Data Center Strategy

HOW TO DEVELOP A Data Center Strategy FOR YOUR BUSINESS CLOUD DATA CENTER COLO WHAT 'S DRIVING DATA CENTER USAGE? BIG DATA 50x INCREASED CLOUD Amount of information growth between now and 2020.2 ADOP TION 379% of organizations globally are deploying cloud solutions." GLOBALIZATION 25% INCREASED COSTS of all commerce obal.³ is truly 24/7/365 = >$450k p/yr It takes a minimum of 5 IT employees to achieve a baseline 24/7/365 support team, with an average cost of $450,000.“ Water and Air Economization are techniques that are gaining popularity in the general data center solutions industry, as providers seek lower infrastructure costs. Facebook's Prineville data center location uses 100% outside air economization for efficient cooling.5 Industry Trend 00 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOUR BUSINESS? If you are not ahead of these trends, you can be sure that your competitors are, or will be very soon. BIG DATA CLOUD COSTS GLOBAL CHOOSING THE RIGHT STRATEGY REQUIRES CHOOSING THE RIGHT PARTNER Trust CenturyLink to help develop and maintain the right data center strategy for your business. Near-net customers have significant added savings! COMPETITIVE PRICING Pay-as- you-go Pricing Avoid CAPEX and time managing infrastructure Loop Pricing That's a potential savings of up to DATA CENTER ~80% CUSTOMER SERVICE 24/7 AND EXPERTISE DRTA CENTER 90% expert support first-call resolution Dozens of certifications and Dedicated customer service managers more than 75 master skill sets +80 types of applications, operating systems, and databases TIER 1, ENTERPRISE-CLASS SOLUTIONS Private Cloud Public Cloud Hybrid VIRTUALIZATION ENTERPRISE CLOUD COLOCATION MANAGED SERVICES NETWORKING Consultative sales approach FACILITIES 50*/12 data center global hosting facilities 1,900,000 16х NETWORK sqft of raised floor 407,000 global route mile fiber, Each panel lined up would be longer than Lake Michigan around the earth or... 40 Gbps I|| data transmission speeds (100 Gbps in development) enough bandwidth to download the entire Library of Congress in 1/2 hour. CENTURYLINK IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF AN EFFECTIVE DATA CENTER STRATEGY 1 Adoption, Approaches & Attitudes: The Future of Cloud Computing in the Public and Private Sectors. Red Shift Research. 2011. 2 Extracting Value from Chaos. IDC Research. 2011. 3 Chart Focus Newsletter. McKinsey Quarterly. 2011. 4 Salary.com. 2012. 5 Water Efficiency at Facebook's Prineville Data Center. Opencompute.org. 2012. CenturyLink" Business © 2012 CenturyLink, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Services not available everywhere. Business customers only. CenturyLink may change or cancel services or substitute similar services at its sole discretion without notice. GAN LAKE MICHIGA