Despite the increasingly commoditized nature of IT, the cost and complexity of maintaining a data center continues to grow. Data center expenses don’t scale down particularly well, but they scale up impressively. Providing data center basics such as 24x7 operation, backup power supplies, environmental controls and adequate security of the physical site requires a substantial fixed expense, which must be incurred for even the smallest data centers. The cost advantages of sharing such fixed expenses among multiple data center users quickly become apparent.
Additionally, even small data centers require significant management skills that you may struggle to adequately staff. Technical expertise is increasingly difficult to find and maintain. Scaling for company growth is an ongoing headache. Growth beyond the walls of an existing data center may require another substantial capital investment.
Managed Services relieves these worries by simplifying your IT investment down to a single, stable monthly invoice. Our Managed Services hosted by Avnet give you the peace of mind that your hardware and data are safe, secure and backed up offsite. In addition, Managed Services enable rapid scaling; new hardware and software can be adopted quickly to handle your business surges. With redundancies at every point in the data center, there is little chance of infrastructure failure due to demand.
FLEXIBLE OFFERINGS
- FULLY MANAGED SERVICES: Move your IT equipment into one of the regional data centers and contract with us to monitor, maintain and address any problems.
- PARTIALLY MANAGED SERVICES: takes advantage of world-class data centers for basic infrastructure—space, power, communications, networking, security and basic maintenance—but they rely on your own IT staff to remotely monitor the equipment and perform any further action.
- REMOTE MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING: Maintain your own data center and contract with us to monitor equipment, maintain it and address any problems that arise.
- DATABASE ADMINISTRATION: database administration (DBA) services for customers using SQL or Oracle-based systems.
- APPLICATION SUPPORT: Worry-free support for low-call-volume, highly critical business applications, including custom-built applications that typically have a longer resolution time.
- MESSAGING SOLUTIONS: Remote management and monitoring of Exchange Servers. Other messaging solutions include: hosted e-mail, PDA support, archiving, secure messaging (TLS, SMPT over SSL, and HTTPS), compliance and disaster recovery.
