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CenturyLink® Managed HostingI T E N A B L I N G R E V E N U E A N D B U S I N E S S A G I L I T Y

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Hybrid IT Solutions

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

Agile environment resources ready for you when you need them.

COLOCATION NETWORK

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“The IT policies of the past that resulted in the 80/20 trap are simply no longer able to meet the needs of today’s intensely demanding & always-on business world, and are indeed becoming liabilities not just because they’re inadequate, BUT also because they suck up vast percentages of the IT budget & make it almost impossible for CIOs to fund essential new efforts..."

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- Forbes Online

THE 80/20 RULE

Today’s Business Imperative for IT

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• Governance, compliance, security• Efficiency, performance, 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

Managed Services

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SOLUTIONS

INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATION IMPLEMENTATION MANAGEMENT

Lower CostOf Ownership

Faster TimeTo Market

OptimalPerformance

DedicatedExpertise

HOSTING & CONTENTMANAGEMENT

ENTERPRISEAPPS ECOMMERCE BIG DATA INFRASTRUCTURE

OPTIMIZATION

Leveraging a Common Platform – CenturyLink Cloud

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A 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

Managed Services Success Story: Hallmark

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• Rapid growth and spikes in web traffic during holidays• Uptime and consistent performance to meet seasonal

demands

BUSINESS CHALLENGE

• CenturyLink’s state of the art datacenters and superior service level agreements (SLAs)

• Managed hosting, network, applications and security• Professional services and support

SOLUTION

• Successfully delivered 5 million e-cards• Complete transparency into IT operations• Created platform for new digital product and service

delivery

IMPACT

“We’re constantly innovating and CenturyLink’s ability to support us in all our digital initiatives is essential.”– Greg Fay, Director of Technology, Hallmark Digital

Cloud Success Story: Fortune 500 Storage Company

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

• Business agility hampered by long IT cycles

BUSINESS 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

Hosting

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Active Management Of Compute, Storage, & Applications

PAIN

DRIVER

• Security breach• Unable to support enterprise application(s) with

internal resources• Field audit• Disaster recovery/backup failed

• Maintain staff focus on strategic projects & management tasks

• Enterprise software initiative

WHY CHOOSE CENTURYLINK HOSTING?Remove the burden of Operating System management from your internal staff

You don’t want to add expertise to administer enterprise applications

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Hosting24/7 Management and Monitoring

• Active Operating System management and incident reporting with Service-level agreements

• Flexibility to “pay as you grow” in a secure, dedicated environment

• Enterprise application deployment and management

• Expert staff to support and consult

WHAT WILL YOU GET?

Security

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Proven Solutions At The Center Of All CenturyLink Solutions

PAIN

DRIVER

• Security breach • Unable to keep up with changing requirements

• Increase consumer confidence• Reduce risk of penalties • Third party validation of compliance

FIT IN PORTFOLIOIncorporated into every aspect of the CenturyLink offering, from facilities to cloud.

Client Challenges Offerings

Recent Successes Key Differentiators• Symbiotic to core CTL offerings - when dealing with CenturyLink

for your infrastructure or applications, we can leverage our existing knowledge of your systems to shorten the learning curve and ensure continuity.

• Skills, expertise – many on our team of experts come from the major consultancy firms and can now bring their IT specialization skills to you directly.

• Methodology-based , metrics-driven– Programs focus on clear processes from the discover phase through to completion, giving you dashboard insights suitable for leadership along the way

CenturyLink Security Consulting & Implementation Services

NEW LANDSCAPE OF SECURITY RISKSIncreasing sophistication of attacks and increasing

complexity of security solutions

INCREASINGLY COMPLEX INFRASTRUCTUREBYOD, Shadow IT projects, growth of big data and more are driving

complexity and lack of visibility of assets and vulnerability.

COMPLIANCE ISSUESIndustry-specific compliance

requirements such as FISMA, HIPPA,

PCI, SOX

LACK OF QUALIFIED PERSONNEL

Lack of IT security experts and necessary skill sets

within company

Comprehensive assessments, guidance, and programs to drive compliance, manage vulnerability and business continuity, and boost business outcomes.

GOVERNMENTHEALTHCARE

Governance, Risk and Compliance Consulting

Meet legal requirements, standards or best practices for business operations.

Information Risk Management

Achieve fundamental tactical security goals to ensure business continuity.

Business Process Consulting

Get strategic guidance to boost business outcomes and reduce risk.

CONSUMER GOODS

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Complete CenturyLink Managed Security Services Taxonomy

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SECURITY CONSULTING

• Security Assessments

• Program/Policy Design

• Staff Augmentation

• Network, Endpoint, Applications & Data Security Planning

• Identity & Access Management

NETWORK SECURITY

• Managed Firewall

• Web Application Firewall

• Managed IDS / IPS

• DDoS Mitigation

• Managed Protection Services

SECURITY MONITORING

• Log Management

• Security Log Monitoring

• Trending & Threat Analysis

• Incident Management & Response

THREAT MANAGEMENT

• File Integrity Monitoring

• Vulnerability & Risk Monitoring

END POINT SECURITY

• Email Protection

• Enhanced Cyber Security DNS Protection

• Web Defense

• Layers of protection for comprehensive device management, threat intelligence and incident response.

• Services are location agnostic, scalable, easily integrate with existing infrastructure.

CenturyLink Confidential and Proprietary.

CenturyLink Managed Security Services

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Firewalls IDS/IPS

Network Based Security (NBS)

Enhanced Cyber Security

(ECS)

DDoS Mitigation

End Point Security

Risk Management

Fusion Center

Security Log Monitoring

Trending & Data Analysis

Managed Protection Services

Incident Management & Response

Vulnerability and Risk Monitoring

Continuous improvement through continuous monitoring

• Provides layers of protection for comprehensive device management, threatintelligence andincident response.

• Services are location agnostic, scalable, easily integrates withexisting infrastructure.

Advanced Threat Detection & Remediation Services

Managed Security Technologies

Storage

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Active Management Of Compute, Storage, & Applications

PAIN

DRIVER

• Over Purchasing• Info Variety• Data Volume• Changing Frequency and Forecasting

• Optimize the storage spend• Reduce complexity of storage administration

WHY CHOOSE CENTURYLINK HOSTING?Remove the burden of Operating System management from your internal staff

You don’t want to add expertise to administer enterprise applications

What is Unified Storage?

50 GB

50 GB

50 GB

SLA

Benefits

• Unified Platform• Choose SAN or NAS• Quick Provisioning

• Snapshots & Replication• Snapshots every 8 hours and retained for 7 days• Replication to a different CenturyLink data center

daily

• Service based on Performance• 3 tiers to match business needs

• Customer Control• Full function portal with Advanced reporting

CenturyLink’s Value$

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Cost

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Savings Security Experience

• 30% reduction in operation

expenditure (OpEx)

• Dedicated and cloud options

available

• “Pay as You Grow” storage

options

• SOC 1, SSAE 16/ISAE 16

Data Centers

• 3000 migrated storage

environments in 45+

countries

• Low investment risk

• No outage migration

• No over-purchasing

• Business resiliency

• 20+ years engineering

experience

• 26 petabytes in 35 global

data centers

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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• Readiness Assessment / Workshop • TCO analysis• Proof of Concept• www.centurylinkcloud.com

ARCHITECTED FOR THE ENTERPRISE • ADVANCED IT MANAGEMENT • FLEXIBLE OPTIONS

CenturyLink Managed Hosting: Let’s do more.