Specific Needs Matching Makes London Colocation Work For You
Author: Sherry N. Oswald
Choosing to move your IT data centre to a London colocation doesn’t mean your giving up control. In fact what it means depends on the level of service you contract for. If you have an experienced IT team that can integrate easily with other professionals of their caliber, then a basic level of colocation might be all you’ll ever need.
At this tier your London colocation partner provides intense service at the NOC (Network Operations Centre) level, allowing your people to concentrate on your applications. When network or hardware issues arise they will have equals to work with at the colocation data centre that make this transition point truly seamless. Its like remote controlling their eyes, ears and hands directly to the data centre, instantly as needed.
The next level has the colocation personnel actively involved in the software handling for routine maintenance, upgrades and basic troubleshooting of both the software and hardware environment. The third tier is equivalent to hiring a full time IT nanny.
System management responsibilities are now in their hands and they will monitor your activities and take action as needed to maintain and restore your system under your specific battle plan, providing their expert innovations as necessary. You can outsource a penny or a pound’s worth depending on the level of involvement you want or need to have in your data centre operation and maintenance.