Eight Key Considerations when Selecting a Colocation Provider

Faced with the need to optimise every aspect of their department, IT organisations are recognising the benefits of selecting a colocation provider for their mission-critical equipment in a data center. The time, cost savings, and quality of service a company can realise as a result of using a Managed Services Provider for colocation are very appealing. With significant benefits of scale, IT Operations need to look for reliable facilities that offer uptime, power environmentals, physical security, carrier diversity and high quality networks.

There are many benefits to colocation. But among the greatest are more effective use of capital; higher availability for your mission-critical applications through power redundancy; cooling; and finally, scalability and growth. In this document, we describe some additional considerations that can help guide your selection, and ensure you derive the maximum benefit from your colocation provider.

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