Data Center Solutions for Financial Institutions
Facing soaring IT costs and tight budgets, many financial service organizations have relocated their facilities to remote sites that can provide a full array of cost effective resources and flexible solutions.
Highly efficient IT systems are vital to financial services organizations, as it is essential that this financial intelligence reside in an enterprise class data center that will ensure continuous availability of critical data. These organizations, including banks, brokerages, insurance companies, credit card companies, and other financial organizations all require efficient, reliable, state-of-the art data centers to facilitate a rapidly growing number of business oriented tasks.
Financial Institution Requirements
The never ending need to provide real-time financial data to clients makes the need for robust, high speed connectivity critical elements in the success of a financial institution. Data integrity is also crucial, making public internet access options unrealistic for many organizations.
Financial services companies are substantial users of just about every data center technology and resource available; including processing power, connectivity, storage, cooling, network services, and more. Additionally, to safeguard security measures meet regulatory requirements, financial organizations look for facilities featuring the latest data integrity defenses such as a trained security staff, video surveillance, and cutting-edge access controls.
Sophisticated new customer-facing services, such as smart phone account access and website bill payments, are now forcing institutions to pay more attention to other applications, including network services, web hosting, and uptime guarantees. Additionally, given the delicate nature of their business, financial organizations require state-of-the-art virtual and physical security controls to protect corporate data, customer data, and financial transaction streams.
Our Solution
ColoHouse infrastructure, network services, and multi-layered approach to access control ensure the challenges faced by the financial services community are met with diverse solutions. Our SSAE 16 compliant, 24x7x365 facility is equipped with leading physical and environmental security for our clients’ complex mission-critical applications. With ColoHouse, financial organizations can feel confident that their IT systems will be highly-available and always-on.
