Cloud is not a commodity. And no matter what you call it. It comes from physical hardware inside brick and mortar facilities connected networking cable. And no two clouds are built the same way. SoftLayer gives you the highest performing cloud infrastructure available. One platform that takes data centres around the world. Their global data centres are with first class computing, storage, and networking. Each location is built and operated the same, so you get the exact same capabilities and availability. Our data centers are connected by the industry’s most advanced network which integrates distinct public, private, and internal management networks.  Our data centers and network share a single management system. One tool ties together and lets you control everything—every bare metal server, virtual server, storage device.
Features:
Auto scaling
Block storage
Bring your own OS
Cloud storage
Deploy servers
Disaster recovery
File storage
firewalls