Efficient IT Operations Without the Hassle: Should You Choose Colocation, Cloud, or a New Hire?
- Buildservers
- 1 day ago
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Many companies struggle with inefficient server and infrastructure operations. Whether you're in a smaller software company or a more established organization with your own data center, the challenges are often the same: machines running below capacity, underutilized resources, and a lack of people with the right skills—or motivation—to maintain operations properly.
So what’s the best solution when:
You don’t have the right people internally?
There’s no budget for a full-time IT hire?
And your infrastructure is falling behind?
Development vs. Operations: Who’s Holding the Ball?
The most valuable asset in any tech-driven business is development time—not infrastructure management. Most employees want to build features, not patch systems, troubleshoot logs, or configure firewalls. As a result, server operations become an afterthought—until something breaks.
That creates both frustration and risk.
Should You Hire Someone?
Hiring someone who actually wants and is able to take responsibility for infrastructure is both difficult and expensive. Add to that the recruitment time, onboarding, and retention costs. If the core need is consistent, secure, and efficient infrastructure—not deep in-house expertise—then hiring might not be the best investment.
Recommendation: Hire internally only if you have a growing team, long-term infrastructure plans, and enough ongoing tasks to keep a specialist meaningfully occupied full-time.
Colocation and Managed Hosting: Let Someone Else Take the Wheel
Colocation with managed services offers a middle ground between in-house infrastructure and full cloud. Your servers are hosted externally, while your provider ensures power, cooling, networking, and monitoring—and you choose how much control or responsibility you want to keep.
If you don’t already own hardware, providers like BuildServers can offer dedicated machines as a fully managed solution.
When to choose colocation or managed hosting:
When you need infrastructure control without internal management
When compliance or privacy rules make global cloud risky
When predictable monthly costs matter more than infinite scalability
When you want to move fast—without hiring
What About the Cloud?
Cloud may be the right fit if your workloads are highly variable and you have people in-house who understand cloud architecture and pricing. But for many teams, cloud ends up being more expensive, harder to control, and less transparent than expected.
Cloud infrastructure requires continuous monitoring, optimization, and maintenance—exactly the kind of work you may want to offload.
Summary: Common Problems in Tech Teams
Inefficient or outdated server operations
Developers wasting time managing infrastructure
Hiring qualified infrastructure staff is difficult and expensive
Lack of clarity on the right solution
Our Recommendation: Keep It Simple — and Get Help
At BuildServers, we offer dedicated machines hosted in the EU with full management, monitoring, and maintenance included. No surprises. No software to patch. Just reliable, secure infrastructure at a fixed monthly rate.
You should choose BuildServers if:
You want out of the cloud, but still need pro-level operations
You don’t want to hire infrastructure staff internally
You want to focus fully on your product and customers
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