Big Data as a Service - CenturyLink

Solution overview

CenturyLink’s Big Data as a-Service not only provides potentially unlimited resources in a high-performance computing cluster, but simplifies management with the assistance of a dedicated team of Data Science experts and Managed Cloudera Hadoop.

We begin the engagement with our Data-to-Decisions Workshops, where our expert Big Data Architects collaborate with the customer's management team, aligning business and technology objectives to deliver a pilot data platform scope and Phased Roadmap.

The solution, with storage, processing and management components is then deployed on Bare Metal Cloud servers: a flexible, efficient, scalable environment for processing data. All delivered via CenturyLink secure network and infrastructure.

Advanced analytics consultation

Data-to-Decisions Workshops - The team guides clients every step of the way – starting with our Data-to-Decisions Workshops leveraging proven methodologies to:

• Help client leadership teams effectively align business and technology objectives
• Prioritize use cases identified as business critical
• Perform up-front needs assessment and requirements definition
• Delivery of Phased Roadmap, TCO, Value Realization and Change Management Plan

Dedicated Team of Experts - To ensure efficiency and alignment with each customer's unique business and IT objectives, CenturyLink assigns a dedicated team of experienced Data Scientists and Big Data Architects to facilitate each engagement from concept through implementation and data analytics.

• Data Science Practitioners with Advanced Degrees and Domain & Industry Expertise
• Vast Experience with Industry Models & Methodologies
• Access to Advanced Visualization, Modeling & Automation Tools
• 60+ Packaged Industry Use Case Implementations
• Proven Success in Rapid Deployment of Solutions

Compute and storage is isolated to ensure a high level of performance for compute-intensive workloads or “batch” jobs needing bursts of compute power for a short time.