Synaptic Compute As A Service
- 1. Goodbye hardware, headaches and contract hassles. Hello AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service! AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service is a pay-as-you-go, on-demand hosting service that lets you quickly access virtual servers for your business needs. • AT&T provides and manages the virtualization infrastructure, including network, servers and storage • You provide and manage the database and application Sign up online, pay by credit card, and access your capacity in minutes. Or purchase through your AT&T account executive. Either way, it’s easy! An Enterprise-Class Cloud Computing Service AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service stands out from other cloud computing services because it offers the protection and reliability that enterprises require – along with the flexibility you wish for. You have the option of accessing the service over the Internet or using AT&T networking options. AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service is a terrific option for organizations of all sizes that want to: • Get more capacity without buying hardware • Avoid procurement delays, equipment obsolescence, staffing costs of setup and maintenance, and fees for space, power and cooling • Provision new virtual servers fast and put them to use quickly • Have autonomy and flexibility in adding computing capacity • Avoid complex contracts and long-term commitments Be More Flexible and Adaptable AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service helps you get ready for the future, no matter what comes your way. Use it to respond quickly to new projects, unpredictable demand or changing business needs. Add elastic capacity for holiday sales, campaigns or training sessions. Create environments for testing, upgrading or developing new applications. Dial the service up or down in a few minutes – and cancel anytime if you don’t need it anymore. Application programming interfaces (API) included with the service let your developers set rules, create thresholds, and automate processes to make tasks simple, such as resizing storage or pulling reports. You can either use the graphical user interface AT&T provides to access the APIs, or design your own. The APIs make it possible to build in efficiencies and cost savings, such as automatically firing servers up or down at preset times for recurring usage spikes – in the same vein as programmable thermostats. Launching the Service is Easy AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service involves no upfront charges, no term commitment and no termination fees. You pay on a per-hour BENEFITS • Be ready for the future; respond quickly to new projects, unpredictable demand or business changes • Enjoy the autonomy of full self-service features • Scale up or down instantly and turn off resources when not in use • Avoid capital investments by procuring your computing capacity as a service • Pay only for capacity you use and sidestep equipment maintenance and upgrade costs • Control your hosted environment from anywhere in the world FEATURES • Online credit card payment and access to the service in minutes • Self-provisioning of server images and storage resources • User portal and application programming interfaces • Built-in security and redundancy • Virtualized infrastructure monitored 24x7x365 P R O D U C T B R I E F AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service Get Quick Online Access to Reliable Pay-Per-Use Computing Capacity
- 2. basis that is accumulated and charged at the end of each month. You simply: • Go to www.synaptic.att.com • Provide your payment information and access the service within minutes • From the user portal, provision and scale servers and storage. Choose server images from an online library • If you choose, write to the API to integrate Synaptic Compute functionality with your intranet portal • Access and control your hosted environment from anywhere in the world, using only a browser and network connection • Scale up or down instantly and turn off resources when not in use • Get billing and usage reports online Count on Reliability, Protection Outages and security issues can disrupt your business. You need a cloud computing supplier you can count on – with a solid reputation, in-depth hosting experience, high-quality facilities and state-of-the-art network security. AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service includes comprehensive security to help you protect your data and applications. AT&T isolates each customer’s data from that of every other customer in our data centers by keeping it securely partitioned and logically separate in dedicated file systems and database instances. Each customer’s data travels along a dedicated virtual local area network (vLAN). With one of the largest global IP networks and 38 data centers around the world, AT&T has extensive network security knowledge, which is applied to protect our hosting facilities and thwart real-world threats. Complex safeguards are built into AT&T’s hosting services and network. Engineers at AT&T Labs – who have contributed significantly to the security field – form the bedrock of our security expertise, as do our certified security operations teams. Our security and redundancy translates to high uptime. And our virtualized infrastructure is monitored 24x7x365 to identify potential issues before they affect your business. A Hosting Leader In 2009, Gartner placed AT&T as the leader in its Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Hosted Cloud System Infrastructure Services – prime evidence of our strength in the cloud hosting space. A trusted brand for over 125 years, AT&T has more than a decade of experience in the global enterprise hosting market. You can have confidence that AT&T will remain a reliable provider thanks to our standing in the industry, financial stability and commitment to our customers. For more information contact your AT&T Representative or visit us at www.att.com/business. Product Brief - AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 10/02/09 AB-1725 © 2009 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. What’s Included with AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service • Virtualized infrastructure managed by AT&T. You can start with as little as one virtual server (referred to as “guests”); go as high as 20 per AT&T Internet Data Center (IDC) • Choice of access over the Internet or via your corporate network • Firewall services, with one firewall policy per customer • One vLAN per customer • Image library from which to build server images (including operating system images such as Windows and Linux) • Three choices of server size: – Small (1 CPU and 4 GB of memory) – Medium (2 CPUs and 8 GB of memory) – Large (4 CPUs and 16 GB of memory) • 100 GB of storage provided with each server image (on the same virtual infrastructure in the same IDC) • Two supplementary storage options for an additional charge: – Purchase up to 2 TB additional disk storage per guest – Connect to AT&T Synaptic Storage as a ServiceSM – a virtualized, scalable, pay-per-use repository that lets you access stored data from anywhere, anytime via a web services interface • 24x7x365 monitoring of the virtualized infrastructure • A web portal and API where you can provision or de-provision new guests and scale your computing, networking and storage resources on demand. You can also view utilization graphs and review and pay your bill online