Private cloud without the hassle

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All the goodness ofthe flexible private cloud.
All the goodness of
a flexible private cloud.
None of the hassle.
How IIJ GIO helps MSPs, ISVs and VARs
seize the cloud opportunity.
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The cloud
opportunity
is huge.
If you’re in any kind of IT service
business, the cloud brings a
thousand opportunities – both for
yourself and for your customers.

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Over the last few years,
cloud computing has
transformed companies:
• Into businesses with future-ready
IT infrastructures
• Into businesses with efficient,
scalable business operations
• Into businesses that continuously
innovate products and services
That’s really good news.
And it opens up the potential to tap
into whole new revenue streams.

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But the arrival of the
cloud has also
raised expectations.
It has radically changed the way
companies think about service
models and contract terms.
For instance, your customers are already
expecting you to offer them flexible,
cloud-inspired business terms:
• PAYG
• Shorter contracts
• Lower volume commitments
That means they’re shifting some
of their risk over to you.

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And they want you
– their existing IT
service partner – to
sort the cloud for
their business.

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For anyone in the IT service business,
a strong cloud service offer has
become essential.
Your customers are expecting
you to deliver a solution for them
that gives them all the benefits
of the cloud:
• Reliable, proven technology
• More flexibility for their operations
and licenses
• Effortless scalability
• Lower upfront costs
• Quicker time-to-market
• The ability to go global
And so on.

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You need to be able to create a
powerful, efficient cloud service
for your customers.
Right now.
(Quickly, anyway.)
Customised to their needs.
(At top-notch quality that works from day one.)
At competitive cost.
(Of course, it has to be affordable.)
In short:

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Quick,
high quality,
affordable?
Some would say that’s impossible.
We don’t think so.
But we agree that it’s exceptionally hard
to draw the magic triangle freehand if
your core business isn’t cloud computing.
And that’s because:

Cloud computing
is complex.
Cloud complexity starts with the
long question: which cloud?*
These are your options:
• Public?
• Private?
• Your own solution?
*(And it doesn’t end there.)

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There’s the
public cloud.
It’s easily affordable, comes with no or
low-commitment contracts, and scales
instantly, if needed.
But it’s based on non-standard
technology.
And that means it works well for one-off
projects, but isn’t really an option when it
comes to integration and high
security requirements.

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Then there’s
the private cloud.
This one gives you peace of mind when
it comes to security. It’s customisable
to your business requirements, so you
can integrate the private cloud with your
existing setup.
But it’s inflexible once mapped out.
And it usually comes with long-term
lock-in into contracts.

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You could, of course,
build your own cloud service
and offer it to your customers.
But ifyou’re aVAR, an ISV or an MSP,
you probably don’t have the manpower
and time to invest in building up serious
cloud knowledge.

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So what should
you do?
You should do what anybody
would do when they’ve got
a tough job but not enough
resources or time.
Workwithanexpert…workwithus.
Here’s why:

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The IIJ advantage
We’re IIJ Europe.
We’re part of IIJ, one of Japan’s first
internet and cloud businesses.
We’ve got a world-wide infrastructure
of data centres and our very own
internet backbone.
We’ve got a critical mass of cloud
engineers with serious aggregated
cloud expertise.
We’ve done this thousands of times.
We can do it for you.

We believe in
two things.
1. There is no good reason for
a private cloud service to
be inflexible and come with
unpredictable costs.
2. There’s no point in doing cloud
the hard way.
Let us explain:

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IIJ’s unique offer:
Private cloud
at public cloud terms.
We are the only cloud service provider
to offer the customisation capabilities
of the private cloud without the risk of
lock-in.
IIJ GIO offers the best of all
the clouds:
• A flat rate and fully predictable cost
• A minimum contract of only 30 days
• Full customisability to your existing
infrastructure and needs (servers,
security, storage, etc)
• The flexibility to respond to changing
requirements
• Access to a world-wide resource and
service network
No-one else does this.
And we can do it for a simple
reason:
we’ve got all the resources and the
global infrastructure of our mother
company at our disposal.
And we’re passing this advantage
on to our partners (that is, you and your
end-users).
1.

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Leverage our
experience to do cloud
the easy way.
We think there’s simply no point
(and no time) for you to re-invent the
wheel, invest time and resources
into building cloud expertise and
• Procure your own hardware
• Provide ongoing support for your
homegrown cloud service
• Make all the mistakes others have
already learnt from
When you can partner with cloud service
pros whose expertise you can trust
(and who get a real kick out of doing the
best possible job for you).
And do it profitably from day one.
2.

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The things you can do:
Three instant business
opportunities.

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Here are three ways you can add
IIJ GIO to your portfolio and leverage
the power of the cloud:
IIJ GIO as a stand-alone solution:
Expand your service by providing a
strong, proven cloud service.
IIJ GIO, integrated with your own
products and services:
Add value to your offer and expand
your reach. You’ll gain the abilityto
serve your existing customers better,
as a one-stop-shop. And you can
serve new ones, too.
IIJ GIO as a white-label:
A unique opportunityto build your
own brand with a solid cloud
service offer.

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The cloud that’s ready
for SAP HANA.
If your customers operate in an SAP
environment, we should talk.
We’ve developed two compelling,
first-in-market SAP HANA
cloud solutions:
• A SAP HANA proof-of-concept test
environment on IIJ GIO
• A full SAP HANA production
environment on IIJ GIO
Find out more

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All the things you
get with IIJ GIO:
Our expertise.
70% of our global employees are
cloud specialists. When you work with
us, their expertise is yours.
They will be with you at every step
of the cloud journey* and
• Provide personal consultation
• Help you scope your requirements
• Define the technical specifications
you need
• Find solutions for even the most
complex of systems
*Or get out of your way, if that’s what you prefer.

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All the things you get:
IIJ GIO technology.
IIJ GIO is our modular private
cloud platform.
It comes with pre-packaged components
for quick time-to-market, but, if needed,
is fully customisable from hardware to
infrastructure, platform, and app.

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Whatever your requirements:
We can configure IIJ GIO
to meet them.
IIJ GIO is enterprise-friendly,
standards-based, and integrates with
all the popular components that your
business is built on.
Our tech partners are the names
you know and trust.

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All the things you get:
IIJ’s infrastructure muscle.
Our aggregated knowledge and proven
technology will give you a unique
cloud offer at revolutionary terms.
IIJ’s global resources will make your
life easier in other ways:
Project management
We’ll take care of all the logistics
(including migration), leaving you
admin-free and ready to focus on your
core business.
Guaranteed SLAs
Our set of pre-packaged SLAs provide
the framework for operation your clients
need when moving to the cloud.
Security
IIJ GIO - and our practises - comply with
information security standard ISO27001,
guaranteeing you and your clients best-
in-class security and control.
24/7 technical support
Plug your clients into IIJ GIO, and they’re
automatically plugged into our support.
UK-based infrastructure
local data centres and dedicated
connectivity (if required) for security and
peace of mind.

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Thinking of going global?
IIJ GIO makes international expansion
a matter of simply plugging in.
IIJ’s very own global internet backbone
and data centre infrastructure allow
you to easily expand your offer
internationally, without having to
build a partner and infrastructure
network in each new market.

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Our partnership
programme.
Our partner programme is designed to
grow each others’ businesses bytaking
advantage ofwhat we each do best.
We want our partners to understand
the full benefit ofwhat we can do for
them - then let them get on with their
daily business.
What you’ll find:
• Unconditional service and support
• Personal contact
• Total transparency
• Helpful resources
• Co-marketing activities
What we don’t do:
• Marketing quotas
• Accreditation-earning sales
programmes
• Lengthytechnical training
courses*
(*unless you’d like us to customise a course for you)

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IIJ: The efficient way
of benefitting from
the cloud
And that’s it.
We hope we got you excited about a
whole new, simple way of adding a
high-end cloud offer to your portfolio –
and doing more, better business
with less of the hassle:
• A comprehensive, modular
cloud service
• A strong, proven infrastructure
• Unique, no-risk contract terms that
give you and your customers lower
upfront costs, flexibility, and the
ability to scale
• Tried-and-tested, best-in-class
technology
• Faster time-to-market
• Cloud complexity handled by experts
• All-round, 24/7 support
• Efficient, profitable operations from
day one
• An easy way to expand internationally
And all the details taken care of for
you, for a fixed monthly fee and no
need for a long-term commitment.

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The cloud is here.
It’s time to make it work
for you the smart way.

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Thank you
for your interest
in IIJ Europe.
We’d love to discuss the business
opportunities IIJ GIO can help you grasp.
And we’re more than happy to answer any
questions you might have.
Get in touch

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