Data centers colocation began as a way of helping businesses address data storage issues and security issues. Data centers now allow for companies to have access to more software applications, more secure networks, and more data. Data centers are helping companies become more flexible and adapt faster to the ever-changing IT world.
New trends
The benefits of using a data center are constantly expanding. Some of the newer benefits of data centers will be:
- Virtualization of data centers. The transition in IT is to now virtualize as much as possible. The virtualization of data centers is now expanding. Virtualization makes data centers more secure and better able to address the needs of a broad array of industries. Networking and infrastructure will be delivered “as a service” as data centers become more software driven.
- Extended control layers. These control layers will help data centers manage users, virtual machines, and resources. These layers will make data centers much more scalable which means companies will be able to expand and contract their IT operations as their needs expand and contracts.
- Better use of resources. A better ability to pool resources, one of the main assets of a data center, will make the IT operations more robust and more scalable. The use of the infrastructure will be optimized.
Benefits of these new colocation trends
The advantages of new data center tools will include:
- Increased physical security (preventing access to the physical servers). Data centers will expand their security by using iris scanners, for example.
- Better cybersecurity. Data centers will be better able to protect against downtime, data breaches, and other software risks.
- Better disaster recovery. Many data centers will be offering improved DRaaS (disaster recovery as a service) to protect customer data and provide faster recovery when downtime occurs.
- Better scalability. As the business hopefully grows, the data center will allow the company’s IT resources to grow with it by addressing increased data storage needs, better access to the data, faster networks, and other crucial business operations. Data centers will continue to help companies avoid having to make hardware decisions based on guesses about their future needs. Instead of worrying about hardware size and cost, the company that uses a data center can change its needs continually – cutting down on hardware and energy costs.
- More flexibility. As data center software gets better and has more layers to it, the business will continue to be able to make decisions on a software basis instead of a hardware basis. Data centers will also, in the future, be able to expand their ability to give feedback on various aspects of a business.
Contact a data center representative to learn how data centers are continually getting better
Data center technology and service are continually expanding, offering more services, and providing better services. To understand how these new advances can benefit your company and to learn the underlying technology that is helping provide these newer benefits, please contact Volico and ask to speak with our experienced consultants.
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