This deck provides an overview comparison between 2 main cloud providers: GoGrid and Amazon Web Services. This presentation discusses: - Why Cloud Computing? - Key differentiators of GoGrid - Feature comparison between GoGrid & AWS - Advantages of hosting with GoGrid

1. Why GoGrid Wins over Amazon Web Services
June 14, 2013

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Agenda
 Why cloud computing?
 GoGrid Key Differentiators
 IaaS pioneer
 Best price/performance
 Integrated cloud + dedicated infrastructure
 Personalized service & Support
 Simple, straightforward pricing
 Feature Comparison: GoGrid vs. Amazon Web Services (AWS)
 Meeting customers’ needs
 Advantages of hosting with GoGrid
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Typical Reasons to Move to the Cloud
 Scalability
 Cost Control
 Time-to-Market
 Price/Performance
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What Makes GoGrid Unique
 Hybrid Infrastructure Architecture
 High-performance networks join virtual (cloud) and dedicated infrastructure
 Dedicated bare metal servers can be customized to suit or ordered through the management
console in standard configurations
 Private network throughput (inter-server, storage) is unmetered and free
 Superior Price/Performance
 Cloud Servers provisioned on compute nodes with local drives rather than network storage
 Local 15K SAS drives provide persistent, reliable storage with high performance
 Third-party benchmarking shows our Cloud Servers have better I/O performance than our
competitors’
 Customer Service & Account Support
 24/7/365 Technical Support via chat, web ticket system, and phone
 Dedicated Account Manager
 Solutions Architect consultations available for expansion, contraction, or other service changes
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GoGrid’s History
 2002: John Keagy started ServePath
 Created ColoServe with extra data center space
 2005: Started looking at utility computing
 2006: Launched UtilityServe
 2007: Launched Grid Series
 March 2008: launched GoGrid
 GoGrid’s full service (on Windows & Linux) pre-dates:
 Amazon – not until late 2008
 Rackspace – not until late 2010
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Feature Comparison: GoGrid vs. AWS
 Compare functionality in key areas
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Feature
GoGrid
Cloud Server
Amazon EC2
Multiple Data Centers √ √
SAS 70 Type II Certified √ √
Standards-Based Architectures √
“Hybrid” Hosting √
Private Cloud √
Partner Ecosystem √
Private VLAN √
Dedicated IPs √
Custom Infrastructure Integration & Hosting √
Dynamic Load Balancing √
Free Technical Support √
Dedicated Connection between Data Centers (CloudLink) √*
Firewall Options: Cloud Firewall Service or Managed Firewall* √*
*Available for additional fee

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Meeting Customers’ Needs: GoGrid vs. AWS
 Compare how we meet customers’ needs
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Customer’s need AWS GoGrid
Flexible dedicated servers No true dedicated
servers, but a
virtualized server on
top of underlying
segregated
hardware.
Cloud and dedicated servers reside on the same private VLAN
out-of-the-box. No extra fees or connectivity to connect the
two.
Month-to-month dedicated servers with no commitment.
Geographic disaster
recovery
Need VPN to connect
between data centers.
Customers have
regional disaster
recovery on their
minds since Hurricane
Sandy.
CloudLink is a dedicated, private connection between our
West and East coast data centers that never passes through
the public Internet.
Completely redundant dark-fiber links; completely separate
from our public Internet providers.
Unlimited data transfer for a fixed monthly cost starting at
$99/month.
Customer Support (with a
real person)
Support is offered for a
fee or for very large
($250k+/month)
customers only.
24/7 Support is absolutely free with each GoGrid account, no
matter how large or small.
Big Data applications Only cloud servers
are available for
clustering.
Dedicated server specifications are available tailored for Big
Data and deployed in high-availability clusters according to
industry best practices.
Control over data by
location
Control by region only. Control by data center.

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Advantages of Hosting with GoGrid
 We own our IP
 Develop everything in-house
 Don’t rely on third-party software
 Interoperability
 Network services reach outside the data center
o Dynamic Load Balancer can load-balance any IP
o Firewall Service contains global security groups
 Integration with key partners: Racemi (data migration), Cloudera (Hadoop), etc.
 Automation
 Programmatic access through a RESTful API
 Central control through web-based management console
 All products are self-service and deeply integrated with GoGrid’s Cloud Platform
© 2013 GoGrid

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More information
 Website: www.gogrid.com
 Blog: blog.gogrid.com
 Wiki: wiki.gogrid.com
 Twitter: @GoGrid
 Facebook: facebook.com/gogrid
 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/gogrid
© 2013 GoGrid