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Recently, my work has caused me to spend time in "hosting" or "co-location" facilities. Run by specialized companies such as Exodus, Genuity, Internap, and others, these facilities at first appear to be simply independently owned data centers built to capitalize on the IT outsourcing movement. That's what they are, in part.
Cutter Consortium recently surveyed a group of companies to learn the details of their agreements with their application service providers (ASPs). To begin with, the data shows that only a small number of companies (14%) are currently using ASP services. However, within that group, companies are apparently paying close attention to service levels.
CUTTER DATA SHOWS COMPANIES DRILL-DOWN
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Crossing the Business-IT Divide
I've now been working in the computer field for 36 years -- longer than the majority of today's IT professionals have been alive -- and, for all practical purposes, Moore's Law has prevailed for my entire career. Every 18 months, according to the legendary hardware guru Gordon Moore, the processing power of a microchip doubles.