Cisco HCS platform for Hosted VoIP & UC
• BroadSoft and Genesys platform for Contact Center• BroadSoft and Sonus platform for SIP Trunk• Ericsson platform for Consumer VoIP
IT Strategy & Management
Planning & IT Requirements
Architecture & Design
DevelopmentApplications &
Systems
Testing
Deployment Maintenance
Operations
Our Capabilities ›VIEW CENTURYLINK IT SERVICES ›
Hands-on Services Throughout the Entire IT Lifecycle