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Want to get out of the enteprise data center business?

Posted: December 01, 2009

We’ve been talking to many companies who want to get out of the enteprise data center business.  Most of these folks have had some pain that came from their enterprise data center.  Common pain points include:

Data center capital costs -  the capital required to own and operate a data center can be exhorbitant.  Changes in data center uptime requirements have driven the equipment requirements (and the associated costs) higher every year.

Data center power redundancy – the costs of multiple power feeds, generators, automatic transfer switches, UPS and cooling equipment can exceed to $500k for even a small data center.  Hardened facilities with security and fire suppression can easily reach $1 million.

Ongoing FTE burden- mission critical facilities expertise is expensive to maintain in-house.  The disciplines of power, cooling and telecommunications are very different from Information Technology disciplines.

Are you anticipating a change in your enterprise data center?  Does it make sense to consider flexible outsource computer room facilities?

Categories: Data Center Capital Costs, Data Center Power Redundancy, Enterprise Data Center, Hardened Data Center, Mission Critical Facilities, Outsource Computer Room, Outsource Data Center

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Since 2001, Lifeline Data Centers has helped companies improve uptime and control data center facilities costs. Lifeline is an innovator in strategic data center outsourcing designed to reduce risks and improve IT return on investment. Our approach has been simple: delight customers with flexible, cost-effective data center space and services.

Lifeline provides facilities where companies can host their primary computer systems, disaster recovery sites and network cores. At a minimum, we provide hardened buildings, power, cooling, security and fire suppression. Some clients choose to use Lifeline as a “high tech landlord.” Other clients use the data center along with Lifeline’s managed services to augment or completely outsource their information technology infrastructure.

Lifeline Data Centers serves over 130 companies in industries ranging from health care and retail, to government and biotechnology. Regardless of the size or complexity of your data center needs, Lifeline Data Centers offers outsource data center facilities solutions.

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