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Maximizing Business Efficiency with Colocation-enhanced Cloud Services
Maximizing Business Efficiency with Colocation-enhanced Cloud Services

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Businesses across the world increasingly rely on data to improve performance and build better offerings. However, traditional in-house data centres are incapable of efficiently handling and controlling large volumes of data, maintaining security, and ensuring easy accessibility.

Read on to uncover how you can maximise business efficiency with colocation-enhanced cloud services.

Introduction to Colocation-Enhanced Cloud Services

Infrastructure Colocation is the process of enabling access to world-class data centres hosted by a qualified and experienced colocation data centre provider. Built with the highest global specifications to house varied and complex IT and network infrastructure, this suite of services offers an optimal, secure, and well-connected facility, including rack space, power, cooling, network connectivity, cross-connects, etc.

Colocation data centre providers also offer high levels of physical security for all the servers, storage, and networking equipment – at a fraction of the cost and complexity of traditional data centres – ensuring organisation systems and data are always safeguarded against physical and virtual attacks. Cloud solutions, when combined with infrastructure colocation, enable even higher levels of reliability and uptime.

Understanding Colocation Benefits

In this era of increasing competition and rising customer expectations, cloud-based solutions for businesses enable a great competitive edge. According to recent research done by Future Market Insights Global and Consulting Pvt. Ltd., the data centre colocation market is expected to reach $279.1 billion by 2034, rising at a CAGR of 14.9%.

By hosting privately owned servers and hardware in a secure and highly available third-party data centre or the cloud, colocation services offer:

  • Seamless access to Tier-IV facilities operating at the industry's lowest Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) across major cities.
  • Robust rack space, caged colocation, and uninterrupted power.
  • Redundantly connected carrier-neutral facilities with zero last miles and extremely high availability.
  • Innovative and power-efficient cooling backed by power systems, network facilities, and physical security measures.
  • 24/7 remote support, operating system, database, and network monitoring and management services.
  • Multi-zone security in line with global standards that provide unparalleled security measures such as CCTV monitoring, biometric access controls, etc.
  • Compliance with leading certifications such as ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 20000, ISO 22301, ISO 9001: 2015, AICPA SOC, AICPA SOC 2, MEITY, PCI DSS, and CSA.

Cloud Service Integration with Colocation

Integrating cloud services with colocation is a great way to enjoy the combined benefits of colocation and cloud computing. It can act as a comprehensive solution that addresses the limitations of traditional cloud solutions and data management approaches. Colocation & Cloud services offered by a qualified cloud service provider can enable the expertise and infrastructure of a third-party data centre provider while harnessing the power and scalability of the cloud.

Colocation-enhanced cloud services offer a hybrid solution for system and data management. They combine the reliability and security of co-located data centres with the scalability and flexibility of the cloud. Businesses can house their infrastructure in secure data centres enjoying additional computing resources and storage – based on their needs.

Cloud service integration with colocation paves the way for several business benefits, including:

1.     High Availability and Redundancy: Colocation data centre providers pave the way for improved redundancy and higher uptime. Offering superior service that is backed by enterprise-grade SLAs, these cloud managed service providers help enhance business efficiency and performance. Through enhanced end-to-end life cycle management of IT infrastructure, they ensure systems perform to their highest potential from the time they are deployed.

2.     Scalability and Resource Optimisation: Colocation data centre providers can provide the ideal cloud-based solutions for businesses that need to handle fluctuating workloads and data storage needs. With improved performance, reduced latency, and enhanced data security compared to traditional solutions, colocation-enhanced cloud services optimise resource usage for companies.

3.     Data Security and Compliance: For businesses operating in a digital era, managed colocation allows for high levels of data security and compliance. Through the implementation of necessary security protocols, physical security measures, access controls, and surveillance systems, cloud-based solutions for infrastructure colocation help meet all regulatory requirements.

4.     Cost Optimisation: Cloud service providers work around the clock to discover ways to reduce costs. By using industry lowest PUE and a range of monitoring and management services, they help minimise operational costs. At the same time, since the expenses of power, cooling, communication, and floor space are shared between different tenants, cloud-based infrastructure colocation offers a far more economical solution.

5.     Performance Optimisation: Cloud managed services providers also help identify various performance optimisation opportunities. For example, they offer data centres that are near business operations. Such proximity helps minimise latency and improve performance by reducing the distance between users or applications and the data centre.

Industry Use Cases and Success Stories

Infrastructure colocation allows businesses across sectors to efficiently deal with an exponential increase in data generation. Offering advanced infrastructure to manage and store vast amounts of information, managed colocation establishes a scalable and secure way for businesses to adapt to the evolving digital landscape while focusing on their core operations.

Here's a success story. A security solutions system integrator that works predominantly with the BFSI industry was finding it difficult to keep up with the ever-increasing storage space required for multiple projects for different customers. The inability to efficiently store the data securely and make it available as and when required led to several issues.

Partnering with a cloud service provider for managed colocation allowed for a fully managed, end-to-end solution for storage infrastructure. Seamless connectivity, bundled with a suite of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) components such as storage, compute, network, and security solutions enabled the system integrator to:

  • Leverage robust IT infrastructure along with unmatched connectivity, security, and storage capabilities.
  • Deploy and run projects on time and accommodate more clients as the business grows and expands.
  • Store large video files for 30 days while scaling storage and compute capabilities both vertically and horizontally, as and when required.
  • Enjoy high levels of manageability with an enterprise-grade SLA-bound service layer.

As the business world gets increasingly interconnected, data has become the lifeblood of every organisation. Modern cloud service providers offer a range of cloud-enabled colocation services to businesses, helping them drive innovation, efficiency, and growth. Acting as vital infrastructure hubs, infrastructure colocation facilitates seamless, uninterrupted connectivity and optimal data handling.


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