Colo5, a Jacksonville, Florida-based data center operator, announced the launch of cloud business solutions. Through cloud computing, businesses can eliminate the need of costlier hardware like CPU, RAM (News - Alert) and storage resources. It also reduces both hardware and software maintenance, allowing significant savings in IT expenses. The cloud business solutions are available on demand. They are highly scalable too.
"As a premier data center provider, offering cloud computing services allows us to provide a more comprehensive experience for our clients," said Ernie Bono, vice president of Colo5 Cloud Services, in a statement. "Colo5's commitment to customer service allows for us to listen to our clients' needs, identify solutions and strategically implement services that meet the Colo5 standard of excellence."
One of the greatest advantages of cloud business solution is that it allows businesses to pay for what they use. The service is billed on the basis of the actual capacity used by the customer, so customers need not pay for unused storage.
The service is accessible from anywhere in the world. The services are highly scalable with an option to instantly scale as your business’ data grows or shrinks.
Cloud computing is the current wave in IT. Data center providers like Colo5 find great opportunities ahead. Earlier in June Visiongain (News - Alert) predicted that cloud computing market will represent $240 billion worth of revenue by 2016, up from $77 billion in 2011.
“The time is right; offering cloud services further solidifies us as the premier data service provider in Northeast Florida,” Bono added. “Colo5's commitment to our customers is to stay current, be at the forefront of IT services and be able to accommodate all of their data needs."
Colo5’s data center currently serves customers in retail, banking, managed services, and healthcare. Data centers such as Colo5 provide its customers the certainty of uptime and network stability by supplying redundant sources of power, bandwidth and cooling efficiently in a secure setting.
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Edited by Amanda Ciccatelli