"365 Main has come
out of nowhere to establish itself as an impressive
player in the premium data center market,” said
Andrew Schroepfer, president of Tier 1 Research. “The
key is the management team's strong experience in data
center construction and operations. 365 Main's strategy
is to place high quality data center facilities in markets
with strong demand. It’s no wonder than they have
achieved remarkable success in a short time."
365 Main’s management has more than
50 years of combined modern data center and development
experience, having held leading engineering, architecture
and construction positions at AboveNet Communications,
MCI, Opus, Alfatech Consulting Engineers and Clark Construction.
“We created 365 Main four years
ago with the vision of supporting the next wave of technology
growth on a national level with a smart, patient and
sound growth plan, and today that vision becomes a reality,”
said Chris Dolan, 365 Main president and founding partner.
“The slow but steady recovery of the tech market,
combined with new reporting regulations, physical factors
such as natural disasters, and the threat of network
attacks, have brought data centers to the spotlight
again. And with this carefully executed expansion we
are very well-positioned to service any hosting provider
or high-end enterprise with a safe, controlled, compliant
environment to run and/or protect their business.”
Power is king
In the data center expansion in the
1990s, most data center customers were limited by bandwidth,
struggling to attain enough connectivity to run their
business over the Internet. Today, with ample fiber
optic cabling available to help speed the flow of data,
power has become the new center of customer frustration.
365 Main has seen power requirements quadruple in the
last three years as dense server deployments now dominate
the enterprise. To cater to this growing concern, the
company has negotiated discounted power rates with local
providers in each region and has also introduced a unique
billing system in which it only charges customers for
the exact amount of power they use. “Power is
the first thing everyone asks about now,” said
Dolan. “It’s a major concern, so we developed
a billing model that only charges customers for exactly
what they use. Most companies charge a flat rate per
month in a ‘use it or lose it’ structure,
which usually means that the customer loses. But that’s
not the way we like to do business, so we came up with
a different model that is more fair to the customer.”
Customer service
Amy Trask, CEO of the Oakland
Raiders, appreciates 365 Main’s commitment to
customer service. “The Raiders required a more
stable data center space with a team working to provide
us best-of-class service, and that’s exactly what
we got the moment we signed up with 365 Main,”
she said. “Our organization prides itself on a
commitment to excellence, and we only do business with
companies like 365 Main that have these same values.”
365 Main’s San Francisco data center
has hosted www.raiders.com since 2002. The site has
been extremely successful and now features versions
in five different languages providing news, streaming
video and online merchandising to fans worldwide.
"We chose to work with 365
Main because of the high quality that their facilities
provide in multiple locations,” said Bob Smith,
chief marketing officer for Internap, a leading provider
of network optimization products and services, including
high performance IP services, data center services and
route control products. “365 Main's secure, fully
redundant data center services are an ideal component
of our managed IP connectivity solutions in some key
locations. Leaving the data center infrastructure to
them allows us to focus on our core competency, which
is enabling our customers to migrate their business-critical
applications to the Internet."
About
365 Incorporated
365 Main Inc. develops and operates the
world’s finest data centers. Intelligently designed
and expertly managed, the data centers are developed
and certified to the highest industry standards and
compliance requirements, including SAS70, and feature
24/7/365 power, cooling, security and connectivity and
capabilities to ensure mission-critical operations and
business continuity for its tenants. Today, hundreds
of hosting, telecommunication and Fortune 1000 enterprises
rely on 365 Main. The company is privately held and
based in San Francisco, Calif. More information is available
at 877-365-MAIN (6246) or www.365main.com.
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