Data center usage has been increasing over the last few years, add to that a crazy number of As-a-Service options growing in popularity, all this has enterprise companies clamoring for third-party data center solutions to power a wide range of projects and applications. Alcatel Lucent, an international telecommunications company, has projected a 20% annual growth rate in the number of metro areas with cloud data centers and a 60% annual growth rate in the total number of data centers, each year through 2017.
Data center usage has been increasing over the last few years, add to that a crazy number of As-a-Service options growing in popularity, all this has enterprise companies clamoring for third-party data center solutions to power a wide range of projects and applications. Alcatel Lucent, an international telecommunications company, has projected a 20% annual growth rate in the number of metro areas with cloud data centers and a 60% annual growth rate in the total number of data centers, each year through 2017.
This market shift highlights the value of data centers partnering with cloud providers and ISPs to be able to offer a combination of services, including reliable, and high-performance connectivity.
Dedicated Service for Business Apps
Enterprise companies want the cost efficiency and agility of cloud services with reliable direct connectivity to the rest of their infrastructure. These businesses will see better performance from dedicated connections and lower pricing benchmarks from carrier-neutral data centers. The need for direct connectivity has the market for metro colocations centers proliferating.
Data Centers with Networking Options
Businesses receive greater potential value when utilizing facilities with diverse networking capabilities. Fiber owners can leverage third-party data centers to create multiple networking solutions for different clients and projects.
For some organizations, backup and disaster recovery needs require multiple network options. For others, the desire for scalable bandwidth and real-time performance leads to changing needs for connectivity. Ultimately, having diverse capabilities gives any tenant the flexibility to solve their future infrastructure needs, which is important given that cloud computing continues to grow and evolve.
Quality (of Service) is King
The flexibility and portability of cloud services make it easy for companies to switch carriers and data centers more easily than ever before. To win and keep customers, Quality of Service becomes the paramount factor as the market for data center connectivity shakes out.
This pattern follows most any networking development; consider the history of home internet providers. First people signed up with whatever provider sent them a disk in the mail, but the driving force shifted from connection to speed and reliability as technologies developed. For data centers, businesses shift toward networking power and QoS. From cloud-based backup to user-facing mobile apps, businesses see QoS as the driving force in choosing data centers.
Enterprise customers need more than just reliable data storage. Third-party data centers with an array of networking options and high performance capabilities offer the long-range benefits for businesses with growing and changing needs. By targeting a data center solution that meets current needs and enables future developments, enterprises can stay ahead of the curve on connectivity.
