1. CenturyLink Cloud Overview 1

2. About CenturyLink… CloudColocation Managed Services Network +++ OPTIMIZEDAGILESECURE

3. WHY DO CUSTOMERS WANT PUBLIC CLOUD?

4. Cloud Adoption Drivers + ++ Improve Business Agility 59% Reduce Cost 56% Better support Business Needs 44% TechValidate Research, CenturyLink Cloud Customer Research, Oct 2014 4

5. 5 Hybrid IT: CenturyLink’s Unique Offering On-Premise Resources Cloud Resources Partner Brand Here CenturyLink Cloud Datacenter COLOCATION NETWORK Hybrid IT

6. 6 CenturyLink Cloud: One Solution for Hybrid IT MANAGEMENT AGILITYCONTROL Single portal for public and private cloud services Visibility over resource allocation & provisioning Centralized billing and reporting with charge back to individual departments Simple, high performance, scalable Geographic & host diversity Comprehensive developer toolset Global integrated network increases reach Role-based access & account management Built-in managed services including policies Automated deployments using Blueprints An IT Ready, Developer Ready Platform

7. 7 7 CenturyLink’s Network and Datacenters Leader in Datacenter Services DATA CENTERS ▪ Connected to 44 North American data centers ▪ Plus another 200+ third party data centers ▪ Own and operate ~240,000 U.S. fiber route miles

8. CenturyLink International Network and Data Centers 8

9. 9 About the CenturyLink Network 500,000+ miles of fiber across the globe Connected into our 58 global data centers plus another 200+ third party data centers 40,000+ buildings already on network Security strong enough for the Federal government 100 Gbps capabilities Documented 99.99% uptime across network backbone with 20.9 Tbps capacity 9 CenturyLink Datacenter Services for Hybrid IT CenturyLink Cloud On-Premise Datacenter Networking: MPLS Private Ethernet SecurityInternet Datacenter: Colo Direct ConnectManaged HostingCross-Connect

10. 10 CenturyLink Cloud: Customer Use Cases Proprietary Apps Web Sites Web Hosting App Dev/Testing Business Apps – Off the Shelf Backup/DR/Archi ving Big Data Source: CenturyLink Customer Survey, 2014

11. 11 +25% CAPEX

12. 12 +10% IT Productivity Gains

13. 13 “CenturyLink Cloud has given us options for consolidation and or scalability, which lets us decide how to grow…” (source: CenturyLink Cloud Customer Research)

14. 14 Cloud Success Story: Fortune 500 Manufacturer Hundreds of unmanaged apps, rising costs, increased compliance and data security risk Business agility hampered by long IT cycles CHALLENGE CenturyLink Cloud used as the platform for lines of business application development and deployment IT branded as their own Business processes were consolidated and standardized SOLUTION 74% reduction in deployment cycles $40k+ cost savings per application 100% visibility; reduced security risk; compliant 25-49% increased IT staff productivity IMPACT “With our designated enterprise cloud partner we are realizing our vision of IT as a Service.” – IaaS Solutions Delivery Director

15. 15 Business Transformation TESTIMONIAL “We’ve built a very solid cloud brokering story around our work with [CenturyLink]. We’ve all but solved many of our shadow IT issues and turned the CenturyLink Cloud platform into an enabler for the business. Cost efficiency is fantastic, but being able to help our business functions be more agile and help build trust in IT is beyond measure.” Source: Tech/Validate survey of a S&P 500 Computer Hardware Company Published Oct. 1, 2014

16. Customers Using CenturyLink Cloud 16

17. Agility 17 Customer Value - Recap Flexibility Lower TCO

18. CenturyLink Cloud Key Differentiators

19. +++ Cloud Colocation Managed Services Network Key Differentiator: Broad Portfolio Beyond Cloud 19 Broad hybrid IT portfolio of global products and services supports workloads requiring cloud or dedicated hosting with on and off-premise options

20. Our Cloud Offers Technical Differentiators 82% More Reliable 83% Higher Performance Source: TechValidate Research of CenturyLink Customer, Oct 2014 82% Easier to Use 79% More Ability to Scale Customer Feedback

21. 21 CenturyLink Cloud: Continuous Innovation PORTAL API INFRASTRUCTURE COMPUTE COMMAND MONITORING POLICIES NETWORK DNSBACKUP APPFOG V2 FIREWALL OBJECT STORE LOAD BALANCING BLOCK STORE NEW SERVICES VIRTUAl SERVERHYPERSCALE BARE METAL APPLICATIONS MOBILE DBaaS Customer 1 Customer 2 Customer 3 Customer 4 DRaaS

22. CenturyLink Cloud Delivers Superior Performance CenturyLink Cloud out performs Azure, AWS and Google in CPU, Memory *Based on Cloud Harmony Benchmark Tests, December 2014 CenturyLink: “Visionary” in Gartner MQ CenturyLink’s recognized as “visionary” for the second consecutive year in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (2015)

23. 23 Why CenturyLink Cloud Over AWS and Azure DifferentiatorCenturyLinkAWSAzure Complete OfferingSingle Integrated Platform: IaaS, PaaS, Bare Metal, Colo, Network, Storage, DRaaS, DBaaS No integration: Over 40 different AWS products; Lack of pricing transparency No integration: Multiple products; Lack of pricing transparency Price TransparencyBuilt-in detailed billing; easy to budget for Cloud resources Need 3 rd party tool; adds to total cost Ease of UseSingle UI to manage CenturyLink Cloud resources, billing, orchestration Lack of single UI requires users to invest in 3 rd party management tool AutomationBuilt-in automation enables management at scale Need 3 rd party automation service; adds to total cost Higher PerformanceCloud Harmony (Dec 2104) validates superior CPU/Memory performance over AWS and Azure Lower performance compared to CenturyLink Cloud Lower Performance to CenturyLink Cloud Flexibility and ControlConfigure only resources needed; pay for only resources consumed Fixed instance reduces flexibility and increases costs Fixed Instance reduces flexibility and increases costs Secure, High Performance Dedicated Hardware: Bare Metal Built-in; pay as you go per hour; access from CenturyLink Cloud Portal No offering

24. Large Global Footprint: 13 Public Cloud Nodes North America Europe Asia-Pacific United States Chicago Salt Lake City New York Sterling Seattle Santa Clara Canada Toronto - Markham Toronto - Mississauga Vancouver Great Britain Portsmouth Slough Germany Frankfurt Singapore Host in Our World-class Data Centers with 24x7 Support

25. Product Demo

26. 26 Recap: Hybrid IT Offers More Complete Solution On-Premise Resources Cloud Resources Integration Cloud Datacenter COLOCATION NETWORK

27. 27 Demo Cloud Readiness Assessment / Cloud Workshop Proof of Concept www.partnerwebsite.com ARCHITECTED FOR THE ENTERPRISE ADVANCED IT MANAGEMENT FLEXIBLE OPTIONS Cloud: Let’s do more.

28. Discussion

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