In co-location, a firm:
A) purchases and owns its web server but locates the server in the physical facility of a hosting service.
B) contracts with an external vendor to run its computer center and networks.
C) off-loads peak demand for computing power to remote, large-scale data centers.
D) utilizes an external, distributed computing grid.
E) uses only open source software to operate its computer systems.
A
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