Rants on the topic of hardware firewall
With server colocation, a business will have their servers and support equipment housed in a secure environment, have access to better internet connectivity options and have round the clock support. One of the main reasons a small company chooses a colocation option is because of the significant cost to create and maintain back up power alternatives. If there is a black out or power surge, a company risks losing valuable data and business due to their servers being down or damaged. Server colocation facilities offer surge protection and battery and generator power to assure that resources will not go down due to electrical events. They also have dedicated staff that will step in whenever resources go down, regardless of the cause.