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Data-Tech and Level 3 Communications Create Unique Partnership
An ideal business partnership combines the strengths of two companies to create a unique solution to customer challenges that neither could provide on its own.  With this principle in mind, Data-Tech has partnered with communications giant Level 3 Communications to offer customers a practical collection of Information Technology solutions.  
Level 3 Communications is a premiere provider of global communications based out of Broomfield, Colorado, supplying communications services to enterprise, government and carrier customers. Anchored by extensive fiber networks on three continents connected by undersea facilities, Level 3's global services platform features deep metro assets reaching more than 500 markets in over 60 countries.  Their global network securely provides enhanced, scalable network capabilities to address the increasingly complex operating environment of today's technology landscape.  Solidified by its 2014 acquisition of TW Telecom, Level 3 has become a major player in the global communications market today.
 
Level 3 Communications Global Network
Data-Tech has been providing complete IT computer services in Tampa, Florida, as well as nationally and globally, since 1996. Clients represent a diverse cross-section of industries and rely on Data-Tech for a wide variety of computer and technology services, including computer IT services, managed IT services, cloud services, telephony & cabling, VoIP, data hosting, healthcare IT management, disaster recovery and backup and business continuity needs.  
In addition, Data-Tech owns and operates a state-of-the-art data center, engineered to incorporate multiple levels of security and redundancy, ensuring maximum availability of mission-critical applications. As a leading managed hosting service provider, Data-Tech offers the industry's highest level of service and support backed by a team of experienced engineers who are solely and exclusively dedicated to managed hosting. These managed hosting services offer remote and localized monitoring and management of web applications, databases, and operating systems.
A Growing Challenge: Business Continuity
There's been a lot of talk in recent years about the concept of business continuity; but what does that really mean?  In layman's terms, business continuity encompasses the steps an organization takes to ensure that it's critical business functions will continue to operate without interruption (or will be quickly recovered to an operational state) in the event of an incident or circumstance that otherwise would have caused a work stoppage.  This is a crucial concept in business today, and a primary focus of any company that effectively provides managed IT services: To ensure that it's clients can focus on their bottom line without interruption due to technology failure.
Data-Tech's award winning data center in Tampa, FL.
 The reality of doing business today is that we've become more dependent on our computer systems and electronic data than ever before.  This brings about some important questions for business owners and managers to address. For instance, what would happen in the event of a fire or natural disaster-or any event that causes a loss of critical data? According to Boston Computing Network, 60% of companies that lose their data due to a natural disaster will shut down within 6 months of the event.  Moreover, 93% of companies that lost their data for 10 days or more filed for bankruptcy within one year; 50% of businesses that found themselves without data management for this same time period filed for bankruptcy immediately.
This is where the idea of "colocation" comes into play.  But colocation can be a tricky concept because it means different things to different people.  To some, the term refers merely to data backup.  To others, it means moving all of a company's servers to a data center.  To a more advanced client, colocation consists of having a server on site, with replicated servers in a secure data center in the event of back up or failure.
A number of businesses are currently running servers in multiple locations as opposed to centralizing their business operations in a secure data center.  The primary reasons for this are twofold.  For one, there's a belief that centralization in a data center is too expensive.  Second, many are under the impression that accessing their information over the Internet into the cloud is slow. Up until recently, these were reasonable concerns.
A Unique Partnership for an Uncommon Solution
In partnership with Level 3 Communications and their revolutionary Cloud Connect Next Generation Connectivity, Data-Tech has designed an extraordinary business solution: The Shadow Cloud.  As a Cloud Connect partner and approved data-center location, Data-Tech can now work with Level 3 to build affordable enterprise connectivity solutions bundled with proven IT services. With Level 3's Cloud Connect solution, customers have a secure, private business Ethernet connection along with access to Intelligent Network tools that provide flexibility, scalability and control over their network connection.
Cloud Connect
Level 3 Cloud Connect solutions offer the underlying network connectivity and services for global enterprises to more effectively integrate the cloud into their evolving IT architecture.  It grants clients improved network performance, security and dynamic bandwidth for scalability and efficiency.  Cloud Connect provides a reliable, secure cloud connection with Level 3's global fiber network and security solutions, supplying improved performance with greater uptime and responsiveness as well as proven security through a private network ecosystem and advanced security services.
Shadow Cloud
Shadow Cloud services are innovative, data-center based cloud services for enterprise business, designed by Data-Tech's "CyberCats"- an elite team of technical innovators focused on enhancing existing cyber resources to advance business intelligence, operations and objectives.  Shadow Cloud delivers the high demands of today's enterprise IT for business continuity, cross platform application from anywhere and virtual environments all from a central, secure location. This provides continuous availability, resource-based load-balancing and complete network transparency.  Shadow Cloud also offers multi regional data-center interconnects with Atlanta, Las Vegas, Orlando and Data-Centers around the world.
 Data-Tech and Level 3: Putting the pieces together to create a functional IT Solution
How does this partnership address the concerns of business owners and managers that are considering colocation with a data center and/or managed IT services?  For one thing, high speed connectivity was once expensive. Leveraging Level 3's Cloud Connect solution, Data-Tech can offer that connectivity at a fraction of the price it once was. As a Cloud Connect partner and approved data center location, Data-Tech gets direct access to Level 3's award-winning, global, low latency, high availability network.
Data backup is obviously a huge concern for business owners today, and utilizing a secure data center is an ideal answer.  But what about recovery?  When something goes wrong, a business needs to be back up and running as soon as possible. Delays and slow connections aren't an option when business operations are down.  The high speed connectivity provided through this partnership with Level 3 allows clients to access their information from Data-Tech's data center just as if they were connected via a long Ethernet cable. Level 3's multi-tiered security, dual high-density power and redundant environmental systems also help to ensure maximum uptime.
What about those clients that wish to keep a replicated server on site, in addition to those hosted in a data center?  On top of the price of the server itself, the costs involved in maintenance, software and annual subscriptions can really add up.  Working with Level 3, Data-Tech has a solution on that end as well: The Shadow Server. With it's "Hardware as a Service" (Haas) offering, Data-Tech provides a server on site for a small monthly fee, while leveraging Level 3's Cloud Connect high speed connection.   
 
 
Summary
Shadow Cloud and Cloud Connect have redefined the idea of a data center into a "Shadow Center"-in other words, a reflection of clients' data in different locations, but always right there when it's needed. And this is only the beginning. In the near future, Data-Tech will be unveiling a self-service portal to the data center for IT professionals.  This will empower IT specialists with a vehicle for one-stop shopping (similar to an Amazon virtual store) to purchase specific data center services as they're needed.
 Business managers today can't afford to leave their data backup, recovery and security to chance. Level 3 is an established leader in providing an unparalleled level of connectivity to its customers.  Through this unique partnership, Data-Tech is able to leverage this connectivity to greatly enhance its menu of offerings to clients.
   
 
 
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