One of the biggest benefits of outsourcing your IT infrastructure is that you don’t have to be anywhere near it to take full advantage of it. The inherent benefit of not having to be near your servers is that you can sleep a little more peacefully every night, knowing we’re keeping an eye on your equipment. If you want proof, ask the more than 44 percent of our customer base that are located outside North America.
Unfortunately, given the fact that you aren’t close to your server, it’s not uncommon to feel a little “disconnected” from your hardware … You don’t get the warm-and-fuzzy feelings from seeing your specific server on its rack or giving it a hug when it processes a big sale. Maybe that’s why a huge percentage of small- and medium-sized businesses have not outsourced their infrastructure needs: Their “server room” (or “closet” in real estate terms) may not be enterprise-level, but at least they can step “behind the curtain” and see their servers in action if they have the urge.
Naturally, we thought it might be fun to offset some of that “disconnection”:
While this tweet may have just been a thought in passing this morning, the flood of responses and ReTweets coming from that post suggest there’s a healthy demand for some “show me my servers in real life” love, so we’re going to make that happen.
At some point in the next week, we will post a tweet on The Planet’s Twitter page with instructions on how you can get a picture taken of your very own server/rack. We’ll even include your Twitter username on a namecard so you know it’s yours.
This is going to be a limited-time, limited-availability opportunity, and you might have to work to get on the list, but the payoff will be more than worth the effort: a picture of your server that you can print out, frame and hang above your monitor. It’s a chance for you to own a picture of your Web site in its unprocessed form. 
Stay tuned and be ready.
-Kevin
