Evaluating outsourcing for data centers

By Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Network World, 01/17/06

Should you outsource your data center? Data center outsourcing is a topic that generates almost religious levels of conviction - on both sides of the argument.

While some IT executives see it as anathema, others embrace it wholeheartedly. Often, the issue is seen as a trade-off between cost and flexibility - outsourced data centers are cheaper but at the cost of some business agility.