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“ When it comes to the whole as-a-service concept , where does the rubber meet the road ? It ’ s in the data center ”
— Dany Bouchedid , CEO , COLOTRAQ upwards of 3,000 colocation and managed hosting facilities . Its custombuilt cloud-based software DCITRAQ allows them to instantly identify , with granular detail , the best data center infrastructure ( DCI ) to deliver their business goals . It also lets them compare , in real time , the technical specs of the different options facing them .
DCITRAQ was launched five years ago , and has evolved since then with new features . It is available to customers , their consultants or agents to dynamically compare and source data center services such as physical or wholesale colocation , managed hosting , cloud and cybersecurity , he explains . “ You can have multiple vendors compete for your business through DCITRAQ .”
Essentially , DCITRAQ is a reverse auction model for the data center industry , costing the client nothing to gain a transparent view of the physical , virtualized and hybrid offerings available from a huge pool of providers . It gives the client all the information they need about a provider from their physical facilities to their software capabilities and carriers . “ The power
AUGUST 2020