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Who uses Server Colocation?
Various market sectors can benefit from server colocation services.
These include;
Managed Service Providers (MSP)
IT firms who specialize in managing clients network infrastructure and applications known as Managed Service Providers or MSP's can take advantage of server colocation services offered by data center facilities.
Typically MSP's require on-demand space to house their clients infrastructure to scale up or down in an efficient and cost effective model to ensure business success. Partnering with a server colocation provider is essential for Managed Service Providers large and small to ensure their hosted environments are like 24/7 and secure.
Software As A Service Providers (SaaS)
Hosted application providers commonly known as Software as a Service or SaaS providers require partnering with a server colocation facilities. SaaS organizations also require resilient network uptime and cannot allow their critical servers to go down as it would directly impact their deliverables which would be their hosted applications.
VoIP Telecom Providers (VOIP)
VoIP providers have been emerging globally, providing businesses and global residents an alternative telephone platform to utilize. With the explosion of VoIP globally, these telecom providers now need voip server colocation facilities globally to house their server infrastructure to terminate traffic and provide POP's (point of presence) in diverse geographical locations globally. Data centers globally providing server colocation solutions can provide VoIP providers the required infrastructure and real estate to create a very scalable and flexible infrastructure solution.
On-Line Gaming Providers (Gamers)
On-line gaming has become a phenomenon globally. Establishing virtual communities globally, allows individuals to play hosted, on-line games around the world simultaneously. For on-line gaming providers to succeed, they need to ensure their game server colocation environment is housed around the globe in a low-latency data center environment to ensure adequate performance for their gaming community. On-line gaming providers utilizing game server colocation facilities can take advantage of the low latency network architecture data centers deploy as well as the robust cooling and security of their hosted game server infrastructure.
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