(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Canadian data center operator Q9 Networks (www.q9.com) announced on Wednesday that the Canadian Automobile Association South Central Ontario (www.caa.ca) has selected Q9 to provide a “comprehensive data center colocation solution”.
The announcement follows Q9′s customer win in November, when the company was selected by law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain to consolidate IT assets from its six offices across Canada into one Q9 data center.
As the largest CAA organization in Canada, CAA SCO provides a range of services to its 1.8 million members, including 24-hour emergency roadside assistance, travel services and home and auto insurance protection.
CAA SCO is consolidating its IT infrastructure from four data centers, two internal facilities and two external facilities, into a single Q9 data center with failover infrastructure at a second Q9 facility.
Q9 will provide CAA SCO with highly reliable electrical power, bandwidth and 24-hour monitoring.
The colocation solution lets CAA SCO eliminate the complexity of managing multiple facilities and suppliers, reduces costs and is better able to manage its power consumption.
“Q9 sells its colocation services based on a power reservation model that gives us an incentive to understand and closely manage the power draw of our IT assets,” says Jay Woo, CAA SCO chief operating officer. “Q9′s customer portal gives us the tools to do so by providing real-time insight into our power utilization. The model helps us reduce power usage and cost while upholding our commitment to energy efficiency as a socially responsible organization.”
According to the press release, Q9 designs, builds and operates its data centers to meet the most demanding IT infrastructure requirements.
