Data Center Migration Made Easy: NYI Launches MigrAssist

NYI’s MigrAssist Service Helps Businesses Successfully Migrate from Existing Data Centers to NYI Facilities as Tides Shift within NYC Data Center Market

As the demand for quality, reliable colocation space increases in and around NYC, NYI’s newly launched MigrAssist service (announced today) is a timely and innovative one at that.  Uilizing a multi-phased data center migration planning approach, MigrAssist is designed to help businesses successfully migrate from an existing data center into an NYI facility. The launch of MigrAssist shows that NYI recognizes there can be large costs involved when making the move to a new data center. Adopting NYI’s MigrAssist service helps to simplify the transition, and offset any costs associated with a move.

According to 451 Research, there are currently about 100 data centers in the New York City market, operated by about 50 data center providers. About 80 percent of all live data center space in the metropolitan area is currently taken.

“With the growth in data center demand, colocation space in NYC and the greater metro area is more valuable than ever,” comments Phillip Koblence, Chief Operating Officer of NYI. “With the changing data center landscape in Manhattan, more and more clients are seeking viable options that are the best fit for their data infrastructure. NYI is here to assist companies who are faced with data center migration, and to make the move to our owner-occupied, state-of-the-art data centers as seamless, easy, and as inexpensive as possible.”

The benefits of NYI MigrAssist include:

• Execution of phased data center migration project planning
• Ability to accommodate any sized data center environment, from half cabinets to large scale private cage deployments
• Availability of temporary cross-connect services to aid migration
• No charge for first month of service, helping to absorb the cost of a migration
• No setup/installation charges

NYI’s data centers, located in New York, New Jersey, Seattle and Los Angeles offer fault-tolerant network connectivity and direct access to multiple carriers with global reach. With 100% uptime, NYI facilities are SSAE-16 compliant and offer 24x7x365 onsite support.

For more information about NYI and MigrAssist, please visit http://www.nyi.net/nyi_solutions/more/managed_services or contact us at salesteam@nyi.net.