TWO INDUSTRY SURVEYS CONFIRM CONTINUED INVESTMENTS

DATA CENTER SERVICES

DATA CENTER SERVICESTWO INDUSTRY SURVEYS CONFIRM CONTINUED INVESTMENTS

Today’s tough economic climate does not deter investment Recent survey’s show businesses continue to invest despite looming uncertainty Need to operate, attract new customers and keeping pace with investment services Uptime Institute and ChangeWave Research uncovered positive outlook for the data

center industry

DATA CENTER SERVICESTWO INDUSTRY SURVEYS CONFIRM CONTINUED INVESTMENTS

The Uptime Institute’s Annual Survey Survey targeted data centers from 1,100 government and industry organizations Findings include the following:

» 80 percent have been investing in data center services and plan to continue these investments.» Capacity demands for increased power, cooling and space are driving the ongoing investment» During 2011, 55 percent increased their budgets for data center services» Cloud technology continues to move forward with 50 percent of respondents using private

clouds and 25 percent relying on some form of public cloud infrastructure» During 2011, modular deployment has doubled and nine percent of all current deployment are

modular

DATA CENTER SERVICESTWO INDUSTRY SURVEYS CONFIRM CONTINUED INVESTMENTS

The ChangeWave Research Survey Survey reports similar findings to the Uptime Institute study Although overall economic environment is negatively impacting some areas of IT

investment, certain services show positive trends Cloud services are taking hold in enterprise operations Survey confirms increase in cloud spending during 2012 for both private and hybrid clouds Findings include the following:

» 32 percent indicated their companies are using public cloud» 34 percent said they will use public cloud data center services in 6 months» 37 percent said they expect to increase cloud data center services in next 6 months» Survey confirm a shift in spending priorities. The increase in cloud spending expects to decrease

budgets for other IT products and services» Trends in data center services appear to be stronger in business with over 1000 employees

Both survey show clear results in the shift taking place among enterprises using IT resources

DATA CENTER SERVICESTWO INDUSTRY SURVEYS CONFIRM CONTINUED INVESTMENTS

CyrusOne – The Business Enabler Growth in data centers, show many business remain exposed to gaps in available

power, cooling and connectivity CyrusOne makes critical investments in assets and expertise to ensure uptime,

manage regulatory compliance, prepare for natural disasters, optimize economics and get ready for the possible globalization of operations and mergers and acquisitions

CyrusOne takes data center solutions one step forward to become a true business enabler for its clients

ABOUT THE AUTHORNICOLE AGUILLARD IS MARKETING DIRECTOR FOR CYRUSONE, A GLOBAL ENTERPRISE COLOCATION PROVIDER OPERATING 23 HIGHLY SECURE DATA CENTERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, LONDON AND SINGAPORE. LEARN MORE ABOUT DATA CENTER SERVICES BY VISITING HTTP://WWW.CYRUSONE.COM/.