Network Operations Centers offer the ability for customers to place their webservers and other network equipment in their NOC which are connected via high speed fiber data lines to the backbone of the Internet.

Administration is done remotely so that a customer far away can configure and control their network equipment. In other words , you own a server, but you want to locate it in the secure environment of a web hosting provider.

That way you can take advantage of the fastest possible connections to the Internet while handing over day-to-day management of the site .