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The 7 Essential Features of AIS BusinessCloud1
The 7 Essential Features of AIS BusinessCloud1
Enterprise Grade Offering
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AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
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1. Availability2. Performance3. Reliability4. Security5. Scalability6. Compatibility7. Network
1. Availability2. Performance3. Reliability4. Security5. Scalability6. Compatibility7. Network
AIS BusinessCloud1
AIS BusinessCloud1
• No. 1 - Availability– At the hardware level, designed with
complete redundancy. • Configured to eliminate any single point of
failure (SPoF).
• A/B powered from separate UPS systems
• Either dual-power supplied or is powered from a static transfer switch.
– Network access is both redundant and diversified.
– The entire systems architecture is self-healing with automated failover.
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AIS BusinessCloud1Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
AIS BusinessCloud1Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
• No. 2 - Performance– Incorporates industry and vendor best
practices • VMware optimized hardware and software
environment.
– Maximizes I/O performance• Redundant I/O paths • Segregated management traffic from the VM
storage network.
– VMware’s latest Quality of Service (QoS) features implemented
• Including Network / Storage I/O and DRS.
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• No. 2 - Performance– AIS has designed-in additional
performance wherever possible• adding SSD-based vhost local caching and
NetApp flash cache.
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AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
• No. 3 - Reliability– VMware self-provisioning system requires
no human intervention. • Tasks are completed quickly and with fewer
errors.
– AIS commitment to ITIL for establishing and operating IT service management
• Used for change management and continuous improvement.
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• No. 3 - Reliability– Comprehensive internal and
external monitoring • vCenter Operations provides
continuous monitoring of services and subsystems.
• External monitoring and vCenter Ops provides Fault isolation and capacity planning for system resources.
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AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
Actionable intelligence!
• No. 4 - Security– Incorporates a full array of networking
options to accommodate any security requirements.
• No internet access (all operations kept internal to the client’s vDC)
• Firewalled access to internal or external networks (vShield)
• Direct Internet access• Private switched access to client colo or corporate
facilities
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No Internet Access
No Internet Access
Firewalled access
Firewalled access
Direct Internet access
Direct Internet access
Private switchedaccess
Private switchedaccess
• No. 4 - Security– Clients can also configure unlimited,
completely isolated internal networks with VMware’s built-in security features.
• Physical security is assured with AIS SSAE 16 SOC II certified access controls
• Clients have granular control over administrative access to their private data center.
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AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
• No. 5 – Scalability– Provides easy, rapid deployment of individual
VMs or entire applications (vApps). • Additional resources are available on demand, with no
human intervention required.
– The clients can take advantage of VMware’s vCloud Director API and manage CloudOne resources from within their existing vCenter management portal.
– Large data sets can be quickly stored and processed by using direct network connections into the client’s virtual data center.
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AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
• No. 6 – Compatibility– VMware selected for a number of reasons:
• Widespread adoption• Inherent functionality • Robust ecosystem of support and product
development.
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AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
VMware is the market leader in virtualization. Their technology, which is production-proven, is used by more than 170,000 customers, including 100% of the Fortune 100.
• No. 6 – Compatibility– Most AIS clients use VMware already
• Many of them use vCenter to manage their virtualized environments.
• Some features, like vCenter Operations, can be extended into the client environment to monitor and maintain the client’s cloud.
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AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
• No. 7 – The AIS Network– AIS has the most reliable regional network
in the southwest. • It is used to provide redundant connectivity to both
Los Angeles and Phoenix. • This wide area network can be used to enable
rapid recovery in a DR situation: clients can replicate data almost synchronously between AIS CloudOne instances or colo environments.
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AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
• No. 7 – The AIS Network– AIS BusinessCloud1 can also be a “zero
CapEx” solution
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AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
AIS BusinessCloud1 Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
Why Partner with AIS?Why Partner with AIS?
• We offer a significant opportunity for achieving cost-savings while maintaining an acceptable level of risk.
• You'll gain agility and enhanced functionality without the headaches.
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Plus…
• Our Insightful Professional Services Staff knows:
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– The Cloud– Networks and High-Availability
(HA) Infrastructure– Managed Services– Service Architecture based on ITIL
V3 Service Lifecycle and GIP– That there is no "one-size fits
all" solution
Why Partner with AIS?Why Partner with AIS?