However complex or diverse your data centre infrastructure, you have a basic need for robustness and reliability to ensure your applications are optimized and your sensitive data is protected. And as competition grows while budgets get leaner, you’re also under constant pressure to keep costs down.

With Allstream, your valuable data is always cost-effectively secure and available. Whether you rely on the local server closet, a virtualized IT infrastructure, a remote data centre or a combination of technologies, we extend fast, reliable data and applications access to every user over a scalable, high-bandwidth network.

We provide the high-quality, low-latency connections and national IP network you need to optimize data centre performance. Our Wavelength services, which transmit data at speeds of up to 10 Gbps, link your high-transactional environments and minimize bottlenecking and network congestion. Our network’s built-in security features ensure your data is always protected and compliant with the latest regulations. We also build in the necessary network diversity and business continuity solutions to protect you and your customers from disruptions. We have the scalability to ensure you can grow when you need to. And we partner with industry-leading global providers to optimize performance across your server infrastructure.

Our data centre networking experts are ready to get you properly connected. We can also show you how to optimize and transform your data centre infrastructure with virtualization, cloud computing and the latest energy-saving efficiencies. And we can monitor the performance of your servers and network connections round the clock. By taking advantage of our scalable technology and skilled technical staff – backed by our industry-leading service level agreements (SLAs) – you can focus your people on core business goals while we keep your servers and connectivity solutions operating in line with best practices.

Strengthen your IT environment.

Your critical business data and applications are optimized for performance and always available over Allstream’s reliable high-speed network.

• Eliminate the need to build, house and maintain complex data centre facilities at one or all of your locations.
• Be compliant with international standards such as SAS 70/5970.
• Identify potential problems before they occur.
• Reduce network downtime and security incidents, and accelerate recovery times.
• Keep your IT staff focused on strategic initiatives while we help manage your network.
• Reduce the headaches of monitoring and managing all or part of your server infrastructure with our Managed Hosting Services.

Optimize IT your data infrastructure.

• Guarantee secure, high-speed transactions with low-latency access to applications for all of your communications channels – internal, inter-company and public-facing.
• Realize added network efficiencies by connecting your server facilities to the PSTN via IP Trunking, cost-effectively converging your voice and data traffic while doing away with multiple Primary Rate Interface connections.
• Virtualize applications, data storage and IT infrastructure through server virtualization and cloud computing solutions.
• Keep pace with changing organizational requirements, whether you’re increasing bandwidth, adding new employees and offices, upgrading your applications or recovering from a disaster.

Protect your data and your business.

Allstream’s physical data centres follow industry-standard service guidelines to ensure the integrity and availability of your data at all times.

• Our experts help you design a customized, fully monitored server environment to suit your needs.
• We house your IT infrastructure in a secure, climate-controlled facility designed to deliver high availability and ensure business continuity even during a power outage or other workplace disaster.
• Our rigorously enforced security procedures ensure that only authorized individuals gain access to an Allstream data centre facility.

Save money and resources.

By turning over some or all of your server requirements to Allstream, you can:

• avoid much of the high operating costs of housing your own servers
• eliminate upfront capital expenditures on equipment and data centre facilities
• reduce or eliminate ongoing maintenance, electricity, hardware and real estate costs through server virtualization, cloud services and our data centre facilities
• reduce the need for skilled, full-time IT staff to monitor and manage your servers
• save on equipment, long-distance and network costs by connecting your server infrastructure to the PSTN using Allstream IP Trunking technology
• overcome space limitations without incurring the costs of an expanded footprint
• reduce the expenditures and complexity associated with equipment upgrades, patches and hardware
• ensure a faster, smoother system recovery in a crisis, losing fewer work hours.

Increase your network ROI.
Allstream helps you strengthen and enhance your communications investment by maximizing applications performance – without incurring substantial costs. Our security features protect your network and data, reducing ongoing maintenance expense. And we collaborate with your technical staff to help them make informed technology planning and investment decisions, safeguarding against obsolescence with proactive recommendations for upgrades.