Colo · Private cloud · Houston West Campus lineage
We grew up in Houston-area data centers, including private-cloud and colocation work around Houston West Campus III. The practice today is design, bill of materials, rack, and operate — not a brochure about “the cloud.”
Cabinet, power, and cross-connect planning before anyone orders a 2U chassis.
Compute we actually quote: Supermicro and peers, configured — CPU/RAM/disk are not a footnote.
Private cloud and hybrid interconnect so colo does not become a rented cage with a mystery switch.
Migrations off aging on-prem without pretending a forklift is a weekend change.
First cabinet in a Houston-area facility: power, cross-connects, and a network that is not an afterthought.
Dense 1U/2U builds with a hypervisor story and a backup story.
Move a plant or office off a dying SAN without a hero weekend.
Keep regulated data close; burst the rest with an interconnect you can draw.
Sample SKUs and sellable services in the categories that attach to this practice.
C9300-48P-A
48× 1G PoE+ access with Network Advantage. The closet switch we actually spec for Texas campuses.
C9200L-24T-4G
Fixed 24-port data access with 4× 1G uplinks. Quiet branch and IDF workhorse.
C9500-24Y4C
25G campus/core with 100G uplinks. Quote with optics — they are not a footnote.
ISR4331-V/K9
Branch router with voice licensing path. Still the right answer when SD-WAN is marketing, not a requirement.
C8200L-1N-4T
Edge routing / SD-WAN capable platform. Design session recommended before you buy the DNA/catalyst tax.
C9130AXI-B
Wi-Fi 6 internal-antenna AP for offices. Survey first; we will not sprinkle APs from a floor plan PDF.
Ready to scope this?
Design session or a written quote — same Montgomery bench.
