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Colocation Consulting Services

Cloud and Colocation Consulting Services has a seasoned, professional team well versed in data center strategies, management, evaluations and negotiations. For over 25 years, regional, domestic and multinational organizations have worked together with our team members to solve data center challenges and respond to opportunities with an integrated approach that keeps the client satisfied. We consult for new start-ups and more complex multinational, complex networks designed for corporations, healthcare, military and government.
Our colocation consultant team includes subject matter experts in every aspect of telecommunications, colocation, RFP generation and colocation services negotiation. Cloud and Colocation is well-known in the industry and includes data center experts that have long term relationships with data center operators, REITs, investors, and technical contacts at virtually every telecommunications and data provider in the United States.

Our Core Colocation Consulting Practice and Experiences Include:

  • Business Continuity Planning (BCP), disaster planning and colocation strategy
  • Site selection, RFP generation, contract negotiation and comprehensive strategy and design, implementation and operational services delivery.
  • Interconnection Agreements, leveraging data services, metro area networks and dark fiber and carrier agreements as a framework for negotiating on your projects
  • Mission Critical Facilities Management and Disaster Recovery Planning
  • Site evaluation, decommissioning and interconnection support from beginning to end of the data center life cycle
  • Equipment procurement and dispositions

Our Data Center Consulting Group is renowned for creative solutions for any size company. We believe that the client’s requirements are the key to developing the best short and long-term strategies. With insight that can only be provided by industry experts and up-to-date engineering and technology, we are able to propose and implement flexible solutions that will increase your ROI and reduce your capital outlay. Cloud and Colocation.com has the expertise, proven methodologies and tools to help you manage your data center investments, improve operations and performance, and can help you plan and execute your IT strategies, evaluate your options and measure your results.

Why Select Cloud And Colocation Consulting Services​

  • Our services are free of charge to clients
  • We represent our clients on an exclusive basis and provide non-bias information. Referrals from satisfied clients are our largest source of new clients
  • We will project manage the timeline for completion of the selection process through installation
  • Our colocation consultants assist with identifying colocation facilities within your defined targeted areas
  • Our specialty is cage space requirements, colocation suites and wholesale data center space although we work with clients that require a single rack and above
  • We are brokers for colocation space to over 2000 data centers in the United States and Canada
  • The colocation specialist assigned to your project becomes an extension of your operations team to make recommendations, provide pre-design consulting and cost saving suggestions
  • We are wholesale brokers for virtually every carrier providing our clients with the best pricing available
  • Cloud and Colocation.com will represent your best interests while keeping you informed of the selection process every step of the way.
  • With our extensive data base on data centers, we can pinpoint the best data centers that meet your requirement
  • We make the selection process easier by utilizing custom software that provides a non-bias information for clients
  • The team selected to your account will provide an analysis of the total cost of occupancy (TCO) over the term of the contract
  • Due to the volume of colocation contracts we negotiate for clients, you receive the leverage of those contracts and get the best price available
  • We shield client from the negotiation process with data centers preserving the relationship our clients have with the selected data center
  • We can make suggestions on managed services, equipment procurement and disposition and equipment relocation services
  • Cloud and Colocation.com assists our clients over the entire term of the contract. Our team support does not end after signing a contract

Cloud and Colocation

Using our colocation consulting services
  • Free Quotes
  • Proposal Generation
  • Volume Pricing
  • Unbiased
  • Price Leveraging
  • Data Center Reputation Info
  • Client Shielded Negotiation
  • Save Internal Resources
  • MSA / SLA Negotiation
  • Data Circuit Ordering Discounts

Data Center Direct

Directly contacting a data center
  • Free Quotes
  • Proposal Generation
  • Volume Pricing
  • Unbiased
  • Price Leveraging
  • Data Center Reputation Info
  • Client Shielded Negotiation
  • Save Internal Resources
  • MSA / SLA Negotiation
  • Data Circuit Ordering Discounts
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Cloud and Colocation Consulting Services has a seasoned, professional team well versed in data center strategies, management, evaluations and negotiations. For over 25 years, regional, domestic and multinational organizations have worked together with our team members to solve data center challenges and respond to opportunities with an integrated approach that keeps the client satisfied. We consult for new start-ups and more complex multinational, complex networks designed for corporations, healthcare, military and government.

Our colocation consultant team includes subject matter experts in every aspect of telecommunications, colocation, RFP generation and colocation services negotiation. Cloud and Colocation is well-known in the industry and includes data center experts that have long term relationships with data center operators, REITs, investors, and technical contacts at virtually every telecommunications and data provider in the United States.

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Our Core Colocation Consulting Practice and Experiences Include:

Colocation Consulting Services

  • Business Continuity Planning (BCP), disaster planning and colocation strategy
  • Site selection, RFP generation, contract negotiation and comprehensive strategy and design, implementation and operational services delivery.
  • Interconnection Agreements, leveraging data services, metro area networks and dark fiber and carrier agreements as a framework for negotiating on your projects
  • Mission Critical Facilities Management and Disaster Recovery Planning
  • Site evaluation, decommissioning and interconnection support from beginning to end of the data center life cycle
  • Equipment procurement and dispositions

 

Our Data Center Consulting Group is renowned for creative solutions for any size company. We believe that the client’s requirements are the key to developing the best short and long-term strategies. With insight that can only be provided by industry experts and up-to-date engineering and technology, we are able to propose and implement flexible solutions that will increase your ROI and reduce your capital outlay. Cloud and Colocation.com has the expertise, proven methodologies and tools to help you manage your data center investments, improve operations and performance, and can help you plan and execute your IT strategies, evaluate your options and measure your results.

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Why Select Cloud And Colocation Consulting Services

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  • Our services are free of charge to clients
  • We represent our clients on an exclusive basis and provide non-bias information. Referrals from satisfied clients are our largest source of new clients
  • We will project manage the timeline for completion of the selection process through installation
  • Our colocation consultants assist with identifying colocation facilities within your defined targeted areas
  • Our specialty is cage space requirements, colocation suites and wholesale data center space although we work with clients that require a single rack and above
  • We are brokers for colocation space to over 2000 data centers in the United States and Canada
  • The colocation specialist assigned to your project becomes an extension of your operations team to make recommendations, provide pre-design consulting  and cost saving suggestions
  • We are wholesale brokers for virtually every carrier providing our clients with the best pricing available
  • Cloud and Colocation.com will represent your best interests while keeping you informed of the selection process every step of the way.
  • With our extensive data base on data centers, we can pinpoint the best data centers that meet your requirement
  • We make the selection process easier by utilizing custom software that provides a non-bias information for clients
  • The team selected to your account will provide an analysis of the total cost of occupancy (TCO) over the term of the contract
  • Due to the volume of colocation contracts we negotiate for clients, you receive the leverage of those contracts and get the best price available
  • We shield client from the negotiation process with data centers preserving the relationship our clients have with the selected data center
  • We can make suggestions on managed services, equipment procurement and disposition and equipment relocation services
  • Cloud and Colocation.com assists our clients over the entire term of the contract. Our team support does not end after signing a contract
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What Our Colocation Customers Are Saying

Don’t just take it from us, let our customers do the talking!

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“I have spent many months looking for the right Colocation space. Having spent years working in and around Colocations, I really felt I could find the space and negotiate the price on my own. After calling John to see what he could do, I was greatly impressed by his professionalism, knowledge, and connections in the industry. He quickly helped me secure the right Colo space for my budget and needs.”

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“John is very knowledgeable and worked hard to find me competitive data center options. He proved himself to be professional, thorough and with good follow-through. Thanks again for your help!”

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“I have worked with John Giaquinta for over two years now. John helped me with finding and negotiating my Colo. We have grown and we are using more data than when we started, John was there again for us to advise and to renegotiate our contract. He is a true professional and a very important team member for any company that needs Colo services. I strongly recommend John Giaquinta.”

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