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Web

Mobile

API

Common User Interface and API

Bare Metal Servers

Virtual Server Instances

Private Clouds

Unique Triple Network Architecture allows seamless communication across distributed environments
x86 Data Center Pod

x86 Data Center Pod

x86 Data Center Pod

Infrastructure Management System provides orchestration and automation

Our infrastructure platform seamlessly integrates bare metal servers, virtual server instances, and private clouds via our global,
advanced triple network architecture, all under the same control plane (Web portal, mobile apps, and robust API).

Power & Performance

Automation & Control

Flexibility & Choice

Having the best performance means
more than getting the highest processing
speed. We tune our entire platform (and
every service we offer) to give you the
industry’s widest range of computing
and storage options and unparalleled
network capabilities—when you need it,
for as long you want it.

Open up most clouds and you might
discover human beings are behind
it rather than technology. That’s the
wrong answer—people just don’t scale
at Internet speed. So we automated
everything in our data centers.
Everything. Then we built an API on top
of it. And then a portal on top of that,
providing a level of automation and
control others can’t touch.

Scalability isn’t merely the ability to
grow. It’s the flexibility to start with what
you want, grow however you need, and
adjust whenever you choose.

If you want power, we’ve got it. Highperformance bare metal, from entry-level
single processor servers to quad proc,
octo-core powerhouses, and GPUpowered high-performance computing
nodes. Lightning-fast SSD storage
options for the highest levels of I/O.
A high-speed global network for
worldwide access and availability.
Processing and network performance at
price/performance levels we’ll put up
against anyone’s. And our delivery model
performs at the same high level—all
our services deploy in real-time with no
lengthy commitments.

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Every aspect of our operations is
automated and integrated into a single
management system, with API access to
more than 1,600 command and control
functions. So you can deploy or reboot
servers, configure network settings, and
reload software—all remotely and at the
touch of a button.
Our services play at a higher level. Fully
integrate with third-party applications.
Eliminate layers of management. And
radically simplify your operations.

That’s why we have such a wide range
of computing, storage, and networking
options. But moreover, it’s why every
service we provide is available in real
time without minimum commitments or
lengthy contracts.
And to top it off, it’s why we leverage our
advantages in automation to provide
innovative technologies that let you pick
the right technology for today while
preserving the ability to easily move to
a different solution later. Like our Flex
Images® provisioning system that allows
you to deploy cloud instances, move
their images to bare metal servers and
back again, and experience real-time
cloning and image-based backup even
with physical servers.

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