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Soft Layer (softlayer.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2016.
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✗ Facebook account is missing
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👉 Total Reviews: 2
🙌 Average Rating: 1 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 0
👎 Bad Reviews: 2
👈 Official Responses: 0 1 / 10

2 user reviews		tailormadeservers.com logo
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👉 Total Reviews: 1
🙌 Average Rating: 1 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 0
👎 Bad Reviews: 1
👈 Official Responses: 0 1 / 10VISIT WEBSITE

1 user reviews
 Soft Layer
14001 North Dallas Parkway, Suite M100
Dallas, TX 75240
US

softlayer.com is inactive, but is redirected to ibm.com
softlayer.com
Tailor Made Servers
4480 Fairway Dr
Carrollton, TX 75010
US

tailormadeservers.com
📧 Emailsales@s...joseq@j...
☎ Phone866.398.7638+1 214 636 5403, Fax: +1 214 774 2513
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 70,205▲9,001 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 39,567▼-342 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in US 36,028		🏆 Alexa Rating 5,825,164▲4,993,287 (lower is better)
Alexa Rank in US 145,219
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 17/45🔗 Links 2,680
Languagesen-us en-US
📄 InfoNOTE: By 2018, SoftLayer was renamed to IBM Cloud and almost fully redirected to https://www.ibm.com/cloud/ (except few pages and logo) Full list of new products from IBM: https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog SoftLayer, (an IBM Company) provides cloud infrastructure as a service from a growing number of data centers and network points of presence around the world. Our customers range from Web startups to global enterprises. Products and services include bare metal and virtual servers, networking, [...] Read full reviewOver the years, TMS, as it is commonly referred to, has enjoyed steady growth while maintaining an unprecedented level of customer satisfaction. Tailor Made Servers puts all of its efforts in providing the highest level of support, backed by excellent network connectivity options, always complemented by top quality hardware. We understand how valuable your business is. Founded in February of 2003, Tailor Made Servers was created as a company with a focus on its users. At TMS, you will receive [...] Read full review
📡 EstablishedMay, 2005February, 2003
🏁 Site speedSlow, load time 3.9 seconds 15% sites are slower
SEO Links count 2,001		Average, load time 2.2 seconds 30% sites are slower
SEO Links count 28
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media
🔃 User Shares
https://twitter.com/IBMcloud
Started from: October, 2010
  • Tweets: 39,185
  • Followers: 234,195
  • Friends: 3,009
  • Last activity:
tailormadeservers.com Icontailoredservers
Started from: August, 2009
  • Tweets: 33
  • Followers: 191
  • Friends: 0
  • Last activity:
-TailorMadeServers
https://www.linkedin.com/company/softlayer-technologies-inc-/
  • Followers: 17,303
  • Entity type: Public Company
  • Founded: 2005
  • Employee Count: 501-1000
  • Industry: Internet
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http://blog.softlayer.com/
  • Blog Posts: 989
  • Blog added on: Feb, 2012
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

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🔧 Dedicated Hosting - 7/1
💡 Plan NamePOWER8 C812L-S [Windows]Xeon X3450 [Linux]
💰 Price$ 1,092.00/mo.$ 199.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space1000 GB500 GB
📶 Data Transferunmetered2,500 GB
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited 
🆓 Free Domain0 
🔨 Control Panel
🌏 Server Location
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)8 Cores, 3.86 GHz
64 GB RAM
1 Drive
1.00 TB SATA x 1
Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition (64 bit)
1 Gbps Public & Private Network Uplinks

Power8 Servers - Power8 servers combine high performance, storage and I/O to focus on increasing volumes of data while maintaining system speed

What are [...]		N/A
📅 Date PlanJan 2019Dec 2014
💡 Plan NamePOWER8 C812L-M [Windows]-
💰 Price$ 1,708.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space8000 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU10 Cores, 3.49 GHz-
🔋 RAM250 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)10 Cores, 3.49 GHz
256 GB RAM
2 Drives
4.00 TB SATA x 2
Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition (64 bit)
1 Gbps Public & Private Network Uplinks

Power8 Servers - Power8 servers combine high performance, storage and I/O to focus on increasing volumes of data while maintaining system speed

What [...]		-
📅 Date PlanJan 2019-
💡 Plan NamePOWER8 C812L-L [Windows]-
💰 Price$ 2,232.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space12000 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU10 Cores, 3.49 GHz-
🔋 RAM500 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)10 Cores, 3.49 GHz
512 GB RAM
2 Drives
6.00 TB SATA x 2
Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition (64 bit)
1 Gbps Public & Private Network Uplinks

Power8 Servers - Power8 servers combine high performance, storage and I/O to focus on increasing volumes of data while maintaining system speed

What [...]		-
📅 Date PlanJan 2019-
💡 Plan NamePOWER8 C812L-SSD [Windows]-
💰 Price$ 2,320.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space1875 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU10 Cores, 3.49 GHz-
🔋 RAM500 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)10 Cores, 3.49 GHz
512 GB RAM
2 Drives
960 GB SSD x 2
Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition (64 bit)
1 Gbps Public & Private Network Uplinks

Power8 Servers - Power8 servers combine high performance, storage and I/O to focus on increasing volumes of data while maintaining system speed

What are [...]		-
📅 Date PlanJan 2019-
💡 Plan NameSingle Processor [Linux/Windows]-
💰 Price$ 158.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space500 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPUIntel Xeon E3-1270 (3.40GHz), 4 Cores-
🔋 RAM2 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Bare Metal Servers - Raw performance at your fingertips.

SoftLayer bare metal servers provide the raw horsepower you demand for your processor-intensive and disk I/O-intensive workloads. These servers come with the most complete package of standard features and services. Configure your server to [...]		-
📅 Date PlanAug 2016-
💡 Plan NameDual Processor [Linux/Windows]-
💰 Price$ 351.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space500 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPUDual Intel Xeon E5-2620 (2.00GHz), 12 Cores-
🔋 RAM16 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanAug 2016-
💡 Plan NameQuad Processor [Linux/Windows]-
💰 Price$ 1,439.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space500 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPUQuad Intel Xeon E5-4620 (2.20GHz), 32 Cores-
🔋 RAM64 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanAug 2016-
🔧 Cloud - 1/0
💡 Plan NameGPU: Dual Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3
[Linux/Windows]		-
💰 Price$ 1,779.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space1000 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPUDual Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 (2.60GHz), 24 Cores-
🔋 RAM64 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Dual Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 (2.60GHz)
24 Cores
64GB RAM
1TB SATA
10Gbps Public & Private Uplinks
500GB Public Outbound

GPU - Accelerated Computing

By running smaller tasks concurrently, GPUs harness the processing power needed for high performance computing. Run a full enterprise from the [...]		-
📅 Date PlanAug 2016-
🔧 Domains - 1/0
💡 Plan Name.com .net .org .biz .info .us-
💰 Price$ 20.00/yr.-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Domain Services
Dominate your domain.

SoftLayer offers domain registration services complete with dedicated support staff, knowledgeable customer service, and reasonable prices, all delivered over a secure network. We provide you the option of registering for a selection of top-level domains, [...]		-
📅 Date PlanAug 2016-
🔧 CDN - 1/0
💡 Plan NameCDN SSL Bandwidth-
💰 Price$ 0.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space -
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Content Delivery Network
Keep your data close, and your users closer.

When delivering content and rich media, having the least latency and the highest speed is key to an exceptional end user experience. We’ve partnered with EdgeCast to offer one of the world’s fastest and most reliable content [...]		-
📅 Date PlanAug 2016-
💻 Supported Operating Systems
  • Windows
  • Linux/Windows
  • Linux
📤 List of products
  • Dedicated Hosting
  • Cloud
  • Domains
  • CDN
  • Dedicated Hosting
👪 Last positive / negative customers review
 
-anonymous- (-hidden-)
on 📆 Sep 21, 2021
😠 Softlayer is no longer a good hosting solution. Save yourself the headaches and avoid them.Softlayer used to be a good company to have for hosting. Little by little it has become less support and more fees - everywhere. They just closed a [...]


Dave (-no email-)
on 📆 Jun 01, 2011
😠 The only thing you can rely on from this company is excuses and bluffs. From the first week we have had problems which for a gaming server costs us players and money. The server had to be repaired 3 times during our experience. One time the repair [...]

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