Data-Centre Hosting Services

Considering The Co-Location Options

Publication Date	September 2009
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	24
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00969

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Summary

A number of factors have fostered growth in the co-location market in recent years. Lack of new facilities, burgeoning power and space requirements, and escalating costs have led to a dash for co-location services. The recession has inevitably slowed the building of new data centres as new projects are put on hold. But this and enterprises looking to reduce their capital expenditure have only served to buoy up demand for co-location and associated managed services. Steady growth in the market will continue because demand continues to outstrip supply. Legislation and compliance issues continue to ensure that security, availability and energy remain top priorities for enterprise and public sector customers. Cloud computing is unlikely to reduce demand for co-location services in the medium term ??

Content

Executive summary
In a nutshell
Key messages
Hosting services: market segmentation
Four segments
What are data-centre co-location services?
'Retail' co-location and the hosting ecosystem
Co-location and hosting specialists
Telecoms and network operators
IT outsourcers and services players
Technical capabilities
Market drivers
Fostering growth
Financial services, entertainment and media, and IT services lead the demand for co-location space
Increased public sector interest
Customers get pickier in a recession
Power and efficiency
Compliance drives demand
Future trends
Market growth
Greater demand for green
The cloud: threat or opportunity for co-location?
Evaluating co-location hosts
Key considerations
Service-level agreements
Audits
Power efficiency
Network services
Maintenance
Customers should seek expert assistance
Appendix
Classification of tiers
List of Tables
- Table 1: Four tier levels
- Table 2: Typical data-centre redundancy levels
List of Figures
- Figure 1: IT hosting services ecosystem
- Figure 2: Growth in European broadband access market
- Figure 3: Modular 'pod' architecture
- Figure 4: Co-location services market: growth forecast ($ million)