Terracon Selects CoSentry to Provide Redundant KC Data Center Facilities

KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Terracon, a dynamic and growing employee-owned firm of consulting engineers and scientists that provide geotechnical, environmental and construction materials services to clients at local, regional and national levels, headquartered in Olathe, KS, has selected CoSentry to provide collocation and data center services.  Utilizing CoSentry's Kansas City Data Center and its managed services capabilities, Terracon is able build a redundant data center operation to ensure continuity of operations in the event of any type of disaster or disruption.

Doug West, Vice President and General Manager of CoSentry KC Data Center operations commented, "We are pleased to be able to provide Terracon with the data center facility and services they require to help protect their business..."  He continued, "CoSentry continues to add services and capabilities that allow clients to decide how much of their IT or backup IT environment they want to own.  The ability to move Terracon's backup IT environment to more of a cloud model overtime is another unique and significant benefit that CoSentry was able to offer to Terracon that other options did not."

Frank Milano, CIO of Terracon added, "We are excited to have CoSentry as a partner to provide the redundant data center/disaster recovery services we require. CoSentry was extremely easy to work with and has options to virtualize our backup IT environment when we are ready."

Terracon will actively operate both corporate and the backup systems and maintain constant ability to move and maintain operational loads on demand.  With this model, Terracon will also be able to take advantage of emerging trends in virtualization and cloud technologies, an important part of their strategy to leverage economics with strong security and compliance requirements.

About CoSentry

CoSentry serves as a one source provider of business continuity and managed technical services.  Founded in 2000, CoSentry provides Systems, Work Group and Print Recovery solutions.  In today's ALWAYS ON business environment, market leaders benefit from CoSentry's world-class services to keep their businesses running – no matter what. The company also provides diverse and robust collocation and managed Internet services. CoSentry has facilities in Kansas City, MO, Sioux Falls, SD, and Omaha, NE.  For more information about CoSentry, please visit their main Data Center | Colocation web site.

About Terracon

Terracon is a dynamic and growing employee-owned firm of consulting engineers and scientists providing multiple related service lines to clients at local, regional and national levels. Since 1965, Terracon has grown from a small Iowa geotechnical firm to a large, multifaceted national firm. With more than 2,700 employees and more than 100 offices nationwide, Terracon has the resources of a large firm with the atmosphere of a small one. This growth is the result of talented, dedicated employees working toward a common goal to complement each other to deliver success for clients and employees. Our services are delivered on a timely basis with consistently high value and attention to client needs. Terracon has consistently achieved growth above the industry average. This is evidenced by a current ranking of 46 in Engineering News-Record's 2009 listing of the Top 500 Design Firms, as compared to a ranking of 103 in 1995.  For more information about Terracon, please visit www.Terracon.com

SOURCE CoSentry