By David Hamilton, theWHIR.com
October 8, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator and managed services provider Peak 10 (www.peak10.com) has announced its Cincinnati data center is in its final stages and will be online within 60 days, delivering the company’s portfolio of managed IT solutions and data center services to the Cincinnati area and surrounding markets.
“Since announcing our presence in the greater Cincinnati market, we have built a team of technology and industry experts focused on providing outstanding customer service,” Peak 10 Cincinnati vice president and general manager Ernest Leffler said in a statement. “We are excited to deliver our renowned IT solutions, reliable infrastructure, redundant network and first-class managed services to Cincinnati businesses.”
According to Peak 10′s announcement Wednesday, to ensure an industry-leading level of stability and facility integrity, the Cincinnati data center is undergoing a formal commissioning process prior to customer installations to ensure that the building performs as designed. Peak 10, which also provides IT consulting for other companies, delivers a data center commissioning process that thoroughly rates the performance and reliability of mission critical infrastructure. The process includes multiple test cycles simulating how the data center will operate under various load levels and failover conditions.
Like all Peak 10 facilities, the Cincinnati data center has multiple levels of security, uninterruptible power, HVAC systems, fire suppression and around-the-clock monitoring and management. It is SAS70 Type II compliant and is interconnected by Peak 10?s private network, which provides customers high availability and enables them to access data centers in eight other markets in the eastern US in disaster recovery situations.
“As the Cincinnati business community continues to thrive, so does the strong demand for top tier enterprise-class services,” Peak 10 Cincinnati director of operations and engineering David Heberling said in a statement. “Many local organizations are choosing to outsource their IT infrastructure due to an increasing awareness of business continuity and managed services, in addition to regulatory compliance requirements.”
According to Peak 10, its success in the Greater Cincinnati region reflects the SMB community trend toward outsourcing IT infrastructure and managed services. SMBs have specifically started to realize the importance of continuity and disaster recovery services, and meeting regulatory compliance requirements.
