Zog Delivers Enterprise-Level Service
TierPoint’s ability to offer colocation services, racks, Internet connection and power for a reasonable, all-in-one price, is key for cost-conscious SMBs.
Introduction
Whether large or small, businesses around the world depend on their IT infrastructures to support critical business processes. So when Zog, Inc., an IT support company based in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, went in search of a service provider that could offer data center solutions to support its clients, management knew they needed one that could deliver a resilient, secure, always-available IT colocation solution. That’s when they turned to TierPoint.
Founded in 1999, Zog provides specialized computer support to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) based primarily in North America. The company offers a range of tailor-made outsourcing services and solutions that help ensure its clients’ businesses are always running, including help desk, managed services, business continuity and disaster recovery, cloud, VoIP and IT consulting.
Challenges
To support its business goals, Zog wanted to partner with a colocation provider that could meet several key technology requirements. These included multiple data centers to support fault tolerance and redundancy, business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities, the availability of multiple network carriers, and high levels of onsite security.
In addition, site location played an important part in the decision-making process. “For most SMBs, driving 500 miles or more to a recovery site is not always logistically possible, especially in times of a disaster,” stated Matt Zoglio, CEO of Zog. “TierPoint was able to offer two data centers that were within an hour’s drive of our headquarters in Perkasie, providing us with a perfect model for production and secondary/failover recovery.”
Solutions
By choosing TierPoint as its technology provider, Zog can now offer clients a flexible IT infrastructure that can easily expand to match their growing business needs. For example, while many of its SMB customers do not require a full rack in a data center, they still require the same firewall, switches, networking and other redundancy capabilities that larger companies need.
With the TierPoint business model, some of Zog’s clients currently utilize only a quarter of a rack in the data center with the option to expand as they grow—something that is often not available from many of the larger enterprise-level providers.
Results
According to Zog, TierPoint offers another key benefit that cost-conscious SMBs are looking for—reasonable prices. He was impressed with TierPoint’s ability to offer colocation services, racks, Internet connection and power for a reasonable, all-in-one price. Equally important was the fact that “TierPoint hasn’t had any hidden charges—what they say is what they deliver.”
But for Zog, the chief selling point of TierPoint always comes back to its people. “Customer-centric is the way that everyone at TierPoint works,” he concluded. “Their people make all the difference. Having consistent levels of engagement made it very easy to do business with them. Every company is looking to work with providers that they believe can support their needs now and in the future. So when you find a great partner like TierPoint, you stick with them.”
At A Glance
Industry
IT Consulting & Support
Technology
Colocation Services
Challenge
Zog needed a resilient, secure, always-available IT colocation solution to help ensure that their customer’s businesses are always running.
Solution
TierPoint provided colocation services, business continuity and disaster recovery services, along with the availability of multiple network carriers and high levels of onsite security spread over several locations.
Results
Zog can now offer clients a flexible IT infrastructure that can easily expand to match their growing business needs.
Website
zoginc.com
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