Technology Magazine February 2022 | Page 173

“ We have small streaming customers that pay a few dollars a month as well as large enterprise corporations . Every customer gets superior customer service ”

SALLY SIMKISS CEO , OPENCOLO
to find collocation in the area ourselves , we set up the data centre with flexibility foremost in our minds .”
What is a boutique data centre and how does OpenColo differ from major providers ? OpenColo and its services are not the same as other major data centre and colocation providers . Discussing what differentiates the company from other major organisations in the industry , James Chen , VP of Sales Engineering , explained : “ Around us in Santa Clara are a dozen or so other data centres , so we need to differentiate ourselves from them . As a result , we ’ re extremely responsive and interested in our customer ’ s success .”
Simkiss noted that OpenColo is a “ little unusual ” in that it does not have any one target customer . “ We have small streaming customers that pay a few dollars a month as well as large enterprise corporations with sizeable colocation footprints in our space . Every customer gets superior customer service . We designed our data centre for maximum flexibility in order to serve the needs of any customer ,” she said .
“ While there is more and more consolidation of data centre properties in
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