Smart Data Centers Feature Editorial

i/o Data Centers, a provider of enterprise colocation and data center solutions, has launched its next-generation data center platform - i/o ANYWHERE.

"It is no longer necessary for customers to buy power, cooling, and network connectivity ahead of known requirements or in a location that is not ideal. i/o ANYWHERE gives enterprise customers the ability to deploy operational data center capacity wherever and whenever they need it, in or out of a building, on or off the utility grid. Our enterprise customers can now acquire data center capacity the same way they do processing, storage and network - when they need it," George Slessman, CEO of i/o said.

i/o ANYWHERE is a fully-integrated data center platform designed to offer enterprises, governments and service providers with high level of flexibility, reliability and energy-efficiency. It is said to include 100% of the critical infrastructure required for an always-on data center. The platform is managed by i/o's operations team and includes primary and backup power generation, power conditioning, cooling and network connectivity. And at the foundation of the i/o ANYWHERE platform is the i/o OS - a fully-integrated data center monitoring, alarming, remote control and management operating system.

The platform is based on the company’s experience for years in enterprise data center operation, research and investment.

The company had also announced the appointment of Jonathan F. Mauck as chief financial officer. Mauck joins i/o from Citigroup's investment banking division where he was the global head of the communications infrastructure team.