Understanding What Are The Advantages of Colocation to Your Business
Colocation is the term used for servers and network connectivity systems that are housed within a remote data center and utilize cloud based technologies. At the most basic level, colocation (COLO) offers companies increased scalability, improved infrastructure and bandwidth, lower latency levels, increased security, and a host of specialist services. As technology becomes increasingly sophisticated, […]
The Importance of Choosing a Carrier Neutral Data Center
Some data centers today use a single major carrier for all traffic. This can actually cause problems for your business since you are relying solely on just one carrier. A carrier neutral provider is connected to many different carriers. Clients are free to choose between carriers as necessary. Choosing a carrier neutral data center for […]
Preventing Disruptions Caused by Downtime or Data Center Outages
If you conduct transactions through a website or use hosted applications in the cloud, one of your main concerns is probably the reliability of your hosting provider. Even though most data centers provide very reliable services, data center outages still happen and continue to be a big problem for businesses that need to maintain an […]
What Is A Tier IV Data Center?
How do Data centers stack up? When comparing data centers, it is common to put facilities in a Tier system. This standard is maintained by the Uptime Institute, detailing requirements of 4 levels to describe the quality and reliability one can expect from a Datacenter. Of course. these levels cannot predict disastrous acts of nature, […]