FEATURE: DATA CENTRES
BUILDING A DATA CENTRE HAS ITS ADVANTAGES
WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE COMPANY HAS
INCORPORATED STRICT SECURITY GUIDELINES AND
MEASURES AND ALSO, THAT, THEY ARE IN TOTAL
CONTROL OF THEIR DATA.
more of their security needs. Data
centre colocation provides 24/7
security in its physical environment
with strict systems for physical access
control. They also implement security
solutions that offer visibility into
the network to help in proactively
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mitigating cyber security risks.
• Professional teams for greater
reliability – IT is becoming more
complex and requires skilled teams
to handle data centres. Experts
who maintain and monitor the
network at the collocated data
centres ensure overall efficiencies
making it a much more reliable
proposition.
• Business continuity and disaster
recovery (BC/DR) – The cost of
IT downtime can be disastrous for
businesses. It is therefore important
for organisations to have a resilient
BC/DR. Data centre colocation
providers are capable of offering a
higher level of availability in case
of man-made or natural disasters
compared to in-house facilities.
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