The pace at which modern businesses evolve and expand operations is stunning. And because of their rapid expansion, many companies find themselves in need of additional IT infrastructure. Their data warehousing capabilities are not as efficient, secure or performance optimized as they once were.

At the same time, today’s CIOs are being challenged to make their budgets stretch further. They must also decide whether to approach expansion by buildinga new data centre, or by leveraging a professionally managed vendor solution.

This is not a decision to be taken lightly. Decision- makers must conduct a thorough buy vs. build analysis and weigh up all the merits and risks of each option. The massive costs and time constraints that are associated with building a new data centre sees an increasing number of organizations opting for colocation and all the benefits it affords.