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Colocation - An increasingly popular option for your company

Published on 28 February 13
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Colocation is nothing but a data center that has been designed to provide storage for data, bandwidth and other networking components as well as certain Internet devices. These servers are becoming extremely popular of late and notable among them is the Chicago Mercantile Exchange colocation services or better known as CME colocation.


Popularity of colocation


The popularity of colocation services is actually based on multiple reasons. These services essentially provide storage management for the various IT companies who simply want to shirk the burden of managing their own data center and internet services. Basically colocation becomes all the more important for it reduces the hassle involved in managing all the connection settings and all the data storage equipments. There are cooling devices at a colocation server as well. This is necessary for maintaining the right temperature for the proper working of a data center. The CME colocation provides you with the best of facilities on this count.


Importance of colocation


Colocation is definitely important for a variety of reasons. However, most important of them all are the following. Read on to find out more.


  1. The bandwidth cost: One of the most important factors of using colocation is the reduced cost of bandwidth. The cost of bandwidth is a major concern amongst almost everybody for truly it doesn’t come cheap otherwise. Colocation offers you better options in plain economical terms. In other words, you can say that colocation means greater savings when it comes to the costs involved. It’s all about placing a single server in a colocation facility like the CME colocation center.


  1. The protection offered: The colocation facilities have got better outrage protection as compared to any other likewise service. Generally there are power generators and backup power is ready to protect against any kind of situation that might cause disruption given situations where a storm can take place or there might be a power cut. This is extremely important for constant support. If issues like a storm can cause disruption to the data access, then things can really get difficult especially for the IT companies.


  1. The software and machinery: Essentially the software and server machinery are owned by the colocation service provider like CME. If it’s so observed that it’s way too slow and/or doesn’t happen to have enough memory, then there’s a simple upgradation of server that takes place. Thus, colocation becomes all the more important for the simplicity involved in upgrading any machinery or software. Fortunately, it doesn’t involve an elaborate process wherein it’s required to undergo any laborious process. Otherwise it’d obviously prove extremely difficult for the companies opting for colocation to continue with work in case of a breakdown.


The 3 points discussed above should obviously tell you how important colocation is especially for your IT company. Amongst these obviously the CME colocation service is the best and it’s located in Chicago itself. The importance of colocation is on the rise with more and more companies realizing what its importance is.

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