The partnership between Keysource and Datum is allowing the client to adapt its services and deliver bespoke solutions, supporting its continuing expansion.
One of the most notable developments affecting all areas of business and personal life in the first quarter of the 21st century has been the considerable rise in the creation and use of data.
It seems that the majority of daily actions now generate data – from the moment mobile phones or computers are used, to movements recorded by security cameras and results from the monitoring of buildings and equipment will generate data that has to be processed and stored, including all that generated by business operations. This has understandably resulted in the storing and processing of data becoming one of the fastest areas of growth around the world.
Although a relatively new industry, the data centre sector is continuing to increase its presence in all countries around the world. With some businesses managing their own data centre facilities, the majority prefer to outsource these activities to the specialist providers who are able to guarantee the necessary levels of security, while guaranteeing 24-hour service to maximise the effectiveness of its clients’ activities.
This is particularly relevant in the case of Datum Datacentres, which has established a reputation for the assured delivery of standard and bespoke services to its growing number of clients. FM Director was invited to visit the company’s main data centre facility at Cody Business Park in Farnborough, Hampshire to view its operations and hear about the long-running partnership established with Keysource, the specialist provider of a wide range of data centre services, which first began in 2013.
Those visiting the site are immediately struck by the high levels of security when arriving at the visitor centre, presenting photographic identification and then waiting to be collected and guided to their destination. Further to site security, Datum has additionally established its own high levels of secure access to its facility that includes both manned and 120 CCTV cameras.
Within the data centre itself, clients can choose the levels of security around their areas, ranging from the basic and open racking system to those enclosed by electronically controlled cage systems.
