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Zumidian – Provides online gaming companies with scalable, high-performance cloud hosting in SoftLayer data centers worldwide
Scales easily
and cost-effectively as needed to facilitate fluctuating gaming workloads
Supports global availability
of customers’ games with SoftLayer®
data centers worldwide
Business challenge: To support companies requiring hosting infrastructure for their online games, Zumidian needed to team with a cloud provider offering high-availability, high-performance technology. The business sought a flexible global cloud solution capable of easily scaling up and down to accommodate unpredictable gaming workloads.
Solution: Based on the SoftLayer cloud platform’s performance, scalability, worldwide data center presence and fast, security-rich network, Zumidian provisions SoftLayer hosting environments for its gaming company customers. In addition to maintaining hybrid cloud infrastructure in SoftLayer data centers in the United States, Europe, Canada, Japan and Singapore, the firm plans to extend its environment to South America in the near future.
Keeps costs low
with usage-based pricing for flexible, easy-to-provision cloud technology
Client name:
Zumidian
Quote:
“SoftLayer is the best cloud hosting environment for gaming.”
—Nicolas Zumbiehl, president and chief executive officer, Zumidian
Company background:
Launched in 2015, Zumidian is a service provider for the online gaming industry. The company’s core offerings include consulting services, hosting services and a gaming operations center. Zumidian’s leadership team draws on more than 15 years of industry experience to guide customers in bringing their games to market.
Solution component: 
Services
SoftLayer®
Business challenge:
To support companies requiring hosting infrastructure for their online games, Zumidian needed to team with a cloud provider offering high-availability, high-performance technology. The business sought a flexible cloud solution capable of easily scaling up and down to accommodate unpredictable gaming workloads. Additionally, Zumidian needed a platform with worldwide data center presence to facilitate global availability for customers’ games.
Benefits:
Easy-to-provision SoftLayer® technology offers the flexibility Zumidian requires to quickly and cost-effectively scale up and down as needed to support fluctuating customer workloads. Additionally, the company greatly appreciates the SoftLayer platform’s worldwide presence and high-performance network between data centers.  
“SoftLayer is the best cloud hosting environment for gaming.”
—Nicolas Zumbiehl, president and chief executive officer
Solution component
Services
SoftLayer® 1