{"id":1282,"date":"2018-08-22T18:50:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T01:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/blog\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2024-10-11T14:41:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T07:41:51","slug":"colocation-vs-cloud-modern-mission-critical-means-using-both","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/blog\/colocation\/colocation-vs-cloud-modern-mission-critical-means-using-both\/","title":{"rendered":"Colocation vs Cloud: Modern Mission-Critical Means Using Both"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many companies turn to the cloud when trying to discover ways to cut down on their infrastructure<br \/>\ncosts that they may have on-site in their office, or even a small data center that they may operate.<br \/>\nHowever, when dealing with these challenges, it is important to ensure all options are considered \u2013<br \/>\nfrom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/service\/colocation-services\/full-rack-colocation\/\">Full rack colocation<\/a>, hosted <a href=\"https:\/\/wowrack.com\/en-id\/service\/cloud-services\/enterprise-private-cloud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">private clouds<\/a> and, of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/wowrack.com\/en-id\/service\/cloud-services\/public-cloud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">public cloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before reading further, check out Wowrack's comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/blog\/colocation-an-overview\/\">colocation overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent RightScale survey, organizations indicated that they only run anywhere from 10-<br \/>\n20% of their workloads in the public cloud, meaning Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google etc. The<br \/>\nbiggest hesitation factor cited in this same report indicated the cloud security factor for not moving<br \/>\nmore workloads to the public cloud. Solutions such as private cloud and data center colocation solve this<br \/>\nchallenge due to their nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/\">Wowrack<\/a><\/strong> deals with companies of all sizes \u2013 from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. In our<br \/>\nexperience, we have found that companies often consider server colocation as a means of curing their<br \/>\nconcerns of cloud security, while also integrating their colocation environment in some way with their<br \/>\npublic cloud infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A few reasons why companies may want to consider data center colocation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The company has equipment that is not at EOL<\/li>\n<li>Highly customized infrastructure that is not so easily obtained with cloud providers<\/li>\n<li>Unable to retain compliancy adherences in the public cloud<\/li>\n<li>Does not fully trust the public cloud (cloud security)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a result, companies go through their data sets and identify what would be suitable to be in the cloud,<br \/>\nand what data sets should be in a more private environment. Wowrack also builds out and manages<br \/>\nentire private cloud infrastructures, which are single-tenant environments built specifically to an organization, for our clients.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless if it is a private cloud or colocation setting, a capable IaaS can help integrate your private<br \/>\ninfrastructure with what you have with a public cloud service, and even combine both networks so that<br \/>\nyour colocation environment can privately and securely talk to what you have with your cloud service<br \/>\nprovider.<\/p>\n<p>As an example, Wowrack offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/service\/managed-services\/managed-private-cloud\/\">managed private cloud services<\/a>, a dedicated environment custom-<br \/>\ntailored to your organization, but also allows you to connect to AWS, Azure, Google and more.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Wowrack can also offer single server colocation all the way up to full cabinet colocation<br \/>\nand caged space colocation. This allows organizations to store their company-owned equipment in an<br \/>\noff-site mission-critical data center but also be able to combine this equipment with other cloud services<br \/>\nand even their offices, creating a true <a href=\"https:\/\/wowrack.com\/en-id\/service\/cloud-services\/hybrid-cloud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hybrid cloud experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact Wowrack today<\/strong> for your FREE no-obligation consultation to see how we can work together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many companies turn to the cloud when trying to discover ways to cut down on their infrastructure costs that they may have on-site in their office, or even a small data center that they may operate. 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