Internet Data Center : Build vs Buy Decision

Internet Data Center :

Build vs Buy Decision

Some Resources Used for this

On-Line and Off-line References

The references I used for this document were the folks I spoke with and the following valuable reference materials:

Ripin & Sayles, Insider Strategies for Outsourcing Information Systems, 1999 Oxford University Press

Greaver, Strategic Outsourcing: A structured Approach to Outsourcing Decisions and Initiatives, 1999 AMACOM

Frenza, J.P. , Buying Web Services, 1999 Wiley Computer Publishing, particularly Chapter 1: An Outsourcing Overview by Frenza and Chapter 5:Infrastructure and Site Hosting by Chris Bryant.

Norton, Donelan, Adelson, Newton, Data Center Needs Birds of a Feather meeting at NANOG 14 – Atlanta, Georgia – November 9, 1998 7:30-9PM, http://www.nanog.org/mtg-9811/data.bof.html

Schroepfer, Andrew M., Communication Service Providers, Equity Research, U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Equity Research, December 1999, particularly Ch 12: Facilities Hosting Providers.

“What every CEO needs to know about Electronic Business”, Business Week, e.biz, Marsh 22, 1999

IBM White Paper: Building a shared services data center, http://www.as.ibm.com/asus/cwp-liushrdsvcs.html, focuses on shared services enterprise Data Center

Murray, Steve, “Web hosting Strategies: Market Review and Forecast, 1998-2003”, IDC Report #20953, December 1999.

Search for “Data Center Construction” on http://www.google.com .

http://www.as.ibm.com/asus/nordstrom.html

http://www.gruber.com/compfac/datal.htm

http://www.edgemail.com/whitepapers/

Dialtone Internet: http://dialtoneinternet.net/tour/page0.htm

Yahoo! Directory of Colocation Providers: http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Internet_Services/Web_Services/Network_Service_Providers/Hosting/Colocation/

Yahoo! Directory of web hosting providers: http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Internet_Services/Web_Services/Network_Service_Providers/Hosting/Web_Site_Hosting/WhitePages/wp_0.html

Search for Internet Data Center on google.com:

AT&T Internet Data Centers: http://www.ipservices.att.com/datatour/idc_dedicated.html

Web hosting directory site: http://www.webhostdir.com/

Exodus Internet Data Center descriptions and virtual tour: http://www.exodus.com/idcs/

.Equinix Internet Business Exchange (IBX) virtual tour http://www.equinix.com

PSINet Colocation Product: http://www.psinet.com.hk/hosting/co_location.html

Flashhost data centers http://www.flashhost.com/data_center.html

Hosting Internet Data Center in Zaire: http://www.is.co.za/solution/hosting/IDC2.html

Level3 colocation facilities: http://www.level3.com/us/services/colocation

Frontier Global Center (now global crossing) http://206.132.184.106/solutions/datacenters.shtml

Exodus Communications Q1 2000 Quarterly Earnings Announcement
4/20/2000 2:00 PM Pacific Time: http://webevents.broadcast.com/financecalls/event/index.asp?EarningsID=766&src=StreetFusion

Houses are designed by Geniuses & built by Gorillas, by Bob Johnson, ISBN: 1-886110-48-4

Facilities Operations & Engineering Reference, The Certified Plant Engineer Reference, R.S. Means Company, Inc., ISBN: 0-87629-462-X

Network Equipment-Building System (NEBS) Requirements: Physical Protection, Bellcore GR-63-CORE, Issue 1, October 1995. A module of LSSGR, FR-64; TSGR, FR-440; and NEBSFR, FR-2063