Meeting Pandemic Era Digital Service Needs with Colocation
New York and New Jersey colocation facilities have met the changing needs and the uptick in colocation usage during the Tristate area’s worst phase of the COVID-19 outbreak. But the reality of the pandemic’s long-term implications for permanent remote work, telehealth, distance education, and more are now becoming clear. This shift is once again redefining the role of colocation services in New Jersey once gain for businesses. In the broader pandemic picture across the country, over 30 states are now identified as COVID-19 hotspots. The tri-state area has imposed a 14-day travel quarantine for anyone entering the area from these states. While prudent from a health perspective, this puts yet another burden on businesses that now must rely on teleconferencing to do business with others from outside the area because of the quarantine rule. Businesses internally realize that there may be more benefits to making remote work permanent where possible with 54% of leaders making remote