Advantages

SoftLayer Difference

SoftLayer integrates best-in-class connectivity and technology into the industry’s only fully-automated platform, empowering enterprises with complete access, control, security, and scalability.

Fully-Automated Platform
We automate deployment and management of every facet of our platform—dedicated, cloud, networking, security, storage, software services, and more—to accelerate provisioning, mitigate human error, and to provide our customers with the best end-user experience possible.

Industry-Leading Customer Portal and Open API
Our automated platform (as well as all account management) is fully controlled through our easy-to-use Customer Portal and robust API. More than 200 backend services and activities are at your command, including core functions like server reboots, OS reload, load balancing, and more.

Proprietary Network Architecture
SoftLayer provides three networks integrated into one—public, private, and the industry's first out-of-band management network for access and data transfer via VPN over dedicated carriers segregated from our public network.

Integrated Geographical Diversity
SoftLayer has 13 data centers (and counting) connected via private, 10G point-to-point connections and integrated through proprietary, automated tools.

On-Demand Dedicated Servers and Cloud Computing Instances (CCIs)
We guarantee deployment of most dedicated servers in about two hours and CCIs in about 5–15 minutes, as well as retail deployment of additional services including hardware firewalls and load balancers, either as part of your initial order or whenever you need them.

Most Complete Selection of Included Standard Services
All SoftLayer servers come with one of the industry's most complete set of standard features and services at no additional cost. We carefully chose these features in order to provide powerful server solutions that require little or no additional configuration, optimizing cost and accelerating deployment.