Secure Cloud Services

MDC Cloud Positioning

CoSentry’s Midlands Data Center is well postured to provide Cloud services because of its unique positioning with regard to Location, Compliance/Security, Power Management, Network access and Managed services surround.

First, cloud computing has shed its “marketing spin” image and is now part of the professional enterprise IT lexicon.

“The stats we've seen show that 60 percent of end users believe cloud and managed services offerings are now valid. That's from Yankee Group. In addition, 70 percent are planning in the enterprise to use cloud in less than two years.”

–Dave O’Callaghan, Vice President-Worldwide Sales, Cisco Systems

No longer the unique domain of the web-centric or development crowd, the cloud has reached a point of clear definition as a viable corporate IT resource. And particularly, private clouds have emerged as an essential component within most enterprise IT cost management and service quality strategies.

Today, the cloud services industry is organized into stratums.

The public cloud, like Google and Rackspace provide a low cost capability and an unapologetic set of limitations on service. They will continue to succeed as the vast majority of data does not require high levels of redundancy, security, compliance or general uptime performance.

The enterprise mega centers like Equinix, Amazon and NaviSite provide good services across a very large framework, wherein specializations, like virtualized work load transfers, can become expensive and less facile.

Enterprise centers, like the Midlands Data Center are able to take advantage of scale while preserving the strength and flexibility necessary to meet new standards in high-density computing, compliance and hybrid-networking.


Location

There are 4 clear locations in the U.S. that are being identified for their advantages in building and maintaining data centers; Oregon, Nevada, South Carolina and Nebraska. These locations are recognized because of their access to low-cost power, network availability and positive business and regulatory environments.

Nebraska stands out because of the availability of “free cooling,” safe, mid-continent location, work force, and general cost of living advantages. Add the hardened construction and resiliency of the MDC and it becomes a very attractive facility to build a private cloud infrastructure.



Compliance

Cloud computing presents a special challenge for auditor’s whose duty is to understand how threats are to be mitigated. The MDC accommodates the vast majority of those logical and physical threats in its basic design. High density cooling for virtualized workloads, a secure physical structure, full compartmentalization of systems and networks, and the ability to federate hybrid solutions on or off premise.


Power Management

Cloud computing services require very robust platforms and engineering care, private clouds even more so. Stable power systems allow for elasticity between processor utilities, storage methods and high speed communication links. The Midlands facility is ideal because its size and modularity allows enterprise work loads to be leveraged in very efficient processes. The facility is large enough to have major commercial power, cooling and network advantages a part of every solution, while isolating and securing individual systems and platforms.


Managed Services

Private, secure cloud technologies require consistent monitoring and management. Experienced engineering, an eco system designed for remote observation and control and complete command of the underlying machine fabric is essential. The MDC was built from ground up to integrate these values and services. Unique security system, dynamic monitoring controls, multi-location processor and storage options and the ability to gate secure elements make the MDC ideal for the large enterprise who is seeking a safe place for critical applications. While over 70% of large enterprises are using cloud technologies only 15% have migrated critical, Tier 1 workloads, the MDC is the place they are seeking.


Bottom Line
 
The CoSentry Midlands Data Center has been recognized by many service providers as precisely the type of center every large enterprise business would like to build, but simply can’t make the financial case on their own. Classic collocation and hosting centers don’t have the design or the horsepower to keep these secure, private clouds (systems & networks) safe. The MDC, its engineering strengths and economics, is the right solution for those organizations seeking next generation configurations.

The MDC is the answer for those seeking the cost management and service quality improvements the private, secure cloud promises.