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The recession has left most technology businesses struggling to find ways to ride out the rough waters ahead. They are trimming their budgets, cutting unnecessary spending and trying to find ways to do things in a more efficient and effective manner. A business may be willing to cut corners to save on certain areas of their operating costs, but they cannot take a chance with the maintenance, security and quality of their technological support. Technology is the backbone of most businesses. Every business depends upon their server platforms and computer resources, regardless if it is an online retailer or a brick and mortar shoe store. Inventory systems, sales and invoices all run through servers. To support daily operations, businesses must be confident that their servers and online resources are up and running and secure. Assuring that a designated employee is available at all times of the day and night to support those functions is a challenging task. More and more companies are relying on server colocation to provide that support.

When a company chooses server colocation, it hires another company to house and host its servers and related support functions. The server colocation facility offers a secure environment supported by back up power systems, extra bandwidth and dedicated personnel. Redundant power supply can be costly to establish in house and is a common reason smaller business choose to colocate. Businesses can lose important records, information and other data if there is a power outage, lightning strike or other electrical utility issue that may cause harm to their equipment or downtime for their resources. Server colocation sites have multiple power back up options to assure that servers and equipment will keep running at all times. Additionally, they have personnel to intervene when equipment goes offline for whatever reason. Better internet connectivity is also one of the reasons businesses decide to outsource their data support and hosting functions. With a server colocation facility, a business can have access to faster connectivity at less cost.

There are a wide variety of functions a business can have a server colocation team handle. If a company has an IT staff in house, it may only wish to have its servers hosted at the facility. Some businesses, on the other hand, may wish to outsource all those functions and have the colo team handle everything from upgrades and maintenance to data management. They can even choose to rent hardware from the facility. Colocation is a good option for businesses trying to find the appropriate amount of reliable resources to support their technology infrastructure in the most cost effective manner.

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