Compute On Demand

Compute On Demand: Build Your Business at Cloud Speed

CenturyLink's Compute on Demand solutions offer your business a fast and economical way to meet business networking and infrastructure needs. Extend your IT infrastructure using a secure and reliable cloud-based platform to set the pace of your business.

Benefits

Faster response to business computing infrastructure demands
Reduce capital expenses and avoid data center facilities and equipment costs
Focus on business-critical application development instead of infrastructure concerns

CenturyLink Compute on Demand provides a robust Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform, for your business to build a virtual computing environment starting with pre-configured Virtual Machine packages, and then adding memory, storage, security and networking to meet business needs.

Compute on Demand Services offer:

A robust platform that integrates with your network infrastructure
Pay-as-you-go payment options and fast network deployments
Network and infrastructure service level agreements (SLAs) and an expert technical staff

CenturyLink delivers a range of cloud-based services from its 50 data center facilities, all connected to its 40 Gbps IP network. Including Dedicated Hosting and Managed Hosting Services, CenturyLink's Cloud Computing Services complement a full range of its networking, data, voice, security and professional services to create a comprehensive suite of communications solutions for your business.

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