It is the Global Crossing solution for publishing content and applications, offering the following combinations to add value to the Business:

• The advantages of “Virtualization” technology.
• Our “Data Centers WorldClass”.
• The know-how and the support of “Our Professionals”.
• The financial advantages of the “Service Model”.

Virtual Hosting allows taking full advantage of the technology, infrastructure and budget, maximizing the variables that determine the value that solutions provide to the Business:

• Availability
• Productivity
• Dynamic Growth
• Flexibility
• Green IT
• Service model

Virtual Hosting is more than just a “new technology”: it is a solution that integrates the best Global Crossing services to deliver more value and enables companies to focus on their business' growth:

• DataCenters World Class
• Virtualization
• Backup
• Monitoring
• Storage Area Network
• Application Management
• Operating System Management
• Data Base Management
• Connectivity
• Managed Security

Solution characteristics

Availability: it is natively and transparently redundant. It is supported by Global Crossing Data Centers infrastructure with N +1 power and cooling services, and connectivity with multiple alternative paths.
All applications and contents are always available, even for problems in physical infrastructure.
Global Crossing's specialists monitor the operation of its "virtual machines", the infrastructure and connectivity, to ensure continuous operation 7x24. 
 

Productivity: gets the most out of physical infrastructure, distributing the load in an intelligent and adaptable way. It enables higher performance with fewer resources, utilizing the full capacity, and distributing it according to their applications' requirements.
Increases the ROI of investments to add value to the Business.  

Dynamic Growth: it also adds value by allowing growth as needed. All physical infrastructure upgrades are performed transparently for applications, without service interruptions.
Application of patches and upgrades is easier than ever with the lowest possible risk level.

Flexibility: eliminates the boundaries of physical infrastructure to provide all the performance that businesses require.
Connectivity, memory, storage, processing and backup are available when needed by applications.
Real time setting of resource allocation to achieve the performance required by the processes. 
 

Green IT: optimizes the environmental impact of the infrastructure, reducing associated costs as well.
Increasing productivity also means lowering power and cooling consumption, with higher performance.
It allows the reduction of the number of servers required for optimal application performance, optimizing energy costs and space infrastructure. 

Service Model: It is the best financial alternative to carry out the projects, through Global Crossing's service model.
It ensures growth when convenient, without having to purchase idle infrastructure, avoiding technological obsolescence of investments.
Reduces the financial impact of projects, aligning investments and incomes.

Solution details

The service includes:

• Hosting of the physical servers in the Data Center.
• Installation, start up and licenses provision of Virtualization technology.
• Equipment provision: servers, routers, firewalls, storage devices, and its follow up for reparation/ replacement of defective hardware and constant update of firmware version.
• Provision of base software, associated management subsystems, utility programs and Remote Access tools.
• Operation, Administration and Maintenance of Virtualization technology and operating systems.
• Basic backup service of operating system, that allows the recovery of system information when needed.

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