AIS BusinessCloud1 is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) enterprise offering, based on VMware (vCD) cloud, with an emphasis on high-performance. This presentation discusses the 7 Essentials that make the BusinessCloud1 enterprise-grade service unique.

1. The 7 Essential Features of
AIS BusinessCloud1
Enterprise Grade Offering
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2. AIS BusinessCloud1
Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
1. Availability
2. Performance
3. Reliability AIS
BusinessCloud1
4. Security
5. Scalability
6. Compatibility
7. Network
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3. AIS BusinessCloud1
Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
• 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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4. AIS BusinessCloud1
Enterprise-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. More…
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5. AIS BusinessCloud1
Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
• 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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6. 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.
More…
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7. AIS BusinessCloud1
Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
• 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.
Actionable intelligence!
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8. AIS BusinessCloud1
Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
• 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
No Internet Firewalled Direct Internet Private switched
Access access access access
More…
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9. AIS BusinessCloud1
Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
• 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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10. 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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11. 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.
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.
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12. AIS BusinessCloud1
Enterprise-Grade Service featuring 7 Essentials
• 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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.
Plus…
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16. Why Partner with AIS?
• Our Insightful Professional Services Staff knows:
– 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
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17. Let us white board a solution for you…
• www.americanis.net
• 866-971-2656
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