| | October 20136CIOReviewWHOLESALE DAtA CEntER OutSOuRCInG: nEW PERSPECtIVE In nEW MARKEtSVirtualization, SaaS and cloud computing continue to propel enormous growth in data center and IT outsourcing services. At the same time, the role of the CTO is changing as large enterprises and government organizations increase their focus on the need for IT to deliver business value. Increasingly they are taking a more service-centric approach to outsourcing IT infrastructure freeing up internal IT resources to be more aligned with business objectives.Choices are EverywhereLeading IT service providers such as a Savvis, Equinix, and Rackspace specialize in retail hosting services leveraging a variety of owned and leased multi-tenant data centers. They provide large and mid-size enterprises with premium managed and unmanaged IT services and solutions ranging from colocation to managed hosting to cloud computing, as well as related network, professional services, and customer support. Retail customers lease individual spaces within a data center, usually in a caged-off area or within a cabinet or rack.Wholesale data center leaders such as Digital Realty Trust (DRT) and DuPont Fabros specialize in buying, selling, and in some cases, operating large data centers. Their customers are large and mid-size enterprises, government entities, service providers, and cloud providers. Wholesale customers typically look for greater control by leasing dedicated, fully built data center space within an ultra-secure data center and provide their own equipment, management and support resources.Modular providers such as IO and NextFort provide smaller, self-contained units of data center space ­ either as wholesale data center space or as a managed infrastructure solution. Modular customers range from large enterprises to smaller companies such as cloud providers seeking the flexibility of purchasing incremental data center space and capacity associated with modular solutions.Focus on WholesaleSo what is a wholesale data center and what makes it Headquartered in McLean, Bytegrid, provides highly secure, interconnected, carrier-neutral, and density-robust data centers that serve commercial, government and service provider markets. Founded in 2010, the company has raised a funding of $100 million from Keybank. Kenneth R. Parent, CEO, ByteGrid Holding LLCOpinion
< Page 5 | Page 7 >