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CtrlS Expands Executive Leadership with the Announcement of Ashish Ahuja as Chief Technology Officer

CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, Asia’s Largest Rated 4 Hyperscale Datacenter provider, has appointed Ashish Ahuja as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Prior to CtrlS, Ahuja served as Director-Global Network Infrastructure at Google and has also held leadership roles at France Telecom and Tata Communications. Being one of the pioneers of Google’s ‘Global Network Infrastructure’ group, he holds the credentials of leading various global / regional strategic initiatives & partnerships to build a state-of-the-art network across various continents.

He is an industry veteran and a subject matter expert in Networks, Interconnect, Datacenters, Undersea Cable Systems and IaaS with deep understanding of global markets.

His professional career reflects a demonstrated track record in various functional areas, including digital infrastructure investments, product management & strategy, acquisitions, partnerships and sales.

Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Founder & CEO, CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, said, “As CTO for CtrlS datacenters, Ashish Ahuja will drive our global expansion plans, edge & network strategy and new product development initiatives.”

Royce Thomas, President & Chief Business Officer, said, “CtrlS is on the cusp of a new growth phase and the CTO’s appointment will accelerate the momentum further.”

On this announcement, Ashish Ahuja said, I am very excited to join the CtrlS family, when the company is drawing aggressive global expansion plans. I am looking forward to collaborating with our industry partners and CtrlS team to add momentum in this digital transformation journey.”

About CtrlS CtrlS operates over one million square feet of datacenter space spread across eight datacenters located in Mumbai, Noida, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The company is building a solar park in Mumbai to power its datacenter facilities and eliminate carbon footprint.

The company is in the process of expanding its footprint by an additional 5 million square feet. The company’s 2 million square feet Hyperscale Datacenter Park in Navi Mumbai is under construction, while another 2 million square feet Hyperscale Datacenter Park in Hyderabad is ready for construction. The company has also planned a 1 million square feet facility in Chennai. There are plans to roll-out new DCs in many global markets as well as roll out various edge datacenters across tier-2 and tier-3 cities across India in a phased manner.

We offer India's first comprehensive business continuity services for human resource and IT infrastructure, in addition to work area recovery, in a single highly secure and multi-purpose facility.

We provide the fastest disaster recovery services with an in-house DR facility. Our comprehensive IT disaster recovery plan has helped many companies to recover & bounce back fater than ever.

We provide a complete business class email hosting services for enterprises with fast, secure, & guaranteed 99.995% uptime. We support all mail client like Microsoft exchange server, Qmail,Zimbra etc.

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We provide the fastest disaster recovery services with an in-house DR facility. Our comprehensive IT disaster recovery plan has helped many companies to recover & bounce back fater than ever.

Hardware is replaceable, your data is not. When the worst possible situation imaginable has turned into harsh reality and complete data loss has occurred, you need a disaster recovery plan that you can have complete faith in.

With the CtrlS Disaster Recovery on Demand solution you get all the security without having to setup your own, in-house IT disaster recovery plan and the DR facility to support it. Not only do you save on the huge Capex outlay associated with setting up such a facility but a pay-per-use plan means that your bottom line will look better, quarter after quarter.

We pioneered cloud computing hosting services in India. We offer to pick your own choice of OS and 9 different major carriers as your internet service providers with 3 Gbps network capacity etc.

Our Rated 4 Hyperscale data center facilities are designed to respond to ever increasing demand of hyperscalers, large mission critical infrastructure and applications through speed, scale, and efficiency powered by automation. They match hyperscale demand through systematic, timely supply of facilities combined with innovative pricing, long term contracting aligned with your business and technology goals.We currently operate one million square feet of hyperscale data centers spread across Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad powered by 115 MW of power. Another 5 million square feet of hyperscale facilities are being augmented in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai.

The facilities will have a cumulative capacity of 100,000 plus racks augmented by 500 MW of power backed by industry best uptime SLA of 99.995%, industry lowest PUE of 1.38*, low cost of power, and Rated 4 carrier neutral facilities where we maintain a healthy balance between accepted design standards and customized design specifications.

Top 10 Reasons Why Companies Choose Colocation Hosting

About Colocation Hosting

Colocation hosting and dedicated hosting are similar terms with one notable exception. In dedicated hosting, customers rent servers as well as the infrastructure needed to support them. While, in colocation hosting, companies own their hardware, but are looking to supplement its functionality by renting/ leasing server space in this facility which provides benefits like improved internet bandwidth, server cooling systems, and reliable power. For a colocation hosting arrangement, the customer must have their physical server. They physically transport the server to the colocation hosting facility i.e. a data center that provides these services. The customer only rents/ leases the space within the site but maintains ownership and full control of all hardware and software settings of their server. By regular communication with the hosting facility, the customer can quickly upgrade or downgrade various features like RackSpace, bandwidth, etc. to fit the business needs.

10 Reasons Why Companies Choose Colocation Hosting

When the volume of business data outgrows its infrastructure limitations, it becomes important to establish an expansion strategy. Colocation offers them the benefits of having and controlling their servers, storage, and network so that they can manage costs and tune performance. Here are the top 10 reasons why companies choose colocation hosting-

Security: Colocation facilities are designed to ensure that your systems are protected from all risk factors such as fires, burglars, and other things that may compromise the security of your information.

Reliability: These infrastructures have redundant cooling and power, communication systems that ensure constant connection and strict access control, therefore are proved to be reliable.

Accountability and access control: These state of art facilities guarantee service level agreement (SLA) for the uptime of your system, which helps you access the risk.

Cost Savings: Colocation facilities ensure a clean room, redundant systems, and 24/7 monitoring ensuring your savings substantially as you need not spend on maintenance, power requirements, and additional cooling of your servers.

Reduced Maintenance: High-level server support equipment is available at the colocation facilities. They also dedicated staff to make sure that systems are running at top performance. They monitor systems and service the equipment regularly, and also fortify immediate actions in case of failures.

Freeing Up Space: An in-house data center requires a lot of space and putting all your servers in one room is not a sustainable solution. Colocation services free up your valuable spaces and provide the agility and robustness that your business needs for future.

Scalability: Colocation hosting allows you the flexibility to scale up or scale down easily, while you pay only for space and power you need and only when you need it.

Performance: Electronic equipment performs best in a constant cool and dust-free environment. This is ensured at a colocation facility which enhances the overall performance of your systems.

Speed: These facilities offer cost-effective fast connections directly to multiple internet service providers to provide top performance in events of overload or interruption in connections.

Competence: Colocation centers have on-site staff who have major experience in the field of technology. This offloads your IT staff as the maintenance and implementation of your servers is taken care of remotely by the remote smart hands.

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Private Cloud vs Public Cloud

The debate on which cloud model is right for business often arises when an organization plans to migrate to the cloud. Both the private and public cloud models have their own set of pros and cons. Any organization migrating to the cloud must first carefully understand public and private clouds for their benefits and disadvantages and finally decide their journey into the cloud.

The advent of cloud computing models is providing new directions for organizations in terms of Private Cloud Vs Public Cloud Organizations that are fully dependent on IT to meet business goals have understood the value of cloud computing for its availability, scalability, instant provisioning, virtualized resources and storage. Both private and Public Cloud Examples are available from cloud service providers but, first an organization thinking to deploy a cloud service must carefully examine the advantages and disadvantages of both private and public clouds.

Private Cloud Vs Public Cloud

Public clouds are hosted services available by cloud service providers on the internet. Organizations that use web servers or application systems where security and compliance requirements are not very rigid normally prefer to use public clouds. For example, Private Cloud Providers are available in the form of web based email, data storage or file transfers over the internet, online office applications, web hosting and so on. Public clouds are most suited for start-ups and small businesses because of minimal set up costs. The resources (servers, storage, etc.) are shared between multiple users publicly and the infrastructure, services and usage policies are managed by the service provider.

Private Cloud Vs Public Cloud

Contrary to the above, private clouds or enterprise clouds are used by organizations that have security, compliance and data privacy as their top priority. Private clouds are deployed inside firewalls and offer robust IT security for the organization. If a data center infrastructure is already available with the organization the private cloud can be implemented in-house. However, for having in-house private clouds the organization needs to invest heavily in running and maintaining the infrastructure which can result in significant capital expenditure. This can be a major setback for organizations thinking to reduce IT budgets. Private cloud services are also made available by cloud service providers or data centers. Examples of private cloud implementations can be easily found in areas such as banking and financial institutions, large enterprise organizations, government organizations, etc. where only authorized users are able to access the system.

It is essential to understand the intricacies of both these models before deciding to choose the appropriate model for the organization. The table below summarizes the main factors which can be used to determine between private and public clouds.

Who are the best data center service providers in India?

CtrlS is a company that fulfills every promise and will give you the utmost satisfaction. With the industry’s best uptime of 99.995% and lowest downtime since inception, it is trusted by 20 of fortune 100 companies across the globe. CtrlS is undoubtedly the world-leader when it comes to data center service providers.

Why is CtrlS the best data center provides in India:-

To provide better opportunities by managing your data effectively.

- Spend less on your IT infrastructure and spend it where needed

- Get good disaster recovery options if you face a disaster, natural or otherwise

- They constantly monitor your data and also provide full on-site security.

- You can access your data from any remote place and at any time without interruptions.

Ultimately, choose a company that stands by all the promises it makes. Do thorough research before you hire a data center provider and ask them all your questions with hesitation.

#data center #datacenter #data center services

What is the best investing advice you have received?

Sharing about investing advice that I have received in my 30 years+ experience is channeling through decades of knowledge across various stages.

Nonetheless, here are two of the best pieces of investment advice I have received and look back at through the years:

Never sell your equity cheap-

One should never sell equity at a shoddier rate. We should continue investing and buy shares at a reduced price.

Make them work for equity-

Entrepreneurs investing in their own companies must bring in the expertise they need by paying equity instead of salaries. It aids to build together while saving funds initially. Some other pivotal advice that will benefit with investment decisions include:

Every investing advice is quantifiable. It is non-negotiable.

The most beneficial advice is what comes off from a Dumb man learning to speak. So, value it.

Stay Invested. Timing the market is like wanting to stay constipated!

Procrastination is last nights' word for todays' investing.

But there is one piece of advice that can dramatically change how you look at investing- The way to get started on investing is to stop talking.

About Xanara

Xanara is a private banking and wealth advisory focused on developing and implementing transparent and client-centric, financial solutions that are backed by expertise. We understand the weight of our solutions and act with the utmost care, resilience, and most importantly, integrity.

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Data center security strategies need to be agile, layered, include both physical & logical so it is capable of deterring the threats effectively

Information security has always been a baffling area for security experts as they attempt to protect the infrastructure and systems from hackers and accidental users. In the increasing threat landscape it becomes vital to protect information assets but information security is unable to cope with the speed of business and IT deployments. In such scenarios traditional security measures are no longer effective while trying to address threats aimed at the insides of dynamic computing environments such as data centers.

The increasing demands of outsourced IT services such as virtualization, cloud models, storage, etc., availed from data centers is fuelling the need for comprehensive security strategies to protect critical data and systems. IT experts raise concerns that information security is unable to cope with the speed of business and IT deployments. Traditional security approaches focus on anti-virus software, firewalls, ports, subnets and network parameters and focus on preventing rogue packets at the periphery of the network. If case of a breach, the attacker has complete access to all systems and data in the network. Further perimeter defense fails to prevent internal threats.

The changing threat landscape with new types of malware, Trojans and worms is driving the need for more robust strategies to protect data and information assets in data centers. SANS Institute in October 2015 did an analyst survey named SANS Dynamic Data Center Survey involving 430 IT security professionals. The survey findings indicate that 37% of respondents have experienced attacks on workloads in their data center or cloud environment. On the whole, 44% of respondents have lost critical data and 55% respondents are unhappy with existing attack prevention and recovery times. These data suggest that security strategies should be aimed at protecting all the components in an enterprise IT environment to effectively manage and minimize weaknesses and vulnerabilities that expose organizations to risk.

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