Texas Colocation Brokerage Firm Places Fortune 100 Client Into State Of The Art Facility

Aug. 26, 2009 - PRLog -- Fort Worth, TX  - Ted Persky, CEO of Colobids.com  states "We are very proud to announce the placement of US Oncology, in a state of the art data center this past year. We worked hard to find them just the right facility in the right location to meet their needs".

Since its inception in 1999, U.S. Oncology, headquartered in Houston, TX, has become the premier Cancer Research and Care Organization in the United States.

With the critical nature of the type of Data US Oncology Deals with, and the need for ultimate reliability in a datacenter provider, US Oncology sought out the services of Fort Worth Texas Based Colobids.com to help them find the right colocation provider in a sea of possible choices.

Due to a mutual NDA, the exact details of the facility cannot be disclosed, however David Martin, National Director of IT Projects for US Oncology states "We have no complaints. Our new provider has been very service oriented."

Organizations like US Oncology are quickly finding the full benefit of using the services of a colocation brokerage firm like http://www.colobids.com.

By adopting outsourced IT strategies, and utilizing top tier datacenter facilities to colocate their equipment, companies are finding that they can:

* Reduce operating costs by utilizing on site 24/7 employees of the datacenter provider

* Create redundancy and high availability by using the colocation facilities redundant bandwidth, power and HVAC cooling

* Preserve their control on their environment by still having the ultimate control over their own hardware.

* Excercise economies of scale as they want to add more colocation equipment and higher end servers to their infrastructure

Growing Trends over the past years have exposed that companies are moving away from running their own in-house servers, as well as moving away from renting or leasing a dedicated server. There have been several reasons for the increased awareness in colocation services. Server hardware expenses are decreasing, and companies IT requirements are growing more involved, and companies are needing more specific hardware requirements, and more complex network architectures within their environments.

One of the biggest questions for individuals and companies looking for colocation today is… Who should I colocate my equipment with?

What company do I want to trust my enterprise and livelihood with?

These are important questions and should not be ignored. The most central factors to keep in mind when looking to outsource your colocation are several of the following:

* Find proven providers, with reliable support technicians on-site who can handle reboots and custom requests 24/7.

* Attain a Secure environment with top Managed Firewall and Intrusion Protection Services

* Find a top tier network consisting of multiple tier 1 carriers that provide redundancy and reduced latency

Location is extremely important when looking for colocation providers, obviously, because customers need to find facilities that are easily accessible, within close proximity of hardware providers in case of issues.

That being said, at this time finding the right provider can be a daunting task. That is where dealing with a colocation brokerage firm like http://www.colobids.com can help.

Brokers typically don’t charge a fee, and they are datacenter agnostic so they are completely unbiased. They have a vested interest in helping the client get the absolute best pricing, and ideal colocation solution depending on their requirements.

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ColoBids.com is colocation brokerage firm helping clients find the best colocation, dedicated servers and managed hosting solutions. The team at ColoBids.com has over 10 years of experience in the hosting and IT industry.