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1 CenturyLink Cloud Overview 1

2 About CenturyLink… CloudColocation Managed Services Network +++ OPTIMIZEDAGILESECURE

3 WHY DO CUSTOMERS WANT PUBLIC CLOUD?

4 Cloud Adoption Drivers + ++ Improve Business Agility 59% Reduce Cost 56% Better support Business Needs 44% TechValidate Research, CenturyLink Cloud Customer Research, Oct 2014 4

5 CenturyLink Cloud Promise: IT Ready, Developer Friendly Enterprise Platform, Not just IaaS Innovation Momentum Leading Performance Better Connected, Global Footprint Market Competitive Pricing, Total Cost Flexible Options 5

6 Enterprise-Level Security Your data is protected by CenturyLink Cloud’s “defense in depth” security model—satisfying rigorous enterprise security standards without costly add- ons. High Performance Our cloud architecture is optimized across the stack for high performance. From premium hardware to custom performance enhancing technologies. Global Footprint Choose where your apps and data reside. Build and manage virtual resources across interconnected data centers in the US, Canada, UK, and EMEA. Compliant & Audited Our platform is SSAE 16 SOC2 Type 2 certified, and we’ve helped customers comply with industry regulations like HIPAA. SLAs We’ve got one of the most rigorous SLAs in the industry. Disaster Recovery Built-in disaster recovery solutions reinforce our highly redundant infrastructure. High Availability We include powerful load balancing and redundancy features that improve uptime. Outstanding Support We deliver the level of support that’s right for you. Choose a support tier, then add service tasks and professional services as needed. Architected for the Enterprise 6

7 7 CenturyLink Cloud: Customer Use Cases Proprietary Apps Web Sites Web Hosting App Dev/Testing Business Apps – Off the Shelf Backup/DR/Archi ving Big Data Source: CenturyLink Customer Survey, 2014

8 8 +25% CAPEX

9 9 +10% IT Productivity Gains

10 10 “CenturyLink Cloud has given us options for consolidation and or scalability, which lets us decide how to grow…” (source: CenturyLink Cloud Customer Research)

11 11 Cloud Success Story: Fortune 500 Manufacturer Hundreds of unmanaged apps, rising costs, increased compliance and data security risk Business agility hampered by long IT cycles 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

12 12 Business Transformation TESTIMONIAL “We’ve built a very solid cloud brokering story around our work with [CenturyLink]. We’ve all but solved many of our shadow IT issues and turned the CenturyLink Cloud platform into an enabler for the business. Cost efficiency is fantastic, but being able to help our business functions be more agile and help build trust in IT is beyond measure.” Source: Tech/Validate survey of a S&P 500 Computer Hardware Company Published Oct. 1, 2014

13 Customers Using CenturyLink Cloud 13

14 Agility 14 Customer Value - Recap Flexibility Lower TCO

15 CenturyLink Cloud Key Differentiators

16 +++ Cloud Colocation Managed Services Network Key Differentiator: Broad Portfolio Beyond Cloud 16 Broad hybrid IT portfolio of global products and services supports workloads requiring cloud or dedicated hosting with on and off-premise options

17 Our Cloud Offers Technical Differentiators 82% More Reliable 83% Higher Performance Source: TechValidate Research of CenturyLink Customer, Oct 2014 82% Easier to Use 79% More Ability to Scale Customer Feedback

18 CenturyLink Cloud Delivers Superior Performance CenturyLink Cloud out performs Azure, AWS and Google in CPU, Memory *Based on Cloud Harmony Benchmark Tests, December 2014 CenturyLink: “Visionary” in Gartner MQ CenturyLink’s recognized as “visionary” for the second consecutive year in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (2015)

19 Large Global Footprint: 13 Public Cloud Nodes North America Europe Asia-Pacific United States Chicago Salt Lake City New York Sterling Seattle Santa Clara Canada Toronto - Markham Toronto - Mississauga Vancouver Great Britain Portsmouth Slough Germany Frankfurt Singapore Host in Our World-class Data Centers with 24x7 Support

20 Product Demo

21 21 Recap: Cloud isn’t about “All or Nothing” On-Premise Resources Cloud Resources Integration Cloud Datacenter COLOCATION NETWORK

22 22 Demo Cloud Readiness Assessment / Cloud Workshop Proof of Concept www.partnerwebsite.com ARCHITECTED FOR THE ENTERPRISE ADVANCED IT MANAGEMENT FLEXIBLE OPTIONS Cloud: Let’s do more.

23 Discussion

24 THANK YOU!


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