Los Angeles businesses that operate locally and globally understand that no matter what comes next, COVID-19 has altered the business landscape in permanent ways. Everything from the remote workforce, e-Commerce and content delivery needs to IoT and analytics are now shaped by the pandemic. Businesses will need to use common tools in new ways such as Los Angeles colocation connectivity to turn these potential challenges into opportunities.
It’s never been more vital or challenging for businesses to cultivate new global market growth as all eyes focus on the Asia Pacific (APAC) region as a symbol of the dual challenges and opportunities wrought by the pandemic. Seven of the ten most populated cities in the world are in APAC. This presents bilateral opportunities for Los Angeles businesses in particular and North America more broadly when coupled with colocation’s adaptability for business. But not every Los Angeles data center can provide the connectivity, bandwidth, and cost-effectiveness of peering needed to realize those opportunities.
Business Benefits of Los Angeles Colocation
The use of Los Angeles colocation must simultaneously provide broad benefits to businesses locally and globally to deliver internet and cloud access, scalability, connectivity and cost savings. With NYIIX Los Angeles (formerly LAIIIX) as the largest peering exchange in the U.S. and one of the largest neutral Internet exchange points in the world, the Los Angeles data center can be poised to meet those broad needs.
The nexus point of Los Angeles colocation and international peering exchanges (IXP) puts West Coast businesses in a position to remain competitive as the business landscape continues to transform due to the pandemic’s ongoing effects. This is true across every major sector from healthcare and finance to retail, manufacturing, and beyond.
It is now clear that businesses need to effectively leverage AI and IoT for making faster and better business decisions to respond to market and customer needs. This all comes down to connectivity beyond the network edge, where for example, AI and data-driven computer models, as well as IoT, can help healthcare manage everything from inventory and housekeeping management to diagnosis, medical device, medication management and ICU bed allocation among many others.
Providing the bandwidth and access needed for Telehealth has become a driving force during COVID-19. Colocation providers can support healthcare’s access needs for bandwidth, compute, and storage. Similar needs encompass retail and industrial sectors where IoT drive POS and digital twins deliver vital insights. And while Los Angeles is the epicenter of content delivery, it is by no means the only one on the West Coast or in North America.
Why Connectivity is Key in an Uncertain Pandemic Future
Peering Exchange connectivity on both coasts with NYIIX New York and Los Angeles is a vital link. Both bring cost-effective transmission across the continent and between North America and AP among other regions. This bridges the AP connectivity gap for every data center in Los Angeles. It also makes key Los Angeles colocation providers like us more versatile in fulfilling business needs.
The interconnection needed for improved agility, scalability, and security has long been part of the digital foundation of today’s small and large businesses. But unexpected pressures created by the pandemic have heightened the urgency of meeting those needs to pivot in an uncertain landscape.
For every business with a data center, Los angles colocation becomes the means of connectivity for private, public and hybrid multi-cloud demands as well as peering capabilities that make the edge and global markets accessible. To learn how Los Angeles data Center colocation can meet your changing business needs today and tomorrow.
