Dimension Data Public Compute-as-a-Service
Dimension Data Public Compute-as-a-Service is a public cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering that includes hardware-based security and control, on-demand scalability, complete customisation and control, easy integration, 24x7 live support and 100% availability guaranteed. Dimension Data has a wide range of flexible and competitive pricing plans to suit every business.
Our Public Compute-as-a-Service offering comprises:
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Cloud Servers: Built on VMware’s vSphere hypervisor, cloud servers are highly configurable, secure, virtual machines that provide granular control and allow easy customisation.
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Cloud Networks: Layer 2 private networks built on Cisco switching fabric providing unparalleled security and performance for your environment.
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Cloud Files: a secure, encrypted, application-interface- (API) based storage solution that allows secure storage and retrieval of data from anywhere with Internet connectivity. Files are securely stored in encrypted format and are accessible via SSL-encrypted API calls.
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Cloud Software: commercial software loaded onto a cloud server as an operating system (OS) image that incurs additional charges when deployed as a server.
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Compare our offering and view our public cloud pricing.
Cloud Servers
Cloud servers are secure virtual machines hosted on physical servers in the Dimension Data cloud. Our servers are built on VMware’s vSphere hypervisor and leading infrastructure from Cisco, EMC and Dell.
Each Cloud server can be configured with up to 8 CPUs, 64 GB of RAM and 2.5 TB of storage. Our cloud servers support popular operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu and CentOS.
Dimension Data’s cloud servers provide you with:
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Hourly pricing and on-demand virtual machine provisioning;
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Flexibility to increase or decrease CPU, RAM and storage on each cloud server on the fly;
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100% availability guarantee;
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Cisco hardware-based networking, including VLAN segmentation, customisable firewalls, load balancing, network address translation (NAT) and multicast; and
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Pay-as-you-go or prepaid pricing plans.
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Learn more about Dimension Data Cloud Networks and Cloud Software or review cloud pricing.
Cloud Networks
Each Cloud Server sits on a client-specific Ethernet VLAN on a Cisco switch: this guarantees you both high security and sub-millisecond performance.
Our Cloud Networks provide enterprise-class hardware-based networking, including:
• VPN access
• Firewalls
• Load balancing
• Network address translation (NAT)
• Multicast
• Denial of service protection
• Carrier-class switching infrastructure
• Tier 1 Internet access.
Robust security is embedded in our network infrastructure. We use Cisco technologies and carrier-class switching infrastructure to provide a ‘defence-in-depth’ enterprise security architecture that ensures you are covered by multiple layers of security.
Learn more about Dimension Data’s cloud servers and cloud pricing.
Cloud Files
Cloud Files provides an object-based file storage solution designed to allow secure storage and retrieval of data from anywhere with Internet connectivity. Files are securely stored in encrypted format and are accessible via SSL-encrypted API calls. You can create multiple storage accounts, each with its own administrative password, allowing the creation of isolated file stores. Each account can be configured to store up to 10 TB of data.
Cloud Files provides you with:
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Access and management of the cloud files accounts through the cloud administrative user-interface and REST-based API
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Ability to set storage quotas and control sub-administrator access on a per-account basis
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Data stored with 256-bit encryption at rest and 128-bit SSL encryption while in motion
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Fully-functional API provides ability to programmatically and securely access the cloud files accounts from anywhere on the Internet
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Learn more about cloud servers and cloud networks.
Cloud Software
Dimension Data’s Cloud Software is commercial software loaded onto a Cloud Server. Our software is priced hourly or monthly and provides you with the same ‘pay-for-use’ flexibility of using our cloud servers and cloud files.
Dimension Data Cloud Software includes: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010.
The software enables your developers to set up testing and development or full production environments more easily. And the cost of a perpetual software licence becomes a thing of the past. Additional benefits:
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Hourly or monthly pricing
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Tested vendor integration
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No vendor lock-in
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Easy implementation of commercial software
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Customisable CPU and RAM to tune each cloud server to optimise application performance
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24x7 phone support for no extra charge
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Support of an online community and resources
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Flexibility to support per CPU or per server pricing by the hour, depending upon vendor's licensing requirements
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Public Cloud Comparison
The table below illustrates Dimension Data’s capabilities (Dimension Data vs Rackspace, Dimension Data vs Amazon EC2):
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Features & Services
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Dimension Data
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Rackspace
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Amazon EC2
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Hardware-based Networking and Security
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Dedicated VLANs
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Yes
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No
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Optional
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Customisable firewalls
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Yes
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No
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No
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VPN administration
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Yes
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No
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Optional
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Load balancing and multicast
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Yes
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No
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Optional
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SSAE 16 compliance
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Performance and control
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99.99% availability and <1 ms latency SLA
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Yes
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No
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No
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Role-based user permissions
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Yes
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No
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No
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Usage reporting
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Yes
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No
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No
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Support flexibility
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24x7 phone support
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Yes
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Yes
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Optional
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REST-based API
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Configurable CPU, RAM, DISK
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Yes
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No
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No
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MS or Red Hat OS at no additional charge
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Yes
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No
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No
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Pay-by-the-hour
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Managed Services
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Systems and application management
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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