Colocation Provider: Transforming the Enterprise Data Center

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Colocation Provider

• Transforming the Enterprise Data Center

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Colocation Provider

• Transforming the Enterprise Data Center

• Recent survey showed that Enterprise IT
  operations are trending to colocation providers
• Poll was conducted in April 2012 and showed the
  current state of data centers in North America.
  Over 250 IT executives responded
• Eight percent expect to build new facilities
• Study recommends using colocation provider
  instead of building data center facility
• Owning and operating a company-owned data center
  is becoming less feasible strategy in which 44
  percent of respondents operated their own data
  center facility
• Report concludes these enterprises are
  sacrificing performance and efficiency
• Findings from survey identified a shift in focus
  for CIOs. CIOs are more inclined to concentrate
  on cost and performance of the overall IT
  initiatives and how it impacts business

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Colocation Provider

• Transforming the Enterprise Data Center

• How IT Execs Balance Performance and Budget
• Number one trend affecting data centers is
  constrained budgets
• Budgets under pressure, CIOs figure out
  innovative ways to meet business requirements
• IT service demands have spiked while budgets
  trimmed
• Leveraging new technologies like cloud services
  and move to colocation providers is one way to
  get most from IT budget
• Both strategies eliminate need for enterprise to
  privately own and operate own data centeres
• Benefits of in-house data center model come at a
  price, including increased costs, complexity and
  commitment to operate company-owned data center
• Colocation providers provide adaptable solutions
  to counter outsourcing concerns

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Colocation Provider

• Transforming the Enterprise Data Center

• How IT Execs Balance Performance and Budget
• Other trade-offs involve establishing
  infrastructure strategies, specifically with
  standardization and efficiency versus
  customization and product choice
• In response, some colocation providers offer
  customized solutions without compromising
  efficiency

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Colocation Provider

• Transforming the Enterprise Data Center

• Transforming Todays Data Center
• Information Week study recommends using
  colocation provider instead of building data
  center facility. Also enterprises need to
  develop separate policies for application
  infrastructure from the physical infrastructure
• Experts recommend evaluating in-house data center
  operations objectively
• A comprehensive total cost of ownership analysis
  must be conducted comparing in-house facilities
  versus moving operations to colocation provider
• In every case, in-house data center are more
  expensive than outsourced data center operations.
  Outsourcing operations helps companies of all
  types and sizes meet existing and new business
  demands
• CyrusOne provides more than 1,000,000 square feet
  of colocated floor space in top tier data centers
  across the nation. The company operates in
  various business and industries

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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 Colocation Providers by visiting
  http//www.cyrusone.com/.