But a trio of Exodus Communications data centers had no damage and no service interruptions. Exodus built its Seattle centers with seismic stability as a priority. Some clients house servers at a data center but do their own work on the machines. Others ask a center's staff to provide technical oversight. At the Web site level, it tends to be configured specifically for the customers.
Customers can use a virtual private network to ensure that data sent over the Internet stay private.
We can turn on remote access and secure access just by enabling it. There's no need to send engineers out to the customer site. Analyst Leong expects to see additional security perks from data centers as more evolve into full-service operations. They're offering a security architecture, more management services, intrusion detection, even dealing with law enforcement. Offering strong security to clients is in the best interest of data centers, Digex's Fusco says.