Today’s CIOs are faced with a growing set of challenges to do more with less and make it…. Faster, Better, Easier. Challenges include: Infrastructure needs such as virtualization strategies, data Center strategies, and optimizing resources Application needs such as getting access to the best applications, rapidly deploying them to users and as a result reducing time to market for their services Financial needs such as reducing capital expenses, linking expenses to consumption and outsourcing to 3rd parties To meet these challenges, many CIOs are considering how Cloud Computing can play a role in their IT strategies. Benefits of cloud computing include: Enhancing business agility Linking expenses to resource consumption rather than resource capacity Gaining access to a much richer range of services and applications at a much lower cost and in a shorter time frame than traditionally possible

1. tw telecom’s Intelligent
Network
May 3, 2012
Lito Delmo
AEII
602-385-8441

2. CIO Priorities – Movement to the Cloud
“Make it…Faster…Better…Easier”
Infrastructure Needs
Virtualization Strategies
Data Center Architecture
Optimization of Resources
Financial Needs
Reduce CapEx Application Needs
Link OpEx to Access to Best of Breed Apps
Consumption Cloud Computing Rapid Application
Leverage 3rd Party Solutions Development
Resources Reduce Time to Market
IDC predicts that in 2012 over 80% of new
applications will be distributed / deployed on
clouds.
IDC 2012 Predictions, Dec. 2011

3. Changing Network Dynamics
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As businesses move their applications outside of their private networks and into the
“Cloud”, they need to consider the impact to application security, reliability,
visibility and control
* Cisco Data Center Report 2011

4. tw telecom’s Intelligent Network
• tw telecom’s Intelligent Network
helps businesses solve problems
and enable next generation IT
strategies by providing value added
capabilities to increase visibility,
flexibility and control for Managed
Services and Ethernet solutions that
connect Enterprises, Data Centers
and Applications Providers.
• The Intelligent network supports
businesses' changing applications
consumption and delivery models to
ensure peak performance in cloud
computing or traditional applications
environments
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5. It All Starts with the Network
• tw telecom’s assets, customer
experience and solutions are the
foundation for the Intelligent Network.
• One nation-wide network and systems
architecture and platform The Network
• Multiple logical services running on one
physical infrastructure
• National and metro reach connecting over
15,500 enterprise buildings and data centers
• Innovative product portfolio
• Next generation Ethernet and Managed
services with robust features
• Industry leading customer experience
• Customer self service and control through
our portal
• Leverage new IT consumption models
enabling real time connections between
enterprises and IT infrastructure
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6. Our Ethernet Position
• 3rd largest Ethernet provider in the United
States
• Over 10 years of experience designing
and managing Ethernet metro and WAN
solutions
• 2010 MEF 9 & 14 Certification
• 10 Gig, Fractional 10 Gig, Long haul
• Industry Leadership:
• 2011 Frost & Sullivan Growth Leadership
Award for Retail Carrier Ethernet Services
• 2006 Awarded “Best in Class” for metro
Ethernet Services -Atlantic ACM
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7. Value Added Capabilities
• Value Added Capabilities are layered on
to tw telecom’s network services to
provide greater visibility, flexibility and
control of applications traffic traversing Value Added Capabilities
your Metro or Wide Area Network:
• Enhanced Management:
Real time visibility of end-to-end network performance
metrics to assist planning, trouble shooting and fine tuning
your network for optimal performance. Available for all Visibility
managed locations and backed by comprehensive SLAs
• Dynamic Bandwidth Capacity*:
Ability to make real-time, on the fly bandwidth adjustments
via MyPortal to address fluctuating traffic demands
• Application Aware Networking*:
Real-time, granular visibility of application traffic and the
ability to adjust prioritization by specific application to
optimize performance
*Future capabilities

8. Tying It All Together
The Ecosystem
• tw telecom’s Intelligent Network
brings enterprises, data centers,
application providers and cloud
solutions together to create a business
ecosystem for our customers.
• tw telecom is enabling a partnering
strategy with key data centers and
application providers to facilitate
connections for businesses that need
more security and reliability than
provided by Internet connections.
• Amazon Web Services Direct
Connect is the first of these
arrangements

9. Benefits of the Intelligent Network
• tw telecom’s Intelligent Network provides real time visibility of key performance
metrics, flexibility to make real time changes to your bandwidth, and control of
applications prioritization. With tw telecom, your business can receive a private
network connections into private cloud environments with all the tools and network
intelligence needed to make the transition with confidence.
• Benefits Include:
• Comprehensive end-to-end and segment by segment real time visibility into
key network performance metrics
• Ability to scale your bandwidth up and down on-demand to meet the needs of
specific application traffic patterns and align with new application consumption
models
• Visibility and control of specific application traffic on your network.
• Reliable, secure, cost effective connections to public and private data centers
throughout the United States.
• Private network connections to leading cloud-based applications providers
allowing you to bypass “best effort” Internet connections
• End to end Service Level Agreements guaranteeing network performance

10. Thank You
May 3, 2012