According to industry opinion formers, the current utilisation of data centres is approximately 10% ? an estimation that indicates an opportunity for further growth in the hosting market.
Hans Wencke, managing director of Hetzner, says the company opened its Cape Town data centre in early 2002: "Since we started the business in 1999, we have consistently focused on growing our shared hosting clientele and have seen our market share grow steadily.
"In recent years we have seen a growing demand for cost-effective and reliable dedicated and co-location hosting. With the opening of our data centre in Johannesburg, we are making provision to meet this increased demand and are confident that the Johannesburg SMME and mid-corporate market will benefit from our data centre facilities and proven customer service."
Hetzner remains focused on developing and maintaining best practices in data centre management: "When owning and managing a data centre, it's important to ensure that there are efficient organisational and administrative procedures in place to maintain the integrity and functionality of the hosted computer environment.
"At Hetzner we always look for ways that we can achieve optimum network performance, reliability and customer satisfaction at a reasonable cost. Although our data centre may be modest, we have an excellent performance history, with our network uptime exceeding 99.9% for the past four years. We take down time seriously and have the expertise and sense of urgency to ensure that when a problem occurs, it is dealt with in a matter of minutes.
"We've had customers on our waiting list for a couple of months in anticipation of the opening of our Gallo Manor data centre. It's an exciting time for us and we remain confident that we can meet the needs of our customers; providing a dependable service at a reasonable cost."
