savvisdirect Expands with Launch of AppGrid Private Cloud

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Scalable, Single-Tenant AppGrid Platform Lets Businesses Design, Build and
Launch Quickly in a Dedicated Environment
MONROE, La., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL), the
third largest telecommunications company in the United States and a leader in
global cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today
launched AppGridSM, a private cloud service available through the
savvisdirect online channel that helps businesses better manage the application
lifecycle from conception to production.

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AppGrid offers instantly scalable private cloud services, available on a
month-to-month, utility basis with no long-term commitment or contract. Equipped
for high-performance workloads, AppGrid is based on the CA AppLogic cloud
platform from CA Technologies.

The introduction of AppGrid builds on CenturyLink's ongoing strategy to bring
simplified cloud services to a broader segment of business customers by
combining the strengths of CenturyLink's network infrastructure with Savvis'
expertise in cloud.

"With most cloud-based software development efforts, developers must keep track
of multiple scripting languages, hardware configurations, and application
versions as they hop from one platform to the next throughout the application
lifecycle," said Mike Goodenough, global director of cloud field engineering
for savvisdirect. "AppGrid changes the game by simplifying the application
development and continuous integration processes into a single, private cloud
appliance ecosystem that's delivered on dedicated hardware, fully accessible via
public IP and secured through VPNs."

The AppGrid graphical application design editor allows businesses to quickly
design, build, test and launch production environments leveraging web servers,
databases and networking appliances using a dedicated private cloud environment.
Private cloud environments currently can be deployed through CenturyLink data
centers in North America.

Product features include:

* A rapid deployment model that allows customers to go from sign-up to live in
less than two business days;
* A choice between three preconfigured grids to power compute needs;
* A graphical dashboard interface to manage and track CPU, RAM, storage space,
role-based account management and reporting tools;
* A scalable infrastructure for instant access to additional capacity and
preconfigured resources such as firewalls, load balancers, switches and
databases;
* Xen-based open source hypervisor for universal compatibility with Linux and
with Microsoft server software and bring your own license models;
* Service-level agreement and 24/7 customer support;
* Access to savvisdirect's FastForward OnboardingSM; and
* Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program for Windows 2008 R2 64-bit
operating system operated via the CA AppLogic automation system for consistent
operation and support.

New York merchant banking firm The Liati Group switched from an in-house
server solution to savvisdirect AppGrid as a beta customer after Hurricane Sandy
hit the U.S. East Coast in 2012 and the company faced a five-week power outage.

"Access to our business information and applications is critical to our business
every single day," said Bobby Mensah, chief technology officer at The Liati
Group. "AppGrid saved us because we were able to get back up and operational
within just 48 hours. The AppGrid deployment was simple and helped us avoid not
only downtime, but the resulting loss of revenues and reputation."

"Because business success increasingly depends on the agile and effective use of
IT, customers need IT resourcing strategies that are adaptive, cost-efficient
and highly resilient," said Adam Famularo, senior vice president, CA AppLogic
business unit at CA Technologies. "The savvisdirect AppGrid service delivers on
these new imperatives - and its use of the CA AppLogic cloud platform ensures it
will fulfill customer requirements for automation, ease of use and security."

CenturyLink announced the U.S. launch of savvisdirect in December 2012,
offering businesses of all sizes a set of frictionless, cost-effective cloud
solutions. Plans call for expanding savvisdirect into Europe and Asia during
the next year.

For more information on AppGrid, visit www.savvisdirect.com/private-cloud.

About CenturyLink
CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United
States and is recognized as a leader in the network services market by
technology industry analyst firms. The company is a global leader in cloud
infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprise customers. CenturyLink
provides data, voice and managed services in local, national and select
international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and
multiple data centers for businesses and consumers. The company also offers
advanced entertainment services under the CenturyLink Prism TV and DIRECTV
brands. Headquartered in Monroe, La., CenturyLink is an S&P 500 company and is
included among the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations.

For more information, visit www.centurylink.com.

SOURCE CenturyLink, Inc.

Justin Lopinot, +1-314-628-7053, justin.lopinot@savvis.com