4D DATA CENTRES LIMITED

Before taking rack space at 4D, Brandwatch had colocation space in several major central London data centres. As a result of seeing prices go up and service quality go down at those facilities, we decided to move to 4D. Aside from the obvious headache of physically relocating the hardware, the move went remarkably smoothly.
Our systems require extremely large amounts of processing power, storage and connectivity to deliver services to our clients. Using a secure data centre avoids the significant capital, recurring costs and management overheads of providing an enterprise-grade facility in-house.
Peering networks are expensive due to location. For a small company, there is a very high jump from leased line to the expense of a WAN. What 4D have done for Brandwatch is to let us install our kit in various data centres across the UK at a fraction of the cost.
4D have continually shown us that they are more than a just a service provider - they have given us the time.