What You Want? You Got It!
We confess! We literally love finding new ways to give our data center manager customers what they want. Need to figure out if our data center lifts can lift your equipment? Need to find a co-location company near you? Need a lift for super-heavy equipment? Need to load equipment into a bottom-rack position? About to embark on a very large migration? Trying to decide which type of lift to buy? Want to rent a lift, rather than buy one right now? Wish you could safely dispose of that lift you’re not using anymore—and recoup some of your cost? Want us to come out and service any kind of lift? Contact […]
The Babysitters Club
Wow. You won’t believe the call we just got. A regional colocation provider asked if we could expedite their recent data center lift order. They have one lift already, but at least five of their clients have been fighting like crazy over it! Okay – we’re going to do our best to move the delivery up…provided that everyone behaves and “plays nice”. We have a feeling an order for another 2-3 ServerLIFT® server-handling lifts might be coming in soon 😂.
Colo or No? A SWOT Analysis for Utilizing Colocation Facilities
Before your business rents services and/or space in a colocation facility, you need to determine if that’s your best move when compared to keeping data-center-based IT operations in-house. The following analysis can help you weigh your choices. You wouldn’t want to rent space in a colocation data center if it would be more valuable to build, acquire, or expand an existing self-operated data center. There are so many considerations, from security to ease of updating software, that any business decision-maker without a clear idea of the trade-offs could easily make a choice they might end up regretting. One simple way to determine the pros and cons of running or expanding […]
