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access hybridized public and private and even "bare metal" cloud services today, colocation has always existed in a siloed environment, without the same levels of visibility, automation and integration with other infrastructure that are often found in cloud and hosting services. But these characteristics are likely to impact the way colocation services are managed and delivered in the future. Internap's survey found strong interest in "cloudy colo" – colocation with cloud-like monitoring and management capabilities that provides remote visibility into the colocation environment and seamless hybridization with cloud and other infrastructure, such as dedicated and managed hosting. Specifically, a majority of respondents (57 percent) cited interest in hybrid IT environments; and, combined with 72 percent of respondents expressing interest in hybridizing their colocation environment with other IT infrastructure services via an online portal, the results show strong emerging interest in data center environments that can support hybrid use cases as well as unified monitoring and management via a "single pane of glass." Driving toward a flexible future A truly hybrid architecture – one that incorporates a full range of infrastructure types, from public and private cloud to dedicated and managed hosting, and even colocation – will provide organizations with valuable, holistic insight and streamlined monitoring and management of all of their resources within the data center, as well as consolidated billing. For example, through a single dashboard, organizations could perform tasks, such as: remotely manage bandwidth, inventory, and power utilization for their colocation environment; rapidly move a 4thLevelAd_DataCenterJournal(SeptFacilitiesInsertion).pdf ke Ta TM Le ve l th C M Y CM MY CY CMY 8/19/12 About the Author: Adam Weissmuller is the Senior Vice President of Technology at Internap. 11:08 AM 100GÊNEXTÊGEN TakeÊYourÊNetwork ToÊTheÊHighestÊLevel Lynx2-MPO 40GÊTOMORROW © 2012 Sumitomo Electric Lightwave. All rights reserved. Yo st ur he Ne two Hig rk To The 1 maturing application from dedicated hosting to colocation; turn cloud services up and down as needed or move a cloud-based workload to custom hosting. Think of it as your hybrid's in-car navigation system with touchscreen controls for everything from radio to air conditioning to your rear view camera. The growing awareness of the potential benefits of hybridizing IT infrastructure services reflects the onset of a shift in how cloud, hosting and even colocation will be delivered in the future. The cloud model, with its self-service features, is one of the key drivers for this change, spurring interest among organizations in maximizing visibility and efficiency of their entire data center infrastructure ecosystem. n Lynx2ÊCustomFit¨ Splice-OnÊConnectors 10GÊTODAY Hardware 1GÊLEGACY OpticalÊFiberÊCable, FusionÊSplicersÊ&ÊTools K IntroducingÊtheÊRevolutionaryÊ4thÊLevelÊDataÊCenterÊSolutionÉ EnablingÊFlexibleÉÊReal-TimeÉÊOn-SiteÉOpticalÊFiberÊInfrastructureÊDesign Optimum Performance • Immediate Scalability • Faster Moves, Adds & Changes • Real-Time Cable Builds • Faster Restorations • Less Downtime…and more Contact Customer Service Today at 800-358-7378 info@sumitomoelectric.com | www.sumitomoelectric.com www.datacenterjournal.com THE DATA CENTER JOURNAL | 19