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.