Travel technology company

As part of their corporate evolution, the client was reviewing the existing dual-site IT infrastructure and, in conjunction with a move from their Fleet office, were seeking a flexible, secure colocation service that would provide future-proof reliability for their leading technology solutions. They not only had specific technical requirements, including power and rack capacity, but needed additional services, including connectivity.

The client had an existing partnership with leading data centre solutions provider, Keysource, who look after their primary data centre at their head office in Slough, which houses their managed services. As a trusted colocation partner of Keysource, Datum’s facility and services were put forward for the client to consider.

The client went through a rigorous selection process, initially narrowing six data centre options down to three, before settling on Datum as the optimal choice. This came down to the quality of our facilities, our first-class client services and our genuine interest in wanting to help them address their business data needs.

Once the client had selected Datum, other partners were brought in to support the client in achieving their ideal set-up. Of these, server relocation experts, Sunspeed, managed the shift and lift of the client’s two racks into Datum. This was done seamlessly within one morning to fit the exacting schedule. The Sunspeed team arrived at the client’s site at 5am, and within a couple of hours the racks were at Datum, installed and running.

A further partner, Next Connex, assisted the client installation by providing the various connectivities required to meet the IT and business objectives. The Datum partner network brings value to the client through the recommendation and co-ordination of trusted partners, saving time and resources procuring such services themselves.

One of the things that impressed us the most about Datum was that they were selling themselves as a service rather than just a data centre. In working with the Datum delivery team we’ve developed a collaborative relationship, enabling us to overcome challenges more easily. Datum go above and beyond what you normally get due to their service-first approach.

– Client’s Infrastructure Consultant