COLOCATION

Any business that depends on technology and server based systems is a potential collocation customer for the Data Fortress Technologies Group (2002) Inc. From the simplest single server application to multi-site with high bandwidth requirement, DFTG can provide a variety of solutions to meet the client’s specific needs.

Collocation is the renting of data facility space for the purpose of housing server/telecommunications equipment and accessing bandwidth connections to the Internet or a private data network. The customer “collocates” its servers along with other customers in an environment in which they can take advantage of the provider’s secured floor space and access to high network bandwidth. The collocation facility provides racking space, power and network connectivity (referred to as Power, Ping and POP) to servers that are provided by the customers.

Collocation allows the Company’s customers to gain access to reliability and scalability they could not otherwise obtain on their own. DFTG offers access to external technical expertise and eliminates the high up-front cost of establishing infrastructure, network bandwidth, and hiring trained personnel.

The external factors creating a demand for collocation include:

1. Need for bandwidth and secure, high-performance Web technology
2. Need for scalability and rapid time to market
3. Complexity of sophisticated Web-site architectures
4. Benefits of service providers’ economies of scale
5. Benefits of service providers’ "economies of skill" as a solution to the shortage of high-quality IT personnel
6. Investment required for infrastructure
7. The risk of catastrophic loss associated with one physical location

1.  High speed connect to the Internet back bone
2.  Seismically braced cabinets
3.  UPS power
4.  HVAC controlled
5.  Climate controlled
6.  Secure environment