{"id":2462,"date":"2013-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/the-big-switch-to-managed-services-and-private-cloud\/"},"modified":"2013-05-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T00:00:00","slug":"the-big-switch-to-managed-services-and-private-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/the-big-switch-to-managed-services-and-private-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Switch to Managed Services and Private Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B0GwEDGCF6Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Customer Big Switch to Managed Services<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cCustomers don\u2019t want to deal with equipment anymore,\u201d says Yan Ness, Online Tech\u2019s Co-CEO.\u00a0 We are seeing customers more focused on buying applications than dealing with their servers.\u00a0 They want to use our fully managed services and <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/compliance-security\/hipaa-compliant-cloud\/\">HIPAA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinetech.com\/compliant-hosting\/pci-compliant-hosting\/overview\">PCI<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/compliance-security\/soc-1-2-3-compliant-cloud\/\">SOX compliant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/solutions\/cloud\/private-cloud\/\">managed server<\/a> hosting environment rather than do it themselves. \u201cThey just want to pay the price and have someone else take care of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Online Tech offers a full range of secure hosting solutions for mission critical applications, including <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/solutions\/cloud\/\">cloud hosting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinetech.com\/colocation\/overview\">colocation<\/a>, managed servers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinetech.com\/compliant-hosting\/overview\">compliant hosting<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/solutions\/data-protection\/disaster-recovery-as-a-service\">disaster recovery<\/a>.\u00a0 We recognize that 75% of companies will be outsourcing to the <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/solutions\/cloud\/private-cloud\/\">private cloud<\/a> environment in the next few years.\u00a0 So, we are making the selling process of those environments easier on our clients.\u00a0 Mike Klein, Online Tech Co-CEO, explains Online Tech\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/update-from-online-tech-major-data-center-initiatives-investments\/\">Major Data Center Initiatives &amp; Investments<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Big Switch<\/strong><br \/>\nNess refers to Nicolas Carr\u2019s book, <em>The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google,<\/em> while discussing the outsourcing trend.\u00a0 In his book, Carr compares the evolution of the computer industry to the power industry.<\/p>\n<p>A hundred years ago, a lot of companies made their own power because they didn\u2019t trust the utility companies.\u00a0 Companies believed that the utility companies were dangerous and electricity was confusing and difficult to buy.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the internet and the cloud today,\u201d says Ness.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s not that easy, not easy to use, kind of confusing to buy, and it\u2019s still kind of dangerous.\u00a0 So companies keep control of their IT\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As Carr explains that the computer industry is in a similar revolution.\u00a0 \u201cAs massive information-processing plants have begun pumping data and software code into our homes and business, it\u2019s computing that\u2019s turning into a utility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ness agrees.\u00a0 He doesn\u2019t know exactly whether it will be 10 years or 100 years from now, but eventually companies will not be managing their IT anymore.\u00a0 They will be paying a utility company to get access to their computers, storage, and run their application and servers.<\/p>\n<p>Watch more of Yan in our series of CEO video voices:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/lets-save-the-planet-by-filling-up-the-data-centers\/\">Let\u2019s Save the Planet by Filling Up the Data Center<\/a><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nIn 2013, the biggest trend for data centers is making them more energy efficient. There are very simple things companies can do like turning off the lights in the data center to more strategic plans like locating data centers in \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/lets-save-the-planet-by-filling-up-the-data-centers\/\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/online-techs-michigan-data-centers-use-free-cooling\/\">Online Tech\u2019s Michigan Data Centers Use Free Cooling<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nIn many cooler geographical U.S. regions, data centers are looking at taking advantage of using the outside environment to cool their IT equipment.\u00a0 Although this free cooling concept has been in existence for more than 30 years, it has becoming \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/online-techs-michigan-data-centers-use-free-cooling\/\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/data-center-industry-lowers-carbon-footprint\/\">How the Data Center Industry Lowers the Carbon Footprint<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nData Center Industry Lowers Carbon Footprint For many years, the data center industry has received a bad rap for being energy hogs.\u00a0 In 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency warned everyone that data centers and servers would consume 3% of \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/data-center-industry-lowers-carbon-footprint\/\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customer Big Switch to Managed Services \u201cCustomers don\u2019t want to deal with equipment anymore,\u201d says Yan Ness, Online Tech\u2019s Co-CEO.\u00a0 We are seeing customers more focused on buying applications than dealing with their servers.\u00a0 They want to use our fully managed services and HIPAA, PCI and SOX compliant managed server hosting environment rather than do it themselves. \u201cThey just want to pay the price and have someone else take care of it.\u201d Online Tech offers a full range of secure hosting solutions for mission critical applications, including cloud hosting, colocation, managed servers, compliant hosting and disaster recovery.\u00a0 We recognize that 75% of companies will be outsourcing to the private cloud environment in the next few years.\u00a0 So, we are making the selling process of those environments easier on our clients.\u00a0 Mike Klein, Online Tech Co-CEO, explains Online Tech\u2019s Major Data Center Initiatives &amp; Investments. 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