1. DATA CENTRES /
£100m infrastructure /
secure & resilient /
monitored 24-365 /
n+1 architecture /
climate control /
fire DETECTION, suPpression /
colocation & private suites /
reduce carbon tax /
challenge us /

2. WHY CHOOSE INTECHNOLOGY?
our data centres host all
our key platforms. we sell
what we use ourselves /
we unreservedly
recommend the service
provided by
intechnology* /
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3. THE CASE FOR MANAGED HOSTING /
INCREASING COST OF POWER COOLING, HEIGHTENED RISK, REGULATORY PRESSURE GREEN TAX /
new pressures are emerging that challenge the cost of redundancy for most of these the school of thought that places it
the tradition of in-house data hosting. these components (for example, backup generators communications as a pay-as-you-grow
include the rising cost of power and cooling; for backup generators) and the rolling cost of utility is unquestionably gathering pace.
the heightened risk from corporate corruption, their upgrade, replacement and insurance.
fraud, terrorism and environmental issues; the list goes on. Outsourcing infrastructure:
increasing regulatory pressure such as A business enabler accelerator
sarbanes-oxley, rohs, weee and ifrs; and From upfront cost to affordable
the growing importance of green it and the monthly charge outsourcing back-end infrastructure to a
associated penalties of the new green tax. managed service provider frees time and
independent editorial is increasingly citing the skilled it resource to focus on key front-end
Increased focus on total cost simple business logic of leveraging the operational imperatives.
of ownership (TCO) managed service provider’s huge investment
in its industrial grade infrastructure to these include aspects such as the
the progressive shift of power costs from guarantee business continuity, address optimisation of operations support systems
facilities to it budgets is nudging companies regulatory issues and ensure data security (oss), crm and erp. it is perhaps no surprise
to re-think the total cost of in-house ownership compliance. it also commends the commercial then that many forward-looking it departments
versus the managed service alternative. benefit by smoothing spend from painful now see managed services as an enabler
previously hidden costs are now being upfront cost (capex) to affordable monthly accelerator and not as threat to be pushed back.
exposed: infrastructure costs such as backup payments (opex).
power generators and fuel storage; chillers;
security systems; fire suppression; racks;
servers and cabling. more importantly,
outsourcing back-end
infrastructure to a
managed service
provider not only saves
money, but releases
time and skilled it
resource to focus
on more important
front-end business
applications.

4. YOUR DATA CENTRE HOSTING /
HOSTING AS A CORE COMPETENCY WITHIN A COMPLETE MANAGED SERVICE PORTFOLIO /
intechnology’s three state-of-the art intechnology also provides 24 /365 ‘hands and this proposition embraces network services,
data centres (dcs) provide highly secure, eyes’ support as a standard service for dc hosting, data services, hosted voice, hosted
geographically dispersed computing colocation and managed server customers. unified communications and calls lines.
environments with 24 hour a /c power; ups it provides the convenience of one-stop
with emergency generator backup; computer data centre hosting is a core and expanding outsourcing and a risk-free migration path
monitored climate control for heating, ventilation element of intechnology’s £100m infrastructure. for customers to transition from old ways of
and air conditioning (hvac); fire detection however, unlike many other managed service managing their it comms requirements to
suppression and multi-layer security. providers, intechnology’s key value-add is that the new era of cloud based computing.
dc hosting is just one important component of a
complete end-to-end managed service proposition.
There are two standard service options, ‘Colocation’ and ‘Private Suite’. However, we also offer complete
bespoke solutions where required.
COLOCATION /
this is a section of technical space (of not less than 1 full rack) within a shared area of our data centre.
the space is enclosed by a partitioned parameter, secured with proximity security and monitored by
cctv. we offer 1 x 42u rack as a minimum and from 8 to 32 amps dual feed. additional power and
set-up charges may apply.
PRIVATE SUITE /
private suites can be tailored to a customer’s exact requirements, although a number are
pre-configured for immediate availability. as standard the suites are accessed by proximity photo id
cards and are also monitored by cctv.
CLOUD SERVICES /
benefit from intechnology’s industry leading virtual server hosting, which provides you a
flexible, scalable and secure virtual environment to compliment your own co-located servers.

5. FREE SPEND STRATEGY REVIEW: 0800 983 2522 /
OUR DATA CENTRES AT-A-GLANCE /
HARROGATE / • 450 racks
• ‘colocation’ ‘private suites’
completely re-fitted in 2008 at a cost of over • 25,000 sq ft
£3m. on-site facilities include rest areas, • n+1
restaurant and on-campus accommodation. • tier 3 standard
• dual mains input
• 3 x 1.5mw generators
• carrier neutral
• 24/365 monitoring
• 350 racks
READING / • co-located pods / racks and
private suites
next generation data centre, newly commissioned
• 15,000 sq ft
in 2012; leading edge cooling and energy
• n+1
management technologies
• tier 3 standard
• 3 x 750kva generators
• designed to achieve pue of 1.25
• carrier neutral
• 24/365 in-house remote monitoring
LONDON / • 100 racks
• ‘colocation’ ‘private suites’
located within global switch’s flagship gs1 • 3,000 sq ft
facility in london, e14. it has the largest diesel • n+1
rotary ups (drups) installation in the uk and • tier 2+ standard
is europe’s largest purpose-built dc. • 37 x generators
• carrier neutral
• 24/365 in-house remote monitoring
CHALLENGE US /
data centre hosting is just one of the value-adding propositions within our managed services portfolio.
to learn more about how we could help you cut cost, build agility and increase productivity put us to the
test and ask for a FREE Spend Strategy Review.
Call: 0800 983 2522
mike heaps / email: challenge@intechnology.com
divisional director /
data centres / Visit: www.intechnology.com
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