Data is one of the most important assets of companies worldwide. The need to protect them in case of catastrophes or other problems caused in their data centers made it a trend to outsource contingency services so that companies can focus on their business and the infrastructure is taken care of by a third party.
Seeing this as an opportunity, coupled with twenty years of experience in the development of business solutions linked to technology, the Uruguayan Geocom launched into the world of contingency six years ago with a small data center to try their luck in the field, and this year aims to present the "largest private contingency center in Uruguay," according to its general manager, Abel Días Benítez.
Geocenter is the name of Geocom's data center, whose first 25 clients -all Uruguayan companies- will be moved from the 40 square meter center to the new 1,500 square meter space, with more than 150 racks to install the companies' equipment. In addition, it offers the possibility for 500 people to work remotely, in case they are unable to do so at the client company's headquarters. "We have been working on this project for two years and we thought long and hard before jumping into the water," said the company's general manager and founding partner. Geocenter is located in the geographical center of Montevideo, in the La Blanqueada neighborhood, and that is an aspect that Días highlights as a differential.
US$ million was the investment for the execution of Geocenter. Geocom has 300 employees and its annual turnover is US$ 20 million.
Geocom, which in addition to developing software and hardware services for companies, is the administrator and developer of the POS 2000 terminal network, used for credit card financial transactions, has been present for 10 years in Chile and Colombia, where it develops solutions for supermarket chains, pharmacies and the telephone company Entel Chile, among others. The nexus with regional companies allows it to consider the possibility of expanding contingency services and providing them "remotely" for its international clients. "Currently in Chile we outsource contingency services for our clients; perhaps they can safeguard their data in Uruguay," he said. With the earthquakes in Chile, data centers went down, so the possibility of becoming partners with their local clients is more visible. "We have a potential business of providing contingency services abroad to companies to which we already provide software," said Geocom's manager.
Source: Portal El Observador
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