SkyLight gives you one platform for managing all the cloud platforms you use. You don’t have to work with different interfaces or switch from one management system to another, which means you’ll have fewer admin headaches and more time to spend on business-critical tasks.

1. SkyLight
Delivering the world’s biggest cloud
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2. One portal to a range of local and global
cloud platforms
It makes sense to use cloud services to take your business further.
With instant access to virtual computing, storage and networking capabilities, you have the
perfect platform for growth and innovation.
Cloud services also help to simplify the management and control of IT systems, networks and
applications.
With access to some of the world’s biggest cloud platforms, all in one place, SkyLight from
Internet Solutions gives you even more options for setting up and managing your virtual
environment.
The sky is your playground
A choice of virtual environments for different business needs
Choose from our three product solutions to get the virtual environment that’s best for
your business.
Each comes with different ways of using and paying for the virtual resources you need,
offering different levels of flexibility and control, all in a secure environment.
You can choose one virtual environment for your entire business, or select different
environments for different departments, deployments or workloads.
The table below gives an overview of what’s available with each option:
Virtual Machines Virtual Data Centre Public Cloud
Resources Specific resources are
allocated to each
virtual machine – a
“server replacement”
type of approach
You can configure and
provision new virtual
servers from a pool of
CPU, RAM and storage
Multi-tenanted
architecture gives
you almost unlimited
resources on secure,
high-performing
infrastructure.
Configuration options Choose from a range of
configuration options
for CPU, RAM and
storage, for different
application types
Create standardised,
dedicated virtual data
centres with compute,
storage and networking
capabilities
Customise CPU, RAM
and storage for each
server, with a range of
options for each
Billing • Fixed contract billing
• Easy to budget for
• Fixed contract billing
• Easy to budget for
• Variable billing
• Pay only for what
you use
On-demand access to different cloud platforms
With SkyLight, you’ll also have on-demand access to a range of cloud platforms from the
following providers:
• Internet Solutions Cloud
• Amazon EC2
• Dimension Data Cloud
• Microsoft Azure
Choose the cloud that best suits a particular workload, and manage all cloud platforms from
one place.

3. Delivering the world’s biggest cloud
With a choice of cloud platforms, you can:
• Try out new ideas and technology, and speed up your production time and time
to market
• Quickly deploy the infrastructure needed to house and enable Web-based and
software as a service (SaaS) applications on any cloud you want
• Increase your virtual resources as your business grows
And with access to the latest business and communications applications – fast – your
employees can work from anywhere without the hassles of delays and at the
performance levels you choose.
Manage more with less
SkyLight gives you one platform for managing all the cloud platforms you use.
You don’t have to work with different interfaces or switch from one management system to
another, which means you’ll have fewer admin headaches and more time to spend on
business-critical tasks.
With SkyLight, it’s easy to:
• Set up and manage workloads on different clouds
• View reports across all cloud platforms
• Manage complex tasks across multiple cloud providers
SkyLight gives you access to the following functions, across all virtual environments and on
all cloud platforms:
• Virtual machine management
• Firewall management (reorder rules, label rules, edit rules)
• Network management
• Load balancer management
• Performance monitoring and reporting
• Billing and usage reporting
Flexible pricing, no lock-ins
SkyLight’s billing function allows you to estimate the costs of increasing resources in any
environment so you can manage stakeholder expectations and forecast future requirements.
You’ll receive one, consolidated bill – in rands – with detailed usage statistics on all the
virtual environments and cloud platforms you use, so you can see exactly where you’re
spending money.
Don’t spend valuable budget, time and resources on owning and maintaining your IT
infrastructure. Leave that to us so you can focus on what you do best.

4. For more information go to www.is.co.zaJoin the conversation
Find out more about how we can support your business now
and in the long term. Speak to your Internet Solutions client
manager or email us at info@is.co.za