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There are a lot of things you could be doing right now,
besides making the next super-awesome-indie-cross-
over-uber-must-have-genre-smashing-game...
4–5
Enterprise Architure •
6–7
Network Engineering •
8–9
Hosting Services •
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GFPQA Advanced &
Network Testing Services •
12–13
InfoSec •
We think having to worry about your Information Technology
solutions shouldn’t be one of them. So chill out; we got this.
Let us take care of IT.
14–15
Learning & Development •
16–17
Global Support Services:
Suite & Translation •
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W
WS-A PDIT Enterprise Architects
are here to make things better.
Our experts help you figure out how to
best execute on IT and business strate-
gies that will champion your vision and
drive its evolution. We’re also pretty effi-
cient at managing the resources needed
to deliver the most compelling video
game experience in the world.
We focus on guiding IT strategies,
investment and direction to improve
overall services to the Studios, while
also keeping these services aligned with
business goals. We define worldwide IT
standards to ensure the highest quality
services to all of our Studios, regardless
of location.
Through our own efforts, and through
stragegic partnerships with other Sony
groups, vendors, acedemia and industry
professionals, we’re continuously
develop new capabilities. As a result
of the “PDIT Labs” program and major
Proof of Concept demonstrations,
we’re leading the way in technology
explorations.
Currently, we’re working on bringing
IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) into
Sony WorldWide Studios, expanding
support with a new datacenter, and
revamping security measures to facilitate
collaboration with our partners. We’re
also working within Sony to foster
technology advancement and business
partnerships.
With the increasing complexity and
cost of building and maintaining these
services on your own, it’s now time to
learn how the WWS Enterprise Architects
can help you spend less time and money
while providing you with more value.
Contact us today - we’ll build a solution
that’s right for you!
Enterprise
Architecture/
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5. BroFist.
Let’s make cool $*&! happen
You make the next great
game, we’ll worry about
the architecture bits. Deal?
place fist
here, bro
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T
he WWS-A PDIT Network Engineering
team contributes to the success of
its customers by exceeding their require-
ments. Some might call us miriacle workers.
This success is reflected by high customer retention
over multi-project, multi-year timeframes. We believe
this is directly related to our determination to acquire
the industry’s top talent and focus that talent on the
customer’s needs.
Here are some of our accomplishments:
• Proven track record of providing top notch
network and global hosting for 12 years running.
• Successful hosting ventures with
multiple Sony divisions.
• Established a global footprint to aid in
building a geographical and latency-
sensitive network presence.
What we do:
• Security Management
• Analysis & Design
• Development
• Installation
• Operations Management
• Maintenance & Upgrades
Core competencies:
• Routing/Switching
• VPN/RSA
• Wireless Mvanagement
• Firewall
• Load Balancers
• Architectural Design
• Network-based Consultation Services
Future Plans include:
• A state-of-the-art collocation facility to
support all of SCEA’s and Sony’s needs.
Our new facility will be able to offer
nearly unlimited growth potential, along
with consortium bandwidth pricing.
• Deployment of an Aruba Networks Wireless
Infrastructure. Aruba is an industry leader in
wireless solutions for enterprise architecture.
Features include improved coverage and RF
quality, as well as advanced functionality
and access to meet customer needs.
• Supporting today’s technology requirements
while preparing for tomorrow’s standards.
Extreme network performance made possible by a team of expert engineers.
No redshirt deaths required.
Network Engineering /
As one of the many support services of the Global
Platform Network Operations Center, our Network System
Engineering team is on-call 24/7/365 to address any
critical needs.
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7. “That’d take anyone
else eight weeks, sir.
But you don’t have
eight weeks, so I’ll do
it for you in two.”*
*Actual results of Scotty style “Miracle Working” may vary,
please see a Network Engineer for details.
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I
Game Hosting That Works
Global Hosting/
W
hether you’re busy making the next
smash hit online AAA game or criti-
cally acclaimed indie breakthrough, who wants to
worry about the details and minutia of networks,
servers, security and everything else? We do.
What do we do?
• Game & Website Hosting
• Monitoring & Alerting
• Business Intelligence Reporting
• Consulting & Professional Services
How can we help you?
Leverage our experience and expertise. We look
after the hosting so you can do the development:
• Monitoring
• Responding to incidents
• Capacity management
What options are there?
We can offer the following service scenarios (sub-
ject to discussion and agreement)
• Fully managed Internal (Physical or Vir-
tual Servers) or external (AWS) service.
• Infrastructure only Internal (Physical or Virtual
Servers) or external (AWS) service.
• Consultancy only
• A mixture of any of the above
Don’t take our word for it.
No, really. Don’t. Do your homework or just ask
some of the teams/franchises working with us to-
day. Many of these teams have been working with
us since the beginning and they come back to us
title after title.
There are tons of compannies out
there who can sell you IT services,
but do they know games?
What’s even better than asking teams partnering with
Global Hosting about our services? Asking someone
who came back to Global Hosting after launching a
game anywhere else and listen to the difference.
Who is working with Global Hosting
today?
Home, Killzone franchise, Motorstorm franchise,
Singstar Dance Star Party (Everybody Dance) fran-
chise, Hustle Kings, and the WipEout franchise just
to name a few...
Global Hosting offers standard reports that can be
customized to fit your needs.
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9. If you only knew the POWER
of the CLOUD
Feel free to Drop In & chat with us @ the Sutro Room [on the 2nd Floor of
Parc55] here at GTC!
/
Contact Info
GH-America
GH-A_Gaming_Support@playstation.sony.com
GH-Japan
GP-jh@hq.scei.sony.co.jp
GH-Europe
GH-E_Gaming_Support@scee.net
OpenStack
WWS’s Internal Cloud is now
in production! Our new cloud
service is built on OpenStack for
ultimate flexibility.
Compatibility
Makes use of the Amazon API to
ensure your app can be migrat-
ed with ease
Reliability
Resource sharing minimized
since it is managed in Sony’s
datacenters
Expandability
Can grow to meet your needs,
large or small
Self-service
Many tools to facilitate your work
including GLUE, Deployer, and
Puppet.
Affordable
Depending on the instance size
needed, OpenStack is from 10%
to 70% cheaper than EC2!
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10. 10
I went to GTC,
and all I got was this
PlayStation Vita
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11. Want More?
Come talk to us here at the show and we can chat about how
Global IT can help make youre next Vita game a great. We’re
in the Sutro Room here @ Parc55 - see you there!
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12. Th
it
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I
f you knew just how far our infosec
team goes to make your data safe,
we’d have to kill you. Serriously. You
don’t want to know. Stop wonder-
ing. Maybe we can let you in on a
little bit. Just don’t tell anyone, OK?
What We Do
WWS-A PDIT Information Security
(InfoSec) provides protection for intel-
lectual property, corporate reputation
and the user experience for both our
internal customers and global consum-
ers. Much of what we do is not readily
obvious, because good security should
protect without being an obstacle to
doing business.
Services We Offer
We offer a full menu of services, includ-
ing vulnerability and penetration test-
ing of new game titles and websites,
malware protection, monitoring, and
remediation. We also broker services,
from fully qualified and preferred exter-
nal firms to code reviews, threat assess-
ment, and forensic analysis.
Contact Us
We’re a function of PDIT
Feel free open to open a ticket at
http://helpdesk.scea.com
or email us at
InformationSecurity@playstation.sony.com
‘Cause you never know what the internet will
throw at you next.
InfoSec/
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13. The internet called while you were out;
it wants to come play with your data.
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W
e provide innovative learning so-
lutions and work hard to help
teams foster a continuous, easy to use, and
self-directed learning environment.
In Plain English
Our team works hard to support our business part-
ners. We do this by providing training, educational
resources, tracking learning, and evaluating current
learning needs & agendas.
We also offer free hugs during business hours.
Who We Are
We’re a small but talented group of motivated in-
dividuals who are skilled at providing learning solu-
tions that are tailored to meet the needs of Global
Platform and its customers.
What We Do
Our services include, but are not limited to:
• Vendor based training – We seek out the
most experienced training vendors to pro-
vide the necessary learning; on / offsite.
• Instructor Led Training – We pro-
vide active classroom learning that
is hands-on & interactive.
• Webinars – We facilitate remote training
regardless of the participant’s location.
• E-learning – We provide tools that en-
able employees to learn wherever they
are and whenever they want, with scre-
encasts and interactive online lessons.
• Cross Training/Social Learning Situations – We
encourage employees to engage each other
in knowledge share discussions, brown bag
lunches, inter-company learning summits, etc.
• Development – We work with subject matter
experts to determine where learning gaps exist
and how to fill said gaps. Training materials
include Job Aids, Participant Guides, (we even
made this brochure, *ahem*), Presentations,
and learning-integrated Simulations/Games.
Lori Asaro at 1-858-824-4948.
Learning & Development/
Knowledge is awesome.
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15. 15
Training: It’s like a strategy guide, specialy made for technology.
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Translation Team
We are a global translation team with members in Ja-
pan, Europe, and US and with our “follow the sun” team
structure and combined 20+ years experience, we are
able to provide you with quick and accurate 24/6 sup-
port for all your translation needs.
Translation Services Provided:
• E-mail Translations
• Document Translations
• Bug Translations
• Global Meeting Coordination
• Live Meeting Interpretation (vir-
tual and face-to-face)
• Overseas Travel Assistance
• Cultural Awareness Education (coming soon)
Contact Information:
GP_Translation_Services@playstation.sony.com
DevSuite Support
When it comes to answering questions about bug track-
ing in general or DevSuite in particular, there’s nobody
better than Global Support Services (GSS) DevSuite
Support. Currently providing 24/6 support to over 100
different global groups across 3 regions, GSS is a trusted
and proven solution for your tracking needs.
DevSuite Services Provided:
• Project development & creation
• Custom data fields
• Configuration consulting
• Issue workflow
• Bug escalation rules
• Custom reporting
• Systems integration
Services Coming Soon:
• Cognos Business Intelligence Integration
• DevSuite Multi-Site Server
Contact Information:
gp_support_services@playstation.sony.com
G
ot bugs that need tracking? Trying to integrate multiple development tracking systems?
Perrhaps you’re trying to work across regions and having difficulty communicating be-
tween Japanese and English? Maybe some combination of the above? We have just the thing.
We can say “Don’t worry: I got this!” in English, Japanese, & Devtrack
Support Services/
“The support is excellent – requests are
responded to within minutes.”
London Studio
“As always, working with the team is a
pleasure. The Support Services team is always
available, very responsive and efficient.”
ISD
“They represented Sony at an exceptional
level; I’m very pleased,
and you can be proud of their work.”
GP Management
“The Summit from my perspective was a
huge success, and it simply couldn’t have
been without your support, attitude, and
enthusiasm.”
GFPQA Management
“The translation staff has provided incredible
performance this time as always.
In addition, I think the ability of the entire GP
Translation team to support these members
are amazing as well.”
Global PDIT Management
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17. do more than just track bugs
DEFEAT THEM
ck
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18. Need quality? We’ve got you covered.
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Advanced & Network Testing
GFPQA Advanced Test Team
Making testing and development more
efficient and effective by:
• Increasing Quality and
Test Coverage
• Reducing Development Fix Times
• Cost Saving & Cost Avoidance
Ask how we can help!
Michael Davies
michael_davies@scee.net
Brian Buhr
brian_buhr@playstation.sony.com
GFPQA Network Test Team
Helping to ensure successful onling
gameplay by:
• Network Conditions and
Utilization Analysis
• Connection and Router Testing
• Data Capture for Development
Ask how we can help!
Paul French
paul_french@scee.net
Brian Buhr
brian_buhr@playstation.sony.com
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