CenturyLink® Private Cloud on VMware Cloud Foundation™ is a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) solution that brings together VMware’s vSphere®, vSAN™ and NSX® into a natively integrated stack, delivering enterprise grade, globally available hyper-converged-infrastructure on HPE® and Dell® with CenturyLink automation and management capabilities for a consistent operational experience across cloud environments. CenturyLink Private Cloud helps boost application performance, minimize latency and bottlenecks, and improve application interaction and response time. Unlike legacy data center designs where services are bound and dependent to physical infrastructure, in the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC), services are abstracted and decoupled from underlying hardware. This allows for a new level of operational efficiency and agility because resources can span across data centers, and because we take care of the operational management of Cloud Foundation you can focus on delivering IT innovation to the business and not operational tasks. • Click and Build​ – Enable controlled self-service capabilities ​with web-based portals you can present to ​your end users • Micro-Segmentation – Build a firewall and network for every single application you have with a discrete firewall polic​​y • Migrate and build with ease – separation of features from hardware means you can deploy on pre-defined validated hardware with ease​ • Adaptive Networking – Expansive, secure global network with inherent flexibility and scalability to match the cloud environments it connects around the world • Automation and Out-Tasking – Access to consulting expertise and a comprehensive selection of managed services that remove IT burdens"