FD Insights Issue 6 | Page 51

S oftLayer, an IBM Company, provides cloud infrastructure as a service from 13 data centers in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Our customers range from Web startups to global enterprises. Products and services include bare metal and virtual servers, networking, turnkey big data and private cloud solutions, and more. Our unique advantages include the industry’s first Network-Within-a-Network topology for true out-of-band access, and an easy-to-use customer portal and robust API for full remote-access of all product and service management options. 49 | www.firstdistribution.co.za