{"id":7993,"date":"2016-11-07T12:43:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T12:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/?p=7993"},"modified":"2019-01-25T09:51:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T09:51:51","slug":"cloud-colocation-or-dedicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/cloud-colocation-or-dedicated\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud, Colocation or Dedicated \u2013 Which one should you choose?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/confuse-tech.gif\" alt=\"confuse-colocation or dedicated or cloud\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/cloud-colocation-or-dedicated\/#Dedicated_Server_Hosting_Solution\" >Dedicated Server Hosting Solution<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/cloud-colocation-or-dedicated\/#Colocation\" >Colocation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/cloud-colocation-or-dedicated\/#Cloud_Computing_Services\" >Cloud Computing Services<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/cloud-colocation-or-dedicated\/#Hybrid_IT_%E2%80%93_The_Real_World_Solution\" >Hybrid IT \u2013 The Real World Solution<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/cloud-colocation-or-dedicated\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #8a7e19;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The modern day IT infrastructure thrives on the framework of colocation, dedicated hosting or cloud computing. Scroll down to know the right choice of technology for your business enterprise.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>CIOs are well-versed with the terms like colocation, dedicated hosting and cloud computing which they leverage for their enterprise IT. They are often used incorrectly and interchangeably, thus, creating confusion and blurring the differentiating factors between the three. The black and white definitions of these three IT models, solely, \u00a0fulfill the need of explaining the term. But the confusion still prevails in the minds of C-level IT leaders while deploying the right model that cater to business requirements and organizational interests.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s check in brief,\u00a0 advantages and disadvantages of colocation,\u00a0 dedicated hosting and cloud computing to conclude the right choice for your enterprise IT.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dedicated_Server_Hosting_Solution\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ad9e10;\">Dedicated Server Hosting Solution<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A dedicated server is an IT infrastructure model that typically includes servers, storage and backups, networking and supported software.<\/p>\n<p>This IT solution for business is customizable, stay secured as they are physically isolated and control vests internally. Dedicated hosting servers provide high level of raw computing performance.<\/p>\n<p>Dedicated server hosting service comes with a monthly commitment of certain amount of rupees.\u00a0 The uptime is a challenge as mostly they are hosted on-premise IT infrastructure. The limitations of space and scalability are the other factors that may refrain CIOs to use dedicated servers.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Colocation\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ad9e10;\">Colocation<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In colocation, businesses purchase their own servers, networking equipment and software and rent rack space or cabinet in a datacenter facility to place the server.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/colocation.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">colocation solution<\/a>\u00a0provides complete control over colocated hardware configuration. The managed datacenter service provider offers 24\/7 support services, guaranteed uptime and DR options.<\/p>\n<p>The monthly expenditure comes in the form of rent for the server space, maintenance and software licensing. Additional charges can be levied in case of unique power requirements or extra bandwidth.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloud_Computing_Services\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ad9e10;\">Cloud Computing Services<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The main difference of cloud from the above two is cloud computing means storing, processing\u00a0 and accessing data over the Internet instead of your computer&#8217;s hard drive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/enlight-cloud-hosting.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloud computing solutions<\/a>\u00a0provide remote infrastructure, maintenance and support for hardware and software, management of IT systems and cost-effective solutions. On-demand scalability and pay per use models are the emerging trends in cloud computing industry.<\/p>\n<p>The main concern of cloud computing service is security and privacy of data. The data is not fully under enterprise control. Also, integration with on-premise IT is a challenge faced by organization adopting cloud computing.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take an example of a company which Is about to launch a new marketing campaign. It will expect a spike in traffic and need for more computing resources. A cloud vendor can assist in this case by adjusting the infrastructure resources,enabling auto-scalability feature with cost-effective pay-as-you-go programs.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hybrid_IT_%E2%80%93_The_Real_World_Solution\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ad9e10;\">Hybrid IT \u2013 The Real World Solution<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hybrid IT is the coined name that is mix-and-merge of IT services according to the business interests and the application needs.\u00a0 Hybrid IT comes in many sizes and shapes, is purely customizable. Hybrid IT is heterogeneous mix of cloud, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/colocation\">colocation service<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/dedicated-server-hosting\">dedicated hosting<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/hybrid-cloud-hosting\">on-premise<\/a> IT. The world&#8217;s leading information technology research and advisory company, Gartner, says about 50% of large global enterprises will have hybrid environments by 2018.<\/p>\n<p>An effectively customized IT enables enterprises to easily project the achievable goals and long-term objectives with increased functionality to meet the scaling demands in the marketplace. Hybrid IT is fully controllable IT.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ad9e10;\">Conclusion<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hybrid IT helps the CIOs while they want to convert CapEx to OpEx. Choosing the right technology for your business enterprise increases effectiveness and efficiency, survive in the competitive environment and meet the business goals with managed IT infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The above mentioned IT services of dedicated services, colocation and cloud have their pros and cons. Each of them has a strong role to play in the modern IT world. Due to which, one cannot just over-write one on the other considering the personal choice of benefits.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Speak to our experts for choosing the right technology for your business. <b><a href=\"tel:1800 206 3006\">Call Us Now<\/a>!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The modern day IT infrastructure thrives on the framework of colocation, dedicated hosting or cloud computing. Scroll down to know the right choice of technology for your business enterprise. CIOs are well-versed with the terms like colocation, dedicated hosting and cloud computing which they leverage for their enterprise IT. They are often used incorrectly and&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/cloud-colocation-or-dedicated\/\" class=\"gdlr-button small excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":7996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-computing","category-colocation-services","category-dedicated-server-hosting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7993"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8737,"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993\/revisions\/8737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}