Why outsource your IT? Because you can!
February 17, 2012 | 
Author Usually, companies are not very interested in IT and technology, unless it’s their way of making money. So what are they interested in? They’re interested in using and expanding their core competencies, making money in the process. As long as IT helps them sell their products and services, they don’t care about the ins and outs of IT.
Allow us to elaborate on that. Nowadays IT is obviously very important to every company. Where would a company (or any individual in the western world, for that matter) be without email or Google? The thing is: people don’t care about IT as long as it does the job it is supposed to do, which is to offer permanent functionality.
What if it doesn’t? In that case, companies would lose money. They would need to make calls to help desks, providers and hosters, hire IT staff or tweak their infrastructures themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
What’s the buzz on modular datacenters?
‘Modular’ building has been the datacenter buzz-word for the past two years now, and you’ve probably heard us talking about it here at EvoSwitch. In case it’s new to you, the term describes large, portable, pre-assembled datacenters which can be set up easily, quickly and efficiently. Their main appeal is two-fold: flexibility and cost.
The modular approach is an extension of the principles applied by datacenter containers. These large 20 or 40 ft ‘1.0 version’ modules come in a variety of forms and are available with or without servers. They aim to satisfy market demand through scalability. This popular, pre-installed option allows for anywhere up to 2,500 servers. Over time the building blocks method has grown into a technique that is today known as modular building. The is an important difference though between a modular datacenter infrastructure and the container format is scale, with modular datacenters expanding the container principal to full facility level.
The modular model’s popularity stems from its cost-saving benefits which, in comparison to costly office space, reduce the upfront investment required to release capital. Resources can, therefore, be managed on a demand basis, meaning that the organization is only using what it requires at that given time. However, there are also other very practical implications. Convenience is always a key consideration for businesses in the decision-making process, as it is usually intrinsically linked to cost. Modular datacenters hit this issue head-on by reducing construction time from years to a matter of months. It enables expansion to be implemented as and when it’s needed, and the new modules can be chosen to meet specific criteria – capacity, efficiency, etc.
The EvoSwitch Green Fan: Helping businesses demonstrate corporate environmental responsibility to their stakeholders through ICT
We use the latest technology to reduce our energy use, from minimizing hot-spots to motion-sensor lighting, and do everything we can to make a significant, positive contribution to a climate-neutral environment. All these innovations together enable us to be a 100% carbon-neutral datacenter. But we’re not the only ones – many of our customers have the same sentiment, and as a result have begun to form a collective of like-minded organizations. These businesses are committed to corporate environmental responsibility and are working towards helping to reduce the 4.3 million tonnes of CO2 emissions that Europe generates each year. This is a huge figure and given that the IT industry accounts for 2% of global CO2 emissions – as much as global air traffic – it’s vital that we support our customers in working towards these targets.
EvoSwitch Datacenter first 100GE AMS-IX backbone location
Amsterdam, January 10 2012 - EvoSwitch Datacenter has today officially been added to the list of colocation providers with an AMS-IX Point of Presence (PoP). In addition to being an AMS-IX collocation connecting with multiple 10GE, EvoSwitch will be the first datacenter of its kind for which AMS-IX uses a single 100GE backbone connection.
EvoSwitch, who became an AMS-IX reselling partner in 2010, already has connected numerous networks and built a solid reputation and experience in the interconnection market. The state-of-the-art and energy-efficient site has 10,000 m² of space and is located in the Amsterdam region, with close proximity to the main airport of the Netherlands. Today, EvoSwitch serves more than 35 regional carriers and thousands of hosting, telecom, IT and enterprise customers.
Tags: 100GB, 100GE, 10GE, AMS ix, Amsterdam, co-location, Colocation, connectivity, Datacenter, Ethernet, EvoSwitch, first, Marketing, port, PR | 
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Happy holidays from EvoSwitch!
We would like to present you this gift,
we didn’t have enough wrapping paper for all of the environment we saved,
so it might seem small, but the effect is great!
Thoughts from the Gartner Data Center and IT Operations Summit
This week saw some really exciting insights come out of the Gartner Data Center & IT Operations Summit. The buzzwords from the conference were: ITaaS, Management, Service Catalog, Convergence, Fabric, Efficiency, Agility, BigData, Virtual, Cloud and Next-Generation.
We, at EvoSwitch like to stay on top of the latest industry trends and what’s happening in the industry so we can make sure we take the key learnings and compare them to our own practices. So, what are the trends from this year’s conference?
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Inside EvoSwitch a behind-the-scenes look at our colocation implementation process
There are many different steps we take here at EvoSwitch to help our customers get their datacenter service up-and-running, from the initial consultation right through to installation, always supported by our friendly customer service team.
At EvoSwitch, delivering a quality colocation service is dependent on the requirements of the individual customer. All our customers have different IT requirements; from financial services customers that look for certification and reliability, to hosting providers that want strong, quality bandwidth and enabled flexibility.
This process of identifying customer requirements starts with an initial consultation to really get under the skin of what the customer is looking for in terms of their IT environment. We make every effort to get to know the companies we work with, and draw on our experience to support our recommendations. We ideally like to invite new customers to visit our datacenters for an initial face-to-face meeting; this helps engagement with the process and allows customers to raise any questions or queries first hand.
An example of this process is the consultation that took place between EvoSwitch and Codemasters, the developer and worldwide publisher of entertainment software. When Codemasters appointed EvoSwitch, our first step was to invite them to our datacenter in Haarlem for a face-to-face meeting, where we had a chance to ask Codemasters everything we needed to know about their infrastructure requirements. We soon learnt that these requirements were hugely influenced by the demands of gamers, and therefore included features such as a reliable uptime, connectivity and redundancy.
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Cloud- and Telecom- expo brings hosting, cloud, telecom and datacenter topics together
Over 2500 IT- and telecom professionals will gather in the RAI in Utrecht this week.
Its all about synergy in energy
All hosting, cloud, telecom and datacenter topics are combined during this two day event on Wednesday December 7 and Thursday December 8 in exhibition center the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht.
The Cloud- and Telecom- expo is a conference for people who are responsible for centralized IT infrastructure and the subsequent IT costs management, IT investments and the quality of IT services. The summit welcomes IT coordinators, Directors of Operations, IT architects, controllers, managers, directors and owners, and server, storage and network controllers.
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Thoughts ahead of the Gartner Data Center and IT Operations Summit
Gartner will open its doors to the latest Gartner Data Center & IT Operations Summit next Monday and Tuesday 28th & 29th November). This is one of the most prestigious and well-known IT conferences out there, discussing up-to-the-minute emerging technology including cloud computing, fabric computing networking, outsourcing and virtualization.
The conference looks at the opportunity these disruptive and revolutionary technologies bring to datacenter professionals.
We, at EvoSwitch, will be interested to take key learnings from the summit and compare it to our own practices – to find out more about these opportunities, emerging trends and how they will impact our datacenters and strategy.
As you know, we are always looking for ways in which to make the lives of our customers easier and staying on top of the latest industry insights will ensure we do that. Were always keen to hear your thoughts on new technologies, so if you have any questions or comments or even if you would like to visit us all here at EvoSwitch please feel free to get in touch!
EvoSwitch Carriers & Partners Event opens today!
EvoSwitch is really excited to play host to an array of customers on the 23rd of November at the Jopenkerk in Haarlem. At our Carriers & Partner event, we will bring together over 80 of the most successful IT / Telecommunications companies in the industry. During this event (the unofficial Capacity Europe after party if you will) we will give you a short update on the current technical and commercial credentials within EvoSwitch and other subjects (sustainability and modular datacenter building).
We will tell about what we are working on and the commercial possibilities with datacenters. The event will involve the chance for carriers to intensify the relationship with the EvoSwitch team, learn how to use the EvoSwitch datacenter to win bids, network with other customers and listen to presentations from representatives across the business.