Right now, corporate IT is under pressure from all areas to transform operations and deliver more agile solutions to meet competitive forces and to achieve key business objectives. Why? Advances in technology, digitisation, budgetary pressures, globalisation… the list goes on.
Due to these pressures, most companies are engaged in or contemplating digital transformation at either a tactical or strategic level.
The data centre, it seems, is at the heart of the shift. Partly, this has come about due to necessity. With budgets in many sectors tighter than ever, building and updating large computing facilities is an expensive, CAPEX-laden exercise that many organisations can no longer afford – and quite frankly, even if they could, it isn’t the best use of their budget.
There are many positive reasons however for making the change. Renting rack space from a colocation provider, for example, is a very cost-efficient way to make provisions for growth without overspending on building, maintaining and powering your own facility. It’s flexible, easy to scale and there’s no IT maintenance burden.
This sort of approach, coupled with greater use of cloud services, can help you to enable new delivery models, be much more agile and cut your carbon footprint. It can also significantly bolster your business in terms of security, resilience and disaster recovery.
Some organisations remain reticent about giving up their on premise data centres, seemingly because they’re worried about the level of service they’ll receive from their colo or cloud provider when they make the move.
We know from over a decade of working with our colocation clients that one of the biggest hurdles our clients need to overcome is the fear of making the wrong choice of provider. Many were initially worried about putting their faith in an outside organisation to protect their business-critical infrastructure and workloads, and, on top of that, they were worried about the transition process and the level of support they would get throughout it.
If that sounds at all familiar, it’s well worth taking a moment to look at our case studies, which highlight some of the key challenges faced by our clients, and how we overcame them. Some talk about their need:
And, crucially, they provide insight – direct from our clients – about the level of service and support you should be able to expect from your colocation partner during the transition.
Are you thinking about a technology transformation for your organisation? If so, contact us today to discuss your business objectives. We’ll be happy to explain both how you can achieve them, and what kind of support you can expect from us to help you on your journey.
To download a presentation on digital transformation and the key themes in this post, visit: Embarking on a digital transformation journey – what you need to know.