A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE

A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE

The Signature Group

Hosting/Private Cloud Computing and

Co-Location Services

Chris Vain

Chief Technologist

A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE

Pain Points

Organizations are more and more dependant on IT infrastructure

Any downtime has a significant impact

Protecting against failure incurs significant costs

Small and medium size businesses lose an average of $84,000 for every hour of downtime. -- International Data Corp

Reduced or static budgets

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TSG Solutions

• Host Business Applications on TSG Infrastructure

• Leverage virtualization technology to group workloads enhancing performance and reliability

Hosting and Private Cloud Computing

• Co-Locate IT infrastructure in our highly available secure facility

• Maintain and manage all or just part of the overall system

Co-location

• High Value

• Low Investment

Leverage TSG infrastructure

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TSG Facility at Equinix

Physical Structure

•Hardened facility built to withstand most disasters

•Facility designated as National Critical Infrastructure

Power

•Highly available and robust Power infrastructure

•AC power delivery via redundant UPS systems with generator back-up

•48 hours worth of generator fuel and contracts with multiple fuel providers

Cooling

•Robust and Redundant cooling

•13,652 BTUH per cabinet capacity

Multilevel Security

•On-site manned security 24x365

•Zoned Security with four biometric checkpoints and man traps prior to gaining access to any cabinets, racks or cages

•Kinetic locks on private cabinets

•Highly secure audited environment

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TSG Facility at Equinix

Data Connectivity

• Redundant multi-carrier shared internet circuits

• Carrier neutral facility for private internet or wan circuits

• Recognized as one of the largest Internet exchange points in the world

Fire Detection and Suppression

• sensory detection mechanisms (sniffers)

• Multi-zone dry pipe systems

Flood Control

• Moisture Detections Systems

• Dedicated pump rooms and drainage/evacuation systems

Worldwide Presence

• 87 data centers in 11 countries

• 90% of worlds internet traffic flows through the facility

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IT Benefits

• TSG SignatureCare on all infrastructure components

• Flexible ‘ownership’ of applications and services

• Reducing capital expenditures while ensuring high availability and receiving technical support.

• Leverage SignatureCare DataProtection and other services for peace of mind

Optional Fully managed environment

Blend Hosting or Co-Location and Disaster Recovery for mission critical applications

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Business Benefit

Reduce capital costs and staff resource

requirements

No need to maintain physical real estate

dedicated to IT infrastructure

Speed deployment of new services

Increase reliability and availability of

systems with minimal investment

Scale on demand

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Hosting/Private Cloud

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Private Cloud Hosting

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Questions&

Open Discussion

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