Why colocate? Because your data center is key to your business survival. It’s not just running your internal IT applications, but is central for communications to the outside—Web, e-commerce, VoIP, collaboration, video, and more. Power fluctuations or loss, hardware failures, and security breaches more than ever translate directly to a lower bottom line.
In a colocated facility, servers are protected from electrical glitches by redundant, filtered power supplies. Rack mounted hardware (blades, routers, gateways) are maintained in temperature and humidity controlled environments for peak performance. And both physical and network security of your IT infrastructure is carefully managed and controlled by the colocation company.
With a “colo” situated at a carrier’s point-of-presence or POP, companies achieve always-available, low-latency communication–essential for today’s interactive multi-media applications.
While it’s possible to duplicate some of advantages of a colocated environment within a typical corporate IT organization, a company completely focused on data center and telecom hosting services can offer a more winning Capex and Opex scenario.
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