Outsource data centres to profit and reduce risk

Outsourcing IT and data centre functions to third party providers can deliver energy savings of up to 40% and help reduce firms’ exposure to green legislation, according to a new whitepaper, Creating Cost and Efficiency through Outsourcing Hosted Solutions, from IT analyst firm IDC. The study, which was commissioned by managed IT services provider Rackspace, argues that specialist IT outsourcing providers can exploit economies of scale by sharing the same data centre infrastructure across large numbers of customers, allowing them to reduce overall energy use. Outsourcing IT work to third parties also reduces the risk of increased compliance pressures for IT directors.