A better cloud for business

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1 Up Time. On Time. Every Time. UK: +44 (0) US: +1 (877) A better cloud for business VMware and OpenStack cloud hosting with 100% uptime guaranteed. Fully customisable to suit your needs. Powerful, cost effective hosting. by

2 Business Runs Faster with StratoGen Cloud With the pace of change and demand in IT increasing, businesses are demanding an acceptable, stable and optimised cloud solution with commercial flexibility to fit ever changing needs. Able to provide simpler implementation, reliance on industry-leading support and expertise; ambitious and fast-moving businesses recognise cloud hosting as an essential component for doing IT infrastructure all IT infrastructure in an interchangeable and interoperable way. At StratoGen, we believe in developing cutting-edge, reliable technology to overcome the time-consuming IT processes that complicate your working life. Become more agile and focused on growth by leveraging your applications into the best of our technology without the pain of managing it. That means more time for you to focus on what you do best: deliver great customer service.

3 StratoGen solutions overview We partner with some of the best names in cloud to bring together all your hosting needs. With Public, Private and Hybrid Clouds powered by VMware and OpenStack, we have solutions for every business need. Infrastructure as a Service Powerful, high performance cloud hosting technology with 100% up time, global support and an environment designed around your business needs with advanced features you won t find anywhere else. Resource available as and when you need it, no investment in hardware required, only pay for the resource you use, access your applications from any location, and never experience a single point of failure in your server or network switch. Disaster Recovery as a Service Automate your IT disaster recovery process, manage recovery plans centrally and perform non-disruptive testing without giving up control of product applications in your datacentre. Our Disaster Recovery as a Service environment delivers automated failover, easy validation and the ability to full test your DR solution to eliminate the risk of data loss and business catastrophe. Backup as a Service Backing up your enterprise s critical data continues to be one of the most important steps in successfully managing your IT. StratoGen s backup solution, powered by Veeam Cloud Connect, gives you a cloud you can rely on to satisfy all Recovery Point and Recovery Time Objectives, without breaking the bank. Desktop as a Service Hosted desktops are a smarter way to work. Your staff can access their hosted desktops 24 hours a day, from anywhere in the world, using any device that has a web browser. Simple to buy, easy to manage, with no software for IT to maintain our Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) gives secure access to your specialised apps and data needed to run the business.

4 Why StratoGen Founded 2010 No. of clients 200 It s not just about saving money, as we don t mind paying a bit more for quality, but with StratoGen we get the best of both worlds tremendous support and good value for money. Features We re proud to offer valuable features that are unique to our cloud infrastructure, including firewalls, added security and deploy load balancers from a single interface that you don t see with other cloud providers. Solution Design Use our cloud solutions as a launchpad for increasing bandwidth to massive traffic spikes, boosting storage capacity to meet your data demands, or co-locating legacy equipment our Support Heroes will ensure we find the solution fit for your business. Expertise Frustrated by automated menus when you call? Tired of making a myriad of support calls and getting nowhere? We attract experienced, qualified and passionate engineers who are ready for you 24x7x365.

5 Our features We partner with some of the best names in cloud to bring together all your hosting needs. With Public, Private and Hybrid Clouds powered by VMware and OpenStack, we have solutions for every business need. Compatibility StratoGen supports over 450 operating systems including Windows Server 2008 and 2012, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS and Ubuntu. Cut complexity Organisations with complex requirements will find that vcloud allows you to build internal networks, VPNs and other networks with ease. It also offers the ability to pre-configure and deploy vapps using your own templates or VM images. Load balancers Our cloud load balancers manage your applications by distributing workloads across multiple servers and resources automatically or on demand in a single click. They maximise your workload performance and help prevent overload to help give your users a seamless experience. Dynamic resource allocation Balance computing capacity by cluster to deliver optimised performance for hosts and virtual machines. Improve service levels by guaranteeing appropriate resources to virtual machines, deploy new capacity to a cluster without service disruption and automatically migrate virtual machines during maintenance. Added security StratoGen SHARPlock offers additional layers of security to protect the management interface of your cloud. This include features such as including two factor authentication that are fully customisable to your virtual datacentre. Custom VMware Images Our advanced web portal run on vcloud Director gives you the ability to upload your own virtual machine image, or select one from the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace. Built for reliability StratoGen only hosts in world class datacentres. Your infrastructure will be located in one of our tier 3 facilities and each location is ISO27001/SSAE-16 certified; highly optimised for cloud computing with N+1 or greater redundancy at all levels. Global regions We own and operate cloud platforms from our high availability data centres located in 5 regions across Europe, USA and Asia.

6 VMware Public Cloud Simple, on-demand public cloud with pay-as-you-go pricing Flexibility Compatible Lower costs Easy to integrate Easy to integrate Spare demand in a scalable pay-as-you-need-it basis with flexible contracts from as little as one hour Our Public Cloud offers support for over 450 operating systems Enterprise benefits at a fraction of the cost. Reduce capital expenditure (CapEX) to move to a lower operational expenditure (OpEx) model Build & manage networks, firewalls and set up VPN s Build & manage networks, firewalls and set up VPN s Since we made the move to StratoGen s Public Cloud solution, we ve seen a 156% increase in capacity and performance in 3 years. Paul Gibbs, IT Energy Key features Compatible with your applications Advanced functionality On-site integration Geographic diversity Sharplock security and compliance Seamless backup A better cloud for business A better cloud for business StratoGen Public Cloud powered by VMware allows you to leverage all the benefits of an enterprise infrastructure at a lower cost, by removing underutilised server hardware and running leaner infrastructure. It is also extremely dynamic and resilient, allowing you add more servers and resources on demand. Fully adaptive to any commercial changes, you can focus on growing your business and control costs with a predictable, low monthly fee.

7 VMware Private Cloud Custom built, dedicated cloud infrastructure Guaranteed 100% Up Time Powerful, high performance Private Cloud with 100% up time guaranteeone hour Reduce CapEx Maintaining your own infrastructure costs money. But with StratoGen Private Cloud, you just pay a structured monthly cost for dedicated resources we eliminate the hardware headache for you Extended IT department With our Support Heroes, we become an extension of your IT team, not just another service provider Leading technology Take advantage and be rest assured that your cloud is built on the best possible technology with partnerships with NetApp, Riverbed, ScienceLogic, and many more Disaster Recovery We also offer multi-site disaster recovery solutions ensuring business continuity and application availability StratoGen delivers a great deal: a service that s fast and flexible, which delivers on the bottom line while making my job easier. Mark Iwaszko, FRP Advisory Delivering excellence StratoGen Private Cloud hosting offers your organisation a dedicated VMware cloud platform without having to buy, configure or maintain the underlying infrastructure. Our solution has the ability to scale alongside your long term IT strategy to provide maximum agility, faster time to market and sustained security. We also offer one of the strongest service level agreements (SLA) in the industry with guaranteed 100% uptime. No matter how demanding your business or complex your requirements, our award-winning Support Heroes have extensive experience building tailored solutions with leading technologies such as NetApp, Riverbed, ScienceLogic, Akamai, AlertLogic, and many more. Key features High availability features Reduce CapEx Leading technologies Compliance Guaranteed uptime Extended IT department

8 OpenStack Private Cloud Single-tenant, self-service IaaS without the headache of managing it Open source platform reducing risk of lock-in Delivers the agility and efficiency of a public cloud combined with enhanced security Designed to scale to hundreds of nodes with API uptime guarantee Gives you and your customers the confidence to put their enterprise data into our hands Allows you to innovate and grow your business without the headache of managing your own infrastructure The alternative cloud StratoGen is the world s most popular operating system for OpenStack. Easy to build, manage and monitor there s no faster or more reliable way to build an enterprise-scale cloud, from provisioning to deployment and management. It provides both large and small organisations an alternative to cloud environments, reducing the risk of lock-in associated with proprietary platforms. It also gives you increased security, control and performance without the burden of designing, deploying and managing your own infrastructure. Key features Open source platform Reduce lock-in Freedom of location Self-service capabilities Operational support Excellent Price-Performance Ratio We ve helped operate large OpenStack clouds before, so we know how to support it and support your needs.

9 VMware Hybrid Cloud Extend your datacentre to the cloud Ability to write, deploy and manage applications in the cloud the same way you do today Administration of the entire hybrid infrastructure through a single pane management framework Quickly deploy workloads to the cloud with the flexibility to move them between on-premise and off-premise environments as your requirements change Global availability with 6 datacentre in 5 regions across Europe, US and Asia StratoGen has been an invaluable partner in Pexip s development and customer engagement. Combining our daily experience with their shared and dedicated compute models elevates them to be our choice of hosting provider. Jordan Owens, Pexip Extend your datacentre StratoGen deliver on the promise of hybrid cloud computing, enabling you to seamlessly and securely extend your datacentre and applications to the cloud. You can provision new or move existing workloads between onsite datacentres or internal private clouds to the public cloud, and back again as needed, creating a true hybrid cloud. We see hybrid cloud as the future and for good reason it allows you to free yourself from the restriction of physical hardware with an almost unlimited supply of on-demand compute resource in the StratoGen cloud. Key features Dynamic infrastructure Unlimited resources Provision new or move existing workloads Single pane management framework Global availability vcloud Connector plug in

10 VMware Disaster Recovery Eliminate risk of data loss and business catastrophe Highly cost effective solution with zero capital outlay. Replace expensive off-site SAN storage, hosting and management with an inclusive, low monthly fee Fully test your DR solution without disrupting your production environment no guessing games on how your IT infrastructure will cope in an event of a disaster Real support from dedicated engineers who design services addressing your requirements for RPO, RTO, retention and archive Easy to validate using the self-service features in Zerto Recovery Manager Fully ISO certified, UK government gcloud approved and all datacentres worldwide are fully compliant We ve been very happy with the service it has reduced our monthly costs and significantly improved our performance by 80%. Robert Masi, American Institute of Physics Publishing Key features Application protection vcloud Director integration Easy validation Self-service portal End to end management Keep calm and recover your data Get continuity of your business and more importantly your revenue in the event of a disaster. As a leading VMware hosting provider, StratoGen have extensive expertise in disaster recovery solutions built on Zerto Virtual Replication. The StratoGen Cloud offers an advanced end-to-end solution for disaster recovery. Easy to implement and test, our solution is trusted by organisations of all sizes to deliver automated failover within a certified environment. Based on Zerto, you can select any virtual machine you wish to protect in VMware vcenter or Hyper-V environments - it s that simple; no storage configuration necessary, no guest agent installation required.

11 Veeam Cloud Connect Fully compliant cloud-based backups for your critical data Backup to StratoGen in a few easy clicks from your on-premise Veeam Availability Suite v8 solution Access your hosted backup repositories directly from the Veeam backup console and track StratoGen cloud resource consumption Get continuity of your business and more importantly your revenue in the event of a data disaster. Our solution is built on leading Zerto Virtual Replication Meet ISO27001, SSAE-16, PCI-DSS and any other compliance requirements with StratoGen s security and documentation support Replicate backups continuously or on a predefined schedule; run a backup job straight to the cloud, or copy an existing job. The cloud hosting solution has made a huge difference to our company. The nightmare of failed server hardware is thankfully a thing of the past. Andrew Cheeseman, ETZ Solutions Fail proof, cloud-based backup StratoGen s Backup as a Service is a fully integrated, fast and secure way to backup and restore VMware from your existing virtual environment using Veeam Cloud Connect to a hosted backup repository in any StratoGen cloud location. It allows you to keep an up-to-date copy or secondary copy of your virtualised application in StratoGen s cloud, restoring file and virtual desks back to your local environment as needed. StratoGen uses Veeam Cloud Connect to enable organisations to utilise our global datacentres for a backup plan that allows strategic location and optimised access. Key features Built-in WAN acceleration End-to-end encryption via SSL No VPN setup required GFS (grandfather-father-son) retention policies Forever incremental backups Encrypt all data at source, in flight and at rest

12 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Access your apps and desktops from anywhere Delivers desktops and applications through a single VMware View platform Your VMware view solutions is dedicated just to you allowing full customisation of your environment Supporting infrastructure such as ESXi hypervisor, vcenter Service, View Connection Manager, View Transfer Server, View Composer and View Snapshot and clone file repository Software and hardware based firewalls, LAN extension and VPN services to provide extra security to your hosted environment Hosted desktops are a smarter way to work they look and act like a standard desktop computer to your employees, but are actually delivered over a secure internet connections. Your staff can access their hosted desktops 24 hours a day, from anywhere in the world, using any device that has a web browser. Unlike most other solutions, your desktop is leveraged on VMware View which is fully customisable with no restrictions on OS types or applications supported, allowing you to deliver the functionality and security fit to your organisation. Key features Added security Customisation Extra components Guaranteed availability Enterprise class platform

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14 Powerful, high performance cloud hosting technology with 100% up time, global support and an environment designed around your business needs with advanced features you won t find anywhere else. by

15 About StratoGen UK Team: +44 (0) US Team: Enquiries: Support: StratoGen is a leading provider of VMware and OpenStack cloud solutions with a global presence of 6 data centres across USA, Europe and Asia. We deliver enterprise-level hosting services to businesses of all sizes by providing you with best of breed technology without the pain of managing it. With the backing of our award-winning Support Heroes, you can rest assured your applications will benefit from Up Time. On Time. Every Time. From simple, on-demand Public Cloud with pay-as-you-go pricing to protecting your data through a fast and efficient cloud-based backup; we ve got a cloud infrastructure solution to meet all your business needs.