Value-add when talking about dedicated servers versus colocation would be a provider's unique blend of infrastructure and services as perceived by the IT industry. Why would you opt for one versus the other?
For us, it didn't play a factor. We did automatically take the full depreciation in the same year we purchased the hardware, but that was less of a deciding item than the actual cost of the machine to start with. Going to the accounting dept and saying I need $3k per machine and I need 10 of them in the next 2 weeks - that can be a hard pill to swallow as a small business.Great reply Connor - do accounting methods play into your choice at all (for example depreciation). Or server rotation?