TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To meet the growing demand for managed information technology services and support for cloud computing initiatives, Cogeco Data Services (CDS) is increasing its data centre space across the Greater Toronto Area, Barrie, Oakville and Vancouver to more than 100,000 square feet – almost two football fields. The Company is also offering a suite of managed IT solutions to help organizations deal with their increasingly complex and demanding data needs.
Through new construction and its recent acquisition of Quiettouch Inc., CDS will have more than 100,000 square feet of data centre space spread across six facilities – one in Vancouver, three in Toronto, one in Barrie and one in Oakville. The significant expansion along with its new managed IT services supports CDS’ commitment to cloud computing initiatives and the need for superior IT and the network infrastructure to support it.
“IT infrastructure is not the core competency of most companies and as technology becomes more complex, more companies will be outsourcing their data and IT management, so they can focus on their own areas of expertise,” said Tony Ciciretto, President of Cogeco Data Services. “The increased load on companies’ IT infrastructure is becoming a tougher challenge to manage on a day-to-day basis. To help our customers better manage this growing challenge, we have expanded our data centre offering to help reduce our customers’ capital and maintenance costs – while improving service levels.”
The new facilities will be designed, built and operated by CDS. These facilities will also offer state of the art 24/7/365 monitoring, power redundancy, support, biometrics, and onsite security allowing CDS to respond to the complex demands of the changing enterprise IT environment in real time. Customers will also benefit from CDS’ diverse fibre network connections, greatly improving the level of network scalability and redundancy available – giving customers the room to grow, when they are ready.
All services will be backed by CDS’ industry leading Service Level Agreements.
The new facilities will be designed to meet Tier 3 standards along with various certification requirements including PCI, ITIL and CSAE 3416 (formerly CICA 5970).
The environmental footprint of the new facilities is a major consideration for CDS during the design and construction phases. One of the Company’s Toronto facilities is in a LEED Gold certified building, while the other facilities will include, among other features, state of the art Free Cooling systems, which use low external air temperatures for cooling, and a fraction of the power of traditional cooling systems.
Additional space at CDS’ current Toronto facility is now fully operational with a brand new data centre slated for early in the new year. Space in the Company’s newly acquired Barrie and Oakville data centers is expected to be available to customers by mid-2012 and early 2013.
“Companies are using new cloud services to help expand their business, but are still being weighed down by demands on their IT infrastructure. Our new data centre space and suite of managed IT services will help take the burden off our customers so they can focus on their core competencies and concentrate on growing their business,” said Ciciretto.
About Cogeco Data Services
With its suite of Business Communication Solutions (Data Centre and Managed IT Services, Managed Voice and Connectivity Services), Cogeco Data Services supplies its customers with the fast, reliable and secure ability to access, manage, move and store large amounts of data worldwide. The Company's wholly-owned, all optical, redundant network and secure, ‘always on’, data centres provide some of Canada’s largest companies and public sector organizations with near limitless bandwidth and secure facilities for hosting and storing mission critical data.
For more information about Cogeco Data Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cogeco Cable Inc., visit cogecodata.com.
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