CO-LOCATION DATA CENTRES
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“ CO-LOCATION DATA CENTRES PROVIDE A PREDICTABLE AND SCALABLE COST STRUCTURE , SO AN ORGANISATION ONLY PAYS FOR WHAT IT USES ”
— Chris Fielding CIO , Sungard Availability Services connectivity tools . As a result , co-location data centre solution providers have opened new streams of revenue through value-added offerings – such as skilled managed IT services , internet solutions , and interconnection services based on enterprise requirements . Depending on the colocation solutions contracted , support staff can provide comprehensive technical , administrative and engineering help to ensure the smooth running of an enterprise ’ s data centre on a day-today basis .
Organisations are realising that having in-house , skilled workers capable of delivering the level of data centre management and maintenance required for high-availability services is not sustainable . According to technology skills and education provider CNet Training , for many years , parochial data centre recruitment and a lack of clarity from the school level onwards on the career path towards data centre management have caused the talent pool for skilled workers to shrink .
When it comes to recruitment , it is becoming apparent that if the moun-
MAY 2019