Data Center Evaluation
Once the key the decision to adopt a hosted infrastructure
environment has been
made, the next significant decision is in making the right
choice and going with the
best dedicated hosting service provider. Picture an
organization that is forced to
incur high switching costs and business operations
interruption to switch hosting
providers once it discovers that the current datacenter
service provider does not
have the capacity to scale with the company's growing hosting
needs.
Hence, it becomes crucial to carefully evaluate the complete
suite of services
offered by the prospective providers for not only current
company requirements but
also all possible future needs. It isn't going too far to say
that the success or
failure of an organization may be dependent on the choice of a
service provider. The
following vendor selection framework outlining the essential
parameters or
attributes serves as a tool to analyze and determine the most
appropriate vendor for
datacenter services.