ColoScout®, a leading nationwide referral service that matches enterprises with the most appropriate managed data center provider, announced today the launch of a new interactive web site along with the addition of over 30 nationwide data center agreements.
ColoScout has launched a new web site that allows visitors to educate themselves about the colocation and data center markets, as well as inquire about specific data center locations and their respective offerings. A client is able to complete an online quote form stating specific requirements and locations needed in a data center. ColoScout searches for the best data centers and provides pricing that match the client’s needs at no cost. “Our service is unique in that it allows a customer to determine their needs on-line, submit the information and receive a call from us immediately to discuss possible data center options, pricing and locations” states Craig Burns, co-founder of ColoScout.
ColoScout also offers a visitor to the web site the ability to choose a custom quote, where ColoScout works closely with the client to provide a consultative approach in choosing a colocation space to address possible options within an information technology infrastructure space. In addition, ColoScout is able to provide a total solution to the client by providing professional services to a project when a client is moving their data center facility or needs additional expertise with a project. ColoScout excels at the service that they provide to their clients as well as to the providers they represent.
Additionally, ColoScout has added over 25 data center partnership agreements to their current base of over 40 nationwide colocation providers and managed data center facilities. “By adding these additional agreements to our current provider database, it allows ColoScout to have nationwide footprint with a full breadth of facility services and features to serve our client base” stated Raun Kilgo, Vice President, Operations. Since many clients have specific locations and requirements when outsourcing their hosting, colocation and data centers needs, ColoScout now has the ability to have a multitude of options for their clients. Industry trends in the area of colocation drive specific requirements and include disaster recovery and business continuity planning, as well a reduction capital expenditures for their IT infrastructure. It is paramount to ColoScout that we stay abreast of those developments and provide the best data center or colocation facility for that client. Whether managed service, SaaS or telco connectivity, ColoScout has agreements with multiple partners to address almost every application.
San Francisco Conference to Focus on Green Building
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Amidst growing demand, tight energy supply and frozen capital markets, industry and government leaders will be heading to San Francisco to discuss the environmental impact of data centers, and the impact of existing and looming legislation at the seventh annual “San Francisco: DatacenterDynamics” conference on July 17, 2009.
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With the recent changes in the economy, companies are beginning to look at data centers to off-load their internal infrastructure costs. Whether saving on energy bills or space, data centers and colocation facilities offer secure environments for companies to run their mission critical networks and applications.
In another light, companies may want to diversify their network infrastructure to multiple locations for disaster recovery or to take advantage of moving their non-production applications to an off-site facility. Data Centers offer the necessary attributes as an in-house operation. Many facilities offer managed services down to the application level as well as the SLA to address your redundancy. Some centers concentrate on your circuit provisioning where others handle your tape and storage needs while saving your company time and expense with day-to-day operations. Data Centers and colocation facilities are becoming popular with many companies when it comes to compliance also. Data Centers are a sign of the times and a push toward the future.