Data Center Connectivity: Why Select a Carrier Neutral Provider

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Data Center Connectivity

• Why Select a Carrier Neutral Provider

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Data Center Connectivity

• Why Select a Carrier Neutral Provider

• Many demands are placed on companys IT
  infrastructure including carrier-neutral data
  center connectivity
• To accomplish requirements, business do one of
  three things
• build own data center
• outsource to carrier owned data center
• outsource to a data center not owned or aligned
  with any one carrier
• Later option provides carrier neutrality and
  offers no services
• Concept is important because you house equipment
  in a data center and connect to any carrier
• Providers partnerships with major carriers can
  enable using their data center connectivity
  services
• Carriers and ISPs offer data center connectivity
  as well as other IT solutions
• Bundle services with total solution approach
• Required flexibility enables carrier neutral data
  center market to grow

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Data Center Connectivity

• Why Select a Carrier Neutral Provider

• Why Go the Carrier Neutral Route?
• Provides maximum flexibility for businesses
• Free to select own carriers or use providers
  carriers
• Adapt to market dynamics
• Changing markets wont get you stuck with a
  particular carrier
• Keeps options open when markets change and
  pricing fluctuates

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Data Center Connectivity

• Why Select a Carrier Neutral Provider

• A More Focused Data Center Provider
• Carrier neutral approach allows data centers to
  focus on providing core services
• Provider can address what the business needs
  without conflict of interest
• Before entering into an agreement, ask questions
• How easily can you make carrier changes
• What about cross connection fees
• Will you incur costs and will costs increase over
  time
• What are core services
• Do you have buy a bundle service or purchase
  colocation
• Is business critical to data center provider
• How important are the services it delivers
• Although one stop shop may be attractive, carrier
  independence is a must for others
• Carrier neutrality allows companies to operate
  without restriction and adopt to changing market
  conditions as needed

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About the author

• Nicole Aguillard is marketing director for
  CyrusOne, a global enterprise colocation provider
  operating 23 highly secure data centers across
  the United States, London and Singapore. Learn
  more about Data Center Connectivity by visiting
  http//www.cyrusone.com/.