Build, Buy or Acquire? CEO of Open Data Centers Erik Levitt Compares the Diverse Options of IT Service Procurement

Odclogo1Piscataway, NJ – May 28, 2013Open Data Centers, LLC, a carrier-neutral data center operator in New Jersey and New York City, announces today that CEO Erik Levitt will be presenting at the Information Management Network (IMN) Spring Forum on Financing, Investing and Real Estate Development for Data Centers, taking place May 30-31, 2013 at the Conrad Hotel in New York City.  The event brings together key decision makers and industry thought-leaders to examine the industry’s latest developments surrounding the modern-day data center.

Mr. Levitt will join fellow panelists Carl Strang III, Managing Member of 6/10 Corp., Tim Kiser, Owner and Founder of Colo Atl, Vello Ehvert, President of Ehvert Mission Critical and Paul Schlattman, Vice President of Mission Critical Facilities, in presenting on the Services: Build vs. Buy vs. Acquire panel.

The executive panelists will examine the operational and financial aspects of building, buying and acquiring IT services and software partners, as well as other key considerations every customer should contemplate when making the critical business decision.  The panel will also assess effects that strategic partnerships and the advent of new innovations such as Cloud computing can have on the selection process.

Open Data Centers provides carriers with a cost-effective solution to many of the questions outlined above.  The company’s carrier-neutral Piscataway facility provides occupants with approximately 15,000 square feet of scalable data center space, 24/7 monitoring and security, and N+1 redundant connectivity, as well as reliable power and maximum uptime capabilities – ideal for housing cloud solutions and carrier Points of Presence (PoPs), as well as the colocation of data-rich applications requiring high bandwidth and security.  The data center also offers tenants direct connectivity to multiple dark fiber, Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), Ethernet over Copper (EoC), and metro Ethernet providers, as well as Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

To meet with Open Data Centers at the Spring Forum on Financing, Investing and Real Estate Development for Data Centers in New York, email ODC@imillerpr.com.  Not attending the forum? Find out more about Open Data Centers, LLC and its Piscataway facility by visiting www.opendatacenters.net.

To learn more about the Spring Forum on Financing, Investing and Real Estate Development for Data Centers, visit www.imn.org/conference/Financing-Investing–Real-Estate-Development-for-Data-Centers/Home.html; to register for the conference, click here.

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About Open Data Centers, LLC

Open Data Centers is a carrier-neutral data center operator in New Jersey and New York City, offering alternative connectivity options for carriers, service providers and enterprise customers. For more information about Open Data Centers, LLC, please visit www.opendatacenters.net.