Ciber Case Study

Challenge

CIBER needed more than data center space…they needed a partner that could grow with them. CIBER was looking for a data center solutions provider that could offer more than data center space. The company wanted a strategic partner that could service the needs of a large enterprise. Flexibility, reliability and scalability were important attributes that CIBER wanted to find in a colocation provider. "We needed someone nimble, but that could also grow and map to our growth plans" said Mark Perlstein, president of CIBER's ITO Division. "i/o Data Centers fit the bill."

Why i/o Data Centers

With over 10 years of experience designing, building and operating data centers for some of the world's largest enterprises, governments and service providers, i/o Data Centers has a proven track record of success. "i/o's management team is known in the industry for their knowledge of colocation and their understanding of IT service delivery," says Perlstein. "They have earned our trust because of the quality of their services, engineering processes and facilities."

Solution

CIBER began working with i/o Data Centers in March of 2009. The company has commissioned a custom colocation cage, 100+ MB of bandwidth and 140 KW of digital-grade power. CIBER uses the cage to house one of their enterprise clients' mission-critical systems. Conditioned power is provided via a PDU diverse configuration for high-reliability. "i/o data Centers' space, power, cooling and bandwidth offerings were some of the most robust we have seen and provided the redundancy we needed to keep our systems powered on 24x7", says Perlstein.

Results

"Since we began working with i/o Data Centers we have been able to add power and bandwidth without the hassle of having to deal with separate vendors or contracts. Dealing with one provider and one contract has given us the flexibility to grow our business and given us a competitive edge in time to market availability. i/o Data Centers is a great partner and we look forward to continuing to grow our business with them."

About CIBER

CIBER, Inc. is a pure-play international system integration consultancy and outsourcing company with superior value-priced services and reliable delivery for both private and government sector clients. CIBER's services are offered globally on a project- or strategic-staffing basis, in both custom and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package environments, and across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures.