Simplified Private Cloud Management

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1 BUSINESS PARTNER ClouTor Simplified Private Cloud Management ClouTor ON VSPEX by LOCUZ

2 INTRODUCTION ClouTor on VSPEX for Enterprises provides an integrated software solution for extending your existing infrastructure investment into a highly scalable, on - premise cloud computing environment. Because it focuses on removing the complexity of cloud infrastructure by integrating all of the key components, customers realize instant efficiencies and without the overhead of integration, professional services, and complex deployment schedules. CHALLENGES To accommodate increasing demand for new IT capabilities and services while economic uncertainty and rising costs of materials creates barriers to success. Responsiveness to changes in business requirements To reduce the cost of IT, there is a need to move from CapEx to OpEx model of offerings. Ensuring compliance to standards while maintaining SLAs THEREFORE: ON-PREMISE PRIVATE CLOUD ClouTor on VSPEX for Enterprises provides an integrated software solution for extending your existing infrastructure investment into a highly scalable, on - premise cloud computing environment. Because it focuses on removing the complexity of cloud infrastructure by integrating all of the key components, customers realize instant efficiencies and without the overhead of integration, professional services, and complex deployment schedules.

3 HENCE THE SOLUTION: LOCUZ ClouTor ON VSPEX VSPEX enables customers to deploy a Proven Infrastructure faster, without risk and the complexity of the traditional built your own approach. ClouTor has been validated on VSPEX to solve the challenge of private cloud deployments. End-user self-administration End users can self-service VMs, monitor utilization, costs and security settings Service offering management IT departments can define service offerings centrally, develop and monitor internal controls, and charge departments for utilization. Virtual data center deployment Users can have complete control of their CPU, memory, network, and storage resources without violating security and resource consumption policies setup by IT departments. Because of these advantages, private clouds allow enterprises not only to improve how IT resources are utilized and managed, but also improve access to IT services for end-users. ClouTor gives enterprises a simple-to-deploy and easy-to-manage solution for implementing a private cloud. VSPEX PROVEN SOLUTION Locuz ClouTor has been proven on EMC VSPEX to address the many challenges that customers face while provisioning IT resources. ClouTor seamlessly integrates into VSPEX to provide agility in IT services provisioning while reducing costs and improving quality. VSPEX Proven Infrastructure accelerates deployment of private cloud and virtualized applications. Built with best-of-breed virtualization, server, network, storage and backup, VSPEX enables faster deployment, more simplicity, greater choice, higher efficiency, and lower risk. VSPEX provides a virtual infrastructure. Locuz built a Private Cloud Infrastructure for Y-Axis Solutions Ltd., the India s No. 1 and fastest growing overseas careers and immigration consultant. Locuz was chosen as their partner for IT consulting, designing, implementing and thereby transforming the entire IT landscape to a cloud model.

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5 KEY BENEFITS OF CLOUTOR ON EMC VSPEX With ClouTor VSPEX solution, customers can realize agility, quality and improved TCO in private cloud offerings. ClouTor offers following key benefits: ClouTor helps by providing IT solutions at a lower cost and increased access to data from virtually any device. Provide real-time visibility and reporting capabilities within the cloud environment to ensure compliance & security. Simplify and accelerate service delivery by combining self-service provisioning with a catalog of custom built and pre-defined machine images/templates. Completely automate compute, network and storage while adhering to defined policies on load balancing, data security and compliance. Leverage existing cloud investments by implementing the Amazon API, enabling seamless integration of Amazon partners and the ability to run Amazon AMIs within the platform. Bridge the public and private cloud paradigm by building on top of a standards based, open solution that is widely adopted by both cloud service providers and enterprises. Rapid deployment, lowered financial barriers to entry, and self-service capabilities. Increases business responsiveness and decreases value realization time of IT projects. Provide end users a virtually unlimited amount of computing power in public, private or hybrid deployments that can be used on-demand, as required and metered by actual usage. Improves an IT organization s ability to manage customers expectations, perception of solutions responsiveness, capacity, and availability through the life cycle. ClouTor enables IT to procure as well as deliver functionality at an improved service level. Decouples fixed overhead from demand and enables a payas-you-go model. Facilitates innovation and entry into new markets. People, power, and space costs can be reduced through standardization, automation, and elastic Capacity Management.

6 FEATURE LIST Features Description Cloud Interface ClouTor provides a feature-rich out-of-the-box user interface implemented on top of the CloudStack API to manage the cloud infrastructure. It is a fully AJAX based solution compatible with most of the latest internet browsers and can also be easily integrated with your existing portal. Self Service User Interface Our out-of-the-box user interface is built using standards and can be easily customized and branded to mirror your company s existing look and feel. Secure Access Access virtual machine using any of the latest internet browsers without the need of any external add-on such as a JRE, ActiveX, or Flash. Secure Single Sign On Integrate your existing applications with our management user interface via our secure single sign on for a better user experience. Multi-role Support Dynamic Workload Management Three distinct account roles for user interface and API access are supported out-of-the-box:» Admin: can manage both the virtual and physical resources of the cloud» Domain-Admin: can manage only the virtual resources owned by the accounts within their domain» User: can manage their own virtual resources Completely automates the distribution of compute, network, and storage resource across the physical infrastructure while adhering to defined policies on load balancing, data security, and compliance. Broad network Virtualization Capabilities Support for embedded software-based network management as well as VLAN. Our Direct Attached IP enables you to integrate with a virtual network architecture that best fits your needs. Secure Multi-Tenancy Ensures that all memory, CPU, network, and storage resources are both available and isolated from one user account to another within the cloud. Hypervisor Agnostic The Portal provides you with the flexibility to integrate with the major hypervisors in the market today including VMware, KVM, Citrix XenServer, and Citrix Xen Cloud Platform. Easy Template Creation Process Snapshot Management The User Interface allows you to easily create pre-defined templates for efficient virtual machine deployments. To help protect data loss and a way of disaster recovery, users are given the capability of either taking adhoc snapshots of their disk volumes or setting up a comprehensive schedule for taking periodic snapshots of their data. Certified by EMC2 VSPEX LABS Validated

7 FEATURE LIST Features Description Comprehensive Service Management Administrators can define, meter, deploy, and manage multiple service and disk offerings within the cloud. VM Sync and High Availability VM Sync technology constantly monitors and maintains the state of all virtual machines within the cloud from notifications of individual VM status to the ability to automatically ensure that the VM remains running. Billing Be able to deliver real-time visibility, produce historical usage reports, and create billing invoices by integrating with metering data generated by the ClouTor Usage Engine. Alerts and Notifications With built-in cloud system monitoring processes, you will be able to receive up-to-the-minute alerts such as reaching a certain physical resource threshold or detecting machine failures through the Portal API and/or via using SMTP. Virtual Routers, Firewalls and Load Balancers ClouTor supports integration with both software and hardware firewalls and load balancers to provide additional security and scalability to a user s cloud environment. Broad Storage Support Portal supports many storage solutions while iscsi and NFS being preferred.. This gives you the ultimate freedom in deciding your storage servers from using commodity hardware to integrating with enterprise-grade solutions. Storage Tier-ing As part of the Portal s ability to integrate with multiple storage solutions, one dedicate commodity hardware to support non disk intensive applications and dedicate fast and robust hardware for disk intensive applications such as databases. Event/Audit Logs Undisrupted maintenance and migration All user interactions via the ClouTor UI or API are recorded as events. Each event will indicate the type, severity level, description, owner of the resource, the user that initiated the action, and when the event occurred. Upgrades and hardware maintenance can be achieved on the cloud with no downtime for guest VMs. Portal will live-migrate any VMs from hosts that have been targeted for maintenance to prevent any disruption of service. Flexibility The Portal based on CloudStack was built from the ground up to support integration with a variety of hypervisors, storage, network, and authentication solutions. This allows you to further customize the cloud to suit your business needs. Certified by EMC2 VSPEX LABS Validated

8 PREMIUM BUNDLES ClouTor on EMC VSPEX Locuz ClouTor Unlimited VMs Bundle with 1Yr Support Virtualization with XenServer / KVM. Upgrade to VMware available at extra cost Cisco UCS Chassis with 3 Blades and Dual Fabric Interconnects EMC VNX 5400 with FCoE ClouTor ON VSPEX Unlimited VMs Cloud Bundle PRICING

9 STANDARD BUNDLES ClouTor on EMC VSPEX Locuz ClouTor 50 VM Bundle with 1Yr Support Virtualization with XenServer / KVM. Upgrade to VMware available at extra cost 3 x Cisco UCS Rack Servers EMC VNXe 3200 series with 10G ClouTor ON VSPEX 50 VM CLOUD BUNDLE PRICING

10 ABOUT LOCUZ Locuz is a leading IT organization focused on delivering smart, next-generation solutions that help enterprises overcome their business IT challenges. These solutions leverage innovations in technology, knowledge of business processes, and domain expertise to provide clients a competitive edge. ABOUT EMC & THE VSPEX VALIDATION PROGRAM EMC Corporation is the world s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information must be intelligently and efficiently stored, protected, and managed so that it can be made accessible, searchable, shareable, and ultimately actionable. EMC creates complete information environments that are reliable, efficient, and secure. The VSPEX Validation Program offers Independent Hardware and Software Vendors the opportunity to validate, and market joint solutions with EMC VSPEX. Through this program, the VSPEX s Partner community and their channel influence can be leveraged to reach customers around the world. Solving tomorrow s IT challenges requires technology innovation, business leadership and strong partnerships.