Back to All Partners Expedient INVITE Networks is an Expedient cloud and colocation partner, delivering hybrid infrastructure built on Expedient’s data center network for enterprise and mid-market organizations in Salt Lake City and Phoenix. INVITE handles architecture, deployment, and ongoing management of Expedient-hosted infrastructure — so customers get enterprise-grade cloud and colocation without managing multiple vendor relationships directly. TL;DR: INVITE Networks architects and manages hybrid cloud and colocation deployments on Expedient’s interconnected data center network, giving organizations enterprise infrastructure with N+1 or 2N redundancy without operating it themselves. This page is for IT directors and infrastructure leaders evaluating an Expedient partner who can own the deployment, not just the introduction. What does INVITE Networks deliver as an Expedient partner? INVITE Networks deploys and manages infrastructure on Expedient’s network of data centers across the Midwest and Eastern United States, all interconnected by a private multigigabit network with N+1 or 2N redundancy on power and cooling. Expedient’s platform spans cloud computing, colocation, managed servers, and hybrid cloud services, including Hyperscale CTRL for organizations integrating public cloud into a broader hybrid infrastructure strategy. INVITE’s role is to architect the right combination of cloud and colocation for a customer’s workloads, then manage that environment day to day: capacity planning, performance monitoring, and coordinating with Expedient’s operations team when issues come up. Customers get enterprise-grade infrastructure and 24/7 support without navigating that relationship on their own. Why do Salt Lake City and Phoenix organizations choose INVITE for Expedient cloud and colocation? Organizations in Salt Lake City and Phoenix looking to move workloads off aging on-premises infrastructure need a hosting partner with real redundancy and support, not just cheap compute. Expedient’s interconnected data center network and 24/7 operations support center provide that foundation, but most organizations still need help designing the right architecture and managing it once it’s live. INVITE fills that role with hands-on infrastructure management layered on top of Expedient’s platform. A regional retail company was running its e-commerce and inventory systems on an aging on-premises server that had no failover and had caused costly outages during peak sales periods. INVITE designed a hybrid deployment on Expedient’s platform, moving critical systems into a redundant colocation environment with cloud-based disaster recovery. The company has had zero unplanned downtime during peak sales events since the migration, with INVITE managing the environment and coordinating directly with Expedient’s operations team when needed. How does INVITE manage Expedient as part of its cloud and infrastructure services? Expedient-hosted deployments are delivered through INVITE’s managed services practice, covering capacity planning, performance monitoring, and day-to-day infrastructure management so customers get one accountable partner instead of managing the hosting relationship directly. For customers building hybrid environments that span Expedient’s data centers and public cloud, INVITE also draws on its cloud solutions practice to architect the connectivity and workload placement that makes a hybrid deployment perform consistently across environments. What Expedient services does INVITE deploy and manage? INVITE architects deployments across Expedient’s core service lines based on a customer’s workload requirements. Colocation provides dedicated, redundant space within Expedient’s data centers for customers who want to own their hardware while offloading facility operations. Managed cloud and virtualization services run customer workloads on Expedient’s infrastructure without the capital cost of owned hardware. Hyperscale CTRL extends that environment into public cloud platforms for organizations running a true hybrid architecture, and disaster recovery services provide failover capacity across Expedient’s interconnected data centers. INVITE manages the ongoing operational side of these deployments — capacity adjustments, patching, and coordination with Expedient’s support team — so the environment keeps running as workloads and requirements change. Looking for an Expedient partner who manages the deployment, not just the introduction? Contact INVITE to discuss an Expedient engagement for your organization. Frequently Asked Questions: Expedient Cloud and Colocation Is INVITE an authorized Expedient partner? Yes. INVITE Networks is an Expedient partner, with engineers experienced in architecting and managing colocation and hybrid cloud deployments across Expedient’s data center network. Can INVITE manage our Expedient environment if we don’t have internal infrastructure staff? Yes. Most organizations hosting with Expedient through INVITE don’t have staff dedicated to managing that environment full-time. INVITE handles architecture, deployment, and ongoing management as part of a managed services engagement, so customers get enterprise infrastructure without building out internal staff to run it. What makes Expedient different from a standard cloud provider? Expedient’s core differentiator is its interconnected network of data centers with N+1 or 2N redundancy and a dedicated 24/7 operations support center, combined with the flexibility to mix colocation, managed cloud, and public cloud integration in one architecture. INVITE designs that mix based on what a customer’s workloads actually need rather than defaulting to a single hosting model. How long does an Expedient deployment take with INVITE? Timelines depend on whether the deployment is colocation, managed cloud, or a hybrid mix, but a typical initial deployment — covering architecture, provisioning, and migration of core systems — runs four to eight weeks. Disaster recovery configuration and hybrid cloud integration are usually phased in afterward once the primary environment is stable.
