USA have successfully represented clients such as IBM , JP Morgan Chase , Verizon and Level 3 Communications to name a few , saving companies millions of dollars by implementing a comprehensive diagnostic and strategic plan .

Bell says JLL creates an IT Playbook based on the client ’ s IT strategy supporting the various business needs . Areas of evaluation include IT and application assessment , security and compliance audit and an application and physical infrastructure utilization review . Once completed , JLL and their client reviews this evaluation and then the selection process starts on choosing the optimal data center and cloud portfolio .

From cloud adoption to data sovereignty , the data center industry is experiencing a host of new change drivers , all while it continues to explode with vigorous growth . Bell mentions : “ We are seeing complexity

in the market with this explosive growth . JLL helps companies simplify the choices in the marketplace for colocation and cloud services .

Bell explains : “ Security is very important in terms of how clients are adopting the cloud . Today , you are seeing more businesses being vulnerable to cyber security attacks which plays into what type of cloud deployment- private cloud , hybrid cloud or public cloud , best completes each business application .

We also see clients needing to connect to the largest technology cloud providers- Amazon Web Services ,

Microsoft , Google , IBM Softlayer , and Oracle Could to name a few as part of the client ’ s cloud strategy to support the client ’ s needs for agility , scalability and on-demand needs .

When discussing global deployments , data sovereignty is an issue which now comes up often . Data sovereignty , in short , data laws

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