Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator with Parallels Cloud Server

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Solution Brief

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Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator with

Parallels Cloud Server

Industry leading container virtualization

from Parallels Cloud Server, now available

for Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator

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Solution Brief ... 3

Solution Benefits –Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator and Parallels Cloud Server ... 3

Parallels Cloud Server Benefits ... 4

Support ... 5

Flexiant and Parallels at a Glance ... 5

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Solution Brief

Moving from a traditional virtual private server (VPS) model to a true cloud service carries with it several advantages:

• You can provide your customers with a utility billing model that allows them to align their IT costs with their revenues

• You can give your customers the flexibility to instantly cope with peaks in IT demand, while also being able to scale down when required

• You can lower your own administrative overheads by enabling your customers to provision their own servers as and when required.

In order to do this properly there a number of elements to consider: • A powerful UI for simplified end-user self-service

• Accurate and granular Pay As You Go metering and billing • Customer management made easy

• Support for all of the most highly adopted hypervisors

• And now, support for industry leading container virtualization from Parallels Cloud Server

Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator has all of these capabilities built into its design, straight out of the box, meaning that the service provider can deploy a new cloud service in days, with the added assurance of comprehensive and reliable back end systems.

But why stop there? Now, with the integration of Parallels Cloud Server and Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator, you can take advantage of containers, (instances of operating system virtualization) which offer far greater density than hypervisor virtualization. This means you can offer 2 to 3 times as many virtual servers per node, which is achieved by limiting server overhead to 10% of what is typically needed for hypervisor based virtualization. Adding container based virtualization to your Infrastructureas-a-Service portfolio gives you:

• A highly available, efficient and more profitable alternative to hypervisor virtualization • Helps differentiate you from your competitors

• Provides a valuable alternative for your customers

With the integration of Parallels Cloud Server, Flexiant has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to the type of innovation needed to help service providers deliver the most powerful and efficient Infrastructure-as-a-Service solutions to end customers. Every customer has unique needs, and the availability of Parallels Cloud Server through Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator is another proof point of our intent to make it as easy as possible for you to meet their needs, every time.

Solution Benefits – Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator

and Parallels Cloud Server

COMPETITIVE EDGE

Our combined solution is the only one of its kind in the industry. By taking advantage of our Parallels Cloud Server Benefits cloud orchestration platform, uniquely integrated with container technology, you can offer a best of breed, comprehensive Infrastructure as a Service with maximum density, while offering your customers solutions that meet their needs.

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EXPAND MARKET REACH

Selling via the resellers and accessing their own trusted customer relationships and specialized markets can give you a real opportunity to expand your market reach and boost your revenues. Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator has been designed with a channel model in mind, with resellers at any level being able to whitelabel the UI that their customers see, as well as to control what they sell and how they bill. Moreover, the density that Parallels Cloud Server can offer is ideal for a channel cloud model, where a high number of smaller virtual servers are often required.

INCREASED PROFITABILITY

When compared to hypervisor based virtualization, Parallels Cloud Server containers deliver up to three times as many virtual servers per physical node. By lowering your cost per virtual server you can greatly improve the bottom line of the cloud services you are selling, without compromising on performance.

Parallels Cloud Server Benefits

IMPROVED PERFORMANCE

Because operating system virtualization offers up to 350% as much performance per physical node as hypervisor virtualization, higher I/O applications such as databases can be run far more efficiently on Parallels Cloud Server containers.

DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION

Parallels Cloud Server containers utilize dynamic allocation of system resources such as CPU and RAM, which means that where one of your customers has a spike in their resource requirement and other customers on the same node have some capacity free, they can instantly “burst’, i.e. access any unused resources, giving them maximum business agility.

ADVANCED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Support multiple VPS and cloud server packages at varying levels of CPU, memory, disk I/O and storage space.

ON-THE-FLY VIRTUAL SERVER ELASTICITY

Enables flexibility for customers and ease of upgrading for service providers.

IMMEDIATE PROVISIONING AND ACTIVATION

The fastest availability time for new VPS and cloud server subscriptions, allowing your customers to add new services instantly.

APPLICATION TEMPLATES

Automate the rapid deployment and configuration of applications into virtual servers enabling you to easily extend existing services.

PERFORMANCE AND RESOURCE ISOLATION

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Support

Flexiant provides around the clock support services for Flexiant products with 3 levels of support Standard, Premium and Premium Plus.

You can change or upgrade your plan at any time. Regardless of which support tier you select, we will provide the support necessary to resolve any issues regarding the installation, configuration, operation and use of Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator.

Standard

All Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator customers are automatically entitled to receive our free Standard support, with immediate 24x7 access to the support portal and our technical knowledge base, as well as

1-on-1-email support from our technical team to help with any issues during our local business hours.

Premium

In addition to everything you get in the Standard Plan, this plan gives you priority over other support requests, available 24×7 by phone or email for urgent issues as well as the ability to raise an unlimited number of calls in a month.

Premium Plus

This plan includes all of the components of Standard and Premium support, along with a dedicated Technical Account Manager, monthly service reviews and a bundle of professional services days to help with installation, configuration or other operational tasks to ensure Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator services and features are serving your business requirements.

Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator at a Glance

Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator is a fully automated cloud management software suite. Anyone looking to create a cloud services business, whether hosting companies, MSPs, telecom companies or new entrants, will find that Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator is the one piece of software they need to automate their datacenter operations and monetise the cloud.

Speed of deployment (up and running in 5 days), ease of use, reliability and maturity makes Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator a compelling choice.

Parallels at a Glance

Making it easier for service providers to grow and profit from the cloud, Parallels offers innovative service hosting and delivery software, backed by in-house expertise and a diverse partner ecosystem.

In an industry fraught with “me too” offerings, Parallels Containers provides unique capabilities that match perfectly with Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator.

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